{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbroward-church-in-the-meantime.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-rich-manand-lazarus-yRFRaAU_","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Luke & Acts Episode 03","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/dfef3200-0eda-4242-ae21-1121ba92d869/9eccb358-3b11-4f4a-84f1-0dad91b58c17/inthemeantime6.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In this episode, we walk through Jesus’ powerful parable in Luke 16:19-31. The story of the rich man and Lazarus. Set against the backdrop of religious leaders who loved money and justified themselves, this story confronts the quiet danger of comfort without compassion. At the rich man’s gate lay a daily opportunity for mercy, and it was ignored.\n\nBut this lesson goes deeper than a warning about wealth. It raises a pressing theological question: Is mercy tied to salvation? By holding this parable alongside passages like Ephesians 2 and James 2, we explore the tension between grace and works, discovering that compassion does not earn salvation, but it does reveal a living faith.\n\nWe also address the debated imagery of the afterlife in this passage and ask what Jesus intended His audience to hear. At the heart of the story is a sobering truth: God has already spoken through Moses and the Prophets. A heart unwilling to listen to Scripture will not be persuaded, even by a resurrection.\n\nThis episode invites us to examine our response to God’s Word today. Who is at our gate? And what has already been clearly announced that we may be ignoring?"}