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Amazed and Perplexed

Jason Thornton and Connor Bryant

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The God revealed in Scripture is more astounding than we could ever dream and more peculiar than we could ever imagine. Amazed and Perplexed is a podcast that engages the Bible earnestly and reverently as we grapple with that reality. In every episode, we strive to honor and give dignity to God and to the men and women of Scripture. Amazed and Perplexed is hosted by longtime friends Jason Thornton and Connor Bryant.

Recent Episodes

SEP 20, 2026
A People of Repentance and Forgiveness(Matthew 18:15-17)
Send us Fan Mail ๐€ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ(๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•) This episode digs into dealing with Sin in the church. We discuss why the gentle, small first approach gets skipped in favor of shame and public callout, we wrestle with painful firsthand stories of disfellowship gone wrong, and reframe the passage's hard final line. Contact: [email protected] Music by: Heavensense https://soundcloud.com/hvnsen
48 MIN
SEP 13, 2026
The Rich Man and Lazarus(Luke 16:19-31)
Send us Fan Mail ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ) This episode dives into the strikingly detailed story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16. The discussion explores what it means to identify with either man in the story, why mercy seems to run out, and what it looks like to actually go find the Lazarus in your own life rather than just feel for him from a distance. Contact: [email protected] Music by: Heavensense https://soundcloud.com/hvnsen
33 MIN
SEP 6, 2026
Marriage, Divorce, and Patriarchy(Luke 16:18)
Send us Fan Mail ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–) Jesus' words on divorce in Luke 16:18 are short, sharp, and easy to skim past, but they land differently once you consider the patriarchal world they were spoken into, where a woman's survival hinged on her marriage. This episode wrestles with that context and what it means for our day and age. Join us for a conversation about honoring marriage, wrestling honestly with Scripture, and holding conviction with an open hand. Conta...
30 MIN
AUG 30, 2026
Forcing Our Way into the Kingdom(Luke 16:15-17)
Send us Fan Mail ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•) In this episode, Jason and Connor wrestle with what it means to value what God values, why Jesus insists the Law and Prophets still stand even as he fulfills them, and why following Jesus might call us to be more "undignified" than we're comfortable with. Contact: [email protected] Music by: Heavensense https://soundcloud.com/hvnsen
37 MIN
AUG 23, 2026
Lenses, Success, and the Peter Principle(Luke 16:10-15)
Send us Fan Mail ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“) Contact: [email protected] Music by: Heavensense https://soundcloud.com/hvnsen
36 MIN