HeyJaredOpen Spaces Project with Darren Rusco
The podcast of Open Spaces Project explores and untangles Christian spiritual concepts. Hosted by Darren Rusco and produced by Dillon Jacobsma, we take you on a thoughtful journey through faith, scripture, and spirituality.
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69. Why is God so Inefficient? (opens the original)
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If you would like to help support the podcast, you can donate at the link below. https://openspacesproject.raiselysite.com Darren and Dillon open by talking about what they call the “inefficiency” of God, how an all-powerful God often works slowly and through people instead of acting instantly. They use the Acts 10 story of Cornelius and Peter to highlight visions, angels, the Holy Spirit’s guidance, and how God brings Peter to see Gentiles as clean and included. This leads to a broader discussi
68. Moses, Elijah, and the Cloud: The Transfiguration Explained (opens the original)
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Darren and Dillon chat through the Transfiguration story, focusing on why Moses and Elijah show up and what their presence might mean. They explore the setting leading up to it, Caesarea Philippi near Mount Hermon, and discuss the idea of certain mountains as “thin spaces” where the spiritual and physical overlap. Reading details from Matthew 17 and Luke 9, they picture the disciples witnessing Jesus’ dazzling change, the appearance of Moses and Elijah, and the cloud that follows. The conversati
67. When Marriage Ends: A Biblical Case for Remarriage (opens the original)
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Darren and Dillon discuss a biblical view of divorce and remarriage, arguing that Jesus not only allows but effectively promotes remarriage after divorce when the biblical texts are read in their historical and linguistic context. They examine Matthew 5:31–32 and Matthew 19:3–9, distinguishing the Greek apoluo (to send away/separate) from apostasion (certificate/legal divorce), and contend Jesus confronts men who “put away” wives without legally divorcing them, thereby leaving women unable to re
66. The Significance of the Temple Land (Part 5): Does it Still Matter? Future Temple, Antichrist, End Times (opens the original)
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Darren and producer Dillon discuss whether the physical location of the Jerusalem temple still matters in the Temple series’ fifth episode. Darren reviews Solomon’s temple, its destruction by Babylon in 586 BC, Zerubbabel’s second temple, and Herod the Great’s major rebuild before Jesus, noting debates about the true temple location (Temple Mount vs. the City of David) and related archaeology like the Gihon Spring, Hezekiah’s tunnel, and the Pool of Siloam. They explore two views: the temple’s p
65. The Significance of the Temple Land (Part 4): David's Choice, Plague, and Divine Intervention (opens the original)
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Darren and producer Dillon continue the Temple Land series by zooming in to the exact temple site, focusing on 1 Chronicles 21 and its link to Mount Moriah. They discuss David’s sinful military census, the tension between accounts saying Satan or God incited it, and God offering David three punishments; David chooses three days of plague, during which 70,000 men die. An angel of the Lord moves toward Jerusalem but is stopped at Ornan the Jebusite’s threshing floor, leading Gad to instruct David
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