Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, well in this episode we're going to continue exploring the gospel according

to Matthew.

This was a teaching series I was a part of many years ago and I was the pastor at Door

of Hope.

We just worked through the whole gospel of Matthew and this teaching is camped out in Matthew

chapter 5 in a section called the Sermon on the Mount.

It's one of the collection of what Jesus most famous and important teachings kind of all

in one place.

And the teaching we're looking at today is one of the handful of times that Jesus addressed

topics of sex and sexual desire.

And it's one of his well known teachings.

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