What's going on, guys. Alex and Lockelawny here. Finally, an outdoor episode. It's been a long time.

The van is perfect for this kind of stuff. Our truck is broken right now. That's why we haven't been doing these.

But we packed up the van with all of our gear and now we're here. This is like a beautiful little park on the south side of our island.

And we love coming here with our family but we're glad

you are here with us so welcome back to the podcast welcome back to kauai the energy is just different

outside and we're not like in the garage hearing the kids run around and and stomped their feet and

play with their monster trucks there with grandma and papa right now and they're happy and having

fun and can't wait to see them again but we are also

happy and having fun let's get into it we got a new series it's an eight-part series on this

eight woes that Jesus pronounces on the religious leaders the spiritual leaders of his day

in around you around 30 AD.

And so it's gonna be good. Let's jump into it. Here's Lockelaani.

Hello, and welcome to Amen Podcast, where we believe that the gospel changes everything.

I'm Lookalani, your host, and you already heard Alex's wonderful voice.

Today he is preaching about being a stepping stone for the kingdom of God and not a stumbling block.

We're in Matthew chapter 23, one verse today, verse 13, CSB version.

I will read that verse.

Alex will share his message and then we'll come back around for after the amen.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.

You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces, for you don't go in and you don't allow those entering to go in.

Amen, just one verse because we're going to walk through the rest of Matthew 23 together.

This eight-part series is going to be a lot of fun.

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