S16E3 [7 Humilities that make you great] Part 3: Transcripts

Fifteen&: A Podcast Experience · Oct 23, 2026 · 32m

Part 3 takes up the third woe of Matthew 23. The Pharisees had two kinds of promise: swear by the temple and you could back out, swear by the gold and you were bound. Jesus calls them blind guides for it (Matthew 23:16-22). Chris opens with the strange language we use at work and at church, "right-sizing," "per my last email," "we're a family," and tells the story of a team member who confronted the threatening edge in his own words. He reads Matthew 5:33-37, let your yes be yes, and shows the two ways we avoid it: proving looks for the loophole, hiding won't commit. Then the image at the…