Paying Your Religious Dues: The Studied Indifference of Jesus

August 15, 2026 00:06:41
Paying Your Religious Dues:  The Studied Indifference of Jesus
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Paying Your Religious Dues: The Studied Indifference of Jesus

Aug 15 2026 | 00:06:41

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Show Notes

Jesus' primary concern was the kingdom to come, not the current one. Bart looks at why, then, Jesus appears to have had little interest in paying taxes to the authorities of this world.

Read by Steve McCabe.

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