Welcome to One Single Story, the daily Bible podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Cheryl Doty for a discussion on Mark chapters seven and eight, where Jesus crosses cultural and religious boundaries to minister to Jew and Gentile alike, challenging every form of tribalism along the way.

Scripture Focus: Mark 7-8 - Jesus enters Gentile territory, heals the Syrophoenician woman's daughter in response to persistent faith, restores a deaf man's hearing, and feeds four thousand people, proving that his grace knows no boundary.

In This Episode:

• The persistent faith of the Syrophoenician woman and why God honors enduring trust
• What Jesus's unorthodox healing methods reveal about humility in ministry
• A candid conversation about how churches can unknowingly become tribal
• Why salvation is a heart issue, not a territorial one

Key Quote: "Grace doesn't ask where you're from. It asks who you trust."

About One Single Story: A daily devotional podcast from Open Door Church walking listeners through the One Year Bible, offering brief, practical lessons from each day's reading every weekday.

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Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety for today's daily lesson from the One Year Bible. In this episode, the team digs into Mark chapter 7 and unpacks the tension between religious tradition and genuine, heart-centered faith.

Scripture Focus: Mark 7:1-23 - The Pharisees confront Jesus about His disciples eating with ritually unwashed hands, prompting a deeper conversation about empty religion and what true purity really means.

In This Episode:

• Why tradition becomes dangerous when it replaces relationship with God
• How church traditions, however well-intentioned, can quietly become requirements for worship
• Why Jesus declares purity is an inward issue, not an outward one
• How sin always begins in the heart before it surfaces in behavior

Key Quote: "Traditions are controllable, relationships are work - and we like control."

One Single Story is a daily devotional podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking through the One Year Bible every weekday. New episodes every Monday through Friday.

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Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety for today's reading in Mark 6:30-56. When Jesus invites his exhausted disciples to rest, a crowd of thousands shows up uninvited -- and instead of turning them away, Jesus is moved with deep compassion. What follows reveals him as shepherd, creator, and provider all in one passage.

The team digs into the tension between rest and ministry, why compassion must always precede power, and what the feeding of the 5,000 teaches us about surrendering what little we have so God can multiply it.

Key Quote: "Power without compassion becomes cruelty. Compassion without power becomes frustration. Jesus holds both."

One Single Story is a weekday podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking through the One Year Bible one passage at a time. Find us at onesinglestory.com or visitopendoor.com.

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