Sunday, August 2, 2026

The Great Commission and the Grand Annoyance (Dan McClellan and Dan Beecher; Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)

Jesus tells eleven disciples to go make disciples of all nations, and somehow that became a guy with a guitar in row 14.

This episode, we dig into what the Great Commission actually says in Matthew 28, what "make disciples" meant to a first-century audience, and why the word translated "witness" in Acts 1 is the same word that gives us "martyr."

Along the way: costly signaling, the medieval shortcut of just converting the king, and why celebrity endorsements are doing far more conversion work than anyone at baggage carousel nine.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:15 The Great Commission
1:41 Matthew 28, Read Aloud
2:52 All Authority, Daniel 7
3:42 From Commission to Annoyance
4:40 The Airport Evangelist
6:01 Was It Only the Eleven?
7:07 What "Make Disciples" Means
8:27 Convert the King
9:21 Evangelism as Identity Marker
10:33 Costly Signaling
12:03 Performing the Concern
14:28 When Kids Get Hurt
17:50 Witnesses in Acts 1
19:21 The Greek Word Is Martyr
20:13 A Good Example
21:22 Servers, Tracts, and Fake Twenties
23:00 God Gives the Growth
25:15 Does It Actually Work?
26:08 Celebrity Conversions
27:56 If the Dans Turned Heel
30:18 Coexist Versus Convert
31:50 The Official Stance

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