The Hey Eddy! Podcast

In this episode, Cousin Michael guides kids through 1 Samuel 7:2–17, where Israel finally comes back to God with their whole hearts after twenty years of half-hearted faith. Samuel challenges the people to get rid of their foreign idols and serve God alone—and they do. At a gathering in Mizpah, Israel pours out water, fasts, and confesses their sin. But when the Philistines hear about the assembly and march to attack, the terrified Israelites beg Samuel to pray. As Samuel offers a sacrifice, God answers with massive thunder that throws the Philistine army into chaos, and Israel chases them down in v...

In 1 Samuel 5:1–7:1, the Philistines capture the ark of God and place it in the temple of their god Dagon as a trophy of victory. But the next morning, Dagon has fallen face-down before the ark—and the morning after that, his head and hands are broken off like a defeated soldier. God then sends plagues of tumors and rats on every Philistine city the ark visits: Ashdod, then Gath, then Ekron. After seven months of disaster, the Philistines send the ark back to Israel on a cart pulled by two mother cows who walk straight toward Israel instead of retu...

In 1 Samuel 4, Israel loses a battle to the Philistines and comes up with a plan: bring the ark of the covenant to the battlefield, and God will HAVE to save us. They were trying to use God like a lucky charm. But it backfires horribly—Israel is crushed, thirty thousand soldiers die, the ark is CAPTURED by the enemy, and Hophni and Phinehas both die on the same day, exactly as God predicted. When old Eli hears the ark is captured, he falls backward, breaks his neck, and dies. Phinehas’s dying wife names her newborn son ICHABOD—meaning “the glor...

In this episode, Cousin Michael takes kids through 1 Samuel 3:1–4:1a, where God breaks a long silence by calling young Samuel's name in the middle of the night. Samuel doesn't recognize God's voice and runs to Eli three times thinking the old priest called him. Finally Eli realizes what's happening and tells Samuel to respond, "Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening." When God comes and stands before Samuel, He delivers a hard message: judgment is coming for Eli's family because Eli knew his sons were wicked but failed to stop them. Samuel is terrified to share the news, but wh...

In this episode, Cousin Michael walks kids through 1 Samuel 2:11–36, contrasting two very different paths. Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas were priests who stole the best meat from God's sacrifices, bullied worshipers, and ignored their father's weak warnings. Meanwhile, young Samuel quietly and faithfully served God at the Tabernacle, growing "in favor with the LORD and also with man"—language the Bible later echoes about Jesus Himself. Eli knew his sons were corrupt but never stopped them, prompting God to send a prophet with a devastating message: "Why do you honor your sons more than me?" God declared that Eli's fami...

In this episode, Cousin Michael introduces kids to 1 Samuel 1:1–2:10 and the story of Hannah, a heartbroken woman who desperately wanted a child while her husband’s other wife Peninnah mocked her year after year. At the Tabernacle in Shiloh, Hannah pours out her soul to God in silent prayer, promising that if He gives her a son, she will dedicate him back to God’s service for life. The priest Eli mistakes her for a drunk but then blesses her, and Hannah leaves in peace, trusting God heard her. God answers, and Hannah gives birth to Samuel—whose name means “a...

In this episode, three women—Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome—head to the tomb at sunrise on Sunday to anoint Jesus's body with spices. They worry about who will roll away the massive stone, but when they arrive it's already moved. Inside, a young man in a white robe tells them, "He has risen! He is not here," and sends them to tell the disciples and Peter that Jesus is going ahead of them to Galilee. Mark's Gospel ends surprisingly with the women fleeing in fear and silence—yet the good news clearly spread, because we're...

In this episode, Cousin Michael walks kids through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry the cross, and Jesus is nailed up at Golgotha between two criminals with a sign reading “The King of the Jews.” Mockers taunt Him to save Himself, not realizing He could have—but chose not to, because saving Himself would have meant not saving us. Darkness covers the land for three hours before Jesus cries out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” and breathes His last. At that moment the Temple curtain tears from top to bottom...

In this episode, Jesus is handed over to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. The chief priests accuse Jesus of claiming to be a king, but Jesus responds with quiet calm, amazing Pilate with His silence. When Pilate offers to release a prisoner for Passover, the crowd—stirred up by the religious leaders—chooses the violent murderer Barabbas over Jesus and screams "Crucify Him!" Pilate gives in, has Jesus brutally flogged, and hands Him over to be crucified. Roman soldiers then stage a cruel mock coronation, dressing Jesus in a purple robe, pressing a crown of thorns onto His head, and...

In 1 Samuel 8, Samuel has grown old and made his sons Joel and Abijah judges over Israel—but they’re corrupt, taking bribes and perverting justice. So the elders of Israel come to Samuel with a demand: “Give us a king like all the other nations have.” Samuel is displeased and prays, and God tells him something shocking: “It’s not you they’ve rejected—they’ve rejected ME as their king.” God tells Samuel to warn them what a king will do, so Samuel lays it out: the king will TAKE your sons for his army, TAKE your daughters for his palace, TAKE...

In this episode, two trials unfold simultaneously. Inside the high priest’s house, Jesus stands before the Sanhedrin as witnesses try and fail to build a case against Him. When the high priest finally asks point-blank, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” Jesus answers boldly, “I am”—telling the truth even though it guarantees His death. Meanwhile, out in the courtyard, Peter faces his own test when a servant girl recognizes him as one of Jesus’s followers. Three times Peter denies knowing Jesus, even calling down curses on himself—and then the rooster crows, exactly as Jesus...

In this episode, Cousin Michael guides kids through Jesus's final meal with His disciples before the cross. Jesus sends two disciples into Jerusalem with detailed instructions to follow a man carrying a water jar to find their Passover room—and everything happens exactly as He predicted. During dinner, Jesus stuns everyone by announcing that one of them will betray Him. He then takes bread and wine and gives them new meaning, explaining that the bread represents His body and the wine His blood of the new covenant, poured out for many. Even on this dark night, Jesus looks forward to...

In this episode, Cousin Michael guides kids through Jesus's final meal with His disciples before the cross. Jesus sends two disciples into Jerusalem with detailed instructions to follow a man carrying a water jar to find their Passover room—and everything happens exactly as He predicted. During dinner, Jesus stuns everyone by announcing that one of them will betray Him. He then takes bread and wine and gives them new meaning, explaining that the bread represents His body and the wine His blood of the new covenant, poured out for many. Even on this dark night, Jesus looks forward to...

In this episode, three dramatic scenes unfold side by side. While the chief priests secretly plot to arrest and kill Jesus, a woman at a dinner in Bethany breaks open an alabaster jar of perfume worth a year’s wages and pours it all over Jesus’s head. When onlookers scold her for the “waste,” Jesus defends her, calling it “a beautiful thing” and explaining that she has anointed His body for burial ahead of time. He then declares that wherever the gospel is preached, her story will be told in her memory. Immediately after, Judas Iscariot slips away to offer the...

In this episode of The Hey Eddy Podcast, we explore the story of young Samuel hearing God’s voice for the very first time (1 Samuel 3:1–4:1a). During a time when God had gone silent because Israel’s spiritual leaders — especially Eli’s wicked sons — had turned away from him, God chose to speak again through a boy sleeping in the Tabernacle. Three times Samuel heard his name called, and three times he ran to old Eli thinking the priest had called him. When Eli finally realized it was God, he told Samuel to respond, “Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.”...

In this episode, Jesus shocks His disciples by predicting that the magnificent Temple will be completely destroyed. Sitting on the Mount of Olives, Peter, James, John, and Andrew ask when this will happen and what signs to watch for. Instead of giving dates, Jesus teaches them how to live while they wait. He warns against false messiahs and panic over wars and earthquakes, prepares them for persecution, and promises the Holy Spirit will give them words when they face trials. He then paints an awesome picture of the Son of Man returning in clouds with great power and glory...

In this episode, a teacher of the law asks Jesus a sincere question: of all 613 commandments, which is the most important? Jesus answers by quoting the Shema—love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength—then adds a second command: love your neighbor as yourself. The teacher agrees enthusiastically, declaring that loving God and loving people matters more than all the Temple's burnt offerings and sacrifices. Impressed by the man's understanding, Jesus tells him he is "not far from the kingdom of God"—close, but not yet all in. Mark notes that after this exchange, no one dared...

In this episode, the Sadducees—powerful religious leaders who didn’t believe in the resurrection—try to stump Jesus with a bizarre riddle about a woman who married seven brothers in succession, asking whose wife she’d be in the afterlife. Jesus tells them they are “badly mistaken,” not understanding the Scriptures or God’s power. He explains that in the resurrection, people won’t marry but will be like angels, because heaven will be completely transformed from earthly life. Then Jesus delivers His knockout argument from the Sadducees’ own beloved books of Moses: God told Moses “I am the God of Abraham...

In this episode, the Pharisees and Herodians team up to trap Jesus with a sneaky question: “Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” If Jesus said yes, the crowd would turn against Him; if He said no, He could be arrested for treason. But Jesus saw right through their fake flattery and asked for a Roman coin. Pointing to Caesar’s image stamped on it, He gave His brilliant answer: “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God what is God’s.” Since God’s image is stamped on every person, we owe God far more tha...

In this episode, Jesus tells the religious leaders a parable about a vineyard owner who rents his land to farmers. When the owner sends servants to collect his share of the harvest, the farmers beat and kill them one by one. Finally, the owner sends his beloved son, and the farmers kill him too, hoping to seize the vineyard for themselves. Jesus makes clear that the vineyard represents Israel, the farmers are the religious leaders, the servants are the prophets, and the beloved son is Jesus Himself. He then quotes Psalm 118 about the rejected stone becoming the cornerstone. The...

In this episode, Jesus curses a fruitless fig tree, drives out the money changers and merchants who had turned the Temple into a marketplace, and then outsmarts the religious leaders when they try to trap him with a question about his authority. Mark sandwiches these events together on purpose: the fig tree that looked healthy but bore no fruit mirrors the Temple that looked holy but was full of greed and corruption—both were all show and no substance. After the fig tree withers overnight, Jesus uses the moment to teach his disciples about the power of faith-filled prayer an...

In this episode, Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a young donkey as crowds cheer “Hosanna!” and lay their cloaks and branches on the road. The lesson highlights how Jesus fulfilled an ancient prophecy from Zechariah by entering the city not on a powerful war horse but on a humble donkey, showing he was a different kind of King than everyone expected. The crowd hoped for a military hero who would overthrow the Romans, but Jesus came as a servant who would save people by giving his life. The episode also covers Jesus’s quiet inspection of the Temple that evenin...

Blind Bartimaeus sits begging by the road outside Jericho when he hears that Jesus is passing by. He shouts out "Son of David, have mercy on me!" and when the crowd tries to silence him, he shouts even louder. Jesus stops, calls him over, and asks what he wants. While James and John had recently asked for thrones and power, Bartimaeus simply asks to see. Jesus heals him instantly, telling him his faith has made him well. Bartimaeus immediately throws off his cloak — everything he owned — and follows Jesus down the road toward Jerusalem, going from a beggar beside the...

While Jesus and his disciples are walking toward Jerusalem, he tells them for the third time that he will be mocked, beaten, and killed — but rise three days later. Immediately after, James and John ask for the best seats in his kingdom, prompting the other disciples to get jealous. Jesus gathers everyone and flips their thinking completely: in God's kingdom, greatness means serving others, not being served. The greatest person is the one who becomes everyone's servant. Jesus points to himself as the ultimate example — the King of everything who came not to be served but to give his life...

A rich man runs to Jesus asking how to inherit eternal life, proudly reporting he has kept all the commandments since childhood. Jesus, looking at him with love, tells him he lacks one thing — sell everything, give to the poor, and follow him. The man walks away sad, unable to let go of his wealth. Jesus tells his stunned disciples that it’s harder for a rich person to enter God’s kingdom than for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye — but with God, all things are possible. Anyone who gives up everything for Jesus will receive fa...

In this episode, we walk through Mark 10:1–16, where Jesus faces a trick question from the Pharisees about divorce and then welcomes little children that the disciples tried to turn away. Jesus teaches that marriage is a serious promise God designed from the beginning, and that divorce comes from hard hearts that stop caring. But the heart of the episode is what happens next: when the disciples try to shoo kids away, Jesus gets angry and declares that the kingdom of God belongs to people who come to him with the open, trusting dependence of a child. The big takeaway is...

In Mark 9:30–50, Jesus and his disciples are traveling through Galilee when he tells them for the second time that he will be killed and rise again — but rather than grappling with that, the disciples fall into an argument about which of them is the greatest. Jesus responds by sitting them down and flipping their expectations upside down: true greatness in God's kingdom means being the servant of all, not the boss of all. He illustrates this by placing a child in their midst, pointing out that welcoming the overlooked and powerless is the same as welcoming him. When John repo...

This episode tells the story of a desperate father who brings his demon-possessed son to Jesus after the disciples fail to help him. Jesus rebukes the crowd's lack of faith, heals the boy with a single command, and later explains to the disciples that their failure came from neglecting prayer. The emotional heart of the episode is the father's raw, honest cry — "I believe; help my unbelief!" — which Jesus honors despite its uncertainty, teaching kids that struggling, imperfect faith is still real faith, that honesty with God is always welcome, and that nothing can be accomplished without depending on him...

This episode covers the Transfiguration—the moment when Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a high mountain and gave them a sneak preview of his glory. Right before their eyes, Jesus was transformed: his clothes became dazzling white, brighter than anything on earth, as the real, heavenly, King-of-everything Jesus shone through. Then Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with him, and Peter—not knowing what to say—blurted out that they should build shelters and stay there forever, wanting to skip ahead to the glory and avoid the suffering Jesus had just predicted. But then a cloud covered them a...

This episode explores the pivotal moment when Peter declares Jesus to be “the Messiah”—the promised King God sent to save his people—and how Jesus immediately shocks the disciples by revealing that his path to victory leads through suffering, rejection, and death before resurrection. When Peter tries to stop this plan, Jesus rebukes him sharply (”Get behind me, Satan!”) because Peter was thinking like the world, wanting an easy victory rather than God’s way. Jesus then teaches the crowd what real following looks like: denying yourself, taking up your cross, and following him even when it’s hard—because who...

In this episode, we learn from Mark 8:1-26 about how easy it is to forget what Jesus has already done. First, Jesus feeds four thousand people with just seven loaves and a few fish—and his disciples are confused about where to get food, even though they had JUST seen him feed five thousand people before! Then the Pharisees demand a sign from heaven even though Jesus had been doing miracles everywhere, and Jesus sighs and refuses because they didn’t really want to believe. In the boat, Jesus warns his disciples to watch out for the “yeast” of the Phar...

In this episode, we learn two amazing stories from Mark 7:24-37 about Jesus helping people who were "outsiders." First, a brave Greek woman from Syro-Phoenicia came to Jesus begging him to heal her demon-possessed daughter. When Jesus tested her faith by saying the children's bread shouldn't be thrown to dogs, she humbly replied that even dogs get the crumbs under the table—and Jesus loved her answer so much that he healed her daughter instantly, even from a distance. Then Jesus traveled to the Decapolis where he healed a man who couldn't hear or speak by putting his fingers in...

In this episode, we learn about Jesus confronting the Pharisees over their obsession with hand-washing traditions in Mark 7:1-23. The Pharisees were upset that Jesus' disciples didn't follow their special religious hand-washing rituals before eating, but Jesus called them out as hypocrites—people who followed made-up rules while ignoring what God actually commanded, like honoring their parents. Then Jesus taught the crowd something huge: it's not what goes into you that makes you dirty before God, it's what comes out of your heart. Food just goes through your body, but things like mean thoughts, lying, jealousy, bragging, and selfishness—thos...

In this episode of the Hey Eddy Podcast, we learn about Jesus walking on water from Mark 6:45-56. After feeding the five thousand, Jesus sends his disciples across the lake while he goes up on a mountain to pray. The disciples struggle all night rowing against a fierce wind, making no progress—exhausted and stuck in the dark. But Jesus sees them struggling, and he walks right across the water to help them. The terrified disciples think he’s a ghost, but Jesus says, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” The moment Jesus climbs into the boat, the...

In Mark 6:31-44, Jesus and his exhausted disciples try to escape to a quiet place for rest, but a huge crowd runs around the lake and gets there first. Instead of being annoyed, Jesus feels compassion—he sees them as sheep without a shepherd—and teaches them for hours. When evening comes, the disciples want to send the hungry crowd away, but Jesus says, "YOU give them something to eat." They only find five loaves of bread and two fish—barely enough for one person. Jesus has everyone sit down on the grass, thanks God for the food, breaks the br...

In Mark 6:1-30, three stories come together. First, Jesus returns to His hometown and teaches in the synagogue, but the people refuse to believe in Him—not because He did anything wrong, but because they thought they already knew Him as just "the carpenter." Jesus was amazed at their unbelief. Second, Jesus sends out His twelve disciples two by two on a mission, giving them power to help people and share God's message. He tells them to travel light—no extra food, clothes, or money—because He wants them to trust God to provide. They go out, tell people to tur...

In Mark 5:21-43, a synagogue leader named Jairus falls at Jesus’ feet and begs him to come heal his dying twelve-year-old daughter. Jesus agrees, but on the way through a pressing crowd, a woman who has been bleeding for twelve years sneaks up and touches his robe—and is instantly healed after spending everything on doctors who only made her worse. Jesus stops to find her, calls her “Daughter,” and tells her that her faith has made her well. But while he’s stopped, messengers arrive with devastating news: Jairus’s daughter has died. Jesus tells the heartbroken father, “Don’t be afrai...

In Mark 5:1-20, Jesus crosses the Sea of Galilee and meets a man so possessed by demons that no chains could hold him—he lived in a graveyard, screaming and cutting himself day and night. When Jesus asks the demons’ name, they answer “Legion, for we are many”—thousands of evil spirits in one man! Jesus casts them into a herd of two thousand pigs, which stampede into the lake and drown. The townspeople find the wild man now sitting calmly, dressed, and completely sane—but instead of celebrating, they’re scared and beg Jesus to leave. The healed man wants to f...

In Mark 4:35-41, Jesus and His disciples are crossing the Sea of Galilee when a furious storm hits and the boat starts sinking. The disciples panic, but Jesus is asleep on a cushion! They wake Him up shouting, “Don’t you CARE if we drown?!” Jesus stands up, tells the wind and waves “Quiet! Be still!”—and instantly everything goes calm. Then He asks, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” But now the disciples are even MORE terrified—of JESUS. They ask each other, “Who IS this? Even the wind and waves obey Him!” In the Old Testament...

In Mark 4:21-34, Jesus teaches His disciples that God’s kingdom may look small and hidden right now, but it’s growing into something HUGE—and nothing can stop it. First, Jesus talks about a lamp: you don’t light it just to hide it under a bucket! Whatever is hidden now will eventually be revealed. Then He tells two parables about seeds. In the first, a farmer plants seeds and goes about his life—sleeping, waking up, eating breakfast—and the whole time the seeds are growing underground without him doing anything. He doesn’t even know HOW they grow! Tha...