Episode notes
She was caught in the act. Half-clothed. Dragged through the streets, used as bait in a trap set not just for her—but for God Himself. And what did Jesus do? He didn’t lecture. He didn’t flinch. He knelt down and wrote in the dust.
In this immersive, cinematic episode of The Semi-Seminarian, Pastor Jim Wilhelm walks barefoot into John 8:3–11—the story of the woman caught in adultery. But this isn’t a retelling for your intellect. It’s an invitation for your imagination. A sandals-on-the-ground gospel where dust speaks louder than doctrine, and grace doesn’t erase the past—it just refuses to weaponize it.
This is a Bible story, yes. But it’s also your story. Her shame sounds like ours. Their stones feel familiar. And the God who kneels is still whispering sacred things into the dirt we thought disqualified us.
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