Everybody Wants the Resurrection, Nobody Wants the Cross
Episode 24 of Wolves & Wisemen Reignited starts differently as the guys put the usual chaos aside and walk through the final week leading to the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Wolves & Wisemen Reignited — Episode 24
About This Episode
Everybody wants the resurrection.
Nobody wants the cross.
From Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to cleansing the temple, confronting religious leaders, Judas' betrayal, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the silence of Saturday and finally the empty tomb—the guys examine what happened during the most important week in Christianity.
But this isn't just a timeline.
The conversation becomes about leadership, betrayal, suffering, sacrifice and what it actually means to follow Christ when things aren't easy.
Jesus knew what was coming and continued toward Jerusalem anyway.
He confronted corruption.
He served the people around Him.
He washed His disciples' feet knowing that within hours He would be arrested, tortured and crucified.
And when it looked like everything was over, Sunday changed everything.
The guys also discuss how modern Easter traditions can overshadow the reason Christians celebrate in the first place and why parents should make sure their children understand the story of Jesus rather than knowing Easter only as candy, baskets, eggs and the Easter Bunny.
Then, once the serious conversation is over, Episode 24 returns to regularly scheduled Wolves & Wisemen programming.
The Rebel Report dives into international conflict, a Utah police officer's unfortunate nap behind the wheel, skepticism surrounding new images from space and household robots.
Sacked returns with exactly the kind of videos you'd expect.
Folks on Fire recognizes people doing genuinely good things.
Boners gets weird.
And Fringe Files heads back toward Area 51 with Bob Lazar, S-4, alleged reverse-engineered craft and one of the biggest questions of the show: if something else is out there, what exactly is it?
What We Talk About
Holy Week
Palm Sunday
Jesus entering Jerusalem
Jesus cleansing the temple
Confronting religious hypocrisy
Judas and the 30 pieces of silver
The Last Supper
Communion
Jesus washing His disciples' feet
Servant leadership
The Crucifixion
The suffering Jesus endured before the Cross
The Passion of the Christ
The silence of Saturday
The Resurrection
Modern Easter traditions
Teaching children the real meaning of Easter
Faith conversations outside church
The Rebel Report
International conflict and ceasefire discussion
A St. George police officer hitting a tree
Artemis and space imagery
Household robots
Sacked
Folks on Fire
Utah Valley Periodontics
Bicycle Collective
Giving bikes to kids
Baseball
Boners
Sunburned legs
Protest interviews
Ticks and Alpha-gal syndrome theories
Bob Lazar
Area 51 and S-4
UFOs and UAPs
Reverse-engineered spacecraft
Aliens vs. fallen angels
Faith and extraterrestrial life
The Check In
The Most Important Week in Human History
The Check In begins with a simple idea:
None of what happened during Holy Week caught Jesus by surprise.
The guys walk day by day through the events leading to the Cross and Resurrection.
Luke 9:51
As the time approached for Jesus to be taken up, Scripture says He “set his face to go to Jerusalem.”
Jesus wasn't simply reacting to events happening around Him.
He knew where He was going.
He knew what awaited Him.
And He went anyway.
Palm Sunday
Praised When He Met Their Expectations
Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey and is welcomed by crowds celebrating His arrival.
Matthew 21:9
“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
But the episode focuses on an important distinction.
The crowd had expectations about who Jesus was supposed to be and what He was supposed to do.
They welcomed Him like a conquering king.
Jesus had something very different in mind.
That raises a question that still applies today:
What happens to our faith when Jesus doesn't meet our expectations?
Monday
Jesus Flips the Tables
Jesus enters the temple and confronts what is happening there.
Matthew 21:12–13
“My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers.”
The guys connect the passage to modern organized religion and discuss what happens when institutions supposedly built around God become more concerned with money, power, rules or organizational interests.
Jesus doesn't quietly ignore it.
He confronts it.
Tuesday
Truth Gets Confrontational
Religious leaders begin challenging Jesus and questioning His authority.
Jesus responds directly.
The guys discuss the willingness of Christ to confront hypocrisy rather than avoiding conflict simply to keep everyone comfortable.
The lesson:
Truth isn't always comfortable.
And sometimes the people most threatened by truth are the people whose authority depends on everyone continuing to accept the existing system.
Wednesday
Betrayal Comes From Someone Close
Judas agrees to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
The discussion turns toward something nearly everyone eventually learns:
The people capable of hurting you the most are usually the people close enough to you to do it.
Judas wasn't some distant enemy.
He was inside the circle.
That leads into a broader conversation about loyalty, friendship and being careful about the community you build around yourself.
Thursday
The Last Supper
Thursday brings the Last Supper.
Jesus shares Passover with His disciples, establishes Communion and tells them what is coming.
Luke 22:19–20
“This is my body…”
“This cup is the new covenant in my blood…”
But another moment stands out.
Jesus washes His disciples' feet.
Knowing He is about to be betrayed, arrested, tortured and killed, Jesus still serves the people around Him.
That becomes one of Episode 24's strongest discussions.
What Does a Real Leader Look Like?
Jesus doesn't demonstrate leadership by sitting above everyone else and issuing orders.
He gets down and washes feet.
The guys connect that example to leadership in the military, business and everyday life.
A leader shouldn't simply send people into difficult situations.
A good leader should understand what the people underneath him are going through.
Sometimes that means getting into the trenches with them.
And when something goes wrong?
A leader doesn't automatically throw everyone underneath him under the bus.
The buck stops with the leader.
Friday
The Crucifixion
Friday is where the conversation gets considerably heavier.
The guys discuss how sanitized modern portrayals of the Crucifixion can become compared with the brutality Jesus actually endured.
The whipping.
The crown of thorns.
The beating.
The physical exhaustion.
Carrying the Cross.
And finally the Crucifixion itself.
The discussion isn't about glorifying violence.
It's about understanding the magnitude of the sacrifice Christians say Christ willingly made.
The Passion of the Christ
The guys discuss The Passion of the Christ and how seeing a visual depiction of the suffering surrounding the Crucifixion can affect someone differently than simply reading the words.
They also talk about Jim Caviezel's experience portraying Jesus and the physical difficulties reportedly encountered during production.
The bigger point isn't the movie itself.
It's that the Crucifixion shouldn't become so familiar that Christians forget what the words actually describe.
Saturday
When God Seems Silent
Jesus is dead.
The tomb is sealed.
Guards are outside.
To everyone watching, it appears to be over.
Matthew 27:65–66
The tomb is secured and guarded.
Episode 24 frames Saturday as the moment where many people would quit.
Nothing appears to be happening.
Hope appears gone.
But the story isn't finished.
That becomes a powerful metaphor for faith:
Sometimes you're in Saturday and you don't know Sunday is coming.
Sunday
The Resurrection
Then everything changes.
The tomb is empty.
Matthew 28:6
“He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.”
John 11:25
“I am the resurrection and the life.”
The Resurrection transforms what looked like defeat on Friday into the foundation of Christianity.
Death didn't get the final word.
Everybody Wants the Resurrection
One line near the end of the Check In captures the entire conversation:
“Everybody wants resurrection, but nobody wants the cross.”
Everyone wants the breakthrough.
Everyone wants redemption.
Everyone wants the victory.
Everyone wants the testimony after the struggle.
Nobody wants the suffering required to get there.
The Cross and Resurrection can't be separated.
And the guys connect that lesson to everyday life:
Sometimes you have to go through something before you can come out the other side of it.
What Happened to Easter?
The discussion then turns toward modern Easter traditions.
Eggs.
Candy.
Baskets.
The Easter Bunny.
The guys explain why their families are moving away from some of those traditions and putting more emphasis on teaching their children what Easter means within Christianity.
One example is giving their kids comic-book-style Bibles designed to make biblical stories easier for children to understand while still pointing them back toward Scripture.
Their challenge to parents is straightforward:
Make Jesus the hero.
Don't assume your kids understand Easter simply because they've celebrated it every year.
Talk about it.
Explain Holy Week.
Explain the Cross.
Explain the Resurrection.
Give them something deeper than a basket of candy.
Plant the Seed
The Check In ends with a discussion about simply becoming more comfortable talking about faith.
The guys share examples of conversations that have happened naturally since starting the show.
At hockey games.
At work.
Around friends.
With strangers.
Sometimes the person you're talking to may not agree.
Sometimes they may not be ready.
That's okay.
The point isn't forcing somebody into a conversation.
It's being willing to have one.
Plant the seed.
Rebel Report
After nearly half the episode stays focused on Holy Week, the show officially returns to the shenanigans.
International Conflict
The guys discuss the developing situation involving the United States, Iran and Israel, including the possibility of a ceasefire and the economic and geopolitical consequences of continued conflict.
They debate energy production, shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz and the risk of a wider war.
The discussion includes a range of the hosts' personal views and speculation about possible motivations and outcomes rather than presenting a single conclusion.
St. George Police Officer vs. Tree
A St. George police officer reportedly falls asleep behind the wheel of his patrol vehicle and manages to find one of the relatively few trees available in southern Utah.
Fortunately, nobody is seriously hurt.
Unfortunately for the officer, his coworkers now have material forever.
Space Skepticism Returns
After Episode 23's Moon discussion, the guys return to space when new imagery connected with the Artemis mission enters the conversation.
The hosts remain skeptical and question why more compelling live exterior footage isn't being shown.
Robot Housekeepers
Another company is developing robots capable of performing household chores.
The guys immediately arrive at the important question:
Do we really want another internet-connected machine wandering around the house listening to everything we say?
The answer from this crew is pretty predictable.
Sacked
Construction equipment.
Extension cords.
Garage projects.
Wiffle balls.
Friends intentionally attempting to destroy each other's future bloodlines.
Sacked once again proves that mankind's technological progress has done absolutely nothing to protect men from getting hit in the nuts.
Folks on Fire
Utah Valley Periodontics
Utah Valley Periodontics gets a personal shout-out for years of care and for developing the kind of relationship where going to a medical appointment doesn't feel completely clinical.
It's a genuine thank-you to people who helped during an extremely difficult period and continue providing great care.
Bicycle Collective
The Bicycle Collective gets recognition for refurbishing donated bicycles and helping get them into the hands of Utah families.
Thousands of bikes are given another life instead of ending up discarded.
And more importantly:
Kids get outside.
God's Eye / Dana
The Bicycle Collective story reminds the guys of Dana, who independently does something similar—fixing bicycles and giving them to people who need them.
It's a good reminder that making a difference doesn't always require a massive organization.
Sometimes it starts in your own garage.
Baseball
The final Folks on Fire recognition heads to the baseball field after an incredible defensive performance featuring multiple robbed home runs and highlight-reel catches.
Boners
The Sun
Sometimes you don't need politics or criminals to make the Boner list.
Sometimes you simply need pale legs and a golf course.
After deciding shorts would probably be fine for nine holes of morning golf, the sun provides an immediate reminder of why that decision hadn't been made in roughly three years.
The result:
Johnny Hot Knees.
Protest Interviews
Another Boner segment examines street interviews with protesters who are asked to explain the specific reasons behind the slogans they're carrying.
The guys focus on examples where interviewees struggle to provide specific policies or actions supporting their claims.
Ticks
Then Boners goes completely off the rails.
The discussion turns toward ticks, Lyme disease, Alpha-gal syndrome and theories surrounding genetically modified insects and disease.
The hosts speculate about whether some tick populations or diseases have been manipulated or intentionally released and discuss various alleged treatments.
These portions of the conversation are presented as the hosts' theories and discussion—not established medical or scientific conclusions.
Fringe Files
Bob Lazar, S-4 & What Was Really Happening Near Area 51?
Fringe Files returns to one of the biggest names in UFO history:
Bob Lazar.
The guys discuss the documentary S4: The Bob Lazar Story and Lazar's decades-old claims that he worked near Area 51 at a facility commonly referred to as S-4.
According to Lazar's account, he was brought into a classified program involving attempts to reverse engineer unconventional craft.
He has claimed he saw multiple craft and personally worked on understanding one of their propulsion or power systems.
Whether Lazar's story proves anything is exactly where the conversation begins.
Why Bob Lazar?
The thing that fascinates the guys isn't simply the UFO story.
It's the consistency of the story.
Lazar began publicly making his claims in 1989 and has continued telling essentially the same core story decades later.
The guys discuss his demeanor, his apparent lack of interest in turning himself into a conventional celebrity and the consequences he says followed his decision to speak publicly.
Does consistency prove his claims?
No.
But it makes the story fascinating enough that Fringe Files isn't finished with him.
Are UFOs Actually Extraterrestrial?
Then Episode 24 connects Fringe Files back to faith.
Suppose unexplained craft exist.
Suppose beings associated with them exist.
What are they?
Extraterrestrials?
Something created elsewhere by God?
Interdimensional beings?
Or something spiritual?
The guys discuss a theory they've encountered from religious figures suggesting that at least some alleged “gray alien” encounters could instead involve demonic entities or fallen angels.
Nobody claims to know.
And that uncertainty becomes the interesting part.
Could God Have Created Other Life?
The conversation also asks whether Christianity necessarily requires believing Earth contains the only intelligent beings God ever created.
The guys don't see an obvious reason God couldn't create life somewhere else.
If God created the universe, then creating another civilization would hardly be beyond His ability.
At the same time, they leave open the possibility that some unexplained encounters could have a spiritual rather than extraterrestrial explanation.
Which leaves Fringe Files exactly where it belongs:
We don't know.
But it's fun to ask.
Episode 24 In One Thought
Everybody wants Sunday morning. Nobody wants Friday afternoon. But you don't get the Resurrection without the Cross.
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