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Incredible Things, with Tom Schmidt: Luke 5:26
Season 7 Episode 2
In a healing story shared by the first three Gospels, Luke reports a uniquely worded response of onlookers, translated in the NIV as, “We have seen remarkable things today.” The key Greek word is παρ…
Published on 9 hours ago
Finding Jesus Inside the Shema, with N. T. Wright: 1 Corinthians 8:6
Season 7 Episode 1
As of Paul’s first (existing) letter to them, the Corinthians are still struggling to understand and practice their faith in their native, non-Jewish environment. In a passage centering on the knowle…
Published on 1 week ago
Praising the Lord in Hebrew, with Chandler Dean: Psalm 150
Season 6 Episode 49
Hebrew poetry is rich in parallelism of sound (phonological), words (lexical), meaning (semantic), and grammar, through which meaning is conveyed. Psalm 150 illustrates these devices, and manages to …
Published on 3 weeks ago
Oversight for the Sake of Peace, with Pat Miller: Hebrews 12:14-16
Season 6 Episode 48
The Greek of Heb. 12:14-16, though rendered into separate sentences in some English translations, is a single Greek sentence. Paying close attention to the internal structure, especially a participle…
Published on 4 weeks ago
The Sound of Meaning, with Rabbi Steven Bob: Genesis 1:1-5
Season 6 Episode 47
The opening lines of Genesis illustrate the way Hebrew relies on the sounds of words to convey meaning, for example, the menacing Hebrew word for ‘darkness.’ Rabbi Steven Bob, who has contributed sev…
Published on 1 month ago
Faith as Loyalty, with Matthew Bates: Romans 3:2-3
Season 6 Episode 46
At a crucial juncture in his argument and in the space of two verses Paul uses four terms related to the πιστ- word-group, usually rendered as “faith” or “belief.” Background and the context of Roman…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
A Statue in Progression, with John Walton: Daniel 3
Season 6 Episode 45
The story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego – their refusal to bow down to the king’s image and their deliverance from the furnace – is among the most oft-told of the Bible. Archaeology has provided …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Satan Paraded, with Shane J. Wood: Revelation 20:3
Season 6 Episode 45
A small, common, but theologically charged Greek verb in Rev. 20:3 quietly signals the fate of Satan in the triumphant King’s victory procession. Dr. Shane Wood is Professor of New Testament & Its O…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Habakkuk and God in Dialogue, with Andrew Abernethy: Habakkuk 1-2
Season 6 Episode 44
Unlike other prophetic books that directly address an audience, the message of Habakkuk presents itself to listeners by pondering a dialogue between the prophet Habakkuk and God. By paying attention …
Published on 2 months ago
Amos’ Art, with Danny Carroll Rodas: Amos
Season 6 Episode 43
Amos’ Hebrew is rich with rhetorical techniques such as word play and satire, sometimes throwing hard punches. Some of these can be heard in translation, others are difficult to preserve in English. …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago