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Book of Hebrews Part 1 - Are You Listening?
Episode 62
This is a letter that doesn’t actually behave like a letter. There is no proper introduction. So what this first letter does is orient us towards the question “what is the letter to the Hebrews?”. It…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 10: Born of the Spirit
Episode 61
In this last episode, we are going to look at a phrase that appears in one of the four gospel accounts about Jesus. It’s a phrase that Jesus uses called “being born again” or “born of the spirit”. Th…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 9: The Spirit & The Temple
Episode 60
In this episode we are going to look at the way that the spirit’s presence in the Bible story is often connected to a physical building… the temple or the sacred space of God. It’s a major theme uni…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 8: The Spirit as a Voice of Love
Episode 59
In this episode we explore the story of the baptism of Jesus. This story is very powerful and there are many many biblical themes colliding here. This story communicates the love of the father as a g…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 7: The Spirit, Suffering, and Prayer
Episode 58
In this message we are going to look at something very personal, very serious... it is the motif of how God’s spirit is particularly present in moments of human pain and suffering. There is something…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 6: The Spirit and the Fruit
Episode 57
The longest part of the series is about God’s spirit… what does that even mean? In this teaching called the spirit and the fruit, we are looking at God’s personal creative presence as the one who cre…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 5: Spirit as a Life Giver
Episode 56
If someone didn’t really grow up in a tradition that emphasized the spirit of God, then these are kind of abstract and difficult things for people to incorporate into their thinking and life experien…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 4: Who Can Forgive Sins?
Episode 55
In this episode we’re exploring the story of Jesus. We’re going to explore the version from the Gospel of Mark. Jesus fundamentally redefines his understanding of God by his acts of forgiveness and h…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 3: Jesus' Family Story
Episode 54
This teaching is more like story time rather than a lecture. I wanted to try to capture the story that is driving the fist three quarters of the Bible. I begin on page one of the Old Testament and na…
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago
I am who I am Part 2: Yahweh is our Gracious Judge
Episode 53
This teaching is about character and the role of God as a judge of human behavior (specifically human’s moral behavior). What does it mean to say that “God brings to bear his justice on our behavior …
Published on 8 years, 1 month ago