There are stories about people in the bible that we love to love. These are the stories everyone seems to know: famous daughters, brave judges, and influential church planters. They wait in broad daylight for us to discover something new, as if to say, “There’s more to me than what you think you know and love.” For as much as the bible is about God, it would be nothing without people. And the thing about people is that even while they change, they also stay the same. Century after century, peopl...
Aug 14, 2022•26 min•Season 8Ep. 47
There are so many stories about people in the bible that, with eyes wide open, disturb. In the history of interpretation, explanations abound. We hear that these folks had it coming, that their differences were unacceptable, that they were vulnerable and weak. As disturbing as these stories feel, they don't disappear. They wait in the shadows as if to say, "Our pain is real and held by God in this sacred story." For as much as the bible is about people, it's about God. And while God elevates peo...
Aug 07, 2022•29 min•Season 8Ep. 46
There are so many stories about people in the bible that, with eyes wide open, disturb. In the history of interpretation, explanations abound. We hear that these folks had it coming, that their differences were unacceptable, that they were vulnerable and weak. As disturbing as these stories feel, they don't disappear. They wait in the shadows as if to say, "Our pain is real and held by God in this sacred story." For as much as the bible is about people, it's about God. And while God elevates peo...
Aug 01, 2022•25 min•Season 8Ep. 45
There are so many stories about people in the bible that, with eyes wide open, disturb. In the history of interpretation, explanations abound. We hear that these folks had it coming, that their differences were unacceptable, that they were vulnerable and weak. As disturbing as these stories feel, they don't disappear. They wait in the shadows as if to say, "Our pain is real and held by God in this sacred story." For as much as the bible is about people, it's about God. And while God elevates peo...
Jul 24, 2022•27 min•Season 8Ep. 44
There are so many stories about people in the bible that, with eyes wide open, disturb. In the history of interpretation, explanations abound. We hear that these folks had it coming, that their differences were unacceptable, that they were vulnerable and weak. As disturbing as these stories feel, they don't disappear. They wait in the shadows as if to say, "Our pain is real and held by God in this sacred story." For as much as the bible is about people, it's about God. And while God elevates peo...
Jul 18, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 43
Upside Down Apocalypse is available July 5, 2022 In this series, we're going to take a look at a Jesus-centred interpretation of the book of Revelation. In this video we'll talk about: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 A Closer Look 03:25 Second Chances 04:40 Judgement and Redemption 06:55 Power and Control 08:29 Profound Hope This video is part 6 of 6. Preorder links: US https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-Apocalypse-Grounding-Revelation-Gospel/dp/1513810391/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=16...
Jul 15, 2022•10 min
Upside Down Apocalypse is available July 5, 2022 In this series, we're going to take a look at a Jesus-centred interpretation of the book of Revelation. In this video we'll talk about: 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Har Megiddo 03:12 Ground Zero 04:20 The Rider on the White Horse 08:42 Subversion of our Expectations This video is part 5 of 6. Preorder links: US https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-Apocalypse-Grounding-Revelation-Gospel/dp/1513810391/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1652664496...
Jul 14, 2022•12 min
Upside Down Apocalypse is available July 5, 2022 In this series, we're going to take a look at a Jesus-centred interpretation of the book of Revelation. In this video we'll talk about: 00:00 Introduction 01:15 All the Sevens 02:40 The Trumpets 06:60 A Seventh Angel 10:42 Counter-Narrative In future videos, we'll talk about the genre of apocalyptic literature and look at some of the key moments and images from the book of Revelation. Preorder links: US https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-Apocalyps...
Jul 13, 2022•14 min
Upside Down Apocalypse is available July 5, 2022 In this series, we're going to take a look at a Jesus-centred interpretation of the book of Revelation. In this video we'll talk about: 00:00 Introduction 01:10 The Purpose of the Letters 02:58 The Economy of Laodicea 04:55 Water Sources In future videos, we'll talk about the genre of apocalyptic literature and look at some of the key moments and images from the book of Revelation. Preorder links: US https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-Apocalypse-G...
Jul 12, 2022•10 min
Upside Down Apocalypse is available July 5, 2022 In this series, we're going to take a look at a Jesus-centred interpretation of the book of Revelation. We'll start by talking about: 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Where Apocalyptic literature comes from 04:30 Apocalyptic Language Games 09:28 666 and the Mark of the Beast In future videos, we'll look at some of the key moments and images from the book of Revelation. Preorder links: US https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-Apocalypse-Grounding-Revelation-G...
Jul 11, 2022•13 min
Upside Down Apocalypse is available July 5, 2022 In this series, we're going to take a look at a Jesus-centred interpretation of the book of Revelation. We'll start by talking about: 01:30 Why it's important to interpret Revelation through Jesus 06:04 The purpose of prophecy in the Hebrew tradition 09:40 How John uses Isaiah as the structure for his writing In future videos, we'll talk about the genre of apocalyptic literature and look at some of the key moments and images from the book of Revel...
Jul 10, 2022•20 min
"Genesis is a book about origins: the origins of humankind, the origins of Israel, and the origins of the unique relationship between God and a particular people." —Nahum Sarna. We will listen to the memory of ancient Israel wrapped in poetic narratives. We will spend time with the strangeness of these stories, attending to the faith embedded in them. We will let the text draw us into a cosmic account of creation, the epic beginning rooted in the stories of the ancient Near East and artfully res...
Jul 03, 2022•31 min•Season 8Ep. 42
"Genesis is a book about origins: the origins of humankind, the origins of Israel, and the origins of the unique relationship between God and a particular people." —Nahum Sarna. We will listen to the memory of ancient Israel wrapped in poetic narratives. We will spend time with the strangeness of these stories, attending to the faith embedded in them. We will let the text draw us into a cosmic account of creation, the epic beginning rooted in the stories of the ancient Near East and artfully res...
Jun 26, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 41
Cain and Abel is a compelling story and there are a lot of ways to read it. Here's an option that sees the characters as archetypes of human social development. Let me know what you think.
Jun 23, 2022•7 min
"Genesis is a book about origins: the origins of humankind, the origins of Israel, and the origins of the unique relationship between God and a particular people." —Nahum Sarna. We will listen to the memory of ancient Israel wrapped in poetic narratives. We will spend time with the strangeness of these stories, attending to the faith embedded in them. We will let the text draw us into a cosmic account of creation, the epic beginning rooted in the stories of the ancient Near East and artfully res...
Jun 20, 2022•27 min•Season 8Ep. 40
"Genesis is a book about origins: the origins of humankind, the origins of Israel, and the origins of the unique relationship between God and a particular people." —Nahum Sarna. We will listen to the memory of ancient Israel wrapped in poetic narratives. We will spend time with the strangeness of these stories, attending to the faith embedded in them. We will let the text draw us into a cosmic account of creation, the epic beginning rooted in the stories of the ancient Near East and artfully res...
Jun 13, 2022•30 min•Season 8Ep. 39
"Genesis is a book about origins: the origins of humankind, the origins of Israel, and the origins of the unique relationship between God and a particular people." —Nahum Sarna. We will listen to the memory of ancient Israel wrapped in poetic narratives. We will spend time with the strangeness of these stories, attending to the faith embedded in them. We will let the text draw us into a cosmic account of creation, the epic beginning rooted in the stories of the ancient Near East and artfully res...
Jun 06, 2022•31 min•Season 8Ep. 38
Philippians 2 *** We all have a guilty musical pleasure. Admit it. A band we return to as the soundtrack to some other season. An album we replay because it.still. holds.up. The song we blast in the car when it comes on — lyrics flowing freely, dance moves optional. Because music stirs us, evokes emotion, forms memory, and helps us return to ourselves. Which is why we shouldn’t be surprised that, at times, early Christian authors seem to have drawn on the songs and poetry around them as they wro...
May 30, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 37
Heb 1 *** We all have a guilty musical pleasure. Admit it. A band we return to as the soundtrack to some other season. An album we replay because it.still. holds.up. The song we blast in the car when it comes on — lyrics flowing freely, dance moves optional. Because music stirs us, evokes emotion, forms memory, and helps us return to ourselves. Which is why we shouldn’t be surprised that, at times, early Christian authors seem to have drawn on the songs and poetry around them as they wrote. Pull...
May 22, 2022•30 min•Season 8Ep. 36
Ephesians 2:14-18 *** We all have a guilty musical pleasure. Admit it. A band we return to as the soundtrack to some other season. An album we replay because it.still. holds.up. The song we blast in the car when it comes on — lyrics flowing freely, dance moves optional. Because music stirs us, evokes emotion, forms memory, and helps us return to ourselves. Which is why we shouldn’t be surprised that, at times, early Christian authors seem to have drawn on the songs and poetry around them as they...
May 15, 2022•30 min•Season 8Ep. 35
We all have a guilty musical pleasure. Admit it. A band we return to as the soundtrack to some other season. An album we replay because it.still. holds.up. The song we blast in the car when it comes on — lyrics flowing freely, dance moves optional. Because music stirs us, evokes emotion, forms memory, and helps us return to ourselves. Which is why we shouldn’t be surprised that, at times, early Christian authors seem to have drawn on the songs and poetry around them as they wrote. Pulling meanin...
May 09, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 34
John 1:1-14 *** We all have a guilty musical pleasure. Admit it. A band we return to as the soundtrack to some other season. An album we replay because it.still. holds.up. The song we blast in the car when it comes on — lyrics flowing freely, dance moves optional. Because music stirs us, evokes emotion, forms memory, and helps us return to ourselves. Which is why we shouldn’t be surprised that, at times, early Christian authors seem to have drawn on the songs and poetry around them as they wrote...
May 01, 2022•29 min•Season 8Ep. 33
We have just through Easter and we are now in the season of Eastertide, the 50 day celebration of resurrection. And that’s lovely but I think for a lot of us that are steeped in the evangelical industrial complex our relationship with Easter can feel a little complicated. Sure, we love resurrection and we are glad Jesus died “for us” but sometimes there is this niggling feeling like it doesn’t quite add up. God is the source of this beautiful story of triumph and life and all the different ways ...
Apr 26, 2022•24 min
We all have a guilty musical pleasure. Admit it. A band we return to as the soundtrack to some other season. An album we replay because it.still. holds.up. The song we blast in the car when it comes on — lyrics flowing freely, dance moves optional. Because music stirs us, evokes emotion, forms memory, and helps us return to ourselves. Which is why we shouldn’t be surprised that, at times, early Christian authors seem to have drawn on the songs and poetry around them as they wrote. Pulling meanin...
Apr 24, 2022•27 min•Season 8Ep. 32
Easter Sunday is here. Resurrection has come for us. Today we awake knowing that the story is not over. And it is a celebration! But this is also our first Easter Sunday gathering together to worship in three years, and we are ecstatic. The Christian faith is an Easter faith. That means it is ultimately a joyous and hopeful view of the universe. Christ has triumphed over the enemies of life and love. Death, and sin, and isolation, and despair have been given an expiry date. Love, and hope, and m...
Apr 18, 2022•25 min•Season 8Ep. 31
Everything depends on Jesus, his dying and rising life. Everything. With a clear sense of who Jesus is—God most clearly revealed to us—and a clear focus on what he has done for us through the cross and resurrection, we live now with a hope and confidence that cannot be undone. Holy Week is the time in the Christian calendar when we pay closest attention to this part of the story. In the same way, that the gospels slow down during Jesus' last week, helping us to notice every meaning-filled moment...
Apr 16, 2022•22 min
John 9:1-7 *** Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable about Jesus, though. John puts in simply, "In him was life and that life was the light of all people." (John 1:4) As John writes about Jesus, he knows that he is touching the infinite. He charmingly says that the world was too small to record what could be said about him. (John 21:25) So, what to do? ...
Apr 11, 2022•24 min•Season 8Ep. 30
John 6:15-21 *** Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable about Jesus, though. John puts in simply, "In him was life and that life was the light of all people." (John 1:4) As John writes about Jesus, he knows that he is touching the infinite. He charmingly says that the world was too small to record what could be said about him. (John 21:25) So, what to do...
Apr 03, 2022•31 min•Season 8Ep. 29
John 6:1-15 *** Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable about Jesus, though. John puts in simply, "In him was life and that life was the light of all people." (John 1:4) As John writes about Jesus, he knows that he is touching the infinite. He charmingly says that the world was too small to record what could be said about him. (John 21:25) So, what to do?...
Mar 27, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 28
John 5 *** Jesus endlessly fascinates. There is not a single moment, word, or action in his life that is not pregnant with something more. There is a qualitative difference that is unmistakable about Jesus, though. John puts in simply, "In him was life and that life was the light of all people." (John 1:4) As John writes about Jesus, he knows that he is touching the infinite. He charmingly says that the world was too small to record what could be said about him. (John 21:25) So, what to do? How ...
Mar 20, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 27
