Bammerhab: Bible Explainer

Oligopsychous means fainthearted or, by extension, anxious and weary.

So, what does Paul proscribe for anxious, weary souls like me?

Paul counsels gentleness. He gently encourages these weary ones and feeds them reassurance.

Where does that reassurance come from? Great question!

(Also thanks to musician Sam Banfield for sharing a “Song for the Weary” at the close of the episode.)

This episode digs deeper into “oligopsychous” (ὀλιγοψύχους meaning ‘fainthearted’) in 1 Thessalonians 5:14.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 “And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.” (ESV)

In addition, a link to a collection of John Eldredge’s prayers, and his free Pause app referred to in the episode.

Links:

Bammerhab Site: www.bammerhab.com

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

• Pixabay for sound effects (h/t jimena contreras & playsound)

God’s primal blessing is so shocking that, despite it being in plain language in the very first chapter of the Bible and echoed throughout, many modern theologians recoil at the thought and try to minimize it and reverse it and undo it.

But it can’t be undone.

So what is this primal blessing?

Great question! Let’s explore!

(Also thanks again to Desi Ana Sartini for reading her poem, “Seventh Day.” Much more of her poetry can be found at Breath of Heaven, Dust of Earth.)

This episode digs deeper into “eulogia” (εὐλογίᾳ meaning ‘blessing’) in Ephesians 1:3.

Ephesians 1:3 - “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” (NIV)

Links:

Bammerhab Site: www.bammerhab.com

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

• Pixabay for sound effects (h/t jimena contreras & playsound)

The root of much of our failure is because of dipsychos. But what is it exactly? What does it look like and how can it end?

This epidemic of dipsychos is personal for me. It was a sin that trapped me for over a decade, but what’s worse is it still traps most Christians I know, and they don’t even know its name. As I’ve seen famous pastors and ordinary Christians drift slowly away from Christ, I keep asking myself: why? But the question was already answered in the book we all have on our shelves and phones.

It’s because of dipsychos. What is that?

Great question! Let’s explore!

This episode digs deeper into “dipsychos” (δίψυχος meaning ‘double-minded’) in James 1:8.

James 1:6-8 -“When you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.” (NIV)

Links:

Bammerhab Site: www.bammerhab.com

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

• Pixabay for sound effects (h/t jimena contreras & playsound)

In the ancient Temple, the only light streamed down from a great menorah lit by seven branches. And holding that light, are the cups of the great lamp which are fashioned to look like almond flowers.

Wait… why almond flowers? Does the Almighty really like almonds?

And why did God inaugurate Jeremiah’s call with a vision of almond flowers?

Great question! Let’s explore!

This episode digs deeper into “shaqed” (שָׁקֵד meaning ‘Almond Flower’) in Jeremiah 1:11.

Jeremiah 1:11 -“The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.” (NIV)

Full text of “The Dream Within a Dream” by George MacDonald

Links:

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

• Pixabay for sound effects (h/t jimena contreras & playsound)

Why does Easter matter?

Because Easter is not just a day, but the pivot point of the entire cosmos, where a brand New Earth has begun to be created. What will that look like, you ask?

Great question! Let’s explore!

This episode digs deeper into Gen Kainen - γῆν καινήν - “New Earth” in Reveleation 21:1.

Revelation 21:1 -“And I saw a new heaven and a NEW EARTH: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” (KJV)

Links:

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

Every spring for thousands of years, families have gathered around a story measured out in food, measured out by four cups of wine. These cups of wine are centered around four promises from Exodus 6, and each cup has a very different mystery inside it.

So, what is the mystery of the cups?

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into Poterion- ποτήριον - “the cup” in Mark 14:23:

Mark 14:23 -“And he took THE CUP, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.” (KJV)

Links:

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

Why did the crowds wave palm branches on Palm Sunday? Were they just grabbing something at hand or is there a much deeper meaning at play here, that stretches back thousands of years into the past and far into the future?

Thanks too to Jesse Baker for his poem: “The Twirling Oak.”

Today’s Word: Besimhah - בְשִׂמְחָ֣ה - “With Joy, In Glee”

Isaiah 55:12 - “You will go out IN JOY and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” (Isaiah 55:12-NIV)

Links:

Jesse Baker: clayjar.review/authors/jesse-baker

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

Email me at: [email protected]

God tells us he’s the potter; we’re the clay. He’s the architect; we’re the living stones. But what exactly is God shaping you for? Or another way of putting that, what is your calling?

Also… What if you can’t finish our calling before you die, what then?

“As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:4-5-NIV)

1 Peter 2:4-5 - Πρὸς ὃν προσερχόμενοι, λίθον ζῶντα, ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων μὲν ἀποδεδοκιμασμένον παρὰ δὲ Θεῷ ἐκλεκτὸν ἔντιμον, καὶ αὐτοὶ ὡς λίθοι ζῶντες οἰκοδομεῖσθε οἶκος πνευματικὸς εἰς ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον, ἀνενέγκαι πνευματικὰς θυσίας εὐπροσδέκτους Θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Bonus Word: Sunarmologeó: “Joined Together” (Eph. 2:21)

“In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.” (Eph. 2:21)

Eph. 2:21 - ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν Κυρίῳ

A different version of this episode was written up over on Bandersnatch Books’ substack.

Links:

Reagan Dregge: lettersfromtheprairie.substack.com

Diana Glyer’s Bandersnatch: www.dianaglyer.com

Jordan Raynor: www.jordanraynor.com

John Eldredge: www.wildatheart.org

Ray Stedman: www.raystedman.org

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

Email me at: [email protected]

Didn’t Moses have a calling to save the people of Israel? Then why did he fail so badly the first time around? And what is “your calling” anyway?

“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21-NIV)

Isaiah 30:21 - כא ואזניך תשמענה דבר מאחריך לאמר זה הדרך לכו בו כי תאמינו וכי תשמאילו

A different version of this episode was written up over on Bandersnatch Books’ substack.

Links:

Jordan Raynor: www.jordanraynor.com

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

Did you know Herod Antipas’s brother was a leader in the early church? Yes, one of the most evil kings in the bible, had a brother who was an elder in one of the most vibrant and influential early churches of Acts. He even helped start out the Apostle Paul, but what might have happened to make him switch allegiances?

This episode answers that while defining the name “Manaen” (Μαναήν) in Acts 13:1.

“Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.” (Acts 13:1-NIV)

Acts 13:1 - Ἦσαν δὲ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ κατὰ τὴν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίαν προφῆται καὶ διδάσκαλοι ὅ τε Βαρνάβας καὶ Συμεὼν ὁ καλούμενος Νίγερ, καὶ Λούκιος ὁ Κυρηναῖος, Μαναήν τε Ἡρῴδου τοῦ τετραάρχου σύντροφος καὶ Σαῦλος.

Links:

Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com

SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.com

Thanks to:

• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com

• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links