Bible Streams

In the beginning... The words are embedded in our culture, but in the beginning of what? And with who? And what is the purpose? Join Chris and Jo as they dive deep into the first two chapters of Genesis, examining some of the big ideas and overarching themes of these most significant passages.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Genesis (NIVAC) -  by John Walton
• Book: The Lost World of Genesis One - by John Walton
• Book: The Lost World of Adam and Eve - by John Walton
• Book: Genesis (NICOT) - by Victor P. Hamilton
• Book: Genesis (Tyndale) - by Andrew E. Steinman
• Book: The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis - By Joel S. Baden
• Book: The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch - by Umberto Cassuto
• Book: Genesis: A Commentary - by Bruce K. Waltke

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

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Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

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Were Adam and Eve the first people? What is the purpose of the Garden of Eden? What is true about Genesis, and what is real? How literal should we be about what we read? Dr John Walton has spent his entire academic career looking at these issues and many more.

Alex, Chris and Jo talk to John about the Ancient Near Eastern understanding of the origins of the universe, humanity, and how best we should read these ancient texts in our modern world.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Genesis (NIVAC) -  by John Walton
• Book: The Lost World of Genesis One - by John Walton
• Book: The Lost World of Adam and Eve - by John Walton
• Book: Genesis (NICOT) - by Victor P. Hamilton
• Book: Genesis (Tyndale) - by Andrew E. Steinman
• Book: The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis - By Joel S. Baden
• Book: The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch - by Umberto Cassuto
• Book: Genesis: A Commentary - by Bruce K. Waltke

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

Genesis... The Book of Beginnings, where it all starts... And how a story starts sets the rest of it in context. So how does Genesis set a context for everything that comes after it? Setting first things first might just help us understand the whole rest of the Bible!

Join Jo, Alex and Chris as we work our way through this foundational book over the next few weeks: discovering new things, having our assumptions challenged, and leaving once again in awe of God's power, love, and design for His creation.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Genesis (NIVAC) -  by John Walton
• Book: The Lost World of Adam and Eve - by John Walton
• Book: Genesis (NICOT) - by Victor P. Hamilton
• Book: Genesis (Tyndale) - by Andrew E. Steinman
• Book: The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis - By Joel S. Baden
• Book: The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch - by Umberto Cassuto
• Book: Genesis: A Commentary - by Bruce K. Waltke

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

As we wind down at the end of yet another year of Bible Streams, join our producer, Tim, as he sits down with Jo, Alex, and Chris to talk about all the highlights from 2022 (with a little bit of fun along the way) and to look ahead to 2023. As is now a yearly tradition with Riverlife Podcasts, there will also be bloopers and outtakes. Here's to another awesome year ahead!

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode:

• Riverlife Podcast Network: Going Deeper | Bible Streams
• Bible Streams - Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
• Music: Alex Walker - Atmospheres: Spotify | Apple Music

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Music credit: Scott & Annie McKinnon, 'Revive'.

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Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

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We conclude our intermittent series featuring conversations with our Bible Streams hosts about their fields of research and the dissertations they have written on the subjects.

Last up is Jo Leutton (MDiv. Malyon Theological College), with his project: “‘Come, Holy Spirit’: Lonnie Frisbee’s Prayer and the Origins of the Vineyard Movement.” Church history doesn't always feature in our conversations, but it forms so much of what we understand of how to apply the Bible to our lives!

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• PDF Download: Jo Leutton - ‘Come, Holy Spirit’: Lonnie Frisbee’s Prayer and the Origins of the Vineyard Movement.
• Video Clip: Lonnie Frisbee - Mother's Day service audio (full sermon)
• Video Clip: John Wimber's reflections on Lonnie's sermon

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Music credit: Scott & Annie McKinnon, 'Revive'.

Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Android and Spotify

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

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John's letters have been a source of encouragement and challenge to the church since the formation of the New Testament. But when we think of John's writings, we often overlook the very short 2 and 3 John. In our series, we'll take a closer look at these three letters, and explore the connection between the Johannine Epistles, the Gospel of John and the Revelation of John.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Karen H. Jobes - Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on 1, 2 and 3 John
• Book: Constantine R. Campbell - 1, 2, 3 John (The Story of God Bible Commentary)
• Book: Dr Daniel L. Akin - 1, 2, 3 John (New American Commentary)
• Book: Robert W. Yarborough - 1-3 John (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
• Book: NT Wright & Michael Bird - The New Testament in Its World - Zondervan

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Music credit: Scott & Annie McKinnon, 'Revive'.

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Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

2 John - short and punchy - still reserves clear teaching and clear instruction in how we stay strong in our love and clear in our theology. Jesus is Lord. He came in the flesh, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Don't even let them in your house! Or should you?

John's letters have been a source of encouragement and challenge to the church since the formation of the New Testament. But when we think of John's writings, we often overlook the very short 2 and 3 John. In our series, we'll take a closer look at these three letters, and explore the connection between the Johannine Epistles, the Gospel of John and the Revelation of John.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Karen H. Jobes - Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on 1, 2 and 3 John
• Book: Constantine R. Campbell - 1, 2, 3 John (The Story of God Bible Commentary)
• Book: Dr Daniel L. Akin - 1, 2, 3 John (New American Commentary)
• Book: Robert W. Yarborough - 1-3 John (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
• Book: NT Wright & Michael Bird - The New Testament in Its World - Zondervan

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Music credit: Scott & Annie McKinnon, 'Revive'.

Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Android and Spotify

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

The integrated and 'braided' nature of John's writing and thoughts are both encouraging, pastoral, and sometimes hard to follow. As Alex, Chris and Jo finish their look at 1 John, they help pace through the key understandings that John is trying to communicate.

John's letters have been a source of encouragement and challenge to the church since the formation of the New Testament. But when we think of John's writings, we often overlook the very short 2 and 3 John. In our series, we'll take a closer look at these three letters, and explore the connection between the Johannine Epistles, the Gospel of John and the Revelation of John.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Karen H. Jobes - Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on 1, 2 and 3 John
• Book: Constantine R. Campbell - 1, 2, 3 John (The Story of God Bible Commentary)
• Book: Dr Daniel L. Akin - 1, 2, 3 John (New American Commentary)
• Book: Robert W. Yarborough - 1-3 John (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Music credit: Scott & Annie McKinnon, 'Revive'.

Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Android and Spotify

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

In this episode, Chris and Jo take a look at 1 John. They discuss introductory concerns and look at the text of chapters 1 and 2. What's all this talk of love? Why the issues with sin and darkness? And who are these antichrists?

John's letters have been a source of encouragement and challenge to the church since the formation of the New Testament. But when we think of John's writings, we often overlook the very short 2 and 3 John. In our series, we'll take a closer look at these three letters, and explore the connection between the Johannine Epistles, the Gospel of John and the Revelation of John.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Karen H. Jobes - Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on 1, 2 and 3 John
• Book: Constantine R. Campbell - 1, 2, 3 John (The Story of God Bible Commentary)
• Book: Dr Daniel L. Akin - 1, 2, 3 John (New American Commentary)
• Book: Robert W. Yarborough - 1-3 John (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Music credit: Scott & Annie McKinnon, 'Revive'.

Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Android and Spotify

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.

John's letters have been a source of encouragement and challenge to the church since the formation of the New Testament. But when we think of John's writings, we often overlook the very short 2 and 3 John. In our series, we'll take a closer look at these three letters, and explore the connection between the Johannine Epistles, the Gospel of John and the Revelation of John.

Resources/Links mentioned in this episode, or as references or helpful for Bible Streams:

• Book: Karen H. Jobes - Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on 1, 2 and 3 John
• Book: Constantine R. Campbell - 1, 2, 3 John (The Story of God Bible Commentary)
• Book: Dr Daniel L. Akin - 1, 2, 3 John (New American Commentary)
• Book: Robert W. Yarborough - 1-3 John (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast. 

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. Music credit: Scott & Annie McKinnon, 'Revive'.

Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Android and Spotify

Big thanks to Tim Whittle for editing and extra production on this podcast.

Get more info at Riverlife Church, and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Bible Streams on Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.