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Mark's record of Jesus's life and ministry is fast-paced, action-packed, and straight to the point. Jo and Alex unpack the who, what, when, and where of Mark, and spend some time exploring the interesting distinctives of the second Gospel.

The life and ministry of Jesus have been recorded and given to us in the form of the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. This series on the Gospels with a look at how we got these Jesus stories, and talk through the historical and literary context of these four accounts of Jesus the Christ.

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

• Book: N.T. Wright & Michael Bird - The New Testament in Its World
• Book: The ESV Study Bible
• Book: Powell - Introducing the New Testament
• Book: D.A. Carson &  Douglas J Moo - An introduction to the New Testament
• Web: The Bible Project - Mark

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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Dr. Michael Bird joins Jo to discuss finding the historical Jesus in the Gospel accounts, and why that matters. Mike brings his great love of scripture, his wealth of knowledge, and his witty insight together to help us see the importance of the historical setting of the Gospels, the power of digging deeper into the historical and cultural setting of the New Testament, and some very helpful tips on reading the parables of Jesus!

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

• Book (Pre-order): Michael F. Bird - Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew About The Bible
• Book: N.T. Wright & Michael Bird - The New Testament in Its World
• Web: Michael F. Bird on SubStack
• Web: YouTube - Advancing the Christian Tradition with Michael Bird
• Social: Twitter - @mbird12

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'.

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 life and ministry of Jesus has been recorded and given to us in the form of the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Jo and Alex begin the series on the Gospels with a look at how we got these Jesus stories, and talk through the historical and literary context of these four accounts of Jesus the Christ.

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 five books of the Psalter present five different collections of psalms, carefully collated and presented to draw the listener and reader into knowing God and experiencing His presence in the midst of life's highs and lows. Book 5 of the Psalms calls the worshipper to praise God amidst every part of life. Couched in the renewal of Israel as God's covenant people, and the restoration of God's covenant people to relationship and proximity to His presence, these psalms invite us into turning our entire selves toward Him! 

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

• Book: John Walton (ed) - The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
• Book: Longman & Enns (eds) - Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
• Book: Robert Alter - The Book of the Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: Robert Alter - The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: G. Grogan - Psalms
• Book: N. Declaisse-Walford - Introduction to the Psalms
• Web: Psalms on the Bible Project

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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The five books of the Psalter present five different collections of psalms, carefully collated and presented to draw the listener and reader into knowing God and experiencing His presence in the midst of life's highs and lows. Book 4 of the Psalms, short and punchy, begins to prepare the hearer for the return of God as king, lord and sovereign power over His people. The mood shifts and turns back to hope, with the undercurrent of reminder, that things can't go back to how they were.

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

• Book: John Walton (ed) - The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
• Book: Longman & Enns (eds) - Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
• Book: Robert Alter - The Book of the Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: Robert Alter - The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: G. Grogan - Psalms
• Book: N. Declaisse-Walford - Introduction to the Psalms
• Web: Psalms on the Bible Project

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 five books of the Psalter present five different collections of psalms, carefully collated and presented to draw the listener and reader into knowing God and experiencing His presence in the midst of life's highs and lows. Book 3 of the Psalter is the shortest, merely 17 psalms, yet it takes us on a journey through the psalmists' reflection on the times of exile and absence, stopping to examine the various psalms and their insights along the way.

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

• Book: John Walton (ed) - The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
• Book: Longman & Enns (eds) - Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
• Book: Robert Alter - The Book of the Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: Robert Alter - The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: G. Grogan - Psalms
• Book: N. Declaisse-Walford - Introduction to the Psalms
• Web: Psalms on the Bible Project

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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The five books of the Psalter present five different collections of psalms, carefully collated and presented to draw the listener and reader into knowing God and experiencing His presence in the midst of life's highs and lows. Book 2 presents us with a series of psalms that connect us to David's life, drawing us into the thoughts, prayers and wrestles behind the scenes of life. Jo and Alex walk through this section, stopping to sample the various sorts of psalms on the way through.

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

• Book: John Walton (ed) - The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
• Book: Longman & Enns (eds) - Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
• Book: Robert Alter - The Book of the Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: Robert Alter - The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: G. Grogan - Psalms
• Book: N. Declaisse-Walford - Introduction to the Psalms
• Web: Psalms on the Bible Project

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.

Book 1 of Psalms is full of familiar passages and favourite hymns but also features a lot of prayers and songs of supplication and vindication. Alex and Jo explore the first 41 psalms and uncover some of the rich moments that inspire and encourage us, as well as those that point us to Jesus.

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

• Book: John Walton (ed) - The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
• Book: Longman & Enns (eds) - Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
• Book: Robert Alter - The Book of the Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: Robert Alter - The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: G. Grogan - Psalms
• Book: N. Declaisse-Walford - Introduction to the Psalms
• Web: Psalms on the Bible Project

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 episode 2 of our series on the Psalms, Jo and Alex are joined by Robert Alter to discuss how to understand Hebrew poetry. Robert is an Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Comparative literature at the University of California in Berkeley, and has written numerous books on Hebrew literature, including the Art of Biblical Poetry. Robert has translated the Hebrew Bible into English along with a full commentary on the text, and his love for the richness of the Bible comes through in our conversation. Thanks to Robert for giving us his time and his thoughtful insights.

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

• Book: Robert Alter - The Art of Biblical Poetry
• Book: Robert Alter - The Book of the Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
• Book: Robert Alter - The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
• Web: Keats - On First Looking into Chapman's Homer

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 Psalms have been called the hymnbook of Israel, but their voice and their power extend to those under the Lordship of Jesus. Jo and Alex start a new series on the Psalms, to explore and understand their form, their structure, and the way their content speaks our hearts to God, and His heart back to us. This episode examines introductory and background issues and context of the Psalms.

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

• Book: G.L. Archer - A Survey of Old Testament Introduction
• Book: John Walton (ed) - The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
• Book: Longman & Enns (eds) - Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
• Book: G. Grogan - Psalms
• Book: N. Declaisse-Walford - Introduction to the Psalms
• Web: Psalms on the Bible Project

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.