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The creators of BibleProject have in-depth conversations about the Bible and theology. A companion podcast to BibleProject videos found at bibleproject.com

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Power Grabs and Patriarchs ...

01.23.2023

Early in the story of the Bible, God chooses the family of Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac’s son Jacob as his chosen representatives to bless other peoples. But these families are full of the same rivalry, envy, and division ...

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01.23.2023 Power Grabs and Patriarchs – Firstborn E4 Early in the story of the Bible, God chooses the family of Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac’s son Jacob as his chosen representatives to bless other peoples. But these families are full of the same rivalry, envy, and division ...
01.16.2023 Rivalry Among Brothers – Firstborn E3 Only a few pages into the story of the Bible, the story starts to get really bleak. Cain kills his brother Abel, Cain’s descendants become famous murderers, and Noah’s youngest son violates his father and mother. And all of it ...
01.09.2023 Seizing vs. Receiving Power – Firstborn E2 It’s not explicitly stated, but the theme of the firstborn first appears in the opening narratives of the Hebrew Bible. In Genesis 1 and 2, Yahweh elevates humans, the latecomers of creation, to rule the land. In Genesis 3, a ...
01.02.2023 God's Response to Human Power Structures – Firstborn E1 In ancient Near Eastern societies, firstborn sons were prized above all other children and inherited special privileges and authority simply because of their birth order. In this episode, Tim and Jon start a new theme study covering the theme of ...
12.26.2022 Happy New Year From BibleProject! We shared a lot of firsts together in 2022—from launching our first app, to reading the Torah movement by movement as an international community, to experiencing the Bible through new classes and videos. In our final episode of 2022, Tim, ...
12.19.2022 Simkhat Torah: Celebrating a Year of Reading When a Jewish synagogue finishes reading through the Torah together, they celebrate Simkhat Torah. What is Simkhat Torah? Find out on today’s episode as Jon and Tim reflect on our year-long journey through the Torah and look ahead to the ...
12.12.2022 When Do Words Become A Blessing? – Torah Q+R How do we know the biblical authors intended to link certain words and stories? When do someone’s words become a blessing? How do sacrifices actually atone for sins? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to audience questions from a ...
12.05.2022 Which Laws Still Apply? – Deuteronomy Scroll Q+R Which ancient Israelite laws still apply today and which don’t? Should the law be divided into moral, civil, and ceremonial categories? And why did Jesus quote Deuteronomy when Satan tempted him? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to audience ...
11.28.2022 Moses’ Final Words – Deuteronomy E9 Who are Yahweh’s children? For most of the Torah, the answer seems to be all of Israel. But in his final moments, Moses tells Israel that Yahweh’s true children are those who remain faithful to his covenant. In the final ...
11.21.2022 Can Anyone Live a Blessed Life? – Deuteronomy E8 Moses gives the least motivating pep talk ever in the third movement of Deuteronomy. He outlines God’s covenant and the various blessings and curses associated with it, and then he tells Israel, “You’re going to fail.” Talk about demoralizing! In ...
11.14.2022 Covenant Curses – Deuteronomy E7 In the final movement of Deuteronomy, there’s a pretty lengthy list of curses that will fall upon Israel if they break their covenant with Yahweh. But what exactly is a curse? Why are there so many of them, and what ...
11.07.2022 Jesus, Marriage, and the Law – Deuteronomy E6 The Pharisees frequently tested Jesus on his knowledge of the law, and in Matthew 19, they grill him on a particularly challenging law about divorce. In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they wrap up the second movement of ...
10.31.2022 How Do We Use the Law Today? – Deuteronomy E5 Israel’s laws were meant to form them into people of wisdom who lived differently than the nations around them. But what wisdom can Christians gain from the law? In this episode, listen in as Tim and Jon discuss the wisdom ...
10.26.2022 What Do Moses and a Rock Have to Do With Jesus? – Numbers Q+R Are numbers in the Hebrew Bible literal? Is it dangerous to adapt God’s laws? Does Israel’s conquest of Canaan justify other historical conquests? In this episode, Tim and Jon explore audience questions about the Numbers scroll. Thanks to our audience ...
10.24.2022 The Law … Again – Deuteronomy E4 In the second movement of Deuteronomy, Moses gives Israel the law … again. But this time, he’s not talking to a nomadic group of people wandering the desert—he’s talking to the next generation preparing to settle in a permanent home ...
10.17.2022 Giants and Justice – Deuteronomy E3 In this episode, we once again encounter the Nephilim, the evil demon-human hybrid beings we first met in Genesis 6. Now they resurface as giants inhabiting Canaan, the land Yahweh promised to Israel. Join Tim and Jon as they tackle ...
10.12.2022 What Does Leviticus Teach Us About Jesus? – Leviticus Q+R How do you clean a tabernacle? What does “laying of hands” represent? Is the scapegoat a hyperlink to Cain and Abel? How was it even possible for Israelites to follow the law? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to ...
10.10.2022 The Way to True Life – Deuteronomy E2 In the first movement of Deuteronomy, two words appear more frequently than any others—listen and love. Why did Moses emphasize these two words in his farewell speech to Israel? In this episode, Tim and Jon explore what it looks like ...
10.03.2022 What’s the Point of Deuteronomy? – Deuteronomy E1 Have you ever wondered where the earliest sermons in the Bible are found? Moses’ final speech to Israel, found in Deuteronomy, is the first time we see what is essentially a modern sermon—a long speech meant to communicate God’s truth. ...
09.26.2022 Entering the Promised Land – Numbers E9 After years of wandering in the wilderness and what seems like way too many rebellions against Yahweh, Israel has finally arrived on the edge of the promised land. What could possibly go wrong now? And yet even here, two of ...
09.19.2022 Joshua: The New Adam and Moses – Numbers E8 As Moses’ death draws near, Yahweh selects Joshua to lead the people of Israel. What made Joshua uniquely qualified to lead? How does his leadership differ from Moses’? In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they discuss how the ...
09.12.2022 Five Women and Yahweh’s New Law – Numbers E7 In the third movement of Numbers, five sisters approach Moses with a legal case not covered in God’s laws: Without any brothers to inherit their father’s land, their family inheritance will be lost unless women are allowed to receive an ...
09.05.2022 Why Couldn’t Moses Enter the Promised Land? – Numbers E6 So far in the second movement of Numbers, the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel have rebelled against Yahweh, the people themselves have rebelled against Yahweh, and even the Levites have rebelled against Yahweh. In fact, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, ...
08.29.2022 Yahweh’s Judgment and Mercy – Numbers E5 God chose the Levites to take care of the tabernacle, and within the tribe of Levi, he picked Aaron’s family to have the special duty of offering sacrifices and burning incense. In Numbers 16, a Levite named Korah and 250 ...
08.22.2022 Twelve Spies and the Promised Land – Numbers E4 We’re looking at a story about God’s chosen ones facing a test with fruit trees in a beautiful garden—sounds like Genesis 3, right? Surprisingly, this is a story from Numbers 13-15, with another tree and another test. In this episode, ...
08.15.2022 There Isn’t a Law For That – Numbers E3 How do God’s people follow his will in situations where there are no explicit rules or laws given? At the conclusion of the third movement of Numbers, the Israelites don’t know how God wants them to respond to a situation. ...
08.08.2022 What’s a Nazarite Vow? – Numbers E2 Confession of sins, strange water rituals, Nephilim, and Nazarite vows—Numbers 5 and 6 might feel like a confusing mix of laws, but the scroll’s author is cleverly reminding us of the Hebrew Bible melody we first encountered in Genesis 1-9. ...
08.01.2022 What Made the Tribe of Levi Special? – Numbers E1 The scroll of Numbers can be difficult to make sense of without context, and there’s a reason for that. The scroll was never meant to be understood on its own. Numbers picks up where Leviticus leaves off and mirrors the ...
07.25.2022 The Law of the Blasphemer – Leviticus E9 Blasphemy, principles of restitution, jubilee, exile, and the mercy and justice of God––it’s all there in the final lines of the scroll of Leviticus. Join Tim and Jon as they talk about the great gift and responsibility of carrying Yahweh’s ...
07.18.2022 What Israel's Feasts Teach Us – Leviticus E8 Are there specific times humans can meet with God in special ways? For ancient Israel, the answer was yes. In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they explore the final movement of Leviticus, talk about the Sabbaths and festivals ...
07.11.2022 Why Is the Sabbath So Important? – Leviticus E7 Throughout the Leviticus scroll, Yahweh instructs Israel, “Be holy as I am holy.” But what does that actually mean? As we enter into the third and final movement of Leviticus, we’ll find that living holy lives had everything to do ...
07.04.2022 What Is the Day of Atonement? – Leviticus E6 At the center of the center of the Torah is the Day of Atonement. What is the significance of this day the biblical authors have placed at the heart of the Torah? What does this day accomplish? And what’s with ...
06.27.2022 Purity and Impurity in Leviticus – Leviticus E5 Childbirth, non-kosher food, sex, death, disease—they’re all considered impure in the book of Leviticus. In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they discuss the levitical laws of purity and impurity and how they create a way for humanity to ...
06.22.2022 Did God Try To Kill Moses? – Exodus Q+R Why did God say he was going to kill Moses? What exactly was God’s test for Abraham on Mount Moriah and Israel on Mount Sinai? What’s the connection between the ten plagues and the ten commandments? In this episode, Tim ...
06.20.2022 The Dangerous Gift of God’s Presence – Leviticus E4 In the second movement of Leviticus, Aaron and his sons agree to the terms of their covenant with Yahweh, signing up to be the gatekeepers of Heaven and Earth. But then Aaron’s sons offer unholy fire before Yahweh—and then they ...
06.13.2022 What Did the Burnt Offerings Really Mean? – Leviticus E3 What is the significance of the offerings described in Leviticus? In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they walk through the five offerings ancient Israelites made to Yahweh and see how the purpose of these practices sound a lot ...
06.06.2022 What Is Atonement? – Leviticus E2 A God who wants nothing more than to dwell with humanity, a way forward to a repaired relationship between Heaven and Earth, atoning sacrifices meant to communicate grace (not punishment)—you’ll find all of this in Leviticus. While the laws governing ...
05.30.2022 How God Reveals Himself in Leviticus – Leviticus E1 Holiness is a word we frequently associate with the Bible, but what does it mean? As we pick up the story from where we left off in Exodus, we find even Moses unable to enter God’s presence—and a whole bunch ...
05.23.2022 Two Takes on the Test at Mount Sinai –– Feat. Carmen Imes Did Israel pass or fail God’s test at Mount Sinai? And what did Yahweh mean when he made Israel a “nation of priests”? In this episode, Tim and Jon talk with long-time friend and Hebrew Bible scholar Dr. Carmen Imes. ...
05.16.2022 Why Moses Couldn’t Enter the Tabernacle – Exodus E10 In the second movement of Exodus, Moses walks straight into God’s fiery presence on Mount Sinai without fear. But by the end of the scroll, he can’t enter God’s presence. What changed? Right after confirming their covenant with Yahweh, Israel ...
05.09.2022 Why Does the Tabernacle Furniture Even Matter? – Exodus E9 Why does God seem to care so much about the furniture within the tabernacle? The instructions for the tabernacle furniture are about far more than aesthetics. They were means of dealing with Israel’s moral brokenness, they served as reminders of ...
05.02.2022 What’s So Special About the Tabernacle? – Exodus E8 You may have heard that God’s holiness keeps him from getting close to sinful humanity, but in the Bible we see God regularly doing the opposite, drawing near to dwell with human beings. We encounter this reality again and again, ...
04.25.2022 What Are the Ten Commandments All About? – Exodus E7 We often think of the ten commandments as a list of dos and don’ts—the things you need to know to make God happy. But is that what they’re really about? In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they take ...
04.18.2022 Testing at Mount Sinai – Exodus E6 Mount Sinai is the famous spot where Yahweh gives Moses the ten commandments—and the location where most of Exodus, all of Leviticus, and the first ten chapters of Numbers take place. When Israel first arrives at Sinai, they fail yet ...
04.11.2022 Israel Tests Yahweh – Exodus E5 The nation of Israel seems to go from one life-threatening situation to another in the Exodus scroll. From slavery in Egypt to being cornered between a hostile army and a vast body of water, Israel’s God has delivered them from ...
04.04.2022 God Tests His Chosen Ones – Exodus E4 Nobody likes tests. But the test is a recurring pattern in the biblical story for how God relates to his chosen ones. So are humans just lab rats in a divine experiment, or is there something else going on? Join ...
03.28.2022 Why Are There 10 Plagues? – Exodus E3 The ten plagues––they’re fascinating, they’re famous, and they sometimes seem overly harsh. Where do they fit in the story of the Bible and the process of God revealing his own name and character? In this episode, Tim and Jon talk ...
03.21.2022 Yahweh and the Exodus – Exodus E2 The story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is famous for good reason—a burning bush, a transforming staff, 10 plagues, and the Passover. The exodus is also the story that defines God’s personal name, Yahweh. What does this narrative show ...
03.14.2022 “God” Is Not a Name – Exodus E1 God is not a name—it’s a title. In fact, the God of the Bible introduces himself by a specific name in one of the most famous stories in the Bible, the exodus event, when he works through Moses and Aaron ...
03.07.2022 Why Can’t Jacob and Esau Both Be Blessed? – Genesis Q+R How is Jesus the first-born of creation and the “second Adam”? Why are the biblical authors so obsessed with the east? And why can’t Jacob and Esau both be blessed? In this episode, Tim and Jon tackle your questions about ...

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Power Grabs and Patriarchs – Firstborn E4

Rivalry Among Brothers – Firstborn E3

Seizing vs. Receiving Power – Firstborn E2

God's Response to Human Power Structures – Firstborn E1

Happy New Year From BibleProject!

Simkhat Torah: Celebrating a Year of Reading

When Do Words Become A Blessing? – Torah Q+R

Which Laws Still Apply? – Deuteronomy Scroll Q+R

Moses’ Final Words – Deuteronomy E9

Can Anyone Live a Blessed Life? – Deuteronomy E8

Covenant Curses – Deuteronomy E7

Jesus, Marriage, and the Law – Deuteronomy E6

How Do We Use the Law Today? – Deuteronomy E5

What Do Moses and a Rock Have to Do With Jesus? – Numbers Q+R

The Law … Again – Deuteronomy E4

Giants and Justice – Deuteronomy E3

What Does Leviticus Teach Us About Jesus? – Leviticus Q+R

The Way to True Life – Deuteronomy E2

What’s the Point of Deuteronomy? – Deuteronomy E1

Entering the Promised Land – Numbers E9

Joshua: The New Adam and Moses – Numbers E8

Five Women and Yahweh’s New Law – Numbers E7

Why Couldn’t Moses Enter the Promised Land? – Numbers E6

Yahweh’s Judgment and Mercy – Numbers E5

Twelve Spies and the Promised Land – Numbers E4

There Isn’t a Law For That – Numbers E3

What’s a Nazarite Vow? – Numbers E2

What Made the Tribe of Levi Special? – Numbers E1

The Law of the Blasphemer – Leviticus E9

What Israel's Feasts Teach Us – Leviticus E8

Why Is the Sabbath So Important? – Leviticus E7

What Is the Day of Atonement? – Leviticus E6

Purity and Impurity in Leviticus – Leviticus E5

Did God Try To Kill Moses? – Exodus Q+R

The Dangerous Gift of God’s Presence – Leviticus E4

What Did the Burnt Offerings Really Mean? – Leviticus E3

What Is Atonement? – Leviticus E2

How God Reveals Himself in Leviticus – Leviticus E1

Two Takes on the Test at Mount Sinai –– Feat. Carmen Imes

Why Moses Couldn’t Enter the Tabernacle – Exodus E10

Why Does the Tabernacle Furniture Even Matter? – Exodus E9

What’s So Special About the Tabernacle? – Exodus E8

What Are the Ten Commandments All About? – Exodus E7

Testing at Mount Sinai – Exodus E6

Israel Tests Yahweh – Exodus E5

God Tests His Chosen Ones – Exodus E4

Why Are There 10 Plagues? – Exodus E3

Yahweh and the Exodus – Exodus E2

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