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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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06.05.2023

Jerusalem is the Bible’s image of what a city of God should be. But from the earliest moments of its founding, it's clear that even this city has problems. What will it take for a city to truly become like ...

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06.05.2023 The Bible's Most Famous City – The City E7 Jerusalem is the Bible’s image of what a city of God should be. But from the earliest moments of its founding, it's clear that even this city has problems. What will it take for a city to truly become like ...
05.29.2023 Can a City Be Good? – The City E6 At last, there’s a positive example of a city in the Bible, the capital city of Egypt under the rule of Joseph. In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they explore how a city—usually a perpetrator of death and ...
05.22.2023 Sodom and Gomorrah – The City E5 If Babylon is the worst city in the Bible, then Sodom and Gomorrah are a close second. The injustice and oppression in Sodom and Gomorrah are so pronounced that God sends a flood of justice to completely wipe out these ...
05.15.2023 The Biggest, Baddest City in the Bible – The City E4 You may have heard that Babylon was the biggest, baddest city in the Bible, but where did that reputation come from? Who founded the city, and what made it so detestable to God? In this episode, join Tim and Jon ...
05.08.2023 A Symptom of Human Violence – The City E3 As the story of the Bible unfolds, humanity grows more and more violent. Cain is more violent than his parents, and his descendants are more violent than him. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss Lemek, Cain’s far more murderous ...
05.01.2023 Why Cain Builds a City – The City E2 In the story of the Bible, cities are a bad thing. They’re a symptom of humanity’s violence and attempts to protect themselves instead of trusting God. In fact, in the second chapter of Genesis, God “builds” something for humanity’s protection. ...
04.24.2023 The Surprise of the City – The City E1 The theme of the city in the Bible is a surprising one. When cities are introduced in the story, they’re depicted as “bad”—a human response to increasing violence and the need for self-protection—and gardens are depicted as humanity’s ideal setting. ...
04.17.2023 Jesus’ Anointing Ceremony – Anointed E6 “Jesus the anointed one” is the literal translation of the Greek title “Christ,” frequently applied to Jesus. In this podcast episode, Tim and Jon discuss both this title and Jesus’ baptism, which the gospel writers depict as his anointing ceremony. ...
04.12.2023 Firstborn Question and Response Do the biblical authors consider women the second-born siblings of men? Were Joshua and Caleb rivals? Why is Korah, the disgraced rebel, honored in the Psalms? In this episode, Tim and Jon dive into your questions from the firstborn series. ...
04.10.2023 The Anointed King in Psalms – Anointed E5 David’s life gives us two parallel portrayals of what it means to be God’s anointed one: one is victorious—God’s anointed is the giant feller and the snake crusher. The other one is a suffering servant, waiting patiently in the wilderness ...
04.03.2023 Isaiah’s Anointed One – Anointed E4 David was Israel’s greatest king, but even he failed to live as God’s anointed one. When Isaiah prophesied about the ultimate anointed one to come, he said that not only would this deliverer come from the line of David, but ...
03.27.2023 Saul the Anti-Anointed – Anointed E3 Israel’s first anointed king, Saul, consistently makes choices that put him in conflict with God and the responsibilities God has entrusted to him. This turns Saul into the first anti-anointed one—or put another way, the first antichrist. In this episode, ...
03.20.2023 What’s So Special About Oil? – Anointed E2 What’s so special about oil? Why does the Bible specify that oil—not water or wine—must be used to anoint a person or place? In this episode, Tim and Jon continue discussing the biblical theme of anointing, exploring why God designates ...
03.13.2023 "Christ" Is Not a Name – Anointed E1 The title most often applied to Jesus is “the anointed one”—that’s what the Greek word “christ” means! But what is the practice of anointing? What does it signify, and who gets anointed? The practice of anointing people with oil is ...
03.06.2023 The Firstborn of Creation – Firstborn E10 In our final episode of the Firstborn series, we look at the New Testament’s description of Jesus as the firstborn of creation. Join Tim and Jon as they explore some of Paul’s letters, the book of Hebrews, and the Revelation, ...
02.27.2023 How Will Jesus Use His Power? – Firstborn E9 Under levitical law, touching anyone unclean would make you unclean too. But when Jesus touches people who are unclean, they get healed and become clean instead––it’s like his holiness is contagious. In this episode, Tim and Jon talk about the ...
02.20.2023 God's Firstborn Son – Firstborn E8 The authors of the gospel accounts in the Bible—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—regularly refer to Jesus as the Son of God, a title that’s connected to the theme of the firstborn. In this episode, Tim and Jon explore what it ...
02.13.2023 David, the Latecomer King – Firstborn E7 In the scroll of Samuel, Israel demands a king in place of the judges that have been ruling over them. It sounds like a simple enough request, but Yahweh calls it idolatrous. Why? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss ...
02.07.2023 What Is God’s Name? – Re-Release in Honor of Michael Heiser This episode is a special re-release of an interview we did in 2018 with Dr. Michael Heiser. Mike has been a significant influence to Tim’s own scholarship and, by extension, much of BibleProject’s content, as well as to thousands of ...
02.06.2023 Hannah’s Poem and Power Reversals – Firstborn E6 Hannah was an oppressed woman, scorned by her husband’s rival wife because of her barrenness. But the way she prayed and trusted Yahweh through this hardship became a remarkable example of how God works through the lowly to subvert human ...
01.30.2023 The Plague of the Firstborn – Firstborn E5 How does the plague of the firstborn from Exodus fit into the biblical theme of the firstborn? And what does it mean when Yahweh calls Israel his firstborn son? In this episode, Tim and Jon explore the theme of the ...
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 ...

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The Bible's Most Famous City – The City E7

Can a City Be Good? – The City E6

Sodom and Gomorrah – The City E5

The Biggest, Baddest City in the Bible – The City E4

A Symptom of Human Violence – The City E3

Why Cain Builds a City – The City E2

The Surprise of the City – The City E1

Jesus’ Anointing Ceremony – Anointed E6

Firstborn Question and Response

The Anointed King in Psalms – Anointed E5

Isaiah’s Anointed One – Anointed E4

Saul the Anti-Anointed – Anointed E3

What’s So Special About Oil? – Anointed E2

"Christ" Is Not a Name – Anointed E1

The Firstborn of Creation – Firstborn E10

How Will Jesus Use His Power? – Firstborn E9

God's Firstborn Son – Firstborn E8

David, the Latecomer King – Firstborn E7

What Is God’s Name? – Re-Release in Honor of Michael Heiser

Hannah’s Poem and Power Reversals – Firstborn E6

The Plague of the Firstborn – Firstborn E5

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

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