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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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05.16.2022

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 ...

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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 ...
02.28.2022 Joseph the Suffering Servant – Genesis E8 He lays down his life to save a remnant of God’s people, he brings God’s blessing to all nations, he forgives those who tried to kill him, and his name is … Joseph? In this episode, Tim and Jon conclude ...
02.21.2022 Joseph the Exile – Genesis E7 Joseph is one of the Bible’s most famous characters, and in the Genesis scroll, his story is a climactic moment in the theme of exile that spans the whole book. In this episode, Tim and Jon dive into the fourth ...
02.14.2022 Wrestling God for a Blessing – Genesis E6 Throughout the story of the Bible, God singles out different people, like Jacob, to be the conduit of his blessing to all humanity. But from birth, Jacob consistently acts more like the snake from the garden of Eden than a ...
02.07.2022 Great Blessing and Great Responsibility – Genesis E5 The word “blessing” brings to mind a variety of images for all of us. But what exactly does it mean when God blesses someone? And where did the curse come from? In this episode, Tim and Jon start exploring the ...
01.31.2022 We'll Be Back Next Week! Today would have been our 287th podcast episode. We haven’t missed a single week in seven years! Unfortunately, we won’t be able to release our next episode until a week from now, Monday, February 7th.
01.24.2022 Trees of Testing and Blessing – Genesis E4 The family of Abraham is chosen by God. But despite God’s promises to them, they continually act out of greed, division, fear, deception, and lack of trust in Yahweh. How does God respond to this? What will he do to ...
01.17.2022 Under the Trees with Yahweh – Genesis E3 Blessing, testing, failure, success, God’s plan for the nations—you’ll find all these themes woven through the story of the Bible, often accompanied by … trees? While it might not seem obvious, trees play an important role in the Bible and, ...
01.10.2022 God’s Spirit in the Flood Narrative – Genesis E2 When we think of God’s Spirit, judgment is probably not what comes to mind. But the biblical authors saw God’s Spirit as the one who gave life and took it away—the one who could create, de-create, and recreate. In this ...
01.03.2022 God’s Spirit in Creation – Genesis E1 Why does the author of Genesis make a point to name God’s Spirit in Genesis 1 and 2? In this week’s episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa embark on a new journey for the BibleProject podcast—reading the Bible in thematic movements, ...
12.27.2021 BibleProject in 2021 and Beyond In the final episode of the year, Tim, Jon, Carissa, and the CEO of BibleProject, Steve, reflect on our journey together in 2021 and look forward to some exciting plans for 2022 and beyond. Thank you to all of our ...
12.20.2021 Applying the Paradigm: Movements and Links How do we apply the biblical paradigm to our own Bible reading? It starts with reading the Bible in movements—the thematic patterns in which the biblical authors organized their ideas long before chapters and verse numbers were printed. In this ...
12.13.2021 Is the Bible Trustworthy? – Paradigm Q+R #2 How do we teach the Bible to our children? How can a book written by humans be divinely authoritative? Is the Bible historically accurate? In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa wrap up the Paradigm series by responding to your ...
12.06.2021 How (Not) To Read the Bible – Feat. Dan Kimball What do we do with the passages in the Bible that are really difficult? Violence, slavery, the treatment of women—what the Bible has to say about these topics has, at times, been misinterpreted and misused. Join Tim, Jon, Carissa, and ...
11.29.2021 The Last Pillar: Communal Literature – Paradigm E11 Are there ways to read the Bible other than a private quiet time? For most of Church history, followers of Jesus read the Bible out loud in groups and passed along its message verbally. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and ...
11.22.2021 What the Bible’s Authors Took for Granted – Paradigm E10 Have you ever figured out halfway through a conversation that you and another person were on totally different pages? Reading the Bible can feel like this at times. We’re all products of our cultures, families, and environments, and it affects ...
11.15.2021 The Bible Wasn’t Written in English – Paradigm E9 What makes the biblical languages so important? Because the Bible was written in another time and culture, we need to honor its ancient historical context and original languages as we read and study it. In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, ...
11.08.2021 Wisdom for Life’s Complexity – Paradigm E8 As followers of Jesus, how can we know we are making the “right” choice in situations the Bible doesn’t address? How can we know the difference between what’s good and bad? In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa talk about ...
11.01.2021 Inspiration, Quiet Time, and Slaying Your Giants – Paradigm Q+R #1 How were the books of the Bible selected? What should we do if we have a hard time reading the Bible? How does the Bible apply to daily life? In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa respond to your questions ...
10.25.2021 In the Beginning – John 1 The apostle John is the most poetic of the Gospel storytellers, but what is he really communicating with his beautiful, imagery-laden language? Join Tim, Jon, and Carissa for a closer look at John 1 and discover how John incorporates elements ...
10.18.2021 Literature for a Lifetime – Paradigm E6 What’s the ideal way to study the Bible? Is it 20 minutes of reading every morning or larger blocks of time throughout the week? In this episode, join Tim, Jon, and Carissa as they discuss what it means for the ...
10.11.2021 Who Is the Bible About? – Paradigm E5 Is the story of the Bible about humans or God? Because the Bible is about the Messiah—the God who became human—it’s about both God and humans. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa discuss how the story of the Bible ...
10.04.2021 How the New Testament Came To Be – Paradigm E4 At first glance, the New Testament can seem wildly different from the Old Testament––but is it? Jesus saw himself as the fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures and the climax of the story that began thousands of years before his birth. ...
09.27.2021 The Bible had Editors? – Paradigm E3 How can a collection of ancient manuscripts written by numerous people over thousands of years tell one unified story? In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa dive into how the Bible was written and how such a diverse collection of ...
09.20.2021 Who Wrote the Bible? – Paradigm E2 How does God work in the world and communicate with humanity? In this episode, Tim and Jon explore God’s relationship with his creation and the relationship between the Bible’s divine and human origins. They also discuss how God uses human ...
09.13.2021 How Do You Read the Bible? – Paradigm E1 Have you ever read the Bible and felt like you’re not “getting it” or that you’re not connecting with God? In this episode, Tim and Jon take a look at the (often unhelpful) paradigms through which we interact with Scripture. ...
09.06.2021 Hyperlinks and Patterns in Jonah – Jonah E3 What makes a person worthy to be chosen by God to do his work? In the story of the Bible, some of God’s choices seem obvious, people with lots of merit. Other times, his rationale is less clear to us––as ...
08.30.2021 Jonah's Literary Context – Jonah E2 The Hebrew Bible contains one story of human failure after another, leaving us with no doubt in our minds: humanity desperately needs a leader. In this episode, Tim walks us through the structure of the Hebrew Bible and how it ...
08.23.2021 Our Assumptions About Jonah – Jonah E1 A stubborn prophet, a wicked nation, a giant fish––the story of Jonah is frequently translated into the popular imagination through TV and movies. But what is it really about? In this episode, learn from Tim about where Jonah fits into ...
08.16.2021 The Most Quoted Verse in the Bible — Top 5: Re-Release E5 Does God hold children responsible for their parents’ sins? In the fifth installment of our most-listened-to podcast episodes, join Tim, Jon, and Carissa for a look at the most quoted verse in the Bible, Exodus 34:6-7, and find out why ...
08.09.2021 What Does the Word "Gospel" Mean — Top 5: Re-Release E4 The word “gospel” has acquired many meanings since the biblical authors first used it. What does it really mean? In the fourth of our five most-listened-to podcasts, Tim and N.T. Wright discuss the meaning of this important word in its ...
08.02.2021 The Restless Craving for Rest––Top 5: Re-Release E3 Earn it, lose it, take it, spend it, save it––we talk about time like currency. The Sabbath can be confusing to talk about, but it is God’s reminder to humanity that time is not a possession. In the third of ...
07.26.2021 Humans Are...Trees? — Top 5: Re-Release E2 Humans are like trees. While this thought might not have been at the top of your mind this week, it was a key idea for the biblical authors. In the second of our five most popular podcasts, explore the connection ...
07.19.2021 Intro to Biblical Law — Top 5: Re-Release E1 God’s law––it can be an intimidating topic. Why are there over 600 laws? What do we do with them? We’re re-releasing our five most popular podcasts, and the episode with the most listens is also the first one we ever ...
07.12.2021 Timelines, Dinosaurs, and the Purpose of Creation – Ancient Cosmology Q+R Are Genesis 1 and 2 literal? What’s up with the differing timelines in those chapters? Where are the dinosaurs in the Bible? How do you know what ancient Hebrew words really meant? In this episode, Tim and Jon tackle your ...
07.05.2021 The Genealogical Adam and Eve – Feat. Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass Did humans originate by intelligent design or the process of evolution? This question has been debated by the scientific community and readers of Genesis for almost 200 years. In this episode, join Tim, Jon, and special guest Dr. S. Joshua ...
06.28.2021 Even Chaos Praises God – Psalm 148 It’s easy to recognize the psalms as beautiful poems. But how do we understand their deeper meaning? How psalms are organized (both internally and within the book of Psalms) is just as significant to their meaning as the words themselves. ...
06.21.2021 Genesis 1-2: Origins or Identity? – Feat. Dr. John Walton How compatible is the Bible with science? And why does the creation story look different between Genesis 1 and 2? In this episode, join Tim, Jon, and special guest Dr. John Walton as they discuss these questions and the necessity ...
06.14.2021 Rivers Flowing Upward – Ancient Cosmology E5 What does it mean that the biblical authors expected the return of Eden? The prophets anticipated waters of life from God would do miraculous things like restore the barren Dead Sea region to its former lush state and unite all ...
06.07.2021 One Creation Story or Two? – Ancient Cosmology E4 Are there two creation stories in Genesis? How do Genesis 1 and 2 fit together and into the rest of the biblical story? In this episode, Tim and Jon explore these questions and the theme of water in the opening ...

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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

“God” Is Not a Name – Exodus E1

Why Can’t Jacob and Esau Both Be Blessed? – Genesis Q+R

Joseph the Suffering Servant – Genesis E8

Joseph the Exile – Genesis E7

Wrestling God for a Blessing – Genesis E6

Great Blessing and Great Responsibility – Genesis E5

We'll Be Back Next Week!

Trees of Testing and Blessing – Genesis E4

Under the Trees with Yahweh – Genesis E3

God’s Spirit in the Flood Narrative – Genesis E2

God’s Spirit in Creation – Genesis E1

BibleProject in 2021 and Beyond

Applying the Paradigm: Movements and Links

Is the Bible Trustworthy? – Paradigm Q+R #2

How (Not) To Read the Bible – Feat. Dan Kimball

The Last Pillar: Communal Literature – Paradigm E11

What the Bible’s Authors Took for Granted – Paradigm E10

The Bible Wasn’t Written in English – Paradigm E9

Wisdom for Life’s Complexity – Paradigm E8

Inspiration, Quiet Time, and Slaying Your Giants – Paradigm Q+R #1

In the Beginning – John 1

Literature for a Lifetime – Paradigm E6

Who Is the Bible About? – Paradigm E5

How the New Testament Came To Be – Paradigm E4

The Bible had Editors? – Paradigm E3

Who Wrote the Bible? – Paradigm E2

How Do You Read the Bible? – Paradigm E1

Hyperlinks and Patterns in Jonah – Jonah E3

Jonah's Literary Context – Jonah E2

Our Assumptions About Jonah – Jonah E1

The Most Quoted Verse in the Bible — Top 5: Re-Release E5

What Does the Word "Gospel" Mean — Top 5: Re-Release E4

The Restless Craving for Rest––Top 5: Re-Release E3

Humans Are...Trees? — Top 5: Re-Release E2

Intro to Biblical Law — Top 5: Re-Release E1

Timelines, Dinosaurs, and the Purpose of Creation – Ancient Cosmology Q+R

The Genealogical Adam and Eve – Feat. Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass

Even Chaos Praises God – Psalm 148

Genesis 1-2: Origins or Identity? – Feat. Dr. John Walton

Rivers Flowing Upward – Ancient Cosmology E5

One Creation Story or Two? – Ancient Cosmology E4

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