BibleProject

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 authors, literary styles, and themes can form one divinely inspired, unified story.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00 - 13:30)
• Part two (13:30 - 22:00)
• Part three (22:00 - 36:00)
• Part four (36:00 - 45:40)
• Part five (45:40 - end)

Referenced Resources

• The Shape of the Writings (Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures), Julius Steinberg and Timothy J. Stone
• The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible, Paul D. Wegner
• Lee Martin McDonald’s collected works
• Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible, Stephen G. Dempster
• The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative, Christopher J. H. Wright
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• "Aftersome" by Toonorth

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 words to communicate his divine word.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (0:00-16:30)
• Part two (16:30-31:30)
• Part three (31:30-end)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Birth” by Mr. Käfer
• “Tending The Garden (feat. Kennebec)” by Stan Forebee 

Show produced by Cooper Peltz. Edited by Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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. They explore how seeing the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus not only gives the Bible space to do what it was created to do, but frees us up to be transformed by the story it’s telling.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (0:00-15:00)
• Part two (15:00-27:00)
• Part three (27:00-39:00)
• Part four (39:00-52:00)
• Part five (52:00-end)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• A Greek-English Lexicon, Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott, edited by Henry Stuart Jones

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Evil Needle” by Sound Escapes

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 with Jonah, a chosen one who might be worse than the people he was supposed to help. In this episode, listen in as Tim describes the biblical design pattern of the chosen righteous intercessor. This is a sneak peek into our free graduate-level course on Jonah, which will be featured in the new Classroom resource available in 2022.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (0:00-16:35)
• Part two (16:35-22:30)
• Part three (22:30-end)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• Jonah class session notes, including the handout “How to Read a Text Like the Hebrew Bible” (page 5)
• Jonah: A Literal-Literary Translation, Tim Mackie
• Classroom Application

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Keep an Open Mind” by Olive Musique

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 shows us Jonah is an anti-leader, the opposite of what humanity needs, whose failure prepares us for the ultimate leader and Savior, Jesus. This is a sneak peek into our free graduate-level course on Jonah, which will be featured in the new Classroom resource available in 2022.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (0:00-19:40)
• Part two (19:40-27:30)
• Part three (27:30-42:30)
• Part four (42:30-end)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• Jonah class session notes, including the handout “How to Read a Text Like the Hebrew Bible” (page 5)
• Jonah: A Literal-Literary Translation, Tim Mackie
• The Wisdom of Ben Sira (which Tim mentions in part one) is a deuterocanonical work of biblical theology written shortly before the Maccabean Revolt.
• Classroom Application

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Keep an Open Mind” by Olive Musique

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 the story of the Bible that ultimately points to Jesus. This is a sneak peek into our free graduate-level course on Jonah which will be featured in the new Classroom resource available in 2022.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (0:00-18:05)
• Part two (18:05-28:30)
• Part three (28:30-37:00)
• Part four (37:00-44:30)
• Part five (44:30-end)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• Jonah class session notes, including the handout “How to Read a Text Like the Hebrew Bible” (page 5)
• Jonah: A Literal-Literary Translation, Tim Mackie
• Classroom Application

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Keep an Open Mind” by Olive Musique

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 God’s justice and his loyal love go hand in hand as a central part of who he is.

QUOTE

If later generations repeat or persist in the covenant rebellion of their ancestors, they’re going to get the same consequences. But when we talk about these “thousands” that get loyal love, we’re talking about thousands of generations who stay faithful to the covenant. No generation gets a free pass, but no generation will be treated unjustly. Their own behavior matters for how God responds to them.

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Remastering by Jake Trethaway. Show notes by Camden McAfee and Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 original context, and explore what it means for Jesus to take charge as King and for his disciples to build his Kingdom.

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When God takes charge, he doesn’t send in the tanks, he sends in the meek and the poor and the hungry-for-justice, the merciful, the peacemaking, etc. And by the time the people with the tanks and the guns have realized what’s going on, the meek and the merciful and the poor in spirit have established schools and orphanages and hospitals, in order to show what it looks like when God becomes King. At Jesus’ final return, all those things will be part of God’s new world because they were already beginning at Jesus’ first coming.

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 our five most-listened-to podcasts, join Tim and Jon as they explore why the Sabbath is far less about a weekend or special religious service and far more about rescue and God’s miraculous provision.

QUOTE

To say that the Sabbath belongs to God is to jar you into remembering time doesn’t belong to us. We talk about time like it’s currency––earn it, lose it, take it, spend it, save it. It’s like one of our possessions. Shabbat is a ritual practice that determines reality and helps us renounce our autonomy. The seventh day reminds us of rescue, miraculous provision, and of God coming through for us in a way that we couldn’t do ourselves.

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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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 between humans and trees with Tim and Jon as we learn why trees are mentioned more times than almost anything else in the Bible. 

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If you look at days three and six, you’ll see they both have two creative acts. The second creative act on day three is a fruit tree, and on day six it’s a fruitful human. This is designed in such a way that you now start thinking in the metaphor, “Humans are trees.” … People are like trees, which means the future of humans—their origins and their destinies—are going to be linked in some way. We’re meant to wonder if the future of humans will be bound up with the future of trees.

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Remastering by Jake Trethaway. Show notes by Camden McAfee and Lindsey Ponder. 

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