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In this episode, Tim and Jon talk about the first of three questions to help us become wise readers of the parables and gain insight from them. What symbols did Jesus weave in the parables—and which did he not? Join Tim and Jon for this fascinating discussion.

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Additional Resources

• Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus
• Craig Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables
• Amy Jill-Levine, Short Stories by Jesus

Show Music

• Defender Instrumental by Tents
• Beneath Your Waves by Sleepy Fish

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The parables of Jesus force a choice for his listeners. Will they embrace the upside-down value system of the Kingdom of God, or will they refuse to participate in the party? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss two additional themes of the parables.

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• Defender Instrumental by Tents
• Late Night Driving by Broke In Summer
• Morning Station by Tokyo Music Walker
• Collages by Sleepy Fish

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Jesus often used parables as a means of indirect communication to critique and dismantle his listener’s views of the world in order to show them the true nature of God’s Kingdom. In this episode, Tim and Jon talk about the role of the parables in persuading listeners through subversive critique.

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Additional Resources

• Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent, 8-9.
• Robert Farrar Capon, Kingdom, Grace, Judgment in the Parables of Jesus, 5-7.
• Our video, How to Read the Bible: Ancient Jewish Meditation Literature

Show Music

• Defender Instrumental by Tents
• Discover by C Y G N
• Coniferous by Kupla

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Many of Jesus’ parables sound oddly similar to the parables of the prophets. This isn’t coincidence. Jesus saw himself as fulfilling the role of a prophet to Israel’s leaders. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss the parables as part of Jesus’ prophetic role to Israel.

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Additional Resources

• Craig L. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables.
• N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God, 180-181.

Show Music

• Third Floor by Greyflood
• Conversation by Broke in Summer
• Educated Fool by Greyflood
• Bloom by Kyle McEvoy and Stan Forebee

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In this interview with Dr. Carmen Imes, Tim and Jon discuss the command, “Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” What does this mean? Carmen discusses how many people miss the point of this commandment all about who we are and what we’re called to do.

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This month, we launched Classroom—free online graduate-level courses from BibleProject. Learn more and sign up for the beta at bibleproject.com/learn

Resources 

• Carmen Imes, Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters

Show Music: 

• Defender Instrumental by Tents
• Hello from Portland by Beautiful Eulogy
• Levity by Johnny Grimes
• Tomorrow’s A New Day by SaintSet

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Resources 

• N. T. Wright, Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters, 87-88.
• Our video on How to Read the Parables of Jesus

Show Music: 

• Defender Instrumental by Tents
• When I Was A Boy by Tokyo Music Walker
• Oyasumi by Smith the Mister
• Velocities by Sleepy Fish

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Watch our video on the Tree of Life.

Resources:
Dr. Crispin Fletcher-Louis Jewish Apocalyptic and Apocalypticism

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Defender Instrumental: Tents

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Watch our video on the Tree of Life.

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Resources

• R. Riesner, “Archeology and Geography,” ed. Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, and Nicholas Perrin, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Second Edition, 55.

Music

• Defender Instrumental: Tents
• Scream Pilots: Moby
• Ambedo: Too North
• Reminiscing: No Spirit
• Chillhop daydreams 2

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Watch our Tree of Life video.

Resources

• R. T. France, The Gospel of Matthew
• Leon Morris, The Gospel according to Matthew

Music

• Defender Instrumental by Tents

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King David sets up a new Eden in Jerusalem, but the people continue to set up false Edens in high places. How will God respond, and when will he raise up the seed who will usher in a new Eden? The book of Isaiah brings these themes together and points us to God’s answer.

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Resources

• Holiness (theme video)

Music

• Defender Instrumental by Tents
• Euk's First Race by David Gummel
• All Night by Unwritten Stories
• For When It's Warmer by Sleepy Fish

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