Justin Crisp and Abdul-Rehman Malik discuss blessedness, poverty, consolation, and the dangers of transactional theology in Matthew 5:1-12. The text is appointed for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Justin Crisp is Lecturer in Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School. Abdul-Rehman Malik is Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Yale Divinity School. 

 
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God Loves the Poor First (Fourth Sunday after Epiphany)

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Bruce Gordon and Felicity Harley-McGowan discuss warning, delight, and the rhythms of life in Psalm 1. The text is appointed for the Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Bruce Gordon is Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School. Felicity Harley-McGowan is Lecturer in the History of Art at Yale Divinity School. 

 
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Trees by Streams of Water (Seventh Sunday of Easter)

Erika Helgen and Chloë Starr discuss self-sacrifice in history, obedience in love, and the demands of true friendship in John 15:9-17. The text is appointed for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Erika Helgen is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latinx Christianity at Yale Divinity School. Chloë Starr is Professor of Asian Christianity and Theology at Yale Divinity School. 

 
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The Depths of Friendship Love (Sixth Sunday of Easter)

Molly Zahn and Teresa Morgan discuss interpretation, disenfranchisement, and magic in Acts 8:26-40. The text is appointed for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Teresa Morgan is McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Yale Divinity School. Molly Zahn is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School. 

 
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A World Full of Miracles (Fifth Sunday of Easter)

John Pittard and Kyama Mugambi discuss commandments, faith, and risk in 1 John 3:16-24. The text is appointed for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Kyama Mugambi is Assistant Professor of World Christianity at Yale Divinity School. John Pittard is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Yale Divinity School. 

 
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The Family of Christ (Fourth Sunday of Easter)

Willie Jennings and Adrián Hernández-Acosta discuss wounds, tactility, and boiled fish in Luke 24:36b-48. The text is appointed for the Third Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Adrián Hernández-Acosta is Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature at the Yale  Institute of Sacred Music. Willie James Jennings is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. 

 
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God Loves the Poor First (Fourth Sunday after Epiphany)

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