Hammer and Fire Podcast

Pat and Silas discuss Jesus' dialogues with two polar opposites: Nicodemus the Pharisee and the Samaritan "Woman at the Well".Episode Introduction (00:35)The Pharisee (00:46)The Samaritan (11:29)The Hammer (23:01)The Fire (26:45)\\ Bibliography \\1. Carson, D.A. (1991) Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.\\2. Keener, Craig. (2003) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 Vols. Baker Academic.\\3. Kruse, Colin G. (2011) TNTC 4: John. IVP Academic.\\4. Michaels, J. Ramsey. (2010) NICNT: Gospel of John. Eerdmans.\\5. Mounce, Robert H. (2007) EBC Revised Edition 10: John, edited by Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland. Zondervan.\\6. Tenney, Merrill C. (1981) EBC 9: John, edited by Frank Gaebelein. Zondervan.\\The show opening and conclusion contains "Vers la source dans le Bois," by Marcel Tournier. Harp performed by Nathan Hay, Mixed and Engineered by Ryan Hall and Thomas Sladek. Speaker: Pat Reeder

Pat and Silas discuss Jesus' first miracle of changing water into wine, and the clearing of the temple. Episode Introduction (00:35)Water to Wine: From Rigid Ritual to Joyous Banquet (02:30)Clearing the Temple: From Exclusive to Inclusive (08:50)Clearing the Temple: From Jerusalem to Jesus (14:09)The Hammer (18:25)The Fire (21:05)\\ Bibliography \\1. Carson, D.A. (1991) Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.\\2. Keener, Craig. (2003) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 Vols. Baker Academic.3. Kruse, Colin G. (2011) TNTC 4: John. IVP Academic, 2011.\\4. Ladd, George Eldon. (1959) The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.\\5. Peterson, Brian Neil. (2015) John’s Use of Ezekiel: Understanding the Unique Perspective of the Fourth Gospel. Fortress.\\6. Tenney, Merrill C. (1981) EBC 9: John, edited by Frank Gaebelein. Zondervan.\\7. Watkin, Christopher. (2022) Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture. Zondervan.\\The show opening and conclusion contains "Vers la source dans le Bois," by Marcel Tournier. Harp performed by Nathan Hay, Mixed and Engineered by Ryan Hall and Thomas Sladek. Speaker: Pat Reeder

Pat and Silas discuss a key figure in Jesus' ministry: John the Baptist.Episode Introduction (00:35)John the Baptist in the Prologue (00:57)John's Testimony (02:58)John's Testimony: Who He Is Not (04:02)John's Testimony: Who He Is (09:38)John's Testimony: Who Is Jesus to John (12:31)The Handoff (17:19)The Hammer (18:29)The Fire (22:10)\\ Bibliography \\1. Carson, D.A. (1991) Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.\\2. Keener, Craig. (2003) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 Vols. Baker Academic.\\3. Kruse, Colin G. (2011) TNTC 4: John. IVP Academic, 2011.\\4. Michaels, J. Ramsey. (2010) NICNT: Gospel of John. Eerdmans.\\5. Tenney, Merrill C. (1981) EBC 9: John, edited by Frank Gaebelein. Zondervan.\\The show opening and conclusion contains "Vers la source dans le Bois," by Marcel Tournier. Harp performed by Nathan Hay, Mixed and Engineered by Ryan Hall and Thomas Sladek. Speaker: Pat Reeder

Pat and Silas examine one of the most important passages in the entire Bible: the introduction to the Gospel of John.Episode Introduction (00:35)Who is the Word? (02:09)The Law and the Light (14:23)The Word Enters the World (19:20)Children of God (24:10)The Hammer (25:37)The Fire (29:28)\\ Bibliography \\1. Bauckham, Richard. (2009) Jesus and the God of Israel: God Crucified and Other Studieson the New Testament’s Christology of Divine Identity. Eerdmans.\\2. Carson, D.A. (1991) Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.\\3. Crisp, Oliver D. (2016) The Word Enfleshed: Exploring the Person and Work of Christ. Baker Academic.\\4. Hamilton, James M. Jr. (2025) In the Beginning Was the Word: Finding Meaning in the Literary Structure of the Gospel of John. Baker Books.\\5. Keener, Craig. (2003) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 Vols. Baker Academic.\\6. Kruse, Colin G. (2011) TNTC 4: John. IVP Academic, 2011.\\7. Köstenberger, Andreas J. and Scott R. Swain. (2008) Father, Son and Spirit: the Trinity and John’s Gospel. Inter-Varsity Press.\\8. Lennox, John C. (2009) God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? Lion Hudson.\\9. Letham, Robert. (2019) The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship, Revised and Expanded. P&R Publishing.\\10. Michaels, J. Ramsey. NICNT: Gospel of John. Eerdmans.\\11. Reeves, Michael. (2012) Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith. IVP Academic.\\12. Sanders, Fred. (2016) The Triune God. Zondervan.\\13. Sanders, Fred and Scott R. Swain, Eds. (2017) Retrieving Eternal Generation. Zondervan.\\ 14. Shead, Andrew G. (2012) A Mouth Full of Fire: The Word of God in the words of Jeremiah. IVP. \\15. Still, Todd D. (2007) EBC Revised Edition 12: Colossians, edited by Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland. Zondervan.\\16. Soulen, R. Kendall. (2017) “Generatio, Processio Verbi, Donum Nominis: Mapping the Vocabulary of Eternal Generation,” in (Sanders & Swain 2017).\\17. Tenney, Merrill C. (1981) EBC 9: John, edited by Frank Gaebelein. Zondervan.\\18. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan.\\The show opening and conclusion contains "Vers la source dans le Bois," by Marcel Tournier. Harp performed by Nathan Hay, Mixed and Engineered by Ryan Hall and Thomas Sladek. Speaker: Pat Reeder

Episode Introduction (00:35)What is "Introduction"? (05:19)Who Wrote John? (06:37)What is the Genre? (13:47)When Was John Written? (20:08)Themes of John (21:18)The Hammer (24:04)The Fire (25:56)\\ Bibliography \\1. Bauckham, Richard. (2017) Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, Second Edition. Eerdmans.\\2. Bultmann, Rudolf. (1941) “New Testament and Mythology,” in New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings, selected, edited, and translated by Schubert M. Ogden. Fortress. \\3. Bultmann, Rudolf. (1963) The History of the Synoptic Tradition, Revised Edition. Translated by John Marsh. Harper & Row.\\4. Carson, D.A. and Douglas J. Moo (2005) An Introduction to the New Testament, Second Edition. Zondervan.\\5. Keener, Craig. (2003) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 Vols. Baker Academic.\\6. Keener, Craig. (2019) Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels. Eerdmans.\\7. Kruse, Colin G. (2011) TNTC 4: John. IVP Academic, 2011.\\8. Köstenberger, Andreas J. and Scott R. Swain. (2008) Father, Son and Spirit: the Trinity and John’s Gospel. Inter-Varsity Press.\\9. Letham, Robert. (2019) The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship, Revised and Expanded. P&R Publishing.\\10. Tenney, Merrill C. (1960) “The Footnotes of John’s Gospel,” Bibliotheca Sacra 117: 350-64.\\11. Tenney, Merrill C. (1981) EBC 9: John, edited by Frank Gaebelein. Zondervan.\\12. Wright, N.T. and Michael F. Bird. (2019) The New Testament in its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and the Theology of the First Christians. Zondervan Academic.\\The show opening and conclusion contain, "Vers la source dans le Bois," by Marcel Tournier. Performance by Nathan Hay. Mixed and Engineered by Ryan Hall and Thomas Sladek. Speaker: Pat Reeder

Speaker: Pat Reeder

In the final episode, Pat and Silas discuss Job’s confession and the epilogue. They also offer some concluding remarks.\\ To Judge or Not to Judge https://www.dwellcc.org/teaching/5236/ \\(00:00) Introduction(00:46) Job's Confession(07:27) The Epilogue(13:32) Concluding Thoughts(23:43) The Hammer\\Bibliography\\ 1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Crenshaw, James L. (1998) Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction. Westminster John Knox Press. \\5. Ehrman, Bart. (2008) God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question––Why We Suffer. Harper One. \\6. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\7. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\8. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\9. Stott, John R.W. (2006) The Cross of Christ. IVP. \\10. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder

Pat and Silas finish God's monologue with an extended examination of Behemoth and Leviathan.(00:00) Introduction (01:20) The Scriptural Data(04:03) Interpretive Class I - Extending God's First Speech(08:45) Interpretive Class IIA - B&L symbolize Job(12:29) Interpretive Class IIB - B&L symbolize God(17:23) Interpretive Class IIC - B&L symbolize Chaotic Evil(29:32) Mythology and Scripture(33:43) The Hammer//Bibliography//1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\ 3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Fyall, Robert S. (2002) Now My Eyes Have Seen You: Images of Creation and Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\5. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\6. Motyer, J. Alec. (1993) The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary. IVP. \\7. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\8. Putnam, Robert. (2000) Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Touchstone Books. \\9. Putnam, Robert with Shaylyn Romney Garrett. (2020) The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again. Simon & Schuster. \\10. Sasse, Ben. (2018) Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal. St. Martin’s Press. \\11. Seitz, Amanda. (2023, May 2) “Loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking: surgeon general,” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/surgeon-general-loneliness-334450f7bb5a77e88d8085b178340e19 \\12. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\13. Thompson, Derek. (2025) “The Anti-Social Century,” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/ \\14. Thiselton, Anthony C. (1992) New Horizons in Hermeneutics: The Theory and Practice of Transforming Biblical Reading. Zondervan. \\15. Waltke, Bruce. (2016) “Myth, History, and the Bible.” In D.A. Carson (Ed.) The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures. Eerdmans. \\16. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\17. Williams, James G. (1978) “Deciphering the Unspoken: the Theophany of Job,” Hebrew Union College Annual 49: 59-72. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder

Pat and Silas continue to look at God’s monologue. Starting into God’s second of two speeches, they interpret God's charge that Job has made accusations against Him.(00:00) Introduction(03:05) Lamentation or Accusation?(10:59) Who Is Judge?(14:22) The Hammer\\Bibliography\\1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Haidt, Jonathan and Tobias Rose-Stockwell. (2019) “The Dark Psychology Of Social Networks,” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/ \\4. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\5. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\6. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\7. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder

Pat and Silas continue to look at God’s monologue, especially the inhabitants of the created order.(00:00) Introduction(00:44) Further Discussion of Tone(05:20) First Speech, Second Part(11:50) Doing Things with Words(20:42) The Hammer \\ Bibliography \\1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic.\\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Crabb, Larry (1993). Finding God. Zondervan. \\5. Crenshaw, James L. (1998) Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction. Westminster John Knox Press. \\6. Ehrman, Bart. (2008) God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question––Why We Suffer. Harper One. \\7. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\8. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\ 9. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\10. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\11. Whedbee, J. William. (2002) The Bible and the Comic Vision. Fortress Press. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder