Episode 64: Acts 27-28 - Survivor - Malta

Jan 7, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

The last two chapters in Acts contain the details of an amazing shipwreck where all the crew and passengers are brought safely to the island of Malta. The story is better than a similar reality tv program you may have watched… and for several reasons it’s also a fitting end to Luke’s account of the Acts of the Apostles.

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Yates, K. W. (2016). Military Leaders and Jonah in the Writings of Luke, Part 2. Bibliotheca Sacra, 173(692), 457–458.
• Gage, W. A. (2011). Return from Emmaus: The Resurrection Theme in Scripture (p. 41). Warren A. Gage.
• Gage, W. A., & Carpenter, S. P. (2014). A Literary Guide to the Life of Christ in Matthew, Mark, and Luke-Acts: How the Synoptic Evangelists Tell the Story of Jesus (p. 153). St. Andrews House.
• WatermarkGospel.com Video - Paul on Malta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMcS-8rMRtc
• Keener, C. S. (1993). The IVP Bible background commentary: New Testament (Ac 28:18–31). InterVarsity Press.
• Beale, G. (2018). We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry (pp. 244–245). InterVarsity Press Academic.

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
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Episode 61: Acts 24-26 - Felix, Festus, and Agrippa

Dec 30, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

In Acts 24-26, Paul stands before three Roman backed rulers, Felix, Festus, & Agrippa II. You may have read this story not really understanding who these rulers were. If that’s you, you are not alone. Most people gloss right over these Roman sychophants. So sit back, relax, and let’s talk about the men who judged Paul before he went to Rome.

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Thorpe, D. J. (2016). Antonius Felix. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, L. Wentz, E. Ritzema, & W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Lexham Press.
• Barrett, C. K. (2004). A critical and exegetical commentary on the Acts of the Apostles (pp. 1114–1115). T&T Clark.
• Otten, J. D. (2016). Porcius Festus. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, L. Wentz, E. Ritzema, & W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Lexham Press.
• Dicken, F. E. (2016). Agrippa II. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, L. Wentz, E. Ritzema, & W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Lexham Press.

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

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Episode 62: Rethinking Advent Rewind

December 21, 2021 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

Join Gregory Hall for a special rendition of the advent story. In this episode we'll look at some of the details from last year's advent series (episodes 28-33) and combine those details into the well-known story of the our Savior's birth. Gather your family around... turn up the volume... and let's start a new Christmas tradition as we rethink the advent story.

Referenced Resources:

• Charlie Brown's Question - "Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"  posed by Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas. A tv movie from 1965.

Show Music:

• Intro Song - jazzy bells (jingle bells) by Dee Yan-Key - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dee_Yan-Key/my_christmas_music/02--Dee_Yan-Key-jazzy_bells
• My son, Jacob Hall, created the music played behind the advent story. He's a very talented individual ;-)

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• RethinkingScripture.com
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

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Episode 61: Acts 22-23 - The Commissioning Formula

Dec 13, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

There is a common way the biblical authors tell the story when a person is commissioned by God for a specific task. While these revelations are always unique to those who receive them, they all share a literary form found throughout the Bible and other Ancient Near Eastern literature. Luke uses this formula three times in Acts 22-23. 

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Hubbard, B. J. (1977). Commissioning Stories in Luke-Acts: A Study of Their Antecedents, Form and Content. Semeia, 8, 102–103.
• Hedrick, C. W. (1981). Paul’s Conversion/Call: A Comparative Analysis of the Three Reports in Acts. Journal of Biblical Literature, 100, 428–429.

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

Rethinking Rest... the Book: Available January 19, 2023!

• More information: https://rethinkingrest.com/the-book/

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Episode 60: Acts 20-21 - The Eutychus Syndrome

Dec 1, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

 In Acts 20, we are introduced to Eutychus. He’s a young man who, falls asleep while listening to one of Paul’s sermons, then falls to his death from an upper story window. In this episode we ask what lessons we should learn from a story such as this. We will also figure out how to avoid the Eutychus Syndrome.   

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Glavic, Julie. A. (2014). Eutychus in Acts and in the Church: The Narrative Significance of Acts 20:6–12. Bulletin for Biblical Research, 24(2), 179.
• Rethinking Rest Merch: Silicone Wristbands and Stickers 

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

Rethinking Rest... the Book: Available January 19, 2023!

• More information about the book: https://rethinkingrest.com/the-book/

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Episode 59: Acts 18-19 - The Liminal Leftovers of Johnny B.

November 13, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

In Acts 18-19 we are introduced to a subgroup of the faithful. They are folks that knew and followed the teachings of John the Baptist. But these events occur about thirty years after the ministry of Johnny B. So just how should we understand these folks who don’t fit nicely into any of our modern-day boxes.

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Carman J. Imes, Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019) 17.
• The story of Hiroo Onoda can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda
• Hodges, Zane C. “Harmony with God Part 3 of 3.” Chafer Theological Seminary Journal Volume 9, 2003.

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

Rethinking Rest... the Book: Available January 19, 2023!

• More information about the book: https://rethinkingrest.com/the-book/

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Episode 58: Acts 16-17 - What Must I Do to Be Saved?

October 29, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

In Acts 16-17 Paul and his traveling companions hit the road. These chapters record some of the events in his second missionary journey… and they are packed full of interesting topics. In this episode we discuss circumcision, baptism, a python spirit, and the very important question asked by a jailer, “What must I do to be saved?”

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Moyer V. Hubbard, “Greek Religion,” in The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts, ed. Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013), 110.
• Deppe, Dean B. All Roads Lead to the Text: Eight Methods of Inquiry into the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011. Print.
• Harwood, E. A Liberal Translation of the New Testament. Vol. I & II. London: T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt; J. Johnson; T. Cadell; J. Gore and J. Sibbald; T. Bancks, 1768.

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

Rethinking Rest... the Book: Coming January 19, 2023!

• More information about the book: https://rethinkingrest.com/the-book/

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Episode 57: Acts 15 - Who Were Those "Appointed to Eternal Life?"

October 19, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

In Acts 15, a decision is made. The question on the table was how to keep peace between the different cultural expectations of those who had come to faith in Jesus.  The list of action items they came up with might be a little surprising to our modern ears. But what’s really interesting… is something that didn’t make the list at all.

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Witherington, B., III. (1998). The Acts of the Apostles: a socio-rhetorical commentary (pp. 440–441). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Savelle, C. H. (2004). A Reexamination of the Prohibitions in Acts 15. Bibliotheca Sacra, 161, 464–465.

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

Rethinking Rest... the Book: Coming January 19, 2023!

• More information about the book: https://rethinkingrest.com/the-book/

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Episode 56: Acts 13-14 - Who Were Those "Appointed to Eternal Life?"

September 28, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

*10-12-23 Note - The original release of this episode had some minor production errors. Those have been corrected and the new version is available for download. 

There are many ideas about how people get "saved." Is God in control of the whole process, or do people have some say in what they believe. There’s a story in Acts 13-14 that some think speaks to the topic. But we may not be understanding the passages ancient context? If that’s the case, we may have some rethinking to do!

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Toussaint, S. D. (1985). Acts. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, pp. 390–391). Victor Books.
• Newman, B. M., & Nida, E. A. (1972). A handbook on the Acts of the Apostles (pp. 269–270). United Bible Societies.
• Gangel, K. O. (1998). Acts (Vol. 5, p. 219). Broadman & Holman Publishers.
• Polhill, J. B. (1992). Acts (Vol. 26, p. 308). Broadman & Holman Publishers.
• Martin, R. P. (2005). The Result of Paul’s Preaching in Antioch: “As many as were ordained to eternal life believed” Acts 13:48. The Reformed Baptist Theological Review, 2(2), 29–30.
• Bence, P. A. (1998). Acts: a Bible commentary in the Wesleyan tradition (p. 62). Wesleyan Publishing House.

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
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Episode 55: Acts 12 - The Logos and the Mythos

September 28, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall 

In ancient times stories used two general concepts, logos and mythos, to convey meaning to their readers.  It’s true of stories outside the Bible, but it’s also true of the stories we find within the Bible as well. In this episode we look further into the ancient understanding of logos and mythos and how they are presented in Acts 12. 

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Update - RethinkingScripture.com
• The Homes and Help Initiative -
  •  RethinkingScripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
  • Episode 54 - The Homes and Help Initiative
  • 4:13 Strong.org - The newest addition to the Homes and Help Initiative. Based in Nashville, they provide training, skill development and job placement for men who are at-risk. Those either living on the streets, or recently released from prison. They have a 6-8 month residential program… where graduates complete the following items… 4 months of continuous employment, court fees and fines paid off, driver’s license acquired or reinstated, car and insurance purchased with cash, $1500 emergency fund saved.
• Merriam-Webster, I. (2003). In Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary. (Eleventh ed.). Merriam-Webster, Inc.
• Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. (1985). In Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Abridged in One Volume (p. 506). W.B. Eerdmans.
• Rethinking Rest - Electronic Endnote #54 -RethinkingRest.com/electronic-endnotes/
• Dr. Warren Gage 
  • Dr. Warren Gage - Logos/Mythos
  • (and Dr. Chip Bennett) - A Christian Reading of Plato

Show Music:

• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

Podcast Website:

• The All-America Listener Challenge Updates: https://rethinkingscripture.com
• My New Podcast Studio... The Upper Room: https://rethinkingscripture.com/podcast-episodes/
• More information about The Homes and Help Initiative: https://rethinkingscripture.com/homes-help-initiative/
• Sister site: RethinkingRest.com

Rethinking Rest... the Book: Coming January 19, 2023!

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