A Biblical Mindshift- Welcomes my friend Beth Wilhite.  A Pastor's wife in a Church Plant in Princeton Texas. 

Beth has been a listener to our program for a hot minute.  She is open and honest about her faith and the process of meditation of scripture.   

What does it mean to slow down and maybe look at scripture through the ancient writers?

I know that you will love her as much as I do.

You can check out our additional Podcasts at our website: The Bible and Coffee Podcast.

Check out the Book that has made a Biblical Mindshift for the Bible and Coffee Podcast: Misreading Scripture Through Western Eyes. 

You can catch some of our other series here: 

Removing cultural blinders helps us to see everything that the scriptures speak to us.

You can catch our first Introduction podcast here #142  Removing Cultural Blinders- Intro

You can also catch some of our latest Podcasts here:

Dysfunctional Families of the Bible

 Stepping out of the Ordinary

  The Parables 

We always welcome you to our table as we keep the coffee hot and the conversation flowing.

Show Notes:

Psalms 104:28-29

Exodus 31 

You Can check out our additional Podcasts at our website: The Bible and Coffee Podcast.

Check out The Bible Projects Complete Series on the Holy Spirit 

You can catch some of our other series here: 

Removing cultural blinders helps us to see everything that the scriptures speak to us.

You can catch our first Introduction podcast here #142  Removing Cultural Blinders- Intro

You can also catch some of our latest Podcasts here:

Dysfunctional Families of the Bible

 Stepping out of the Ordinary

  The Parables 

We always welcome you to our table as we keep the coffee hot and the conversation flowing.

A Biblical Mind Shift From Buddhist to Christian podcast is an interview with the woman that started it all for This Series - The Biblical Mindshift.   Mary Matlock was raised Buddhist in Thailand and also lived in Saudi Arabia.  The most powerful testimony of what it takes to bring someone to Christ.  

Mary Matlock has become a dear sweet friend that is passionate about spreading the word of God, through love and graciousness.  She has the perspective of the ancient world through the eyes of her culture.    It was her desire to prove God wrong.  Her desire to proved Budda as a god meant spending time in the Bible.   

That is where she found Christ.  

 SHOW NOTES:

Buddhism

Misreading Scriptures with Western Eyes

Removing cultural blinders helps us to see everything that the scriptures speak to us.

A  Biblical Mind shift- Introduction

You can catch our first Introduction podcast here #142  Removing Cultural Blinders- Intro

You can also catch some of our latest Podcasts here:

Dysfunctional Families of the Bible

 Stepping out of the Ordinary

  The Parables 

We always welcome you to our table as we keep the coffee hot and the conversation flowing.

Show notes:

The Bible and Coffe Podcast - Removing Cultural Blinders

The Bible Project- Genesis 1:1

Genesis 1:1-2

Genesis 2

Monotheism - The Bible Project Monotheism

A Biblical Mind shift Podcast presents the beginning of new beginnings for us here at the Bible and Coffee Podcast.  If you have followed us on our journey last year will have noticed a huge mind shift in the podcasts.  As we read new books, listening to other voices, and sat at the feet of Maxine Wallace, there became a noticeable change in how we view the Biblical authors and it's history. 

Understanding Biblical Mind Shift through history.

Understanding Bible history is a daunting task and one that not many people want to tackle.  Bible History becomes important for us from the first scripture in Genesis 1:1.   

Who was the author writing to?  How did they see the world from their ancient worldview?

All these questions are questions that The Bible Project has put together to better help us not only understand the Bible but to better understand how we can worship Yahweh.   

We get so caught up in the application of the scriptures that we miss the worship.

   Tim Mackie co-founder of  The Bible Project

We just love the visual concept that they have produced to help all kinds of learners understand the ancient writers as they wrote to the ancient people.  We will be linking videos that we reference in our podcasts so that you can walk through this amazing biblical mind shift with us.  

What does a Biblical Mind shift look like?

A biblical mind shift looks different for everyone.  It might take someone a couple of times to connect a new concept and shift their mind to that new concept, others may need more time.  Like Amy. 

We are not asking for an echo chamber, but a new beginning of sorts to see the concepts that we all have missed through 21-century eyes. 

Come join us at  TheBibleandcoffeepodcast.com for more of our podcast.  

Show Notes:

The Net Bible 

The Bible Recap

The Bible Project- The Story of the Bible 

The Secrets of the Vine

At the Feet of my Aunt Podcast

I thought that we could just listen to the words of Isaiah 40.  How powerful it is to ponder on the words of the prophet as he reminds the people of who God is to them.  

Who is Isaiah the Prophet?

Isaiah was the son of Amoz.  Isaiah lived during the reigns of four kings. The first, Uzziah, reigned from around 783 BC to 742 BC. The last king, Hezekiah, reigned from 715 BC to 686 BC.

Scholars estimate that he could’ve been a prophet for about 60 years. The Book of Isaiah appears to end after the Babylonian exile, which took place in the sixth century, more than 100 years after Isaiah died.  Therefore surmising that the book of Isaiah may have had editors according to some scholars.

 What is the Book of Isaiah about?

Isaiah begins his ministry at the time that  Israel’s northern kingdom was on the brink of collapse. Isaiah's ministry after the fall focuses on trying to get the Judeans to trust in God in the face of the terrible threat of Assyria.

But the Judeans wanted to trust Egypt, not God. In the last critical moment, after everything else failed, King Hezekiah prayed to God, and he staked his life and his kingdom on God keeping His word.  He was not disappointed.

Isaiah ministered to God's people during those critical years.  

 Why is Isaiah 40 so special?

 Belinda reads Isaiah 40 to you to become a reminder for the New Year of who God Is... 

Show Notes:

The Book of Isaiah Overview: The Bible Project

Isaiah 40 

You can catch our first Introduction podcast here #142  Removing Cultural Blinders- Intro

You can also catch some of our latest Podcasts here:

Dysfunctional Families of the Bible

 Stepping out of the Ordinary

  The Parables 

We always welcome you to our table as we keep the coffee hot and the conversation flowing.

Are you listening?

Belinda's unplugged podcast is going Hebrew from the barn with her word of the year.  Shema.   Only Belinda would do her podcasts in a Barn and then choose a Hebrew word to focus on for 2022. What is Shema mean and how did she even come up with that word?

What is the Shema prayer? 

For 1000's years' Jewish people have been praying Deuteronomy 6:4-5 as a devotion to God.   The first word of the Shema is hear or listen.  The Hebrew word for hearing or listen is Shema.  That is where the Jewish prayer gets its name.  Check out a video in the show notes from The Bible Project.  

Why did Belinda choose the word Shema for 2022?

Belinda chose the word Shema because, in the Hebrew Language, Shema means more than just listening.  Belinda goes unplugged about how 2022 needs to be more than just listening?   

We expect our children to listen and then to respond.  Belinda wants to not just listen but respond this year. 

How do we listen and respond to the word of God for 2022?

We can Shema Shema to God's word by planning on reflecting each day on God's Word with these Questions?

What Do I feel ?

In reference to the Context of my Reading.

What Do I Know? 

In reference to the context of my Reading

What do I think?

In reference to the context of my Reading.

  John Maxwell Leadership Podcast Reflections

Belinda talks about John Maxwell and his Leadership Podcast and how that has shaped her reflections for 2021.  You can find that Podcast in the Show notes below!

Show Notes: 

Shema- The Bible Project

John Maxwell Podcast- The Year in Review 

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Catch up on some of our Greatest Hits of 2021 Here:

.Removing cultural blinders helps us to see everything that the scriptures speak to us.

You can catch our first Introduction podcast here #142  Removing Cultural Blinders- Intro

You can also catch some of our latest  here:

Dysfunctional Families of the BiblePodcasts

 Stepping out of the Ordinary

  The Parables 

We always welcome you to our table where the Coffee is hot and the conversation keeps flowing.

Merry Christmas from Amy and Belinda as they remember their most memorable Christmas.

Our Top 10 Podcast # 6 has us talking about a witch.  Yes, there are witches in the Bible.  Along with talking about Donkeys and other crazy things that we do not include on this podcast.  

Our last Crazy lady ends with a witch that speaks to Saul.   

Who is this witch in the Bible?

The Witch of Endor is a witch who, according to the Old Testament Hebrew Bible, was consulted by Saul to summon the spirit of the prophet Samueli.  Saul was looking for advice against the Philistines in battle.

Saul had tried several times prior to this encounter to seek  God through sacred lots and prophets but had failed.   Amy and Belinda try to wrap our heads around the failure of Saul to continue God's answers through humility.  

In this Top 10 Podcast,  The Witch we see that once we begin to quit following God and things in our life we begin to start searching for answers outside of God's spiritual guidance. 

Summary :

 1 Samuel 28:3–25

The Bible and Coffee Podcast 

Removing cultural blinders helps us to see everything that the scriptures speak to us.

You can catch our first Introduction podcast here #142  Removing Cultural Blinders- Intro

You can also catch some of our latest Podcasts here:

Dysfunctional Families of the Bible

 Stepping out of the Ordinary

  The Parables 

We always welcome you to our table as we keep the coffee hot and the conversation flo

Out of our Top 10 episodes of the Bible include Jezebel one of our all-time favorite Crazy Ladies.  Even if you are not familiar with the actual story of Jezebel you do understand that you do not want to ever be labeled with that name " Jezebel."   

Who is Jezebel?

 Who is the woman that we labeled as crazy? Jezebel is first mentioned in 1 Kings 16:31.  She marries Ahab.  She then kills God's prophets in 1 Kings 18:4.  Just a couple of chapters over she orders Naboths death in 1 kings 21:8-10.  This crazy woman Jezebel uses witchcraft in 2 kings 9:22.  However, in the end, she ends up being eaten by the dogs  2 Kings 9:35.  

There are so many things that Amy and I discuss with the storyline of Jezebel.  While we want to hide our crazy, Jezebel is right there out in the open for all the world to see!   

What does the New Testament say about Jezebel?  

 The book of Revelation in Chapters 2:20-21 gives plenty of references to the character traits behind Jezebel.  She is listed as a prophetess, a false teacher, an immoral woman, and an Idol worshiper. 

But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.  I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.  Revelation 2:20-21 NASB

 Amy and I discuss the character traits of Jezebel and how we try to hide our own crazy!

Summary :

Removing cultural blinders helps us to see everything that the scriptures speak to us.

You can catch our first Introduction podcast here #142  Removing Cultural Blinders- Intro

You can also catch some of our latest Podcasts here:

Dysfunctional Families of the Bible

 Stepping out of the Ordinary

  The Parables 

We always welcome you to our table as we keep the coffee hot and the conversation flowing.