The Bible Reset

Israel's Exodus from Egypt formed the prototype for how God rescues his people. In Jesus' last days, he teaches his disciples a prayer that urges God to bring a New Exodus, a bigger rescue from the deeper powers of sin and death.

Today we dive into the second half of the Lord's prayer and show how each line connects back to the Exodus story.
Give us today our daily bread

Forgive us our sins,

     for we also forgive everyone indebted to us.

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Israel's Exodus from Egypt formed the prototype for how God s rescues his people. In Jesus' last days, he teaches his disciples a prayer that urges God to bring a New Exodus, a bigger rescue from the deeper powers of sin and death.

Today we dive into the first half of the Lord's prayer and show how each line connects back to the Exodus story.
Father
Make your name holy
Bring your kingdom

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Has the most famous Christian prayer become a little bit...routine? Maybe even boring?

By returning to the Lord's Prayer and reading it in context, we can recover it as the bold, revolutionary, maybe even risky prayer that it was originally meant to be.

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It's a new year and maybe you've resolved, once again, to read the Bible more this year. But is reaching for the same kind of reading plan that has proved unsustainable so many times really the best move? Could there be a better way?

In this first episode of the new year we discuss what doesn’t work about the typical Bible reading plans, plus the habits and mindsets we can change to give us a fruitful, flourishing relationship with Scripture.

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Links:
How long it takes to read each book of the Bible
Episode 6: The Game-Changing Power of Reader's Bibles
Episode 13: The Bible is a Story. Here's Why That Matters
Episode 14: Genesis to Revelation - The 6-Act Story of the Bible
Episode 16: Reading the Entire Bible Through the Jesus Lens

"Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
      She will give birth to a son,
 and they will call him Immanuel,
      which means, 'God is with us'"

Was Immanuel a brand-new idea that arrived with Jesus, or had it been there all along? Today we trace the theme of "God with us" through the Bible's grand narrative. God created the world intending to dwell with his image-bearers, and the Bible tells the story of him working relentlessly to overcome creation's great rupture in order to be with us again.

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Our conversation with Philip Yancey continues, focusing on his life and upbringing as told in his new memoir Where the Light Fell. We discuss the role the Bible played both in the toxic culture of his youth and later as a book that drew him back into the arms of a loving God.

Where the Light Fell: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Light-Fell-Philip-Yancey/dp/0593238508

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Renowned author Philip Yancey joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on reading, being counter-cultural, and the importance of the First Testament for understanding the story of the Bible.

The Bible Jesus Read: https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Jesus-Read-Philip-Yancey/dp/0310245664
Where the Light Fell: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Light-Fell-Philip-Yancey/dp/0593238508

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In Episode 35 we unveiled the "powers and principalities," these mysterious villains who are present throughout the Bible's story. Today we dive into Jesus' life and sacrificial death, both of which are crucial for understanding how God has dealt with the rebellious powers and principalities. And as followers of Jesus, how can we step into the model he has provided for dealing with ongoing struggles against the forces of darkness today?

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If you're interested in reading more, check out the series of articles on our blog:
Part 1: Meet the Powers
Part 2: The World-Rulers of this Darkness
Part 3: The Satan and the Law that Enslaves
Part 4: The Bondage of Creation
Part 5: Jesus' Victory Over the Powers
Part 6: The Powers and the People of Jesus Today

The sons of God, the gods, the heavenly council, the hosts of heaven, the princes of the nations, the force of chaos, unclean spirits, demons...

They go by a variety of names, but are often overlooked in the Bible's story. These powers and principalities, created by Christ and for Christ, have since rebelled against their vocation and work together with humans to wreak havoc in God's created order. They're mysterious forces, hard to nail down and systematize, yet we absolutely must pay attention to their critical role in the narrative of Scripture.

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The book of Ruth is often miscast as the Bible's version of a "Christian romance story," which significantly reduces its meaning and power. Carolyn Custis James helps us see Ruth through the appropriate historical and cultural lenses, and we explore the ways in which Ruth and Naomi's story is one full of bravery, sacrifice, creativity, and hesed.

The Gospel of Ruth: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Ruth-Loving-Enough-Break/dp/0310330858

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