In this episode, Jeff invites Carter Wine from behind the camera to join the conversation. The book of Joshua offers one of the most popular children's stories, but when we peel the curtain back we are confronted with what seems like God condoning the mass slaughter of whole people groups. As we wrestle with questions like, "Is God a moral monster," may we pause to consider that there is more happening in the text than meets the eye. May we be a people who engage with the Bible literarily and not literally. As Jeff and Carter discuss this book, they acknowledge that there is no way to tie this book up with a bow but perhaps there is still something beautiful happening in the midst of so much violence.

In this episode, Jeff and Bill tackle the rest of Deuteronomy and setup the first 5 chapters of Joshua. They take time to explore what we would consider to be outrageous/outdated parts of the Law and show how we should respond to the message God is trying to teach the people about who they are and who He is. Then they set the stage for Joshua as we come face to face with the Israelites takeover of the Promised Land.

In this episode, Jeff and Bill discuss the first part of Deuteronomy as the Israelites have been wandering the desert for almost 40 years and are about to enter the Promised Land. However, one issue persists, they don't quite trust God and cannot enter the Promised Land without God. 

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In this episode, Bill Jolley welcomes Brian Kane to join the conversation. As the story progresses from the marriage at Mt. Sinai one thing remains clear, while the Israelites have been physically taken out of Egypt, Egypt is still very much still inside of them. This becomes evident in the people's struggle to trust the God of Abraham by their rejection of Moses's leadership and the Law. However, with so much upheaval would we not respond in the same ways? The Torah invites us to enter the story and learn to trust God, so as we find shadows of Jesus may we also find the faith to trust a story that isn't finished yet.

In this episode, Jeff welcomes Leya Martinez as a guest host to wrap up Leviticus and begin Numbers. During their discussion they tackle questions about stoning, the principle of the Law, and the curses and blessings. We hope that you are challenged to think about the books of the Law in a different way as you process the implications for us today.

At this point in the journey, the Jewish people have gone out into the desert and are now receiving the Law given to Moses so that they might become a nation of priests to bring God's blessing to all nations. In light of this, the question for Christians often becomes, "how is this relevant to me?" As Jeff and Bill lead our discussion they try to answer that very question by making connections between the sacrificial system and Christ's life, death, and resurrection.

In this episode Jeff and Bill review the last part of Exodus. Their discussion leads them through situations like Moses receiving the two tablets of the law, the golden calf, and even questions like, "does the Bible really condone slavery?" They also take time to look back through the text for any shadows of Jesus before setting up the last few chapters Exodus and the beginning of Leviticus.

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In this episode Jeff and Bill review the first part of Exodus. As they move through these chapters they zoom in on some key moments in the exodus story like the plagues and the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. They also take some time to point out hints of Jesus and to setup the last half of exodus as God and the Israelites go out to the desert to get to know each other. 

In this episode, Jeff and Bill review the last half of Genesis where we meet the Patriarchs and confront some very confusing stories. Then they discuss some of the shadows of Jesus in these stories, and end by setting the stage for the book of Exodus.

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Two episodes in and we are already making some tweaks, so Jeff will quickly update you before giving a quick preview of the next section of Genesis.

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