The Third Hour Podcast

The Third Hour Podcast discusses the authorship of Peter's epistles, the apostle's eyewitness testimony, and the ups and downs of Christian conduct.

Continuing from last week's discussion of the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Third Hour Podcast discusses this elegant letter's second half, including the identity of Melchizedek, the high priest who makes a sacrifice for all, and the identity of Jesus as the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.

Nestled within the Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the Bible's greatest mysteries. Although this represents some of the finest writing in the entire New Testament, featuring educated language, a developed Christology, and concise rhetorical arguments, the epistle itself is anonymous. On the Third Hour Podcast, we discuss the first six chapters of this landmark work, including possible authors, what it represents to Christianity and Latter-day Saints, and the ways it portrays Jesus Christ.

The Pastoral Epistles — 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus — are short but difficult to decode, in part because of the ways they diverge from the rest of the Pauline Epistles. Join the Third Hour Podcast as we discuss what's good, bad, and in between about some of the New Testament's most controversial inclusions.

As the Third Hour Podcast dives into the epistle to the Ephesians, we discuss the formation of New Testament canon, differing approaches to pseudepigrapha, and how to reconcile deutero-Pauline epistles.

The Third Hour investigates the last of the epistles likely written by Paul's own hand, discussing topics of citizenship, households, and slavery found in Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon.

The Acts of the Apostles may have begun with Peter, but its final nine chapters are a farewell to Paul, repeating his conversion story and bearing witness to multiple authority figures as he heads first to Jerusalem and later to Rome. Join the Third Hour Podcast as we discuss the last portion of the New Testament's most directly historical book.

As Paul concludes his epistle to the Romans and prepares to journey back to Jerusalem, he leaves his readers with some final advice, including strong words for those who judge and those who despise.

Paul continues his epistle to the Romans, and the Third Hour Podcast discusses the crux of his central argument, from the universal problem of sin to the solution of justification by faith in Jesus Christ.

Paul's epistle to the Romans is often considered his magnum opus, a definitive statement on how mankind can be set at rights with the divine. Today, the Third Hour Podcasts investigates the first three chapters of Paul's most comprehensive letter, beginning with a massive existential problem — that everyone falls short of the glory of God.