Unbinding the Bible

By Joshua YoderReligion & Spirituality

Unbinding the Bible episodes

February 07, 2019 021 - "Am I My Brother's Keeper?"
In this episode, we'll take a look at life outside the garden (Genesis 4:1-16), paying particular attention to how sin continues its destruction of God's good world. We'll see that, according to the LORD, sin actually takes on the characteristics of a player in the narrative, one that works hard to undo the goodness of God's intentions for his world. We'll end our episode focusing on the mercy and compassion of the LORD, as he once again responds to human sinfulness in surprisingly kind ways.
35 min
January 31, 2019 020 - Do You Begrudge My Generosity?*
This episode is a sermon I preached September 24, 2017 while working through the gospel of Matthew. My primary text is Matthew 20:1-16, the parable of the workers in the vineyard. I'm inserting it here because of its close connection to deciding for ourselves what is good and what is evil. The challenge to my congregation was to recognize that good and evil, right and wrong exist as categories outside of ourselves and that life works best when we substitute our way of looking at the world with Jesus'.
32 min
January 24, 2019 019 - Driven Out, East of Eden
In this episode, we'll look at how sin brings about a reversal of creation's ordered blessings. We'll give particular attention to how God's goodness and mercy influence his judgment and why it is actually kind of him to drive Adam and Eve out of the garden.
If you have any questions or comments, please email them to me at: [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!
30 min
January 17, 2019 018 - "Who Told You That You Were Naked?"
In this episode, we'll look closely at the LORD God's response to the first man and woman's fall into sin. We'll see what happened to each of mankind's fundamental relationships within a good creation and how the LORD, in his kindness and goodness, deals with them (and us).
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29 min
January 10, 2019 017 - What Went Wrong?
In this episode, we'll look closely at shame and why it is that we hide from God (and others) when we've done what we know is wrong. We'll also look at the pattern that the first man and woman established when committing the first sin and how that pattern still plays itself out in people's lives today.
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35 min
January 03, 2019 016 - The Fall of Man
In this episode, we'll take a close look at Genesis 3:1-7. Taking our cues from many of the themes already explored in Genesis 1-2, we'll discover just what sin is as well as how temptation works. This topic is incredibly relevant in making sense of every one of our lives today, as these same temptations are alive and well still.
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33 min
December 27, 2018 015 - "Naked and Not Ashamed"
In this episode, we'll conclude our look at God's good world in the garden from Genesis 1-2. We'll take a close look at marriage, man's perfect relationships with God, creation, one another, and himself, and how the metaphor of marriage perfectly describes God's relationship with his people. We'll finish up by examining shame, and trying to imagine a time when it didn't exist.
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Please email me any questions or comments you have: [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!
30 min
December 20, 2018 014 - “A Helper Fit For Him”
In this episode, we'll look at Genesis 2:18-23, paying particular attention to what "a helper fit for him" means. We'll look at a few of the places where the LORD God himself is said to be a "help" to man, giving us insight into why the man being alone was considered "not good". We'll wrap things up by focusing on the significance of naming things (people, places, even God) in the Bible.
As always, I'd love to hear from you! If you have any comments or questions, please email me at [email protected].
28 min
December 13, 2018 013 - Turning Deserts into Gardens*
This episode is a sermon I preached July 22, 2018 while working through the gospel of Mark. The primary passage is Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, but 2 Samuel 7 gets attention as well. I've inserted it here because of how succinctly it ties together many of the garden, temple, priestly, and rest themes from previous episodes. The sermon ends in Ephesians 2, which I hope will allow you to see the Church in a brand new way.
30 min
December 06, 2018 012 - Eden’s Garden-Temple
In this episode, we'll pull together some of the themes already mentioned to highlight the fact that the garden in Eden was the first temple. And then we'll see why knowing this matters and how it helps shape the way we think about the church's role in the world.
I'd love to hear from you! Please email your questions or comments to: [email protected].
32 min

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In Luke 24, Jesus told two of his followers that the entire Bible was about him. Yet their reading of the Bible had not actually prepared them for Jesus. Sadly, the same thing is still happening…