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The final episode in our Whole Bible series! Thank you for joining us on this long journey. We wrap things up with James, 1-2 Peter, Jude, and Revelation.
Our penultimate episode in The Whole Bible series! Today we discuss the book of Hebrews.
The Pastoral Epistles: Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus.
Paul's second letter to the Corinthians and what it means to be "a new creation in Christ."
Today's episode focuses on Paul's writings to the Corinthian church.
We continue chronologically through the New Testament with 1, 2, and 3 John.
Today we continue discussing John's Gospel as we make our way through the Crossways curriculum.
We are almost through the Gospels in our overview of The Whole Bible; today we focus on the Gospel of John.
Moving right along in our overview of The Whole Bible; today we discuss the stories and ideas unique to the Gospel of Luke.
Today's episode focuses on the Gospel of Luke, especially the Christmas Story.
After a long holiday break, we resume our journey through the Crossways Bible curriculum. Today's episode focuses on the second half of Matthew.
This is the last podcast of 2023. We cover the first part of Matthew's Gospel today, we will return to it in the New Year when Crossways resumes again.
Today we finish discussing the Gospel of Mark, focusing on two stories where Jesus healed blind men.
We are finally in the New Testament! Today we discuss the first half of Mark's Gospel. The Crossways curriculum begins with Mark because many scholars believe his was the first gospel written.
The final episode before getting to Jesus in the Gospels! Today we discuss the world of 1st century Judaism -- the world Jesus is born into.
We are still discussing the the period between the two testaments: today we focus on the expectations of a Messiah. What? How? Who? And the question of the Gentiles - are they in or out?
Why do Catholics have more books in their Bibles than Protestants? How did they decide which books to include in the canon and which to leave out? Today we discuss the process of canonization, the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha.
What happened during the 400 years between the Old and New Testaments? Today we discuss the shifting of power between the Persians, the Jews, the Greeks, and the Romans during the Intertestamental Period.
We wrap up the Old Testament today with our discussion of four books of wisdom literature: Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.
As we continue through the two year Bible curriculum, Crossways, today we focus on the book of Psalms.
Today we discuss five books of the Bible: Malachi, Joel, Esther, Ruth, and Jonah. We talk about how these books detail the emergence of Judaism, with its focus on worship in the temple, the return to the law, and the customs and practices that separated God's people from other nations.
The Israelites return to the Promised Land and begin to rebuild the community, the temple, and the wall around Jerusalem under the guidance of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Continuing our overview of the Bible, on this episode we discuss how David is remembered in the book of Chronicles.
Today we return to our The Whole Bible series, picking up with Isaiah 40 and the return from exile.
Part two of Ezekiel as we wrap up the pre-exilic prophets. We'll resume in the Fall with the second half of The Whole Bible series.
We begin our two part discussion of the prophet Ezekiel on today's episode.
We discuss three of the minor prophets today: Zephaniah, Habakkuk, and Nahum.
We look at the rest of Jeremiah today as we continue our study of the major prophets.
Today we begin the study of Jeremiah, picking up where we left off before Holy Week.
Today we discuss Micah, one of the first of the literary prophets.
Today we focus on the first part of Isaiah, discussing some of the best loved and most quoted verses in the Old Testament.
Today we are talking about the prophet Hosea, one of the minor prophets whose ministry was directed at the Northern Kingdom.
Today we recap the book of Amos and preview the book of Hosea as we continue our way through the minor prophets. We are about one third of the way through the two year Crossways curriculum which covers the whole Bible.
We're moving from the Kings to the Prophets with an emphasis on both war and worship.
Today we pick up with the Divided Kingdom and how the North fell to the Assyrians and the South fell to Babylon.
Today we talk about when things go downhill for the Kingdom of Israel and it is divided in two parts: Israel in the north and Judah in the south.
We are moving right along in God's story of salvation, following the Crossways curriculum. Today we discuss King Solomon, described in the Bible as "wiser than all men" (I Kings 4:31). His wisdom was a great gift from God, but Solomon didn't always act according to God's will. (Not a big surprise if you've made it this far in the story).
We're back after a long holiday break! Today we recap all that's been going on around here before jumping back into Crossways. King David is the center of our discussion on this episode.
This is the last podcast for 2022. We'll be back to continue The Whole Bible series in January. Today we discuss the rise and fall of King Saul.
Today we discuss the book of Judges and how the Israelites found themselves in a cycle of sin and redemption that repeated itself over and over again.
Today's episode continues with the discussion of the wilderness wanderings and the conquest of the Holy Land.
As God's chosen people are on the brink of the promised land, he gives them further directions about how they are to live and take over this new land.
Today we discuss the 40 years that the Israelites wandered in the wilderness before entering the promised land.
We're moving right along in the Old Testament. Today we focus on the Law. We discuss the distinctions between the moral law and the ritual law and why Christians don't follow all of the instructions given to the Israelites.
As we continue to hit the highlights of God's amazing story, we come to God's covenant with His people on Mt. Sinai.
Today we're talking about the Exodus. Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart? What's the deal with the frogs, gnats, and other strange plagues? Why were God's chosen people enslaved anyway?
What kind of a family did God choose to be a blessing to the whole world? We continue the story of the Patriarchs today as we look at Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.