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A 55-minute in-depth Bible study from the author of "The Word Diet"-- a Bible reading plan: a chapter per day for a year to understand the arc of Scripture.

eric schansberg


    • May 13, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 107 EPISODES


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    The Word Diet (Episode 107): Numbers 11's Two Complaints

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:33


    Israel gets back to complaining...setting the table for ch. 12's complaint III and then the big rebellion (chs. 13-14)

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    The Word Diet (Episode 106): Numbers 5-10's Prologue II

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:27


    second half of the prologue to the action in Numbers

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    The Word Diet (Episode 105): Numbers 1:1 - 5:10's Prologue I

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:35


    first half of the prologue to the action in Numbers

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    The Word Diet (Episode 104): Leviticus 26-27's Wrap-up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:18


    The conclusion of the matter!

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    The Word Diet (Episode 103): Leviticus 23-25's Special Days/Years and The Lamp/Bread Climax

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:07


    Sabbaths, Sabbath Years, the Jubilee, and The Lamp/Bread Climax

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    The Word Diet (Episode 102): Leviticus 19-22's Holiness Code II

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:24


    part of the Holiness Code

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    The Word Diet (Episode 101): Leviticus 17-19's Holiness Code I

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:21


    the first part of the Holiness Code

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    The Word Diet (Episode 100): Leviticus 16's Day of Atonement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 48:18


    Day of Atonement

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    The Word Diet (Episode 99): Numbers 19 and Thiessen's excellent book on Leviticus and Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 48:31


    Numbers 19 for corpse contamination-- and extensive coverage of Thiessen's excellent book on Leviticus and Jesus

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    The Word Diet (Episode 98): Leviticus 12-15's Clean/Unclean, Pure/Impure II

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 48:12


    Leviticus 12-15's Clean/Unclean, Pure/Impure II: other types of pollution for the Tabernacle...

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    The Word Diet (Episode 97): Leviticus 11's Clean/Unclean Food

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 48:18


    Leviticus 11's Clean/Unclean Food

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    The Word Diet (Episode 96): Leviticus 8-10's Ordination, the Climax of the OT, and a Staggering Sin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 48:17


    ordination of the priests, the climax of the Pentateuch (and arguably, the entire OT), and a Staggering Sin by Aaron's sons

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    The Word Diet (Episode 95): Leviticus 4-7's Purification and Guilt/Reparation Offerings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 48:18


    Purification and Guilt/Reparation Offerings

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    The Word Diet (Episode 94): Leviticus 2-3's Burnt, Grain, and Peace/Fellowship Offerings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 48:01


    Burnt, Grain, and Peace/Fellowship Offerings

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    The Word Diet (Episode 93): Leviticus 1's Intro to the book and an Overview of the Sacrifices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 48:26


    key themes in the book and using Leviticus 1 to describe the sacrifices in general terms

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    The Word Diet (Episode 90): Exodus 32:11-30's Golden Calf II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 55:32


    What's Moses gonna do when he see this?!

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    The Word Diet (Episode 88): Exodus 28-29's Tabernacle III (The Priests)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 55:38


    Wrapping up the Tabernacle on the role of the Priests (and their clothing)

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    The Word Diet (Episode 85): Exodus 22:21-24:18's Book of the Covenant II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 55:38


    Exodus 22:21-24:18's Book of the Covenant (Part 2)

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    The Word Diet (Episode 92): Exodus 34:29-35's Golden Calf IV, 40:34-38's Wrap-up, and Conclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 55:26


    Wrapping up the Golden Calf incident (34:29-35); the rest of Exodus (40:34-38) and Concluding Remarks

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    The Word Diet (Episode 91): Exodus 32:31-34:28's Golden Calf III

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 55:34


    Exodus 32:31-34:28's Golden Calf III

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    The Word Diet (Episode 89): Exodus 32:1-10's Golden Calf I

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 55:15


    Starting into the Golden Calf incident...

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    The Word Diet (Episode 87): Exodus 25-40's Tabernacle II (Tabernacle and Furnishings)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 55:44


    the Tabernacle and its furnishings...

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    The Word Diet (Episode 86): Exodus 25-40's Tabernacle I (Introduction)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 55:31


    So much to say about the Tabernacle as a type of Creation, Temple, Christ, the Church, and Heaven!

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    The Word Diet (Episode 84): Exodus 20:18-22:20's Book of the Covenant (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 55:29


    First of two weeks on the passage between the Ten Commandments and the Tabernacle

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    The Word Diet (Episode 83): Exodus 20's 9th and 10th Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 55:38


    No false testimony and don't covet

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    The Word Diet (Episode 81): Exodus 20's 5th and 6th Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 55:32


    Honor your parents and don't murder-- with broad applications

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    The Word Diet (Episode 82): Exodus 20's 7th and 8th Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 55:18


    Don't commit adultery or steal (with applications)

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    The Word Diet (Episode 80): Exodus 20's 3rd and 4th Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 55:37


    don't misuse God's name and honor the Sabbath

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    The Word Diet (Episode 79): Exodus 20's 1st and 2nd Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 55:22


    No other gods before/besides me and no idols

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    The Word Diet (Episode 78): Intro to the Ten Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 55:39


    So much to say here!

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    The Word Diet (Episode 77): Exodus 19's Prologue to the Ten Commandments

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 55:34


    prepping for the big moment!

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    The Word Diet (Episode 76): Exodus 17:8-18:24's Battle against Amalek and Jethro's Judges Counsel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 55:35


    Dealing with foreigners (post-Egypt): nasty foe and a wise friend

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    The Word Diet (Episode 75): Exodus 16:1-17:7's Manna/Quail and Water Troubles II

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 55:33


    God's provision (quail and especially manna) and God's protection (the battle against Amalek)

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    The Word Diet (Episode 74): Exodus 14:10-15:27's Red Sea Deliverance and Celebration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 55:24


    God's Red Sea deliverance and two songs of praise

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    The Word Diet (Episode 73): Exodus 12:14-14:9's The Annual Celebrations of Passover and the Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 55:27


    Annual observations of Passover and consecrating the first-born-- and the exodus from Egypt

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    The Word Diet (Episode 72): Exodus 12:1-32's The Passover

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 55:26


    The 10th Plague (and why so many were required)

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    The Word Diet (Episode 71): Exodus 8:16-11:10's Plagues 3-9 and an Intro to #10

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 54:41


    two last points on Plague #2, Plagues 3-9, and an Intro to #10

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    The Word Diet (Episode 70): Exodus 6:10-8:15's Into the Plagues

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 55:30


    Exodus 6:10-12, 28-30's uncircumcised lips; 6:13-27's genealogy; and the 1st two plagues

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    The Word Diet (Episode 69): Exodus 4:24-6:9's Frustrating Initial Encounters with Pharaoh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 55:28


    the frustrating initial encounters with Pharaoh-- for the people, the foremen, and Moses...

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    The Word Diet (Episode 68): Exodus 4:1-23's The End of God's Patient Commissioning and Moses' Lame Excuses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2021 55:35


    The last three of Moses' five excuses-- and then moving on...

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    The Word Diet (Episode 67): Exodus 3's Commissioning of Moses and the Excuses Begin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 55:35


    the burning bush (why a bush?!), the calling of Moses, "who am I?", and "who are you?"

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    The Word Diet (Episode 66): Exodus 2's Moses rescued by 3 women and his 3 efforts to rescue others

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 55:30


    Pharaoh vs. more women (mom, sister, and his own daughter here-- after being thwarted by the midwives in chapter 1); and Moses' rescue attempts-- a good sign but only the third is effective

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    The Word Diet (Episode 65): Exodus 1's Intro, Egyptian Oppression, and the Heroic Midwives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 55:31


    Intro to the Book and the Nameless Pharaoh vs. the Heroic Named Midwives

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    The Word Diet (Episode 64): Genesis 50:15-26's Funeral for Joseph and Wrapping Up Genesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 55:30


    Genesis 50:15-26's Funeral for Joseph, Wrapping Up Joseph's Story, and a Review of Genesis

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    The Word Diet (Episode 63): Genesis 48-50's Blessings from Jacob

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 55:30


    blessings from Jacob-- to Joseph's sons, all of the brothers, and then his death/funeral

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    The Word Diet (Episode 62): Genesis 46-47's Israel settles in Egypt and Jacob prepares for his burial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 55:18


    Jacob and family settle in Egypt and Jacob prepares Joseph for his burial

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    The Word Diet (Episode 61): Genesis 44-45's The Brothers Unite

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 55:31


    Joseph's cat-n-mouse to figure out their character ends with Judah's repentance and heroism.

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    The Word Diet (Episode 60): Genesis 42-43's Planning for a Family Reunion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 55:30


    Joseph trying to figure out if the brothers have changed...

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    The Word Diet (Episode 59): Genesis 40-41's Joseph from Prison to Pharaoh's VP

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 55:35


    Joseph goes from Potiphar's Prison to Pharaoh's Palace by God's Providence

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    The Word Diet (Episode 58): Genesis 38-39's Judah/Tamar and Joseph in Potiphar's household

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 55:33


    the crucial but overlooked story of Tamar's desperate scheme and Judah as the Bible's first penitent-- and then back to Joseph with Potiphar and his wife

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    The Word Diet (Episode 57): Genesis 37's Joseph and the Brothers (Pt. 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 55:27


    Genesis 37: Jacob's favoritism; Joseph's dreams; the brothers' jealousy; and Reuben vs. Judah in the plot to deal with Joseph

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