Episode 136: The One When Abraham Tries to Save Sodom
Who is the first intercessor in the Bible? Abraham! He went to bat for the people of Sodom, appealing to and reasoning with God’s mercy…
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Episode 135: Esther and the Great Big Mess
Last year, we talked about the stories of Esther and Vashti but this year we are going to focus on irresponsible King Ahasuerus, Esther’s cousin…
Episode 134: Abraham, the First Prophet
Do you know what a prophet is? There are many stories going around that make it look like prophets were fortune tellers, but nothing could…
Episode 133: Sarah’s Mysterious Laughter
Most people look at Sarah’s laughter in Genesis 18 and think nothing of it. We think of what it looks like in the movies or…
Episode 132: Abraham and the Three Mysterious Visitors
This week we are beginning Torah portion Vayera, which covers the time from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah to the Akeida in chapter 22.…
Episode 131: Hospitality, Travel, and Family in the Bible
Well, I was planning on doing a teaching on patience but that isn’t going so well lately so I decided that this was the perfect…
Episode 130: Being like Jesus–Kindness
Kindness is complicated. It’s a lot different than just being nice because Jesus wasn’t always nice but He was always kind. Being nice is just…
Episode 129: Being like Jesus—Goodness and the Holy Spirit
Well, whenever someone says goodness is how to be like Jesus, it makes me want to say, “Well, duh…” but what does goodness even mean?…
Episode 128: Being like Jesus—Faithfulness
What faithfulness means to us today and what the Greek word pistis meant to Paul are sort of the same but also very different. Fortunately,…
Episode 127: Being like Jesus—Gentleness
Mercy is a huge thing in the Bible and so we would expect Jesus to not only teach about the importance of being merciful but…