Archive for the ‘E100’ Category

  • E100-8: Genesis 21:1-22:19: Life on a rollercoaster

    May 6, 14 • E100, Genesis, Jesus, SinComments Off on E100-8: Genesis 21:1-22:19: Life on a rollercoaster
    E100-8: Genesis 21:1-22:19: Life on a rollercoaster

    These two chapters, as well as some (now several millennia later) boring stuff about wells, contain some of the heights and depths of human experience. A birth to a childless couple, well well after normal childbearing years, and nasty vindictive selfishness. But also an outrageous demand from God, blind obedience and a few hints of [&hellip...

  • E100-45: Proverbs 16:1 – 18:24: What are proverbs or what is Proverbs?

    Feb 25, 14 • E100, ProverbsComments Off on E100-45: Proverbs 16:1 – 18:24: What are proverbs or what is Proverbs?
    E100-45: Proverbs 16:1 – 18:24: What are proverbs or what is Proverbs?

    Proverbs are pithy sayings. Short, thought-provoking, often using vivid imagery proverbs work by making you think. But they are often used as a source of quick simple answers. The book of Proverbs is a collkection of loads of such sayings with a long preface and short epilogue that encourage young men to meditate on this [&hellip...

  • E100-2: Genesis 3

    Apr 11, 13 • E100, Genesis2 Comments
    E100-2: Genesis 3

    This is the passage that makes sense of Gen 2, and of human life. Our world and our lives are broken and spoiled because of sin. Sin is not breaking rules, it is breaking relationship with the maker by wanting to assume the power ourselves. The reading of Genesis 3 is here. There is another [&hellip...

  • E100-1: Genesis 1 and 2

    Apr 10, 13 • E100, Genesis4 Comments
    E100-1: Genesis 1 and 2

    Introducing Genesis 1 & 2, with their radical message. Reading them to answer HOW questions is misreading! They intend to answer more important WHY questions. It began a podcast series on the Essential 100 Bible Readings, the Bible readings themselves are available as audio (MP3) files here. (I also dealt with Genesis 1 in a [&hellip...

  • Prophets: three principles to unlock the code

    Prophets: three principles to unlock the code

    Prophets and prophecy: the most misunderstood part of OT, “mysterious messengers”. A random chunk from a prophetic book will offer a confusing, seemingly muddled, confusion of vivid picture language. Yet, three simple principles can (usually) unlock the mystery and allow the prophets to speak: conversion not prediction context not timeless conversation not monologue As I’ll [&hellip...

  • 5 minute talks on each of the E100 readings

    Apr 29, 11 • E100Comments Off on 5 minute talks on each of the E100 readings
    5 minute talks on each of the E100 readings

    Although all my talks on the E100 readings should be listed here (in roughly reverse  order) the listing here is much more convenient: E100 reflections on each reading...

  • E100-69: John 20:1 – 21:25: The Resurrection

    Apr 24, 11 • E100, Jesus, JohnComments Off on E100-69: John 20:1 – 21:25: The Resurrection
    E100-69: John 20:1 – 21:25: The Resurrection

    In this podcast I’ll introduce the idea of the ending of John as a sphragis, and very briefly mention what that might mean for reading John’s gospel, but most of the time will be spent on the much less technical question of why I am convinced that Jesus rose from death and met with the [&hellip...

  • E100-68: John 19:1 – 19:42: The Crucifixion

    Apr 22, 11 • E100, Jesus, JohnComments Off on E100-68: John 19:1 – 19:42: The Crucifixion
    E100-68: John 19:1 – 19:42: The Crucifixion

    This chapter gives what it tells us is an eyewitness account of a Roman execution. Jesus, who has done no real wrong, except offend the religious leaders, and worry the politicians is subjested to the casual brutality of an imperial production-line death. Such a death, of an innocent man, is shocking. But Jesus was not [&hellip...

  • E100-67: John 18:1 – 40: Jesus secret and three betrayals

    Apr 21, 11 • E100, Jesus, JohnComments Off on E100-67: John 18:1 – 40: Jesus secret and three betrayals
    E100-67: John 18:1 – 40: Jesus secret and three betrayals

    In this chapter, we get the climax of John’s series of sayings where Jesus echoes the divine “I am” cf. Exodus 3 (E100-17: Exodus 3-4: Getting the holy between your toes!), and we also notice how amid powerful people who seem muddled and out of control, Jesus (the one who seems to be the victim) [&hellip...

  • E100-66: Luke 22:1 – 46: The Last Supper

    Apr 18, 11 • E100, Jesus, LukeComments Off on E100-66: Luke 22:1 – 46: The Last Supper
    E100-66: Luke 22:1 – 46: The Last Supper

    Passover was the greatest pilgrimage festival for 1st century Jews, Jerusalem was packed with people (like for a world cup – only more crowded 😉 celebrating the great liberation from foreign oppression that God worked for Moses and the ancestors in Exodus. No wonder the Romans were jumpy, no wonder the Sadducees on the Sanhedrin [&hellip...