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Judges 11:14-13:5's end of Jephthah and intro to Samson
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Willard's Hearing God (cont'd) and Judges 7:1-15
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Judges 6:27-40's Gideon II and Willard's Hearing God
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wrapping up, talking with the leaders and the people
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Joshua 20-21's Cities of Refuge and the person of Christ
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Caleb, Achsah, "spiritual audacity", and "the divine conspiracy"
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Joshua, our inheritance (what it is and is not), and hindrances to inheriting it
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God's Provision and our Participation, an intro to Joshua 13-19, and Joshua 13:1-7
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Joshua 10-12 and an Intro to God's Provision and our Participation
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Intro to Galatians: an overview and two key terms (grace and legalism)
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Deuteronomy 34 and wrapping up Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch
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Balak/Balaam doesn't get him, but idolatry and sexual immorality does
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back and forth with Balak, Balaam, God and Israel
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10 vs. 2 spies and the Rebellion that keeps Israel in the Wilderness for 40 years
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Aaron and Miriam; more grumbling; and the 12 spies
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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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second half of the prologue to the action in Numbers
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first half of the prologue to the action in Numbers
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Sabbaths, Sabbath Years, the Jubilee, and The Lamp/Bread Climax
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Numbers 19 for corpse contamination-- and extensive coverage of Thiessen's excellent book on Leviticus and Jesus
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Leviticus 12-15's Clean/Unclean, Pure/Impure II: other types of pollution for the Tabernacle...
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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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key themes in the book and using Leviticus 1 to describe the sacrifices in general terms
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Wrapping up the Tabernacle on the role of the Priests (and their clothing)
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Exodus 22:21-24:18's Book of the Covenant (Part 2)
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Wrapping up the Golden Calf incident (34:29-35); the rest of Exodus (40:34-38) and Concluding Remarks
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So much to say about the Tabernacle as a type of Creation, Temple, Christ, the Church, and Heaven!
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First of two weeks on the passage between the Ten Commandments and the Tabernacle
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Honor your parents and don't murder-- with broad applications
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Don't commit adultery or steal (with applications)
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Dealing with foreigners (post-Egypt): nasty foe and a wise friend
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God's provision (quail and especially manna) and God's protection (the battle against Amalek)
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God's Red Sea deliverance and two songs of praise
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Annual observations of Passover and consecrating the first-born-- and the exodus from Egypt
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The 10th Plague (and why so many were required)
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two last points on Plague #2, Plagues 3-9, and an Intro to #10
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Exodus 6:10-12, 28-30's uncircumcised lips; 6:13-27's genealogy; and the 1st two plagues
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the frustrating initial encounters with Pharaoh-- for the people, the foremen, and Moses...
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The last three of Moses' five excuses-- and then moving on...
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the burning bush (why a bush?!), the calling of Moses, "who am I?", and "who are you?"
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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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Intro to the Book and the Nameless Pharaoh vs. the Heroic Named Midwives
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Genesis 50:15-26's Funeral for Joseph, Wrapping Up Joseph's Story, and a Review of Genesis
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blessings from Jacob-- to Joseph's sons, all of the brothers, and then his death/funeral
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Jacob and family settle in Egypt and Jacob prepares Joseph for his burial
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Joseph's cat-n-mouse to figure out their character ends with Judah's repentance and heroism.
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Joseph trying to figure out if the brothers have changed...
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Joseph goes from Potiphar's Prison to Pharaoh's Palace by God's Providence
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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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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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Wrapping up the Shechemite Debacle; Jacob (finally) returns to Bethel; and a range of loose ends pre-Joseph
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Jacob returns home to meet Esau-- the rape of Dinah and the vengeance of the brother in the Shechemite Deception
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Jacob flees home after teaming with Rebekah to deceive Isaac and Esau-- a dream from God, a devious father-in-law Laban, and two wives
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Resolving Laban, Prepping for Esau, Wrestling with God
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Leah, Rachel and the maidservants crank out kids-- and Jacob works around Laban
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Rebekah and Jacob vs. Isaac and Esau...
part 2 after ch. 25's Blessing Transaction
and Rebekah as a surprisingly-potential heroine of the story
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the death of Sarah and Abraham-- and the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah
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the birth of Isaac, banishing Ishmael/Hagar, and an intro to the binding of Isaac
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Genesis 19 on Lot's End and Genesis 20-21 for Abraham's encounters with Abimelech
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Abraham brings up destruction and justice-- and then argues for mercy and measured judgment
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Circumcision, Hospitality, and (finally) the Child of Promise
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Abraham's heir is not going to be Lot. How about Eliezer or Ishmael?
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The Word Diet (Episode 41): Genesis 12's Abram in Egypt
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Genesis 8:13-9:28's Post-Flood Narrative-- getting off the boat (in the wrong order!), law/covenant, drunkenness and blessings/curses
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Cain and Abel, the violence of men, and sibling rivalry...
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a great passage that ends with Adam's devastating sin of omission....
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1:26-28's made in the image of God, etc. and the 7th day's rest
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Old/New Earth-- in terms of science, history, and esp. the biblical evidences
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Intro to Genesis, discussion of 1:1, and Evolution/Creation
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after City Redeemed in 21:9-21, Heaven as Eden Restored and Temple Replaced
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Revelation 21:9-21's Heaven as Redeemed City (vs. 21:1-5's new and no more; vs. chs. 21-22's Restored Eden and Replaced Temple)
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From Hell to the judgment/rewards for the works of believers and Heaven
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Revelation 17-18: The Judgment of Babylon and Calling Christians to Come Out
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everybody forgets to read 14:1 after they've obsessed on 13:16-18
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The State, False Religion, and the Mark of the Beast (but don't forget 14:1!)
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parenthesis between the 6th and 7th seal (the Church Militant and the Church Triumphant) and the 7th seal's silence leading to the Trumpets
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the first six seals, including the four horsemen
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Part 1 of my Intro to Revelation 6ff: understanding apocalyptic, prophecy as fore-telling and forth-telling truth, and the value of prophecy
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The Word Diet (Episode 8): Revelation 4's Worship
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Church at Laodicea and Wrapping up the 7 Letters (Revelation 3:14-22)
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Letters to the Churches at Sardis and Philadelphia (Revelation 3:1-13)
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Revelation 2:12-29-- Letters to the Churches at Pergamum and Thyatira
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Revelation 2:1-7-- Letter to the Church at Ephesus
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Intro to Revelation 2-3's letters and the Church at Smyrna
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Continuing our discussion of Revelation, building on the Intro and setting the table for Revelation 2-3.
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In this episode, we'll do an intro to Revelation (including its purpose and the wide variety of literary types) and the first eight verses.
