Explore the Period: Period of the Judges: 1240 BCE - 1000 BCE

Genesis 50:15-21 – Human Evil and Divine Intentions

Genesis 48:15-16 – Jacob’s Blessing of Joseph and His Sons

Genesis 41:1-57 – Joseph’s Elevation to Power

Genesis 38:1-30 – The Righteousness of Tamar

Genesis 34:1-31 – The Rape of Dinah

Genesis 32:22-32 – Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 28:10-22 – Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

Genesis 25:19-34 – The Elder Shall Serve the Younger

Genesis 22:1-19 – The Sacrifice of Isaac

Genesis 20:1-18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech

Genesis 19:1-29 – The Sins of Sodom

Genesis 18:16-33 – God Consults with Abraham

Genesis 16:1-16; 21:8-21 – “God Was with the Boy” (Ishmael)

Genesis 15:1-6 – Abraham Believed and It Was Reckoned to Him as Righteousness

Genesis 12:1-3 – The Call of Abraham

Genesis 11:1-10 – The Tower of Babel

Genesis 8:21-22; 9:8-17 – God Takes a New Way with the World

Genesis 6:5-7 – The Flood Story: A Grieving God, Not an Angry God

Genesis 3:14-19 – God Announces the Consequences for Human Sin

Genesis 2:18-25 – It Is Not Good That the Man Should Be Alone

The Problem of the Brother (or Sister)

Trauma in the Biblical Text

Genesis 38: She Is More in the Right Than I

God Is Still With You

God the Gardener

God’s Covenant Is Unbroken

Bible Study: Relating to God, as We Relate to Each Other

How the Book of Job Changed My Life

5.112: Lightning Round Part Five

5.108: Where Do We Find Humor in the Bible?

5:105: Why Are Job’s Three New Daughters Mentioned by Name at the End of the Book, but Not His Sons?

5.100: What Might Have Been Going on between Ham and Noah?

4.97: Is There Hope For Creation?

4.95: Lightning Round 2 of 2

4.91: What Were Conditions Like for a Family in Ancient Israel?

4.86: Where Did the Souls of Old Testament Believers Go? Heaven?

4.85: How Do You Receive the Holy Spirit?

3.79: What on Earth Is the Story of Tamar Supposed to Mean?

3.75: Why Not Throw Out Parts of the Bible That Are Troubling, Like Genesis 22?

3.68: Lightning Round Part One

2.56: Who Wrote the Bible?

Ancient Near East

Northern Canaan

Southern Canaan

Sacrifice of Isaac: Genesis 22

God Works through Flawed Humans

Joseph’s Forgiveness of His Brothers