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How the Book of Job Changed My Life

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The Bible on Sexuality and Marriage
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How Should We Talk with Young People about the ‘Adult Content’ in the Bible?
Why Do We Suffer?

Why Do We Suffer?
Bible, God, and Natural Disasters

Bible, God, and Natural Disasters
Did God Forsake Jesus on the Cross?

Did God Forsake Jesus on the Cross?
How Do I Read the Book of Revelation?

How Do I Read the Book of Revelation?
Is God Violent?

Is God Violent?
Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Paul Hated Women — Or Did He?

Paul Hated Women — Or Did He?

Podcast Episodes

06: Joshua
05: Deuteronomy
04: Numbers
03: Leviticus
01: Genesis
8.157: Understanding Jephthah’s Daughter Bible Story: A Deep Dive into Judges 11
8.152: Is it Possible to Read Hebrews Without Displacing the Jews?
7.138: Does God anoint presidents?
5.100: What Might Have Been Going on between Ham and Noah?
3.79: What on Earth Is the Story of Tamar (Genesis 38) Supposed to Mean?
3.75: Why Not Throw Out Parts of the Bible That Are Troubling, Like Genesis 22?
3.69: Lightning Round Part Two
3.68: Lightning Round Part One
2.60: Is There Baby Eating in the Bible?
1.39: The Bible on Sexuality and Marriage
1.37: How to Talk to Young People about “Adult Content” in the Bible
1.33: Why Do We Suffer?
The Bible, God, and Natural Disasters
1.21: Did God Forsake Jesus on the Cross?
1.17: How Do I Read the Book of Revelation?
1.11: Is God Violent?
1.9: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
1.8: Did Paul Hate Women?

Videos

Wrath of God: Amos
Sacrifice of Isaac: Genesis 22
Marriage: Hosea
Faith Works: James
Satan in Job
Significance of Job
Samson: Hero or Terrorist?
Marriage to Foreigners: Nehemiah
Who Is He: Philemon
Enemies in Psalms
Tables of Duties
God Speaks to Job
Job 42: Lessons Learned?
Revelation: Understanding “666”

Passages

John 18:15-18; 25-27 – Peter’s Denial
Jeremiah 3:12-18 – Return to YHWH as Spiritual Restoration
Jeremiah 3:6-11 – Repentance and Return 
Isaiah 24:1-23 – World Devastation
2 Kings 10:1-31 – The Massacre of the Innocents?
2 Kings 9:15-29 – Israel’s Game of Thrones
2 Kings 8:7-15 – Elisha Speaks Success to Power
2 Kings 6:24-7:20 – Ancient Siege Warfare
Ezekiel 23:1-49 – Samaria and Jerusalem, Two Wanton Sisters
Ezekiel 16:1-63 – Israel, the Unfaithful Wife
Jeremiah 42:7-17 – God’s Regret
Jeremiah 14:1-15:9 – Repentance That Comes Too Late
Jeremiah 13:20-27 – The Violence of Female Metaphors
Isaiah 45:5-7 – I Make Weal and Create Woe
Psalm 137 – By the Rivers of Babylon
Psalm 69:19-21 – Vinegar for My Thirst
Psalm 38:3 – There Is No Soundness in My Flesh
Job 42:10-13 – Job Receives a Double Restitution
Job 42:1-6 – Job’s Final Response
Job 41:1-11 – Last but not Least: Leviathan
Job 13:1-12 – Do Not Lie for God
Job 1:6-12 – The First Encounter between God and the Satan
Ezra 9:1-10:44 – Ezra Works to Reconstruct the Community
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 – The Prayer of Jabez
2 Kings 3:1-27 – Jehoram of Israel Consults Elisha
2 Kings 2:1-25 – Elisha Succeeds Elijah
1 Kings 1:1-2:46 – Bathsheba’s Power Play: Solomon Becomes King 
2 Samuel 24:1-25 – David’s Census
2 Samuel 13:1-22 – The Rape of Tamar
2 Samuel 13:1-14:33 – Like Father, Like Son
2 Samuel 11:1-15 – David and Bathsheba
1 Samuel 28:3-25 – Saul Consults a Medium
Judges 19:1-21:25 – Civil War
Judges 17:1-18:31 – The Origin of the Sanctuary at Dan
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 – Choose Life!
Deuteronomy 14:2-21 – Clean and Unclean Animals
Deuteronomy 5:18 – Adultery
Numbers 25:1-13 – Sin and Atonement: The Baal of Peor
Numbers 22:22-35 – Balaam and His Talking Donkey
Numbers 5:11-31 – An Ordeal to Test Suspected Infidelity
Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 – Laws about Homosexual Acts
Leviticus 10:1-7 – The Deaths of Nadab and Abihu
Exodus 14:13 – Don’t Be Afraid, Stand Firm!
Genesis 34:1-31 – The Rape of Dinah
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 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

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