We study 1 Tim. 2:11-15 to discover what this passage has to us today. We discover that it was never meant to prohibit women from leadership for all time.

Reading the Bible #4 - Women should be silent? (1 Cor. 14:34-35)

Sep 20th, 2019 39m 46s

We examine the words of Paul in 1 Cor. 14:34-35, and discover that the command found here is dealing with a specific problem in the Corinthian church, and does not apply to all people for all time.

Reading the Bible #3 - Women in leadership

Sep 9th, 2019 26m 41s

Intro to the Gospels

Dec 3rd, 2018 39m 25s

Which Gospel is best?Why four and not one inspired account of Jesus' life?Tendency to read gospel stories apart from their context.Matthew, Mark, and Luke's similar book reports.Example: Healing the blind near Jericho.Dictation by Holy Spirit n

Esther 5-10

Nov 26th, 2018 39m 30s

Recap: Esther about to risk her life to save her people.Watching for God things through the story.Tension immediately resolved!Why does Esther not ask to be saved immediately?Haman's petty response to seeing Mordecai.Court records as late night

Esther 1-4

Nov 19th, 2018 36m 3s

Setting: Persia, after exile.God not mentioned, so is God present? (Answer: yes).Dramatic irony, exaggerated details, and flawed characters.King Ahasuerus' 6-month drinking party.Queen Vashti refuses to come out wearing (only?) her crown.Threat

Ruth 3-4

Nov 12th, 2018 37m 23s

Ruth reports to Naomi.Boaz as next-of-kin and buying family land (Lev 25:23-25).Boaz knows his responsibility but has not yet done it.Naomi sees God respond to her complaint.Naomi wants 'security' (i.e. a husband) for Ruth.What really happens a

Ruth 1-2

Nov 5th, 2018 37m 25s

What type of story is Ruth?Setting and themes.Moabites in Scripture (not good).Ruth subverts expectations of foreigners.Tragic beginning - death of husbands.How God's providential activity is described.Struggles for widows in this time.Ruth's c

Song of Songs Pt. 2

Oct 29th, 2018 38m 53s

Imagery and Language in Hebrew Poetry.Idioms & metaphor difficult to translate.Calling romantic partner 'baby' is weird.'Sister/brother' and 'king' in the Song.Description of the Beloved.Desire: Seeking and Finding Love.Opening poem (1:2-4, 7-8

Song of Songs Pt. 1

Oct 22nd, 2018 41m 33s

Favorite love songs.Song of Songs = the greatest song.Authorship - for and against Solomon.Love poetry by man with 700 wives would be meaningless.Approaches to interpretation.God and Israel/Christ and the Church.Problem of allegory (the woman's

Lamentations

Oct 15th, 2018 35m 32s

Recapping Ecclesiastes.American national tragedies and responses.Context, dating, authorship, and use of Lamentations.Genre of lament in Hebrew scriptures.3:1-33.What does it say that we only know the happy verses of Lamentations?Divine baggage

Ecclesiastes Pt. 2

Oct 8th, 2018 40m 58s

Continuing our study of the Five Little Scrolls of the Hebrew Bible.Everything is hevel (vapor, fleeting, pointless?).The Introduction (1:2-11) - Things never change.Nothing new under the sun? (Ancient Israel and iPhones).The Great Experiment (

Five Little Scrolls Intro & Ecclesiastes Pt. 1

Oct 1st, 2018 41m 41s

Order of biblical books and how we read them.Test case: chronological New Testament.Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.Law, Prophets, and Writings.The Five Little Scrolls: Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther.Assoc

Do All in Love - 1 Corinthians 16

Sep 24th, 2018 37m 24s

1 Corinthians concludes.The Jerusalem collection.Gentiles giving to Israel and prophetic hopes.Why matters more than what.Reading someone else's mail.Paul's travel plans.Fearless Timothy.Instructions without explanation.Authority in the

The Resurrection Body - 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sep 20th, 2018 39m 31s

From 'if' to 'how?'Seed analogy, death and resurrection.Glory = beauty.'Body' and 'flesh' in Paul's writing.Current body and resurrection body.Soulish (not 'physical') body and spiritual body.Adam's body and Christ's body.'Flesh and bloo

Resurrection - 1 Corinthians 15:1-34

Sep 10th, 2018 37m 20s

Final issue of 1 Corinthians.Why resurrection is at the end.Greek Platonic views of the body and soul.Greek thought in the church.Biblical views of the body and soul.Starting at the end (v. 58).Reminding of the role of resurrection in the

Orderly Worship, Disorderly Women - 1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Sep 3rd, 2018 39m 58s

Concluding spiritual gifts discussion.Concern for outsiders in worship.Structure of v. 26-40.Theme verse in v. 26.No order of service in early worship.Instructions to tongue-speakers and prophets.Recap on gender discussion of 11:2-16.See

Prophecy & Tongues - 1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Aug 27th, 2018 40m 31s

Continuing discussion of spiritual gifts.Memorable worship experiences.Comparison between prophecy and speaking in tongues.What is prophecy?Not fortune-telling or prediction.Example from Acts 15:30-32.Where, who, what, how, and when in 1