In this episode, instead of a high level overview, we delve deep into one specific passage, the "in the form of God" verse in Philippians 2, to explore the possible nuanced interpretations. Josh Dean and Dan Weatherall consider this complex and

Introduction to John's Gospel

Mar 17th, 2024 38m 50s

In this episode Dan and Paul embark on an exploration of John's Gospel, unraveling its sense of majesty and mystery right from the opening verses. They discuss the unique structure and content of John's Gospel, comparing it to the Synoptic Gosp

Is Christianity relevant?

Feb 11th, 2024 32m 14s

Dan and Jon discuss the relevance and impact of Christianity in the modern world. They delve into how aspects of Christianity have influenced society, not only in superficial ways like our calendar, but in deeper things such as values, moral co

Intertextuality

Jan 14th, 2024 36m 42s

In our first episode of 2024 Paul and Dan talk about "intertextuality" - basically, how the meaning of a text is influenced by references to other texts. The Bible (not surprisingly) is full of links between its 66 books. But how far can we tak

Have yourself a lesser known Christmas story!

Dec 17th, 2023 35m 2s

Relaunching the podcast, Dan and Laurence celebrate by pondering a lesser known Christmas story. They encounter Simeon, Anna and a community of people in the temple at Jerusalem "waiting for the consolation of Israel". As the baby is held high

Fallen angels and the sons of God - Part 2

Jul 9th, 2023 30m 2s

Paul and Dan continue their exploration of the Divine Council worldview by looking at claims made about verses in Deuteronomy 32, the introduction to the book of Job and Psalm 82. In summary, they conclude that while it is useful to understand

Fallen angels and the sons of God - Part 1

Jun 26th, 2023 34m 40s

Having explored how the Bible uses the terms 'devil', 'satan' and 'demons', Paul and Dan now turn to the whole subject of whether the Bible talks about fallen angels. Is the phrase 'sons of God' used to refer to angels? If so, does that inclu

The Letters of John

Jun 11th, 2023 35m 22s

Dan and Laurence step into the New Testament for an introduction to the three letters of John. After exploring the stark contrasts and Torah references in the first letter they then see how the second and third letters apply the theory from th

Introduction to Deuteronomy - the new generation

May 21st, 2023 38m 54s

Laurence and Paul finish our series on the 5 books of Moses, the Torah by looking at Deuteronomy. It turns out that this section doesn't conclude with the people of Israel reaching their destination, then the main character dies (sorry for the

Demons and the devil and satan

May 7th, 2023 39m 51s

In this 3rd episode in the series, Paul and Dan go off on a tangent to think about demons. They start by looking at where they appear in the Old Testament and find them linked to the idols worshipped by the peoples around the ancient Israelite

Getting to know the devil and satan - part 2

Apr 23rd, 2023 39m 52s

Paul and Dan continue their exploration of how these 'characters' appear in the Bible. In part 1 they reached a preliminary conclusion that they are used as terms to personify our inherent tendency to want to go our own way rather than God's w

Why did Jesus have to die?

Apr 2nd, 2023 32m 41s

This episode was recorded just before Easter 2023 and Dan welcomes a guest, John Launchbury, to discuss the vital question: why did Jesus have to die? They explore the meaning of the word atonement and consider the pros and cons of some, so-ca

Introduction to Numbers - the wilderness years

Mar 26th, 2023 38m 38s

Josh and Paul continue our series of book introductions, taking on the next of the five books of the Torah - Numbers, which is actually not just about counting things, it's about a journey through the wilderness. As they work through the secti

Introducing the devil and satan - part 1

Mar 5th, 2023 35m 8s

Paul and Dan embark on a multi-part exploration of the terms devil and satan and how they are used through the Bible. They aim to lay some foundations here by thinking about how our worldview might affect how we read the Bible and the importan

Introduction to the Psalms - Part 2

Feb 19th, 2023 28m 36s

Jordan and Dan continue working through the 'books' within the Psalms. This time they look at books three, four and five and find that they can be seen to follow a spiritual journey. They find that some Psalms express doubts and uncertainties

Introduction to the Psalms - Part 1

Feb 5th, 2023 30m 47s

For the next of our Bible book introductions, Jordan Walton and Dan Weatherall tackle the Psalms. As there are 150 of them we thought they deserved two episodes! So here is part 1, with part 2 to follow in a couple of weeks. Dan and Jordan co

Introduction to Philemon

Jan 22nd, 2023 32m 58s

For the next of our Bible book introductions, Paul and Laurence take a look at the smallest of Paul's letters, his letter to Philemon. After clearing up the centuries old debate about how to pronounce his name, they proceed to explore why a pe

The Early church, Bass notes and TikTok

Jan 8th, 2023 40m 8s

The Bible Feed core team of Paul, Dan, Josh and Laurence get together to reflect on some serious, and some less serious, themes from 2022 and look forward to our plans for 2023. We thank all our listeners for their support in 2022 and wish you

”The child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God”

Dec 11th, 2022 35m 39s

In keeping with the season, Paul and Dan consider the concept of "the Son of God". They consider examples of that phrase throughout the Bible, but concentrate on what it means for Jesus to be the only son of the Father. How can Jesus uniquely

Introduction to Leviticus - can God dwell with humans?

Nov 27th, 2022 33m 9s

We continue our introductions to the books of the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, with Paul and Laurence covering the book of Leviticus. This is maybe not the most appealing read, after all, what does how long you remain unclean if y

How Jesus read the Old Testament

Nov 13th, 2022 39m 37s

Dan introduces a new guest to the podcast, James Andrews, to consider the whole question of how we read the Old Testament in the light of Jesus. Do we even need to pay it any attention now that Jesus has come? They consider what it means for

Inspiration - what is God’s word?

Oct 30th, 2022 34m 53s

Josh and Paul tackle the far-reaching concept of inspiration. What does it mean for something to be the inspired word of God? Is it possible to explain how that happens, and if we can't, what certainty can we have about divine authority behin

Introduction to Exodus - Escape from slavery!

Oct 16th, 2022 36m 25s

Paul and Laurence pick up from where the previous episode left off with a look at the book of Exodus. They find it's a book that starts with a great story about how the Israelites escaped from Egypt. There's high action, drama, goodies and badd

Introduction to Genesis - In the beginning...

Oct 2nd, 2022 37m 56s

We're hoping this new series turbocharges your Bible reading! We're doing little introductions to different books of the Bible to give you a head start on how they are structured and what the main themes are to look out for. And where better

What is Church for?

Sep 18th, 2022 37m 14s

We've invited Becky Lewis back for this discussion. In past centuries, going to church was a deeply embedded part of how western society worked. But today, with so much emphasis on personal faith and opportunity to do community activities out