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Character in Context — 100 episodes

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Episode 194: The Akeida—Genesis 22 for Grownups

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Episode 193: Sukkot and the Great Wilderness Reset

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Episode 192: Yom Kippur and the Great Cosmic Community Reset

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Episode 191: Tishri 1 and the Great Cosmic Kingship Reset

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Episode 190: Gen 21 for the grownups, part 1

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Episode 189: Genesis 20 --Abraham's Sister? A Headache of a Chapter

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Episode 188: Stuff I Can’t Teach Kids about Sodom and Gomorrah

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Episode 187: Hospitality or not? Rahab, Yael, Abigail, and Lydia in Context

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Episode 186: Hospitality, Family, and Travel in the Days of Sodom

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Episode 185: Are we Modeling Good Fruit or Folly?

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Episode 184: The Gospel of Matthew #3—The ‘Greater Than’ Motif/Second Moses

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Episode 183: Gospel of Matthew #2--Honor and Shame in the Kingdom of Heaven

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Episode 182: Matthew #1—The who, what, why and when of the “first” Gospel.

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Episode 181: Privilege--what it is, isn’t, and why it matters

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Episode 180: Help Me C4K! My Kids Need to Learn about Circumcision!

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Episode 179: What Yom Kippur Can’t Fix

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Episode 178: Psalm 4: What on Earth Is Going on Here??

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Episode 177: Psalm 3-- ”Mimzor l’David?”

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Episode 176 Psalm 2: More than Messianic

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Episode 175: Psalm 1--A Proverb in the Psalms?

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Episode 174: Help! How do I explain Hagar’s story to my kids?

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Episode 173: The Study Series 18—Inerrancy, Inspiration, and Authority

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Episode 172: The Study Series 17—Psalms and Laments

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Episode 171: The Study Series 16—The Torah, the Sermons and the Problem with Epistles

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Episode 170: Why Gender and Identity Confusion Are All YOUR Fault…and Mine Too.

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Episode 169: The Study Series 15—Wisdom literature, Poetry, Parables, and Allegories

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Episode 168: The Study Series 14—Apocalyptic Literature vs Prophecy vs Historical Narratives

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Episode 167: Study Series 13—Your Bible is an Interpretation

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Episode 166: The Study Series 12—The Speaker, Audience and Context of Verses

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Episode 165: Study 11—Binding the “Strong’s” Man: How Not to Use a Concordance

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Episode 164: Purim 2023—Honor, Shame and Two Brave Queens

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Episode 163: Sociology II—Religion, Weird Science, and Practical Linguistics

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Episode 162 Sociology I: Groupthink, Holy/Profane and Clean/Unclean

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Episode 161: The Advent of John the Baptist in Luke

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Episode 160: Special Teaching #1--The Advent of the Messiah in Matthew

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Episode 159: The Study Series--Understanding Polemic and Irony

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Episode 158: The Study Series—Understanding Rhetoric, Locution, and Figures of Speech

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Episode 157: The Study Series—Reading the Bible as a Library, Not as a Book

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Episode 156: The Study Series—Reading the Bible as it was meant to be HEARD 3

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Episode 155: The Study Series—READING the Bible as it was meant to be HEARD 2

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Episode 154: Sukkot and the Mystery of the Eighth Day

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Episode 153: Yom Kippur and the Rapture

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Episode 152: The Study Series—Reading the Bible as it was meant to be HEARD 1

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Episode 151: The Study Series—Good Source or Bad Source, Part 2

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Episode 150: The Study Series—Good Source or Bad Source, Part 1

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Episode 149: Mark 74 The Empty Tomb and the Contested Verses

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Episode 148: Sisterhood, Unity, and Miracles: My Weekend at Surge Messianic Women’s Conference

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Episode 147: The Sin of Sodom and Setting the Record Straight on Recent Accusations of Heresy

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Episode 146: Critical Failure--Why Are So Many Homeschooled Adults Abandoning the Bible?

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Episode 145: Mark 73 Good Friday?

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Episode 144: Mark 72 The Ninth Hour and the Centurion’s Declaration

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Episode 143: Mark 71 Save Yourself!

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Episode 142: Mark 70 The Mockers, the Passerby, and Where Do We Fit in?

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Episode 141: Mark 69 Pilate, Barabbas, and the Pawn

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Episode 140: Avoiding ”Torah Terrorism”--a beginner’s guide to not destroying your witness

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Episode 139: Firstfruits and the Resurrection--The Foundation of Our Faith

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Episode 138: Mark 68 The Oath, the Curse, and the Denial

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Episode 137: Mark 67 The Kangaroo Court?

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Episode 136: Mark 66 The Trial: Sanhedrin or Beit Din?

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Episode 135: Mark 65 The Kiss and the Falling Away

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Episode 134: Mark 64 Gethsemane

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Episode 133: Mark Part 63—The Communion and the Coming Denial

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Episode 132: Mark Excursus—The Passover in the First Century

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Episode 131: Mark Part 62--The Controversial Passover Controversy

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Episode 130: Mark Part 61—The Plot, the Anointing, and the Betrayal

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Episode 129: Excursus—The Biblical Calendar

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Episode 128: Sukkot—When the Season of Our Joy isn’t Joyful

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Episode 127: Yom Kippur, Job, and the Prosperity Gospel

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Episode 126: Rosh HaShanah and the Barren Woman

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Episode 125: Mark Part 60—No One Knows the Day or Hour…Except the Guys on YouTube

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Episode 124: Mark Part 59—The Coming on the Clouds and the Fig Tree

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Episode 123: Mark Part 58—The Abomination that Causes Desolation

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Episode 122: Mark Part 57—These Are Not the Signs You’re Looking For

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Episode 121: Mark Part 56—The Fall of Jerusalem and the Temple of Doom

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Episode 120: Mark Excursus—Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Eschatology in Context

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Episode 119: Pharmakeia in Context/Mental Illness, Suicide, and the Church

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Episode 118: Is Polygamy/Polygyny Really a Biblical Thing?

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Episode 117: Gender-Identified Religion and the Anti-Missionary Menace

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Episode 116: Mark Part 55--The Scribes and the Widow’s Mite

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Episode 115: Mark Part 54--The Great Commandment and the Son of David

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Episode 114: Mark Part 53—Death and Taxes

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Episode 113: Mark Part 52—The Tenants and the Cornerstone

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Episode 112: Mark Part 51—The Baptism of John and the Rejection of the Messiah

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Episode 111: Shavuot 2021—Ruth and the Reverse of the Curse

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Episode 110: Mark Part 50—The Unfruitful Tree and the Den of Robbers

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Episode 109: Mark Part 49—The Untriumphal Entry

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Episode 108: Mark Part 48—Greater than the Temple

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Episode 107: Mark Part 47—Three Blind Men—James, John and Bartimaeus

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Episode 106: Mark Part 46—The Rich Young Seeker

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Episode 105: Mark Part 45—Divorce and Oppression

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Episode 104: Mark Part 44—The Passion Predictions

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Episode 103: Mark Part 43—With Us? Against Us? Or Thrown into the Sea?

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Episode 102: Mark Part 42—Messianic Reality Check #2

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Episode 101: Mark Part 41—Help My Unbelief!

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Episode 100: Mark Part 40—The Transfiguration

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Episode 99: Mark Part 39— Mt Hermon and the Beast Kingdom/I Enoch in Context

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Episode 98: Mark Part 38— The Bad News is the Good News

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Episode 97: Mark Part 37— Healing Blindness and the Identity of the Messiah

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Episode 96: Mark Part 36— The Leaven of the Leadership

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Episode 95: Mark Part 35—The Feeding of the Four Thousand…Gentiles?