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The Mimetic Exegete — 293 episodes
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Life in the Land (Ezekiel 45-48)
Ezekiel's Temple (Ezekiel 40-44:13)
The Final Battle (Ezekiel 38-40)
Dry Bones Revivified (Ezekiel 35-37)
Violent Shepherds (Ezekiel 31-34)
A Sword Shall Come upon Egypt (Ezekiel 29-32)
The fall of Jerusalem and her Neighbours (Ezekiel 24-28)
Oholah and Oholibah (Ezekiel 23)
The Sword and the Fire (Ezekiel 20:45-22:31)
Restless Lions (Ezekiel 19:1-20:44)
Sour Grapes (Ezekiel 17-18)
Oh Prostitute, Hear the Word of the Lord! (Ezekiel 16)
A Usless Vine (Ezekiel 13-15)
I am a Sign for You (Ezekiel 11-12)
Bring out the Executioners! (Ezekiel 8-10)
Idolatry and Exile (Ezekiel 6-7)
I Will Vent My Fury Upon Them (Ezek 3:16-5:17)
The Glory of the Lord (Ezekiel 1:1-3:15)
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In Rome we Trust (Acts 28:11-31)
Shipwrecked (Acts 27:1-28:10)
Much Learning is Driving you Mad (Acts 24-26)
Away with Him! (Acts 21:27-23:35)
Enroute to Jerusalem (Acts 20:1-21:26)
Superior to the other gods (Acts 18:18-19:41)
Paul the Persecuted (Acts 17:1-18:17)
The Diplomacy of the Kingdom (Acts 15:36-16:40)
The Jerusalem Council (Acts 14:1-15:35)
Dr Paul and Mr Saul (Acts 12:15-13:52)
King of the Worms (Acts 11:1-12:25)
Overcoming Identity Politics (Acts 9:20-10:48)
Philip and Saul (Acts 8:4-9:19)
The Stoning of Stephen (Acts 5:17-8:3)
No other Name (Acts 4:1-5:16)
What shall we do? (Acts 2:14-3:26)
Holy Posession (Acts 1:1-2:13)
Jesus's Deification (Luke 23:50-24:53)
Father, Forgive them (Luke 22:63-23:49)
The Hour of Darkness (Luke 22:14-62)
Keep Watch! (Luke 21:5-22:13)
Mimetic Escalation (Luke 20:1-21:1-4)
The Messiah's Entrance (Luke 19)
Idols and Identity (Luke 18)
Expectation and Resentment (Luke 16:19-17:37)
You Cannot Serve God and Money (Luke 15:1-16:18)
The Cost of the Kingdom (Luke 13-14)
The Faithful Servant (Luke 12)
The Folly of Hypocrisy (Luke 11:14-54)
The 72 (Luke 10:1-11:13)
Following in the footsteps of Moses and Elijah (Luke 9)
Arise! (Luke 8)
The Centurion, the Pharisee, and the Sinner (Luke 7)
Virtue vs Virtue Signalling (Luke 6)
The Kingdom Breaks Through (Luke 4:42-5:39)
A Different Type of Messiah (Luke 4:1-41)
Jesus's Commission (Luke 3)
Ancient diversity, equity, and inclusion (Luke 2)
Dear Theophilus... (Luke 1)
Ruin and Restoration (Jeremiah 52)
The Time of the Lord's Vengeance (Jeremiah 50-51)
Oracles Against the Nations (Jeremiah 46-49)
The Prize of War (Jeremiah 44-45)
Back to Egypt (Jeremiah 40-43)
The Fall of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 37-39)
Liberty to the Sword (Jeremiah 34-36)
Buy the Field (Jeremiah 32-33)
The Storm of the Lord (Jeremiah 30-31)
A Yoke of Iron (Jeremiah 27-29)
You Shall Die! (Jeremiah 25-26)
Good and Bad Figs (Jeremiah 23-24)
Weep Bitterly (Jeremiah 21-22)
Forgive not their Iniquity (Jeremiah 18-20)
An Inheritance of Lies (Jeremiah 16-17)
A Deceitful Brook (Jeremiah 13-15)
Jeremiah, the failed Scapegoat (Jeremiah 10-12)
How we are Ruined! (Jeremiah 7:21-9:26)
We will not Pay Attention! (Jeremiah 5:14-7:20)
I Writhe in Pain! (Jeremiah 3:6-5:13)
Horny Donkeys and Broken Cisterns (Jeremiah 1:1-3:5)
Your Name Shall Remain (Isaiah 65:16-66:24)
We are the clay, and you are our potter (Isaiah 62:1-65:16)
Rise and Shine (Isaiah 59-61)
No Peace for the Wicked (Isaiah 56-58)
The Suffering Servant (Isaiah 52:13-55:13)
Your God Reigns! (Isaiah 50:1-52:12)
I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands (Isaiah 48-49)
Let Righteousness Rain! (Isaiah 44:24-47:15)
Sing to the Lord a New Song (Isaiah 42:1-44:23)
Comfort My People (Isaiah 40-41)
Elijah confronts Ahab (1 Kings 17:1-7)
Hezekiah and the Assyrians (Isaiah 36-39)
The Redeemed Will Return (Isaiah 32-35)
A Special Message for the Staff, Students, and Parents of St Paul's School
Don't Trust Egypt (Isaiah 29-31)
A Pleasant Vineyard (Isaiah 25-28)
The Land Mourns and Withers (Isaiah 21:1-24:23)
A New Exdous (Isaiah 14:24-20:6)
The Rod of Divine Anger (Isaiah 9:8-14:23)
Unto us a Child is Born (Isaiah 7:1-9:7)
Woe to the Oppressor (Isaiah 4:7-6:13)
Stop Imitating People (Isaiah 1:1-4:6)
The Armour of God (Ephesians 5:17-6:24)
Walking in Unison (Ephesians 4:1-5:21)
Saved for Unity (Ephesians 2:8-3:21)
From Death to Life (Ephesians 1:1-2:10)
Restoration to Fullness (Ruth 3 & 4)
A Cycle of Kindness (Ruth 1 & 2)
Everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 20:11-21:25)
The Levite's Concubine (Judges 19:1-20:11)
Micah and the Danites (Judges 17 & 18)
Samson Part 2 (Judges 14:20-16:31)
Samson Part 1 (Judges 12:8-14:20)
Jephtah and his Daughter (Judges 10:6-12:7)
Gideon's Legacy (Judges 9:1-10:6)
Gideon Part 2 (Judges 7 & 8)
Gideon Part 1 (Judges 6)
Deborah and Jael (Judges 4 & 5)
3 Cycles of Violence (Judges 3)
The Cycle of Mimetic Rivalry and Repentance (Judges 1 & 2)
Transforming Violence into Peace (Joshua 22:10-24:33)
Complete yet more to do (Joshua 10:9-22:9)
From Slave to Warlord (Joshua 8:30-10:28)
Achan (Joshua 7:1-8:29)
Taming the Chaos (Joshua 5:13-6:12)
Melting Hearts (Joshua 3:1-5:12)
Joshua and Rahab (Joshua 1 & 2)
How to be a good partner, parent, and slave master (Colossians 3:18-4:18)
Cultivating Joy and Contentment through Gratitude (Colossians 2:6-3:17)
The Mystery of Christ (Colossians 1:1-2:5)
The Scaepgoat Blessing (Deuteronomy 32:48-34:12)
The Song of the Foolish (Deuteronomy 32)
Changing of the Guard (Deuteronomy 30:1-31:29)
Blessing and Curses (Deuteronomy 28-30)
My father was a Wanderer (Deuteronomy 25:11-27:26)
Pledges, Leprosy, and Marrying your sister-in-law (Deuteronomy 24:5-25:10)
The Runaway Slave and the Cult Prostitute (Deuteronomy 23:1-24:4)
Rules for Bird's nests, Tassels, Scaffolding, and Female Scapegoating (Deuteronomy 22)
Rebellious Sons, Trophy Wives, and Suspended Corpses (Deuteronomy 21)
War and Peaches (Deuteronomy 19:14-20:20)
Scapegoating Levi (Deuteronomy 18:1-19:13)
Ancient Cancel Culture (Deuteronomy 16:1-17:20)
The Birth of Tribalism (Deuteronomy 14:1-15:23)
Legal Boundary Markers (Deuteronomy 12:15-13:18)
A Blessing and a Curse (Deuteronomy 10:1-12:14)
The Wickedness of the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 8 & 9)
Again, follow the Law of the Lord (Deuteronomy 6-7)
The 10 Commandments (Deuteronomy 4:41-5:33)
No Carved Images (Deuteronomy 4:1-40)
Killing the Monsters (Deuteronomy 2 & 3)
From yam suph to suph (Deuteronomy 1)
Love is a strong as Death (Song of Songs 8:5-14)
His Desire is for me (Songs of Songs 6:11-8:4)
Love and Frustration (Song of Songs 4:16-6:10)
Lovesick (Song of Songs 2:8-4:15)
Do not Awaken Love until it Pleases (Songs 1:1-2:7)
The weak and the strong (Romans 14-16)
Put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 12-13)
Vessels of Wrath (Romans 9-11)
God's Transformative Spirit (Romans 8:18-39)
Death to sin (Romans 7:1-8:17)
From death to life (Romans 5:12-6:23)
Torah vs Faith (Romans 3:21-5:11)
The Role of the Law (Romans 2:1-3:20)
Introducing Romans (Romans 1)
Leaving the Wilderness (Numbers 33-36)
Capturing Midian (Numbers 31-32)
Preparing for the Land (Numbers 25-30)
Balaam and Balak (Numbers 22-24)
Mimetic Terms and the Primitive Sacred
Learning to harness the Power of the Primitive Sacred (Numbers 21)
Red Cow Rite (Numbers 19)
The Scapegoat Priests (Numbers 16:41-18:32)
Sacred Fire (Numbers 16:1-40)
How Anastasia Sees it - Parental Guidance
Distraction and Failure (Numbers 14:39-15:41)
Liminal Space (Numbers 13 and 14)
Miriam's Demise (Numbers 12)
Desire and Cravings (Numbers 11)
Preparing for War (Numbers 8:5-9:23)
Nazarites and Menorahs (Numbers 6:1-8:4)
The Sotah (Numbers 5:11-31)
Protecting the Primitive Sacred (Numbers 1:1-5:10)
Finding Joy in the Present (Philippians 4)
Models for joy (Philippians 3)
Humility for Joy (Philippians 2)
Fighting for Joy (Philippians 1)
Blessing and Curses (Leviticus 26-27)
Foreigners and Poverty (Leviticus 24:10-25:55)
Living the Sacred Rhythm (Leviticus 22:17-24:9)
The Holy Dart Board (Leviticus (21:1-22:16)
Their blood shall be upon them! (Leviticus 20)
Coronavirus 2.0
Love your Neighbour (Leviticus 19)
Homsexuality, Bestiality, and Incest (Leviticus 18)
There's Power in the Blood! (Leviticus 17)
The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16)
Purity and COVID-19 (Leviticus 11-15)
Ritual and Repetition (Leviticus 1-10)
Containing the Primitve Sacred (Exodus 34-40)
Will God go with us? (Exodus 33:1-34:9)
The Golden Calf (Exodus 32)
Controlling the Primitive Sacred (Exodus 23-31)
Moving Beyond Tribalism (Exodus 22)
Violence, Slaves, and Rude Children (Exodus 21:1-27)
Learning to to tame the Primitive Sacred (Exodus 19:7-20:26)
The School of Jethro (Exodus 17:8-19:6)
I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Exodus 16:1-17:7)
The Warrior God of Israel (Exodus 15)
Pharaoh's Demise (Exodus 13-14)
The Passover (Exodus 11-12)
Married at First Sight: How Simon Sees it
Mimetic Blindness (Exodus 8:16-10:29)
Destruction and Blooshed (Exodus 5:22-8:15)
Who is the Lord? (Exodus 4:22-5:21)
It's time to go back! (Exodus 2:23-4:21)
Introduction to Exodus (Exodus 1:1-2:22)
The Final Judgement (Revelation 20-22)
Babylon has Fallen! (Revelation 17-19)
Armageddon (Revelation 14:6-16:21)
The Mark of the Beast (Revelation 12-14:5)
The Mystery of God Solved (Revelation 10-11)
The Trumpets of Justice (Revelation (8-9)
The Seals of Rivalry (Revelation 6-7)
The Heavenly Throne Room (Revelation 4-5)
Hanging in There (Revelation 2:12-3:22)
Drawing Back the Curtain (Revelation 1:1-2:11)
'Am I in the place of God?' (Genesis 46:1-50:26)
Joseph's Repentance (Genesis 43:1-45:15)
Turning the Tables (Genesis 41:46-42:38)
The Failed Sacpegoat (Genesis 39:1-41:45)
Tricky Tamar (Genesis 38)
Daddy's Little Princess (Genesis 37)
How to Deal with Jerks (Gensis 35:16-36:43)
Dating Dinah (Genesis 34:1-35:15)
Wrestle Mania (Genesis 32)
Why did you steal my gods? (Genesis 31)
Rival Sisters (Genesis 30)
And behold, it was Leah! (Genesis 29)
Surely God is in this Place (Genesis 28)
How to Steal a Blessing (Genesis 27)
History Repeats itself (Genesis 26)
Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25)
Changing of the Gurad (Genesis 24)
Abraham's Conversion (Genesis 22)
How Simon Sees it: Riots, Racism, and Retaliaton
Abraham in Gerar (Genesis 20 & 21)
Christian Foundations 4 & 5: Service and Mission
Two ways to Live (Gen 18 & 19)
Becoming truly Human (Genesis 17)
Christian Foundations 2 & 3: The Spirit and Growth
The God of the Outcast (Gen 15-16)
Pursuing Justice and Peace (Gen 13-14)
Christian Foundations 1: Identity
How to make a name for yourself (Genesis 11-12)
How Simon Sees it 2: ANZAC Day
Politics and Scapegoating (Gen 9:18-29)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Gen 6:1-9:17)
Life Outside the Garden (Genesis 4)
Leaving the Garden (Genesis 2 & 3)
Sacred Time, Sacred Space (Genesis 1:1-2:3)
John's Epilogue (John 21)
Grief, Loss, and Hope (John 19:38-20:31)
How Simon Sees it: Coronavirus
The Cross (John 18:28-19:37)
Jesus Becomes the Scapegoat (John 18:1-27)
The Prayer (John 17)
How to experience love and joy (John 16)
The Vine (John 15)
The Helper (John 14)
Love one Another (John 13)
God's glory revealed (John 12:27-50)
Breaking the Perfume (John 12:1-26)
New Life (John 11)
The Good Shepherd (John 10)
I was blind, but now I see (John 9)
The Father of Lies (John 8:12-59)
The Scapegoat (John 8:2-11)
The Feast of Booths (John 7)
The Bread of Life (John 6)
Heaven has Broken Through (John 5:16-47)
Get Up and Walk (John 5:1-16)
Sign #2 (John 4:46-54)
Water of Life (John 4:1-42)
A Better Way (John 3:22-36)
You must be born again (John 3:1-21)
The Cleansing of the Temple (John 2:13-25)
The Wedding in Cana (John 2:1-11)
Creation in Genesis 1
Intro to John's Gospel
Getting off the Treadmill
Running on the Treadmill