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The Mimetic Exegete — 293 episodes

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News: New Youtube channel and Upcoming Book

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Signing off...

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Life in the Land (Ezekiel 45-48)

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Ezekiel's Temple (Ezekiel 40-44:13)

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The Final Battle (Ezekiel 38-40)

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Dry Bones Revivified (Ezekiel 35-37)

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Violent Shepherds (Ezekiel 31-34)

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A Sword Shall Come upon Egypt (Ezekiel 29-32)

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The fall of Jerusalem and her Neighbours (Ezekiel 24-28)

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Oholah and Oholibah (Ezekiel 23)

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The Sword and the Fire (Ezekiel 20:45-22:31)

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Restless Lions (Ezekiel 19:1-20:44)

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Sour Grapes (Ezekiel 17-18)

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Oh Prostitute, Hear the Word of the Lord! (Ezekiel 16)

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A Usless Vine (Ezekiel 13-15)

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I am a Sign for You (Ezekiel 11-12)

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Bring out the Executioners! (Ezekiel 8-10)

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Idolatry and Exile (Ezekiel 6-7)

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I Will Vent My Fury Upon Them (Ezek 3:16-5:17)

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The Glory of the Lord (Ezekiel 1:1-3:15)

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Season 8 Coming Soon

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In Rome we Trust (Acts 28:11-31)

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Shipwrecked (Acts 27:1-28:10)

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Much Learning is Driving you Mad (Acts 24-26)

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Away with Him! (Acts 21:27-23:35)

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Enroute to Jerusalem (Acts 20:1-21:26)

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Superior to the other gods (Acts 18:18-19:41)

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Paul the Persecuted (Acts 17:1-18:17)

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The Diplomacy of the Kingdom (Acts 15:36-16:40)

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The Jerusalem Council (Acts 14:1-15:35)

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Dr Paul and Mr Saul (Acts 12:15-13:52)

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King of the Worms (Acts 11:1-12:25)

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Overcoming Identity Politics (Acts 9:20-10:48)

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Philip and Saul (Acts 8:4-9:19)

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The Stoning of Stephen (Acts 5:17-8:3)

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No other Name (Acts 4:1-5:16)

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What shall we do? (Acts 2:14-3:26)

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Holy Posession (Acts 1:1-2:13)

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Jesus's Deification (Luke 23:50-24:53)

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Father, Forgive them (Luke 22:63-23:49)

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The Hour of Darkness (Luke 22:14-62)

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Keep Watch! (Luke 21:5-22:13)

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Mimetic Escalation (Luke 20:1-21:1-4)

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The Messiah's Entrance (Luke 19)

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Idols and Identity (Luke 18)

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Expectation and Resentment (Luke 16:19-17:37)

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You Cannot Serve God and Money (Luke 15:1-16:18)

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The Cost of the Kingdom (Luke 13-14)

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The Faithful Servant (Luke 12)

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The Folly of Hypocrisy (Luke 11:14-54)

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The 72 (Luke 10:1-11:13)

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Following in the footsteps of Moses and Elijah (Luke 9)

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Arise! (Luke 8)

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The Centurion, the Pharisee, and the Sinner (Luke 7)

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Virtue vs Virtue Signalling (Luke 6)

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The Kingdom Breaks Through (Luke 4:42-5:39)

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A Different Type of Messiah (Luke 4:1-41)

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Jesus's Commission (Luke 3)

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Ancient diversity, equity, and inclusion (Luke 2)

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Dear Theophilus... (Luke 1)

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Ruin and Restoration (Jeremiah 52)

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The Time of the Lord's Vengeance (Jeremiah 50-51)

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Oracles Against the Nations (Jeremiah 46-49)

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The Prize of War (Jeremiah 44-45)

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Back to Egypt (Jeremiah 40-43)

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The Fall of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 37-39)

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Liberty to the Sword (Jeremiah 34-36)

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Buy the Field (Jeremiah 32-33)

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The Storm of the Lord (Jeremiah 30-31)

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A Yoke of Iron (Jeremiah 27-29)

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You Shall Die! (Jeremiah 25-26)

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Good and Bad Figs (Jeremiah 23-24)

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Weep Bitterly (Jeremiah 21-22)

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Forgive not their Iniquity (Jeremiah 18-20)

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An Inheritance of Lies (Jeremiah 16-17)

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A Deceitful Brook (Jeremiah 13-15)

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Jeremiah, the failed Scapegoat (Jeremiah 10-12)

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How we are Ruined! (Jeremiah 7:21-9:26)

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We will not Pay Attention! (Jeremiah 5:14-7:20)

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I Writhe in Pain! (Jeremiah 3:6-5:13)

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Horny Donkeys and Broken Cisterns (Jeremiah 1:1-3:5)

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Your Name Shall Remain (Isaiah 65:16-66:24)

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We are the clay, and you are our potter (Isaiah 62:1-65:16)

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Rise and Shine (Isaiah 59-61)

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No Peace for the Wicked (Isaiah 56-58)

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The Suffering Servant (Isaiah 52:13-55:13)

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Your God Reigns! (Isaiah 50:1-52:12)

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I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands (Isaiah 48-49)

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Let Righteousness Rain! (Isaiah 44:24-47:15)

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Sing to the Lord a New Song (Isaiah 42:1-44:23)

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Comfort My People (Isaiah 40-41)

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Elijah confronts Ahab (1 Kings 17:1-7)

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Hezekiah and the Assyrians (Isaiah 36-39)

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The Redeemed Will Return (Isaiah 32-35)

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A Special Message for the Staff, Students, and Parents of St Paul's School

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Don't Trust Egypt (Isaiah 29-31)

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A Pleasant Vineyard (Isaiah 25-28)

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The Land Mourns and Withers (Isaiah 21:1-24:23)

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A New Exdous (Isaiah 14:24-20:6)

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The Rod of Divine Anger (Isaiah 9:8-14:23)

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Unto us a Child is Born (Isaiah 7:1-9:7)

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Woe to the Oppressor (Isaiah 4:7-6:13)

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Stop Imitating People (Isaiah 1:1-4:6)

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The Armour of God (Ephesians 5:17-6:24)

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Walking in Unison (Ephesians 4:1-5:21)

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Saved for Unity (Ephesians 2:8-3:21)

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From Death to Life (Ephesians 1:1-2:10)

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Restoration to Fullness (Ruth 3 & 4)

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A Cycle of Kindness (Ruth 1 & 2)

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Everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 20:11-21:25)

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The Levite's Concubine (Judges 19:1-20:11)

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Micah and the Danites (Judges 17 & 18)

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Samson Part 2 (Judges 14:20-16:31)

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Samson Part 1 (Judges 12:8-14:20)

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Jephtah and his Daughter (Judges 10:6-12:7)

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Gideon's Legacy (Judges 9:1-10:6)

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Gideon Part 2 (Judges 7 & 8)

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Gideon Part 1 (Judges 6)

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Deborah and Jael (Judges 4 & 5)

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3 Cycles of Violence (Judges 3)

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The Cycle of Mimetic Rivalry and Repentance (Judges 1 & 2)

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Transforming Violence into Peace (Joshua 22:10-24:33)

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Complete yet more to do (Joshua 10:9-22:9)

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From Slave to Warlord (Joshua 8:30-10:28)

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Achan (Joshua 7:1-8:29)

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Taming the Chaos (Joshua 5:13-6:12)

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Melting Hearts (Joshua 3:1-5:12)

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Joshua and Rahab (Joshua 1 & 2)

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How to be a good partner, parent, and slave master (Colossians 3:18-4:18)

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Cultivating Joy and Contentment through Gratitude (Colossians 2:6-3:17)

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The Mystery of Christ (Colossians 1:1-2:5)

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The Scaepgoat Blessing (Deuteronomy 32:48-34:12)

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The Song of the Foolish (Deuteronomy 32)

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Changing of the Guard (Deuteronomy 30:1-31:29)

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Blessing and Curses (Deuteronomy 28-30)

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My father was a Wanderer (Deuteronomy 25:11-27:26)

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Pledges, Leprosy, and Marrying your sister-in-law (Deuteronomy 24:5-25:10)

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The Runaway Slave and the Cult Prostitute (Deuteronomy 23:1-24:4)

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Rules for Bird's nests, Tassels, Scaffolding, and Female Scapegoating (Deuteronomy 22)

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Rebellious Sons, Trophy Wives, and Suspended Corpses (Deuteronomy 21)

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War and Peaches (Deuteronomy 19:14-20:20)

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Scapegoating Levi (Deuteronomy 18:1-19:13)

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Ancient Cancel Culture (Deuteronomy 16:1-17:20)

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The Birth of Tribalism (Deuteronomy 14:1-15:23)

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Legal Boundary Markers (Deuteronomy 12:15-13:18)

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A Blessing and a Curse (Deuteronomy 10:1-12:14)

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The Wickedness of the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 8 & 9)

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Again, follow the Law of the Lord (Deuteronomy 6-7)

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The 10 Commandments (Deuteronomy 4:41-5:33)

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No Carved Images (Deuteronomy 4:1-40)

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Killing the Monsters (Deuteronomy 2 & 3)

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From yam suph to suph (Deuteronomy 1)

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Love is a strong as Death (Song of Songs 8:5-14)

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His Desire is for me (Songs of Songs 6:11-8:4)

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Love and Frustration (Song of Songs 4:16-6:10)

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Lovesick (Song of Songs 2:8-4:15)

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Do not Awaken Love until it Pleases (Songs 1:1-2:7)

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The weak and the strong (Romans 14-16)

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Put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 12-13)

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Vessels of Wrath (Romans 9-11)

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God's Transformative Spirit (Romans 8:18-39)

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Death to sin (Romans 7:1-8:17)

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From death to life (Romans 5:12-6:23)

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Torah vs Faith (Romans 3:21-5:11)

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The Role of the Law (Romans 2:1-3:20)

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Introducing Romans (Romans 1)

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Leaving the Wilderness (Numbers 33-36)

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Capturing Midian (Numbers 31-32)

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Preparing for the Land (Numbers 25-30)

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Balaam and Balak (Numbers 22-24)

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Mimetic Terms and the Primitive Sacred

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Learning to harness the Power of the Primitive Sacred (Numbers 21)

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Red Cow Rite (Numbers 19)

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The Scapegoat Priests (Numbers 16:41-18:32)

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Sacred Fire (Numbers 16:1-40)

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How Anastasia Sees it - Parental Guidance

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Distraction and Failure (Numbers 14:39-15:41)

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Liminal Space (Numbers 13 and 14)

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Miriam's Demise (Numbers 12)

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Desire and Cravings (Numbers 11)

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Preparing for War (Numbers 8:5-9:23)

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Nazarites and Menorahs (Numbers 6:1-8:4)

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The Sotah (Numbers 5:11-31)

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Protecting the Primitive Sacred (Numbers 1:1-5:10)

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Finding Joy in the Present (Philippians 4)

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Models for joy (Philippians 3)

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Humility for Joy (Philippians 2)

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Fighting for Joy (Philippians 1)

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Blessing and Curses (Leviticus 26-27)

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Foreigners and Poverty (Leviticus 24:10-25:55)

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Living the Sacred Rhythm (Leviticus 22:17-24:9)

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The Holy Dart Board (Leviticus (21:1-22:16)

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Their blood shall be upon them! (Leviticus 20)

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Coronavirus 2.0

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Love your Neighbour (Leviticus 19)

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Homsexuality, Bestiality, and Incest (Leviticus 18)

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There's Power in the Blood! (Leviticus 17)

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The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16)

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Purity and COVID-19 (Leviticus 11-15)

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Ritual and Repetition (Leviticus 1-10)

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Containing the Primitve Sacred (Exodus 34-40)

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Will God go with us? (Exodus 33:1-34:9)

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The Golden Calf (Exodus 32)

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Controlling the Primitive Sacred (Exodus 23-31)

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Moving Beyond Tribalism (Exodus 22)

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Violence, Slaves, and Rude Children (Exodus 21:1-27)

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Learning to to tame the Primitive Sacred (Exodus 19:7-20:26)

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The School of Jethro (Exodus 17:8-19:6)

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I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Exodus 16:1-17:7)

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The Warrior God of Israel (Exodus 15)

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Pharaoh's Demise (Exodus 13-14)

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The Passover (Exodus 11-12)

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Married at First Sight: How Simon Sees it

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Mimetic Blindness (Exodus 8:16-10:29)

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Destruction and Blooshed (Exodus 5:22-8:15)

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Who is the Lord? (Exodus 4:22-5:21)

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It's time to go back! (Exodus 2:23-4:21)

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Introduction to Exodus (Exodus 1:1-2:22)

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The Final Judgement (Revelation 20-22)

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Babylon has Fallen! (Revelation 17-19)

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Armageddon (Revelation 14:6-16:21)

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The Mark of the Beast (Revelation 12-14:5)

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The Mystery of God Solved (Revelation 10-11)

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The Trumpets of Justice (Revelation (8-9)

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The Seals of Rivalry (Revelation 6-7)

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The Heavenly Throne Room (Revelation 4-5)

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Hanging in There (Revelation 2:12-3:22)

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Drawing Back the Curtain (Revelation 1:1-2:11)

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'Am I in the place of God?' (Genesis 46:1-50:26)

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Joseph's Repentance (Genesis 43:1-45:15)

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Turning the Tables (Genesis 41:46-42:38)

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The Failed Sacpegoat (Genesis 39:1-41:45)

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Tricky Tamar (Genesis 38)

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Daddy's Little Princess (Genesis 37)

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How to Deal with Jerks (Gensis 35:16-36:43)

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Dating Dinah (Genesis 34:1-35:15)

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Wrestle Mania (Genesis 32)

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Why did you steal my gods? (Genesis 31)

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Rival Sisters (Genesis 30)

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And behold, it was Leah! (Genesis 29)

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Surely God is in this Place (Genesis 28)

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How to Steal a Blessing (Genesis 27)

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History Repeats itself (Genesis 26)

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Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25)

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Changing of the Gurad (Genesis 24)

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Abraham's Conversion (Genesis 22)

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How Simon Sees it: Riots, Racism, and Retaliaton

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Abraham in Gerar (Genesis 20 & 21)

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Christian Foundations 4 & 5: Service and Mission

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Two ways to Live (Gen 18 & 19)

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Becoming truly Human (Genesis 17)

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Christian Foundations 2 & 3: The Spirit and Growth

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The God of the Outcast (Gen 15-16)

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Pursuing Justice and Peace (Gen 13-14)

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Christian Foundations 1: Identity

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How to make a name for yourself (Genesis 11-12)

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How Simon Sees it 2: ANZAC Day

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Politics and Scapegoating (Gen 9:18-29)

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Gen 6:1-9:17)

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Life Outside the Garden (Genesis 4)

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Leaving the Garden (Genesis 2 & 3)

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Sacred Time, Sacred Space (Genesis 1:1-2:3)

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John's Epilogue (John 21)

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Grief, Loss, and Hope (John 19:38-20:31)

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How Simon Sees it: Coronavirus

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The Cross (John 18:28-19:37)

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Jesus Becomes the Scapegoat (John 18:1-27)

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The Prayer (John 17)

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How to experience love and joy (John 16)

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The Vine (John 15)

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The Helper (John 14)

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Love one Another (John 13)

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God's glory revealed (John 12:27-50)

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Breaking the Perfume (John 12:1-26)

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New Life (John 11)

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The Good Shepherd (John 10)

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I was blind, but now I see (John 9)

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The Father of Lies (John 8:12-59)

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The Scapegoat (John 8:2-11)

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The Feast of Booths (John 7)

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The Bread of Life (John 6)

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Heaven has Broken Through (John 5:16-47)

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Get Up and Walk (John 5:1-16)

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Sign #2 (John 4:46-54)

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Water of Life (John 4:1-42)

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A Better Way (John 3:22-36)

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You must be born again (John 3:1-21)

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The Cleansing of the Temple (John 2:13-25)

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The Wedding in Cana (John 2:1-11)

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Creation in Genesis 1

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Intro to John's Gospel

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Getting off the Treadmill

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Running on the Treadmill