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Bible Bard podcast BB-153 Theophanies (Appearances of God) in the Bible. God visibly appears in the Biblical narrative. When this happens in the story it is is called “a theophany”. In the Bible, God is not a theoretical supposition, He is personally present. He is not a clockmaker setting the universe into motion and then disappearing from the story into some god-place we cannot go. Instead, God interrupts the course of human events and His presence changes things. When God appears in a physical theophany, human beings usually fall, hide, tremble, remove shoes, confess uncleanness, or fear their own death. Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information. Remember, the Bible Bard English podcast is translated into other languages including Spanish, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Swahili, Chichewa, and Bengali (in transcript only) and we are looking for more local translators.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast BB-152_Character Development in the Bible, Part 2, Samuel. In the last episode, BB-150, Part 1, Samuel’s mother, Hannah presents the 3–4-year-old boy Samuel to Eli the priest. Samuel has no part in the decision. In this story he did not decide to be born, he did not determine who his parents would be, their circumstances, or how his presence would fit into their lives. What happened to Samuel is outrageous, yet it happens to each one of us. Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information. Remember, the Bible Bard English podcast is translated into other languages including Spanish, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Swahili, Chichewa, and Bengali (in transcript only) and we are looking for more local translators.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast BB-151_Character Development in Bible Stories. There are great characters in the Bible, but today I want to look at just a few from a particular story from the book of 1 Samuel Chapter 1. Here we have a man named, Elkanah and he has two wives. One of them is named Peninnah and the other is Hannah. The most important character in this story is not the man but is the second wife Hannah. Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information. Remember, the Bible Bard English podcast is translated into other languages including Spanish, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Swahili, Chichewa, and Bengali (in transcript only) and we are looking for more local translators.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast BB-150 Getting to the Truth. The Bible can be divided into six (6) kinds of literature: Law, History, Poetry Prophets, Gospel, and Church. Today we look at how these divisions help us get to biblical truth.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information. Remember, the Bible Bard English podcast is translated into other languages including Spanish, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Swahili, Chichewa, and Bengali (in transcript only) and we are looking for more local translators.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast BB-149_Amazing Dreams in the Bible, Part 2. In BB-148_Amazing Dreams in the Bible, Part 1, we looked at few dreams recorded in the Bible. In Part 2, today, I want to provide the interpretation the Bible gives for each of the dreams we looked at last time.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab.Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast BB-148_Amazing Dreams in the Bible, Part 1. Human beings dream while sleeping. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Dumbledore says, “For in dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.” While this statement feels poetically true, in the Bible certain dreams become dimensions in which we can meet God and He can communicate with us using imagery that often requires an interpretation or context.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab.Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast BB-147_What the Bible Says about Eternal Life. There is an idea expressed in the Bible about something called “eternal” or “everlasting life”. English speakers look at this expression as life of endless duration, the quality of life as immortality. But as we can see from the next texts, eternal life appears to be about more than just life that never ends.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab.Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast B-146_About the Image of God-He is Alien. In Genesis 1:27 the text reads:“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (NIV)We’ve seen from other texts that God is not human, but is a spirit being, so the remark: “his own image” is not some visible attribute humankind was given at creation. Here is the conundrum: God is spirit — not flesh — yet man is made in His image! Today's episode looks at the "image of God" concept in the Bible.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information. Remember, the Bible Bard English podcast is translated into other languages including Spanish, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Swahili, Chichewa, and Bengali (in transcript only) and we are looking for more local translators.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast BB-145_The Return of the King Motif. Those of us read the Bible as literature notice the reappearance of various literary motifs in the text. Today we look at one of those using as our primary source 2 Samuel 19. A favored person is rejected. Later he returns as a divinely appointed figure. Those who greet his return have different responses to his return depending on both their past relationship/actions and their current attitude toward the returning king or authority. In today's episode we discuss the Bible's use of this motif across 2,000 years of content production.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information. Remember, the Bible Bard English podcast is translated into other languages including Spanish, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Swahili, Chichewa, and Bengali (in transcript only) and we are looking for more local translators.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Here is the place we are at today. In YouTube, BB-140 Faith and Reason in Abraham (in Apple) we looked at how faith transcends belief and becomes knowledge in Abraham’s relationship with God. Regarding faith the text says God speaks to Abraham and says in Genesis 15:5,“‘Look up at the sky and count the stars … so shall your offspring be.’ Abraham believed the Lord, and he (God) credited it to him (Abraham) as righteousness.” When God promises Abraham to give him the land he was living in and …“… to take possession of it...” Abram says, ‘Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?” Genesis 15: 8To certify to Abraham his future possession of the land God performs a bronze age contract act that engages a legal agreement going beyond his verbal promise. The legal agreement provides the basis so Abraham can know he will get ownership of the land.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-143 About God's Creativity. In today’s episode, before the biblical narrative begins, God already exists as a creative being. Today we focus on His ongoing activity within creation. The key question is this: What does the text say about God’s continual creative involvement with His creation, the earth, and all life on it – His ongoing activity? Get a transcript on www.BibleBard.org and click the PDF link.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. On the website, click the Donate tab and make a contribution.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-142_A Moral Pagan vs. a Fearful Prophet. As we saw in BB_Lesson_140_Faith and Reason in Abraham, God has made an unconditional covenant with Abraham to give him heirs (although he is childless at this point) and to give him a homeland (although he is a wandering Bedouin at this point). Now, in Genesis Chapter 20, Abraham, the covenant bearer, meets a pagan king. But in the narrative, while Abraham acts deceptively, Abimelek, the pagan king, acts with moral clarity and restraint. Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-141_Putting God to the TestThe literature of the Bible makes an interesting distinction around the idea of a human being testing God. The Bible appears to say that demanding God prove Himself because one distrusts Him will not get an answer. A believing request for guidance or clarification of God’s will seems sometimes permitted.Get a transcript of BB-141 at www.BibleBard.org. Click the PDF link and download the transcript for free. While on the site review the other information like watching other videos or audios from the episode archive, view episodes translated into /Other languages, get additional helpful information on the /Store or make a contribution on /Donate. Be sure to subscript to the channel on the podcast platform where you watch or listen.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-140_Faith and Reason in Abraham. In Genesis Chapter 15 Abraham is a wealthy Bedouin roaming Canaan about 4,100 years ago in the Near Eastern Middle Bronze Age. God makes a two-part promise to him. Abram asks, "How can I know..." such a thing will happen? Today we look at Faith and Knowledge according to the Bible - with a brief stop off at critics who say there is no knowledge and faith is meaningless.Get a transcript of BB-140 at www.BibleBard.org. Click the PDF link and download the transcript for free. While on the site review the other information like watching other videos or audios from the episode archive, view episodes translated into /Other languages, get additional helpful information on the /Store or make a contribution on /Donate. Be sure to subscript to the channel on the podcast platform where you watch or listen.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-139_Metaphor of Light in the Bible. As listeners to this podcast know, we are interested in reading the Bible as literature because that method delivers us from ideology. When reading we find that the text is full of figurative language, so the Bible Bard often investigates things like metaphor. This episode discusses the progression morally of using light as a metaphor in the text.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-138_Jephthah and the Unbreakable Vow. There are several horrifying stories in the Bible where people chosen by God commit immoral acts, make terrible decisions, and fail in their basic commission from the God of the Bible. From the point of view of Bible teaching, this is a conflict between a principle and its application. The first principle is clear, if you make a vow to God, be sure to do it. The second principle is a statement by God regarding his revulsion of human sacrifice.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-137 God’s Three Orders to Christians. According to the text in the book of 2 Timothy, there are three negative orders God has given to Christians – things not to do! In this episode we discuss what the literature of the Bible says in this passage. For a transcript for to www.BibleBard.org and click the PDF link.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-136 Biblical Eras Past, Present, and Future. This episode discusses how the Bible measures time. The text makes distinctions that create God-defined eras during which occur changes in human history and in the relationships defined between God and humanity. For a transcript go to https://www.BibleBard.org and click the PDF link.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-135 Witness Stones in the Bible. One of the strangest idioms in the text of the Bible is references to witness stones. These are inanimate objects named in Bible stories that are called upon to witness events or statements that occur during the narrative. This episode discusses how the text of the Bible uses this idiom. For a transcript go to https://www.BibleBard.org and click the PDF link.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-134_What the Lord's Prayer Is and Is Not. There are two different prayers in the New Testament that have been referred to as the Lord’s Prayer. Some Christian denominations call the first on the Our Father. It’s found in Matthew 6:9-13. The second is found in John Chapter 17. In today's episode we look at the second prayer, which is the true "Lord's Prayer". The full text of the chapter is here: https://shorturl.at/YssB6.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-133_Biblical Eras Past Present and Future. In today's episode we look at the measure of time in Bible literature. The text makes distinctions that create God-defined eras during which occur changes in human history and in the relationships defined between God and humanity. How this works and what it means is today's topic.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-132 God Likes Writing Thoughts Down continues the discussion of the Bible as literature, past episodes for example: BB-126_About the Bible as Text and BB-69 Approaches to Sacred Texts. Today, I want to look at Bible writings from God’s point-of-view.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, listen to another episode from the Archive, or get links to other materials and information.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon at BibleBardUSA. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-131_Two Kinds of Christians_Believing-Unbelieving. Many people think that Christianity as a religion includes only believers in Christ. But the Christian religion (like most religions) includes true believers and unbelievers – who embrace the name but reject the essence of the faith. In today’s episode we look at this topic: believing and unbelieving Christians.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript of this episode, listen to another episode from the Archive, or visit the Bible Bard Store.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (Find BibleBardUSA). As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab.Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-130 How to Seek God According to the Bible. Few people in our culture are interested in seeking and finding God, especially the God of the Bible. Studies suggest that over half of Millennials view themselves as Bible-neutral or Bible-skeptical. Yet, paradoxically, Bible reading among young men is up. This spiritual curiosity is often suggested as the foundation for the interest of college people in Charlie Kirk and TPUSA.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, select another episode the listen to from the Archive, or browse the /Store.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-129 Metaphor of Thirst in the Bible. As listeners to this podcast know, we are interested in reading the Bible as literature because that method delivers us from ideology. We want to know directly what the literature of the Bible says for ourselves. In today’s episode we look at another metaphor, the metaphor of thirst. Here are some texts that employ this mundane object in a figurative and in a spiritual way.Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, select another episode from the Archive to listen to, or just browse the /Store.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (find BibleBardusa). As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donate tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Recently, the famous Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams (1957–2026) died at 68 years of age from prostate cancer but left a letter his wife read for the public. Although he said he was “not a believer” [in God, Jesus Christ, or the Bible] he was going to make a public prayer to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior as a matter of “risk-reward calculation”. His statement is a type of deathbed last words we are talking about in this podcast episode. Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, select another episode from the Archive to listen to, or browse the /Store.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donations tab. Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-127_Jesus Rebukes His Disciples. There is a lot written about Jesus in his expressions of love, kindness, and grace. But in today’s episode we look at what the text says about his rebukes, impatience, and criticisms of his followers. Go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript, select another episode from the Archive to listen to, or browse the /Store. Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (find BibleBardusa). As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donations tab.Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

This Bible Bard podcast episode is BB-126 The Bible as Text. The Bible explicitly comments on itself as historically written eyewitness-based accounts of events that were archived, transmitted, and preserved for future generations. Of course, critics claim that is not the case. In this podcast episode I want to look at what the Bible says about itself and briefly note the contradictions of critics.After watching or listening to a podcast episode, go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript so you can read and refer to the content of the podcast.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (Search for BibleBardUSA). As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donations tab. The Bible Bard himself takes no salary and does not financially benefit from the gifts of supporters to the ministry.Watch the full Bible Bard promo video here: BB-01 What is the Bible Bard? (https://rumble.com/v719wbu-bible-bard-bb-01-what-is-the-bible-bard-vodcast.html)

The Bible Bard podcast episode is BB-125_Two Boy Kings. In the text of the Hebrew Bible, we have only two boys who became kings when they were children (under 9 years of age). The Bible explored this trope way before either classical Greece or Imperial China. The Bible often links characters in pairs—Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, David and Jonathan, Elijah and Elisha, Mary and Martha, and many others. These pairings are not usually explained with direct moral lessons. Instead, meaning emerges through comparison and you can use literary methodologies to determine what is going on.After watching or listening to a podcast episode, go to www.BibleBard.org to download a transcript so you can read and refer to the content of the podcast.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the website Donations tab. The Bible Bard himself takes no salary and does not financially benefit from the gifts of supporters to the ministry.Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!Watch the full Bible Bard promo video here: BB-01 What is the Bible Bard?(https://rumble.com/v719wbu-bible-bard-bb-01-what-is-the-bible-bard-vodcast.html)

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-124_A Proverb and Riddle about Wealth. In Psalm 49, this writer presents three radical ideas that challenge both ancient and modern religious assumptions. These ideas directly oppose what human beings have believed in nearly every culture.For a free transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org and click PDF. Click this link to open a PDF of Psalm 49 to follow along: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZGjWQKRw3FPg4LI5gbOan7oGz0K7d2LO/view?usp=drive_linkSupport the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (BibleBardUSA) or on GoFundMe or by selecting the Donations tab on the Bible Bard website.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-123_The Metaphor of the Cup. As listeners to this podcast know, we are interested in reading the Bible as literature because that method delivers us from ideology. We want to know directly what the literature of the Bible says for ourselves. We find when reading that the text is full of figurative language. In today’s episode we look at another metaphor, the metaphor of the cup. For a free transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org and click PDF. Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (BibleBardUSA) or on GoFundMe or by selecting the Donations tab on the Bible Bard website.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-122_God’s Foolishness and Weakness discusses the use of irony and paradox in the biblical text, looking at the idea presented that God is foolish and God is weak.For a transcript of this episode, go to www.BibleBard.org, and click the PDF link.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-121 More on Mercy and Judgment adds to and clarifies the content of BB-118 Mercy Triumphs over Judgment.For a transcript of this episode, go to www.BibleBard.org, and click the PDF link.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-120 Four Insults Directed at Jesus Christ looks at what his enemies said to him while he was pinned to the cross and apparently defeated. I analyze this text using literary methods to discover who is speaking and how what they say relates to various episodes during the life of Jesus.For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org and click PDF.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-119 Prediction and Prophecy, concerns biblical prophecy and prediction in the Bible and in the secular world. In this episode we compare Modern symbolism to Biblical symbolism and try to understand the difference in how Biblical prephecy relates to history.For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org and select PDF.

In Bible Bard episode BB-118 Mercy Triumphs over Judgment we look at a single verse from the book of James that places these two concepts together in the writer's admonition.Go to www.BibleBard.org and click PDF to get a transcript. Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (BibleBardUSA), on GOFUNDME, or click the Donations tab on the Bible Bard website to make a contribution.

In Bible Bard episode BB-117 What Motivates God we are looking at Psalm 31 that provides three (3) reasons that God acts in the world. These reasons are distinguished from other religions whose gods act out of different motivations. Using inductive methodology, we explore other texts in the literature that support and clarify the three motivations of Ps 31.For more information, go to www.BibleBard.org and select PDF to download a transcript.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon (BibleBardUSA) or GOFUNDME or at the Bible Bard website, click the Donations tab to contribute.Follow along reading Psalms 31.

In the Bible Bard episode BB_Lesson_54 Are You a Deist we discussed the idea most religions teach that God is not personally involved with humans, He is far away doing God things. In today's episode BB-116 God's Personal Presence we look at what the Bible says about whether we, the average people, not the saints of the church or heroes of the Bible can experience the personal presence of God.For a transcript go to www.Bible Bard.org and click the PDF link.Support the Bible Bard podcast by going to the website and selecting the Donations tab.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-115_Psalms 19_The Two Witnesses provides a literary analysis of Psalms 19 concerning the two witnesses the writer discusses that answer the questions who is God and who are human beings.For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org, click the PDF link. Select the Donations tab to support the Bible Bard podcast.

There is a famous prophet named Balaam in the Bible (PDF: NumbersChapters 22-24) who is also known from an archaeological discovery (1967) at Tell Deir ʿAlla in the Jordan Valley (east of the Jordan River). Today, we look at his story in the Bible.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-112 About the Original Abraham Accords looks at the character Abraham (Abram) as described in the Bible. The September 2020 Abraham Accords (AA) established diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco and Israel. In the future, Trump II wants to extend the AA to include Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. Many who haven't attended a Christian Sunday School may ask, why name the Accords after this ancient Bible character Abraham? This episode looks at what makes the character Abraham the perfect name to create a sense of unity between fractious ethnicities, it is a good idea to recall their common heritage, father Abraham.Get a transcript at www.BibleBard.org by clicking the PDF link. Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or the Bible Bard website. The Bible Bard himself takes no salary and does not financially benefit from the gifts of supporters to the ministry.Send the Bible Bard any questions or remarks you care to offer to [email protected]. Glad to hear from you!

This episode of the Bible Bard podcast, BB-113 Rationality and the Bible, looks at how the story of John the Baptist is told from Matthew Ch 13. What kind of argument convinces you? The literature of the Bible uses visual imagery, metaphorical, and symbolic content, with the factual essence of the story to present an argument about who Jesus is. Click the link to follow along.Follow along reading Matthew 13 John the Baptist PDF.Go to www.BibleBard.org for a transcript.

Bible Bard podcast episode BB-111 About Discouragement contrasts and compares what the literature of the Bible says about dealing with human discouragement compared to other personal and self-transformative religions teach.Get a transcript at www.BibleBard.org by clicking the PDF link.Support the Bible Bard podcast on Patreon. As little as $1/week or $5/month helps to cover the costs of the podcast. You can also give at GoFundMe or at the Bible Bard website. The Bible Bard himself takes no salary and does not financially benefit from the gifts of supporters to the ministry.

In this episode of the Bible Bard podcast, we look at a mystery: an eternal plan of God that He has not revealed to us. We are told in the Bible that such an eternal plan exists, but we are not given many details. In this podcast I want to discuss something about this mystery plan.For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org.

In this episode we look at several people who appear in the stories of the Bible that seem to be doomed. Three of them are: Pharoah, king of Egypt, Judas, and the Son of Perdition. Using literary methods of compare and contrast we see what the Bible is teaching through these stories.For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org.

In this episode of the Bible Bard podcast, we look at the most ancient list of morals and ethics that human beings tried to follow.For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org.

In this episode of the Bible Bard podcast, we again look at the use of figurative language in the Bible, including its most repetitive metaphors. Figurative language is important in a literary study because it takes one thing that is known and applies it to another thing that is unknown. When the Bible answers the question, “Who is God?’ metaphors are required because an immortal, invisible, spirit God is not knowable using human senses. Some metaphors in the Bible keep being repeated because what they convey is very important. This episode looks metaphors that appear more that 200 times.For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org.

For the last 10,000+ years or more, human beings who become aware of their own often poor decisions have turned to priests, magicians, and holy men for guidance. This episode of the Bible Bard podcast looks at what the Bible says directly about using occult actors to affect the supernatural world.The Bible Bard provides a literary analysis of key ideas from the Bible that describe who God is and who are human beings. The texts chosen are self-explanatory but offered because their clarity describing who God is and who are humans. For those who know almost nothing of the Bible’s content this podcast provides what the Bible itself teaches about God and humankind. Visit https://biblebard.org/ to see these key biblical thoughts presented by the Bible Bard.

This episode of the Bible Bard podcast continues the discussion from BB-99 of what the Bible teaches when it asserts that God has no favorites.The Bible Bard provides a literary analysis of key ideas from the Bible that describe who God is and who are human beings. The texts chosen are self-explanatory but offered because their clarity describing who God is and who are humans. For those who know almost nothing of the Bible’s content this podcast provides what the Bible itself teaches about God and humankind. Visit https://biblebard.org/ to see these key biblical thoughts presented by the Bible Bard.

This episode of the Bible Bard podcast discusses the popular topic Bible Prophecy and End Times. While the Bible Bard does not take a position on ideas or concepts from the Bible that are disputable - this episode provides listeners with the background of what others Bible promoters and End Times prognosticators are talking about.The Bible Bard provides a literary analysis of key ideas from the Bible that describe who God is and who are human beings. The texts chosen are self-explanatory, but offered because their clarity describing who God is and who are humans. For those who know almost nothing of the Bible’s content this podcast provides what the Bible itself teaches about God and humankind. Visit https://biblebard.org/ to see these key biblical thoughts presented by the Bible Bard.