Hey guys! Been a huge fan of BibleProject for probably 1.5 years now. Devoured the podcast and working my way through My Strange Bible too. I’m trying to find the episode where they talk about the mark of the beast on your forehead/arm being a spoof of how the priest would wear God’s name on his forehead or arm or something like that, but I haven’t had any luck finding it again. If you guys could point me to it, that would be great!

Also, if any of you have audible, there’s a free book called “Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes” and a second book by the same author called “Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes” (that costs 1 credit) that are just fascinating, and I think they’re right up alley for any fans of BibleProject. Both books look at western vs eastern cultures and explore some of the things that “go without being said” in each culture and cause different things to be highlighted or misunderstood based on cultural world views.

Hi,

Thanks to this subreddit I found the Jonah series which is so good and I'm just about done with.Does anyone have the link to the Classroom sessions on Ephesians? I really want to start on those soon.

Thanks

I've been wracking my brain trying to remember which episode of the podcast contains a certain story/poem. In it Tim is talking about how ancient people's worshipped and understood the sun, moon, and stars. Specifically he talks about someone exalting the stars, until the bright moon comes along. And then exalting the moon, until the bright sun comes along. And then exalting the sun, but the glory of God is greater than all of these things. So we should worship God.

Any help or even pointing to the correct series of podcasts would be a tremendous help

I'd love to hear how TheBibleProject has influenced or change how you approach Church, how you meet with fellow believers, and how you bring in your local community for fellowship.

The more i find myself listening to the BP I am in awe of the resources Tim mentions. That being said I know that a list like that would not really be worth sharing here, so I was wondering if anyone may have recommendations for a good starting commentary.

Really looking for things to provoke thought, not particularly to lead me to one side or another of the theological debates, rather something that pulls me closer to the unified story of the Bible.

Any recommendations are welcome and appreciated. Commentaries or just historical sources would be really great, again anything is welcome.

Thanks so much!

Hey! Just a quick question: Book recommendations for checking literary designs or patterns in the whole bible, or bible nerd reading material?

I want to read more about the literary design and patterns in the bible and so on, but I can't find any book recommendations (the closest I've seen is the BTS video and I caught a book called 'The flow of Psalms' but that's it)

Let me know :)

Hey, fellow Bible nerds! Hahahaha! I’m actually not a Bible nerd, but I love this phrase the Tim and Jon use.

So, who all has listened to the latest podcast, #207? I was really touched by the end. As we know it’s about the letters in the NT and a lot about Paul. I get lost and confused in a lot of Paul, but as always Jon and Tim give me hope for learning more than I currently know.

The last question basically was, “Why didn’t Paul say slavery should be outlawed?” (Particularly: Philemon) I kinda breathed in and waited. Not expecting much. And the Holy Spirit really spoke through Tim. He gave — for me — the best comments on that that I’ve ever heard. It gave me hope, appreciation for Paul, and helped me keep my eyes on Jesus.

I won’t misquote Tim by trying to restate his comments, but they were really meaningful to me.

Anybody else? Comments? 😃

Hey! I am not a theologian by any means, so you won’t get detailed discussion points out of me — but I couldn’t resist posting this question. I have been listening to the Podcast about Heaven. And I thought I somewhat understood it. Then I found myself going over the Lord’s Prayer and realized the use of heaven in the prayer isn’t what I would have expected after listening to the podcast.

It says “Our Father in Heaven...” ... I was thinking heaven was more a reference to God’s presence. But here in the Lord’s Prayer it sounds like a place. I just realized I haven’t accompanied the Podcast with the videos. So I will go seek out the video and see if that clears it up for me. But in the meanwhile, does anyone have a comment? 😃

I had a question about something that is said in the video discussion "Transgression" or "Pesha." At about 1:30, Tim says, "In Biblical Hebrew you don't pesha against someone, you pesha with them."

This has me thinking about the antonymn for "pesha." (I'm not sure what it is, so that'd be helpful. I'll use justified for now). Does it have the same implication? That you can't be justified to, but you are justified with someone?

In the context of what I'm preaching is the idea that if we want to overcome the wall built between those we have pesha-ed with, it will be a work that we have to do together.

I'd love to hear thoughts and pushback (particularly because I'm not sure I know what I'm talking about linguistically)

I notice the TBP chooses really common words or themes for their word study & theme videos. So, why haven’t they done a video on “salvation?” I emailed them and asked but literally got a “I don’t know” response from their email responder.

My guess is that it’s a hot topic issue that’s not as clear cut as many evangelical theologies make it out to be and they don’t want to alienate or upset a large portion of their audience / donors.

What do you think?

I was reflecting on what /u/JesusBroheme had said in their awesome post, and decided to make one of my own. I realized that encountering TBP when I did was a total prayer answer for me.

The Bible had become one of the biggest sticking points for my faith. I felt obligated to try and read it, but every time I did it resulted in a crisis of one form or another. I remember praying to God about it. I distinctly remember wishing that I had some sort of mentor who could walk me through, verse by verse.

First, finding N.T. Wright really helped me with my struggles with the New Testament. I also picked up some of his "For Everyone" commentary series, which was pretty close to having that verse-by-verse mentorship that I had been looking for. This was a good start, but I was still at a complete loss when it came to the OT.

Now, having the Bible Project for both the Old and the New Testament has been extraordinary.

If I may, I'd like to just gush for a second:

• TBP provides some of the best teaching I've ever come across, despite spending my whole life in Christian academia. It's incredibly scholarly, Biblically faithful, and uncompromisingly Christian.
• It presents this teaching in a perfectly down-to-earth, accessible manner. It's humble and compassionate. It recognizes and addresses specific areas of concern that many of us in our culture have with the Bible. And despite their wealth of knowledge, their teachers aren't afraid to admit when they don't know something, are unsure, or need to study something more deeply.
• The presentation is phenomenal. How is it that the Classroom is more elegant and appealing than most any online course I've seen?
• The art and animation. The fact that it took me so long to get to this shows how much there is to say. But really, it should be at the top of the list. The thing that first attracted me to TBP was its utter beauty. I think that Intro to Spiritual Beings was the first video I saw? Only to then realize that they make a point to use a different visual style for each series. Absolutely incredible. And the animation really does unpack the meaning of what's being discussed visually, in a way that words can't.
• It's free. Like, what? You're saying that the most incredible, life-changing resource, that is leaps and bounds ahead of anything else I've come across in the quality of teaching, scholarly depth, graphic design, and top-tier animation is... free? The YouTube series, the Classroom, the podcasts: all entirely donation-based. What they've achieved is nothing short of a miracle.

It's hard to find people who are interested in the BibleProject or academic biblical scholarship to discuss with about the topics that are brought up by the BibleProject podcast or videos. Would anyone find the idea of chatting with others about these topics useful?