Exploring My Strange Bible
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Exploring My Strange Bible
Welcome to Exploring My Strange Bible by Tim Mackie, lead theologian and co-founder of BibleProject.
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Divine Judgment and Resurrection Hope (Remastered)
Heaven & Hell E3 — The definitions of human life and death on pages 1-3 of the Bible are based on the idea that humans can live in a state of death. B...
Heaven and Zombies (Remastered)
Heaven & Hell E2 — The biblical authors didn’t see death as something that just happens to you at the end of your physical life. Rather, both life and...
Life and Death in Genesis 1-3 (Remastered)
Heaven & Hell E1 — Popular culture and the media show us many misconceptions about heaven and hell. For example, it may be surprising to learn that, i...
Come, Holy Spirit
The phrase “Come, Holy Spirit” has deep roots in the Christian Church, across many centuries and traditions. It’s a phrase regularly used both in comm...
Praying and Acting (Remastered)
Practicing Faith E3 — In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus models for us how to daily bring our requests to God. But implied in its words are ways of being and...
10th Commandment: Do Not Desire Your Neighbor’s Possessions
The 10 Commandments E13 — We’ve arrived at the 10th and final commandment, which feels very different from all the ones that came before it: “Do not d...
Feasting and Fasting (Remastered)
Practicing Faith E2 — In the lives of Jesus and the apostles, we discover the twin practices of fasting—-that is, withholding food from yourself for a...
Solitude and Community (Remastered)
Practicing Faith E1 — In the Gospels, we find moments when Jesus steps away from the crowds for times of solitude to reflect and pray. What value did...
A Renewed Heavens and Earth (Remastered)
New Testament Themes E6 — Some people reject Christianity or the Bible because of something they hear about the end of the world, final judgment, or H...
A Community of Good News (Remastered)
New Testament Themes E5 — The New Testament shows us that a church is meant to be a group of disciples calling out the best in one another and embodyi...
A Generous Gospel (Remastered)
New Testament Themes E4 — In the Apostle Paul's mind, the good news about Jesus becomes most persuasive when his followers live with incredible genero...
Protecting the Witness (Remastered)
New Testament Themes E3 — In the New Testament, “witness” is what Jesus' followers do together as they live, committed to one another and to Jesus. Ho...
The Cost of Following Jesus (Remastered)
New Testament Themes E2 — Many who are intrigued by Jesus of Nazareth have a difficult time balancing his overwhelming generosity and grace with his c...
The Kingdom of God Has Arrived (Remastered)
New Testament Themes E1 — When we open the New Testament and start reading about Jesus, his message, and his mission, it’s not what most people imagin...
A God of Love, a World of Suffering
During his earthly ministry, Jesus interacts with multitudes of hurting people. So how does he process, understand, and respond to all the suffering a...
A Future for My Work (Remastered)
Theology of Work E2 — Many Christians believe the world will ultimately be destroyed when Jesus returns, and so our day-to-day lives don't really matt...
A Story About Work (Remastered)
Theology of Work E1 — Whether we’re young and still discovering our career, or perhaps more seasoned in work but new to following Jesus, integrating o...
Prayer and Paradise
Prayer and encountering God’s presence are biblical topics we can study, but they’re also very personal experiences for each of us, and so this messag...
The Gift (Remastered)
Ecclesiastes E2 — In the first teaching of this series, we explored the teacher’s core metaphor for life, which is the Hebrew word hevel, meaning “smo...
Hevel (Remastered)
Ecclesiastes E1 — In the book of Ecclesiastes, the teacher shows how most of our daily time and energy is spent on meaningless things. The core metaph...
A History of New Testament Manuscripts and English Translations (Remastered)
Making of the Bible E3 — The manuscript history of the New Testament is very different from that of the Old Testament. The number of manuscripts, the...
Old Testament Manuscripts & the Making of the New Testament (Remastered)
Making of the Bible E2 — In this series of lectures, we’re building the foundation for understanding where the Bible came from. When looking at Script...
The Making of the Old Testament Books (Remastered)
Making of the Bible E1 — Many people who view the Bible as God’s word believe it must have come into existence with little or no human agency. But thi...
Torah Crash Course: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (Remastered)
Torah Crash Course E3 — The books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy tell the story about God’s covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai—and make up tw...
Torah Crash Course: Exodus (Remastered)
Torah Crash Course E2 — Israel’s liberation from Egypt and the night of Passover were the foundational stories for ancient Israelites, and they’re als...
Torah Crash Course: Genesis (Remastered)
Torah Crash Course E1 — For many modern readers, the first five books of the Bible—known as the Torah—can feel strange, overwhelming, or confusing. Bu...
The Surprising, Actual Story of Genesis 1-2
In modern Western culture, we have two very different narratives swirling around the first two pages of the Bible. In the first narrative, the creatio...
Science and Faith (Remastered)
Many people view science and religious faith as bitter enemies with conflicting views of the universe, especially when you consider the scientific exp...
When God Loves Your Enemy (Remastered)
The Amazing Jonah E5 – We’ve come to the final episode of a five-part series on the book of Jonah. And this last part of the book is one of the most p...
Thrones and Ashes (Remastered)
The Amazing Jonah E4 — After the great fish vomits Jonah onto the shores of Nineveh, the prophet finally—and begrudgingly—obeys God. Even though Jonah...
A Severe Mercy (Remastered)
The Amazing Jonah E3 — After he is thrown into the sea and swallowed by a fish, Jonah utters a strange and beautifully intricate poem from inside the...
Asleep at the Wheel (Remastered)
The Amazing Jonah E2 — Jonah is portrayed as God’s prophet, but ironically, he is the only person in the book who refuses to listen to God. How can th...
Running From Your Life (Remastered)
The Amazing Jonah E1 — Many of us know the story of Jonah as the prophet who gets swallowed by a whale. And while that is part of the story, it’s only...
What Is the Kingdom of Heaven?
After his baptism and testing in the wilderness, Jesus leaves Nazareth for Capernaum. There, he begins his public ministry, inviting fishermen to foll...
The Meaning of Hope (Remastered)
Hope is an important virtue that God’s people have actively cultivated for thousands of years. And the messianic hope we see throughout the Hebrew Bib...
(Re)introducing Exploring My Strange Bible
In 2016, we began releasing this collection of sermons and lectures that Tim Mackie gave over almost twenty years as a teaching pastor and professor....
An Update From Tim
A message from Tim to let everyone know that we will be putting this podcast on pause for now. It will remain active online so you can still listen or...
The Crocus Flower and the Empty Tomb - Gospel of Matthew Part 35
This story has changed the course of human history over the past 2,000 years. Of course the story is profound, but the IMPLICATIONS of what it means t...
The Blood Cries Out - Gospel of Matthew Part 34
We are in the final moments of Jesus’ story, and we focus on his trial, but also the story in Matthew about Judas after his betrayal of Jesus. Judas e...
Panic Attack - Gospel of Matthew Part 33
We’ve come to (from my perspective) one of the most profound, mysterious, and almost terrifying stories of the Gospel. It is the story of Jesus right...