Best Aprile Sweers Podcasts (2025)

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Help! I read something in the Bible that just doesn't seem right! {Wisdom For Faithful Reading 07} 15:46

1y ago15:46

15:46

In this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "news…

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Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Emotional Health 8:28

1+ y ago8:28

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In this episode we take a break from our Wisdom for Faithful Reading series and Aprile shares some thoughts about the connection between interpreting the Bible well and emotional health. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday: On Reading Instinctively and Literally {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 06} 14:54

1+ y ago14:54

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In this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "news…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: The Bible Was Written FOR Us Not TO Us {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 05} 13:10

1+ y ago13:10

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In this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "news…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: A Passage Can't Mean What It Never Meant {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 04} 18:13

1+ y ago18:13

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In this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "news…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Hermeneutics Matters Because the Bible Is Messy {Wisdom For Faithful Reading 03} 11:04

1+ y ago11:04

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In this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "news…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Three Essential Safeguards Against Bad Bible Interpretation {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 02} 11:15

1+ y ago11:15

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In this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "news…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Faithful Over Right {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 01} 9:16

1+ y ago9:16

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In this episode we begin to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newslet…

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Introducing Our New Hermeneutics Huesday Book! 4:53

1+ y ago4:53

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In this episode I introduce the book that will serve as our guide/springboard for the next few months of Hermeneutics Huesdays. The book is Wisdom for Faithful Reading by Old Testament scholar John Walton. This is not a book club, so I will be working under the assumption that no-one is reading the book along with me. But if you would like to get y…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes Chapter 9 {It's All About Me}} 16:03

1+ y ago16:03

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It's Hermeneutics Huesday! We're wrapping up the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsatck newsletter. You can do that here. (That's where I'm sharing the transcripts of these HH episodes and lots o…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Chapter 8 {Virtue and Vice} 13:05

1+ y ago13:05

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It's Hermeneutics Huesday! We're working through the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. (Reading along is not necessary. The main purpose of following the book is to keep me organized.) For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsatck newsl…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Chapter 7, Part 2 {Naturalism} 13:10

1+ y ago13:10

13:10

It's Hermeneutics Huesday! We're working through the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. (Reading along is not necessary. The main purpose of following the book is to keep me organized.) For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsatck newsl…

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Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes Chapter 7, Part 1 {Patron-client relationships} 15:00

1+ y ago15:00

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It's been awhile! I'm excited to continue working through the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. (Reading along is not necessary. The main purpose of following the book is to keep me organized.) For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsa…

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Supernatural 07: Chapter 16 {Summer Bookclub} 1:00:15

1+ y ago1:00:15

1:00:15

Get on Jeremy's Bible Fortcast mailing list (scroll to the bottom of webpage): https://www.thebiblefortcast.com/ Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Supernatural 06: Chapters 14-15 {Summer Bookclub} 1:13:36

1+ y ago1:13:36

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Sign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Supernatural 05: Chapters 11-13 {Summer Bookclub} 1:13:34

1+ y ago1:13:34

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Sign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Supernatural 04: Chapters 8-10 {Summer Bookclub} 1:17:35

1+ y ago1:17:35

1:17:35

Sign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Supernatural 03: Chapters 5-7 {Summer Bookclub} 1:00:32

1+ y ago1:00:32

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Sign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Make a donation: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/555363 Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate…

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Supernatural 02: Chapter 4 {Summer Bookclub} 1:02:11

1+ y ago1:02:11

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Here's the Naked Bible podcast episode with Fern and Audrey: https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-209-a-fern-and-audrey-testimony/ Sign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Make a d…

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Supernatural 01: Chapters 1-3 {Summer Bookclub} 1:00:41

2y ago1:00:41

1:00:41

Sign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Make a donation: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/5553630 Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 19 {Western assumptions about time} 10:11

2y ago10:11

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Sign up for the summer bookclub here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get your book here: https://amzn.to/45trxjg Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter here: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday 18 {Western assumptions about right and wrong//the honor-shame culture of the Bible} 18:50

2y ago18:50

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If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy o…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 17 {reading the Bible through an individualist lens} 14:17

2y ago14:17

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If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy o…

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Heaven Series 10: What About the Rapture? {1 Thessalonians 4} 39:45

2y ago39:45

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If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) Find all of the Heaven Series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 16 {Overcoming Assumptions about Language} 15:29

2y ago15:29

15:29

If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy o…

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Heaven Series 09: All Things New {Revelation 21 & 22} 1:04:56

2y ago1:04:56

1:04:56

Click here for the link to the political cartoons Aprile references. (If that link doesn't work, you can also find it at hergodspeaks.com/heaven) If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) Find all of the Heaven Series resources and ep…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 15 {Race and Reading the Bible} 17:12

2y ago17:12

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If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy o…

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Heaven Series 08: The Church and the Kingdom of God {Ephesians 2} 1:00:38

2y ago1:00:38

1:00:38

If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) Find all of the Heaven Series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 14 {How our moral values shape our reading of the Bible} 21:00

2y ago21:00

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If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy o…

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Heaven Series 07: Christ and Cosmic Renewal {Romans 8} 44:21

2y ago44:21

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If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find Hope's article "Hope for the Wanderluster" here. Find all of the Heaven Series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a dona…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 13 {reading ourselves as we read the Bible} 9:37

2y ago9:37

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If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy o…

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Heaven Series 06: Resurrection {1 Corinthians 15} 53:04

2y ago53:04

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Find all of the Heaven series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday 12 {the historical context of Holy Week} 16:31

2y ago16:31

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You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. You can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Fight Like Jesus here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Heaven Series 05: The Kingdom of God {various New Testament passages} 1:00:36

2y ago1:00:36

1:00:36

Find all of the Heaven series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday 11 {historical context and the woman at the well} 20:27

2y ago20:27

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You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. You can subscribe here. You can purchase a copy of The Samaritan Woman's Story here. The well-meaning pattern article I mention is here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 10 {the Bible is NOT a love letter, part 3} 10:43

2y ago10:43

10:43

You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. You can subscribe here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Heaven Series 04: The Hope of the Prophets {Isaiah's new creation passages} 1:01:13

2y ago1:01:13

1:01:13

Find all of the Heaven series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday 09 {the Bible is not a love letter, part 2} 10:31

2y ago10:31

10:31

Subscribe to Aprile's Substack (sort of like a blog that gets delivered to your inbox): aprilesweers.substack.com The takeaways from this episode: A love letter flatters, the Bible forms and informs. It is okay to read the Bible to glean information. In fact, it’s necessary to do so. If we make sentimental feelings our standard, we make a major per…

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Heaven Series 03: God Comes Down {various temple passages} 54:45

2y ago54:45

54:45

Find all of the Heaven series resources here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Heaven Series 02: God's Plan A {Genesis 1 & 2} 45:46

2y ago45:46

45:46

Find all of the Heaven series resources here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday 08 {the Bible is not a love letter, part 1} 11:16

2y ago11:16

11:16

The takeaways from this episode: A love letter is written to a person, the Bible was written to a people.. The Bible fundamentally a “we” book not a “me” book. Before I seek to discern what God is saying to me, I need to figure out what he’s saying to us. What’s the message of this passage for His people? Prioritize reading and studying the Bible i…

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Heaven Series 01: Introduction 40:32

2y ago40:32

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Find all of the Heaven series resources here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday 07 {we want the video camera footage but the Bible doesn't work like that} 7:21

2y ago7:21

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Takeaway's from this episode: Sound biblical hermeutics requires that we understand that the biblical authors didn’t think the way we think. They were just as committed to accuracy as we are, but not in the "video camera footage" way that we are. You aren't reading a police report, you are reading holy Scripture! Let the apparent contradictions or …

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Heaven Series Preview 5:19

2y ago5:19

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Mark your calendar, because the February 23rd launch Her God Speaks Heaven series is just one week away! Order you're companion study guide here. Let's learn stuff together! Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//DonateBy Aprile Sweers

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Hermeneutics Huesday 06 {on the importance of biblical metaphor} 8:07

2y ago8:07

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Takeaways from this episode: The authors of Scripture are constantly taking one idea – usually something tangible and easy to understand – and mapping that idea onto a more abstract concept or experience. (This is what a metaphor is.) Taking every word of the Bible literally should NOT be a badge of honor! Every culture develops its OWN metaphors t…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 05 {the one where we talk about political cartoons} 8:10

2y ago8:10

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The takeaways from this episode: We cannot answer the question, “What DOES this passage mean (for us)?” until we first seek an answer to the question, “What DID this passage mean (for the author and original audience)?” The problem in the story Aprile reads is the "interdimensional superbeings" failing first, to understand what a political cartoon …

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Hermeneutics Huesday 04 {context IS king, but literary context is not enough} 15:34

2y ago15:34

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The takeaways from this episode: Literary context is essential, but literary context without deep regard for historical and cultural context can give you a false sense of understanding what a passage means when in reality you're not being a very good "tourist" of scripture. We cannot assume that our plain reading of the text is the same as the orig…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 03 {the Bible was written FOR us not TO us} 12:52

2y ago12:52

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The takeaways from this episode: The Bible was not written to us, meaning that it was not written in any modern language or with our modern assumptions, values and worldview in mind. We can't answer the question, "What DOES it mean (for us)?" until we do the work of seeking an answer to the question, "What DID it mean (for them)?” A passage can't m…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 02 {the Bible as an act of communication} 7:44

2y ago7:44

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The takeaways from this episode: We have a tendency to map all of OUR cultural assumptions onto the Bible and expect to come out the other side with an accurate interpretation. It doesn't work! The Bible is fundamentally an act of communication and communication by nature is always contextualized. The Bible was written FOR us, but it was not writte…

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Hermeneutics Huesday 01 {the Bible as divine AND human} 10:22

2y ago10:22

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The takeaways from this episode: When we don't think carefully about the historical and cultural context in which the Bible was originally written we are being bad tourists of the Bible, guilty of cultural snobbery. The Bible is a DIVINE book written and delivered by HUMAN agents. These human agents were real people who played a real part in writin…

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