Welcome to Exploring My Strange Bible by Tim Mackie, lead theologian and co-founder of BibleProject.
125 episodes transcribedThis teaching is called “Solitude & Community”. In the New Testament, "church" is the gathering of Jesus' followers into a community of...
This teaching comes from the final chapters of the Book of Revelation, where we find many images about the time when heaven and earth are brought toge...
In this teaching we'll explore chapter 10 of the New Testament letter to the Hebrews, specifically the challenge that Jesus' followers need to gather...
In this teaching we'll explore Paul's vision of Jesus-style generosity in 2 Corinthians chapter 8. In Paul's mind, the good news about Jesus becomes m...
This episode explores what the word “witness” means in the New Testament. The way this word is used in the apostles' writing is a bit different than h...
This teaching explores Jesus' call to a radical way of life in following him. It's based on Luke Chapter 14, which includes some very challenging sayi...
In this teaching we explore the Gospel of Mark's introduction to Jesus and his basic message and mission. We discover that announcing the arrival of G...
Should the fact that I am a follower of Jesus mean that I think differently about my work and career? If so, how? In this teaching, I explore how our...
In this teaching, I compare what constitute work in the story line of the bible vs. how modern American culture defines work. We will look at Genesis...
In this message, I explore the concept of work and labor in the book of Ecclesiastes. The teacher wants to show us that it's impossible to create mean...
In this episode, we explore how how acknowledging that all of life is "vapor" (Hebrew "hevel") can lead to the enjoyment of the sm...
In this first episode we unpack the introduction to the book of Ecclesiastes and touch upon the issues of authorship. Mostly we'll camp out on the cor...
This last episode is about the manuscript history of the New Testament, as well as a short history of English translations. In the second half of this...
In this episode we dive into the composition and writing of the book of the New Testament. Specifically, we'll look at how the books themselves give...
In this series we explore how the Bible was written and the long process of its composition and manuscript history. The bible is a book with a very tr...
In this episode, we focus on the purpose of the laws in the story line of the Torah and the whole Bible. The story about the covenant that God made wi...
This part camps out in the second book of the bible, Exodus. We explore the story of Moses, Pharaoh, and the liberation of the Israelites that all cul...
After many years of pastoral ministry I found that some of the main misunderstandings people have about Jesus come from misunderstanding the larger bi...
Many people believe that science and religious faith are bitter enemies with conflicting views of the universe. One the one hand there is the scientif...
In the final episode we see Jonah's response when God forgives his enemies. He's hot with anger and chews God out for being to gracious. This part of...
