Episode 128: Sukkot—When the Season of Our Joy isn’t Joyful
We knew how to celebrate and love Christmas, but a lot of people really struggle when coming into the Biblical festivals and especially Sukkot. We’re ...
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Archives of the weekly Character in Context radio program. Historical Bible context and character. Updated Friday afternoon.
Episode 127: Yom Kippur, Job, and the Prosperity Gospel
The Prosperity Gospel comes in many forms—all of them smacking of paganism and an extreme misreading of the purpose of blessings and curses in the Bib...
Episode 126: Rosh HaShanah and the Barren Woman
Traditionally, the barren women of Scripture are studied and celebrated on Rosh HaShanah—so why are they historically considered cursed and sometimes ...
Episode 125: Mark Part 60—No One Knows the Day or Hour…Except the Guys on YouTube
Yeah, you guys get the picture. I have my snark on for this one. Yeshua/Jesus is pretty specific here but we don't like it so we try to find workaroun...
Episode 124: Mark Part 59—The Coming on the Clouds and the Fig Tree
What is the huge deal here about the Son of Man coming on the clouds and what does it tell us about the identity of Yeshua/Jesus? And fig trees again?...
Episode 123: Mark Part 58—The Abomination that Causes Desolation
Such a controversial subject and we are going to look at some of the leading theories as to when this was as well as some more off the beaten path pro...
Episode 122: Mark Part 57—These Are Not the Signs You’re Looking For
Here, at the beginning of the Olivet Discourse, the longest speech in Mark and perhaps the oldest written document about Yeshua/Jesus, Yeshua responds...
Episode 121: Mark Part 56—The Fall of Jerusalem and the Temple of Doom
The destruction of the Temple Herod rebuilt marked the end of Jewish life as they had known it. The Temple marked the center of Jewish culture, Jewish...
Episode 121: Mark Part 56—The Fall of Jerusalem and the Temple of Doom
The destruction of the Temple Herod rebuilt marked the end of Jewish life as they had known it. The Temple marked the center of Jewish culture, Jewish...
Episode 120: Mark Excursus—Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Eschatology in Context
Mark 13 is filled with apocalyptic symbolism and prophecy—but is it pointing to what we presume it us? We’re going to do a quick and dirty crash cours...