Tim Mackie

Apr 27, 2020 • 55 min

Is this the apocalypse? Tim and Jon begin a new series, How to Read Apocalyptic Literature. They’ll be talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and how the Bible opens our eyes and changes us in our present moment.  Want to share how you're experiencing this present crisis as an apocalypse? Send us an email at support@bibleproject.com. View full show notes from this episode → Additional Resources Son of Man Podcast Series Show Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Snacks by No Spirit Yesterday on Repeat by Vexento Show produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 23, 2020 • 52 min

Why didn’t Paul use more parables? Is the parable of the four soils about salvation, or something else? In this episode, Tim and Jon answer these and other excellent audience questions on the parables of Jesus. View full show notes from this episode → Additional Resources Richard Bauckham, “The Rich Man and Lazarus: The Parable and the Parallels,” New Testament Studies 37, no. 2 (1991), 225–246. Tim Mackie, “How We Listen [Parables of the Kingdom],” Blackhawk Church, July 24, 2011. Show Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Show produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 20, 2020 • 1h 23m

How do you determine the meaning of a parable? And how should you apply it to your life? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss how to identify the meaning and significance of the parables of Jesus. View full show notes from this episode → Additional Resources Craig Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables Show Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Ocean Patio bu Philanthrope x Dayle Instrumental by Kaleidoscope Jumping off the Porch by Broke in Summer My Room Becomes The Sea by Sleepy Fish doing laundry by weird inside Show produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 13, 2020 • 1h 11m

In this episode, Tim and Jon talk about the first of three questions to help us become wise readers of the parables and gain insight from them. What symbols did Jesus weave in the parables—and which did he not? Join Tim and Jon for this fascinating discussion. View full show notes and images from this episode → Additional Resources Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus Craig Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables Amy Jill-Levine, Short Stories by Jesus Show Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Beneath Your Waves by Sleepy Fish Show produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Apr 6, 2020 • 53 min

The parables of Jesus force a choice for his listeners. Will they embrace the upside-down value system of the Kingdom of God, or will they refuse to participate in the party? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss two additional themes of the parables. View full show notes and images from this episode → Show Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Late Night Driving by Broke In Summer Morning Station by Tokyo Music Walker Collages by Sleepy Fish Show produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 30, 2020 • 1h 4m

Jesus often used parables as a means of indirect communication to critique and dismantle his listener’s views of the world in order to show them the true nature of God’s Kingdom. In this episode, Tim and Jon talk about the role of the parables in persuading listeners through subversive critique. View full show notes from this episode → Additional Resources Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent , 8-9. Robert Farrar Capon, Kingdom, Grace, Judgment in the Parables of Jesus , 5-7. Our video, How to Read the Bible: Ancient Jewish Meditation Literature Show Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Discover by C Y G N Coniferous by Kupla Show produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 23, 2020 • 1h 15m

Many of Jesus’ parables sound oddly similar to the parables of the prophets. This isn’t coincidence. Jesus saw himself as fulfilling the role of a prophet to Israel’s leaders. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss the parables as part of Jesus’ prophetic role to Israel. View full show notes and images from this episode → Additional Resources Craig L. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables . N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God , 180-181. Show Music Third Floor by Greyflood Conversation by Broke in Summer Educated Fool by Greyflood Bloom by Kyle McEvoy and Stan Forebee Produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 19, 2020 • 56 min

In this interview with Dr. Carmen Imes, Tim and Jon discuss the command, “Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” What does this mean? Carmen discusses how many people miss the point of this commandment all about who we are and what we’re called to do. View full show notes and images from this episode → This month, we launched Classroom—free online graduate-level courses from BibleProject. Learn more and sign up for the beta at bibleproject.com/learn Resources  Carmen Imes, Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters Show Music:  Defender Instrumental by Tents Hello from Portland by Beautiful Eulogy Levity by Johnny Grimes Tomorrow’s A New Day by SaintSet Show Produced by Dan Gummel.  Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 16, 2020 • 1h 12m

View full show notes and images from this episode →  Resources  N. T. Wright, Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters , 87-88. Our video on How to Read the Parables of Jesus Show Music:  Defender Instrumental by Tents When I Was A Boy by Tokyo Music Walker Oyasumi by Smith the Mister Velocities by Sleepy Fish Show Produced by Dan Gummel.  Learn more about BibleProject at bibleproject.com.  Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 9, 2020 • 1h 5m

View full show notes and images from this episode →   Watch our video on the Tree of Life. Resources: Dr. Crispin Fletcher-Louis Jewish Apocalyptic and Apocalypticism Show Music:  Defender Instrumental: Tents Show Produced by Dan Gummel Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 2, 2020 • 1h 20m

View full show notes and images from this episode →  Watch our video on the Tree of Life. Take our first class for free at classroom.bible Resources R. Riesner, “Archeology and Geography,” ed. Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, and Nicholas Perrin, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels , Second Edition , 55. Music Defender Instrumental: Tents Scream Pilots: Moby Ambedo: Too North Reminiscing: No Spirit Chillhop daydreams 2 Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 24, 2020 • 52 min

View full show notes from this episode →   Watch our Tree of Life video. Resources R. T. France, The Gospel of Matthew Leon Morris, The Gospel according to Matthew Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 17, 2020 • 53 min

King David sets up a new Eden in Jerusalem, but the people continue to set up false Edens in high places. How will God respond, and when will he raise up the seed who will usher in a new Eden? The book of Isaiah brings these themes together and points us to God’s answer. View full show notes and images from this episode → Resources Holiness (theme video) Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Euk's First Race by David Gummel All Night by Unwritten Stories For When It's Warmer by Sleepy Fish Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 10, 2020 • 1h 8m

The story of Moses repeats key themes from the stories of the garden, Noah, and Abraham. Moses and Israel both face tests before trees on high places, and Moses takes the act of sacrifice one step further. Listen in as Tim and Jon discuss Moses and the s’neh tree. View full show notes and images from this episode → Show Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Sundown by Aarbor x Aarigod Daylight by Jay Someday Coniferous by Kupla Show produced by Dan Gummel and Tim Mackie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 3, 2020 • 37 min

Why are moments of testing on high places often accompanied by sacrifice in the Bible? Why does the Eden story seem ambiguous about the number of trees in the garden? Were humans mortal when they were placed in the garden? Tim and Jon respond to these questions and more in this question and response episode. View full show notes and images from this episode → Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 27, 2020 • 1h 9m

Noah and Abraham both face important tests before a tree on a high place. Their obedience and sacrifice opens the door for mercy and blessing, and their stories point us to a future hope of one who will overcome the tree of knowing good and bad and restore humanity. Listen in as Tim and Jon discuss Noah, Abraham, and their moments of decision at trees on high places. View full show notes and images from this episode → Resources Why Did God Ask Abraham to Sacrifice Isaac? Blog by Andy Patton Music Defender Instrumental by Tents FIlls the Skies by Pilgrim Found Memories by Xander Wanderlust by Crastel Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 20, 2020 • 50 min

View full show notes from this episode → Resources How to Read the Bible: The Books of Solomon Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 13, 2020 • 58 min

View full show notes and images from this episode → Resources Bruce Waltke, An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach , 257 William Osborne, Trees and Kings: A Comparative Analysis of Tree Imagery in Israel’s Prophetic Tradition and the Ancient Near East.  Terje Stordalen, Echoes of Eden Genesis 2-3 and Symbolism of the Eden Garden in Biblical Hebrew Literature. Charles Taylor, A Secular Age . Music Defender Instrumental by Tents Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 6, 2020 • 1h 7m

View full show notes → Resources Matthew Sleeth, Reforesting Faith George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By Music Greyflood: A Moment, A Memory, A Beginning. John Williams: The Force Kyle McElvoy & Stan Forebee: Bloom KV: Bloc Defender Instrumental by Tents Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by Simplecast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 30, 2019 • 58 min

QUOTE "The design of the wilderness narratives in the Torah are trying to tell us that the arrival in the promised land is an image of the future seventh day rest that is beyond.”   KEY TAKEAWAYS The book of Hebrews is written to Messianic Jews who are extremely familiar with the Old Testament. Hebrews 3 is built around a long quote from Psalm 95, which is a psalm reflecting on Israel’s failure to enter into the promised land of rest. Israel rebelled seven times against the Lord in the wilderness. The ultimate seventh day rest has been inaugurated by Jesus, but has not seen its complete fulfillment yet.   SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our final episode in our series on the theme of Sabbath and seventh day rest! In part 1 (0-21:10), Tim and Jon recap their previous conversations. Tim shares a resource called “From Sabbath to Lord’s Day” by D.A. Carson, a collection of essays examining the evolution and relationship of historical Jewish Sabbath celebrations and the celebration of Sunday as “the Lord’s Day.” In part 2 (21:10-33:00), the guys dive into Hebrews 3. Hebrews 3:1-19 "Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. “So, as the Holy Spirit says: “‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did. That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, “Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.” So I declared on oath in my anger, “They shall never enter my rest.”’ “See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. As has just been said: “‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.’ “Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.” Tim notes that in verse 7, the writer begins to quote from Psalm 95. Earlier in Psalm 95, Yahweh is referred to as “the rock of rescue.” This name originally comes from a story in Exodus 17. Exodus 17:5-7 “The Lord answered Moses, ‘Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.’ So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, ‘Is the Lord among us or not?’” In Israel’s wilderness journey, there are seven stories of rebellion. Israel chose to doubt God and rebel against Moses seven times. These seven stories exclude them from being able to enter the promised land. Instead, that generation dies in the wilderness. In part 3 (33:00-40:30), Tim notes that the author of Hebrews then reads the wilderness narratives as a story that still applies to all people today. People can still miss out on the promised land of God’s rest if they harden their hearts and do not listen to Jesus. God’s rest is something that Christ inaugurated, but it has yet to be completely fulfilled and will be fulfilled in the future. In part 4 (40:30-end), Tim mentions that Hebrews seems to be written as an oratory speech or a written sermon. Jon says that he feels an urge to have some sort of practice or Sabbath ritual that he can rely on to create a rhythm in his life. Tim mentions that perhaps the most helpful part of a Sabbath rhythm is that it should be a constant reminder that our time does not belong to us, but is a gift from God.   Resources: D.A. Carson, From Sabbath to Lord’s Day   Music: Defender Instrumental by Tents Bloc by KV Halfway Through by Broke in Summer I Gave You A Flower by Le Gang   Show Produced By: Dan Gummel Powered and Distributed by SimpleCast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.