Notes from The Bible Project

Intro I came across an article on the Bible Project on what it means to “store up treasures in Heaven” and it brought some clarity to the meaning of this teaching for me… I’ve been…

Intro This started as one of [[my-thoughts]] and got long enough to warrant putting right in the blog Faith and works is a common point of conversation for Christians who like deba…

Genesis 1 There is a cyclical pattern of Genesis 1-11. Introduction 1:1 may be a summary heading rather than the first “verse”. Chaos The narrative begins in 1:2, and the start of…

The Flood Story and Jesus Jesus brings up the Flood story from Genesis just one time (in the recorded teachings we have). First to set the scene, Jesus and his disciples are visiti…

The Flood Story in the Hebrew Bible I’m slowly making my way through some Bible Project classes online because Tim Mackie is a fantastic teacher and BP has done be a great service…

There a lot of flood stories throughout the history of the world, and the Bible is no different in this regard. God warns Noah of a de-creation event, whereby he’ll start over with…

The Two Houses Context Reflection From the visual commentary Tim calls out a few things: is supposed to first call us back to earlier in the sermon when Jesus calls his people “the…

Matthew 7:12 What do I desire that people “do to [me]”? Help if I need it - I want to live in a world where humans are helpful Listen to me and understand what I say Leave me alone…

Passage Reflection James builds on this with. James is arming us with some specifics from the Sermon on the Mount. We aren’t just to ask for anything that we think is good… wisdom…