9 - Noah's Preaching
What grieves God’s heart?Well, apparently, as you run the numbers, Noah’s ark was built with a lot of extra room. Until the doors closed, anyone and everyone was encouraged to board but ultimately only Noah and his famil…
Bammerhab: Bible Explainer
The journey through ancient texts often hinges on a single, potent term, a concept that loses dimension in translation. Bammerhab-Words from the Word is a quiet, focused excavation of those foundational terms. Each episode is a deep dive into a specific Greek or Hebrew word from scripture, peeling back layers of historical context, cultural nuance, and original meaning. This isn't about rushed readings or surface-level commentary; it's a deliberate unpacking, led by a writer with a scholar's curiosity and a storyteller's touch. You'll hear how a word's usage in everyday ancient life informs its theological weight, discovering connections and insights that typically remain hidden in plain sight. The aim is to enrich personal study and reflection by returning to the source material, offering listeners a more textured, grounded understanding of familiar passages. This podcast lives in the details, believing that a closer look at the building blocks of language can lead to a fuller appreciation of the text itself. For anyone interested in the intersection of faith, language, and history, these explorations provide substantive, contemplative material. Find more from this exploration of Bible words in Greek and Hebrew on the associated Substack page.
Episodes
8 - Jesus' Miracles
Have you ever wondered why Jesus sometimes seemed so miracle shy?I have.But in reading Matthew 11 and 13, Jesus actually answers this question for us, though it is admittedly an indirect answer. He’s actually trying to p…
7 - The Philistines' Destiny
Every casual bible reader knows that the Philistines were the archetypal enemies of Israel, but what fewer know is what eventually happened to the Philistines. Well, at the very least I didn’t know until very recently.Le…
6 - God Walks
God is slow. There’s something about slowness that God treasures (and we do not).Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into “peripaton” (meaning ‘walking’) in Mark 6:48.“Jesus saw the disciples straining at the oars, b…
5 - God's Stirring
God wanted to do something, but he had to wake up the spirit of his people first. Just as He did in the very beginning The Spirit did what He always does. He hovered over things, stirring them, waking them up, bringing t…
4 - Isaiah's Son
When is a name more than a name?Isaiah 7 tells about the time Isaiah took his son to meet the king, but it wasn’t a social call. This wasn’t take your child to work day.His son’s name, Shear Yashub - meaning “A remnant w…
3 - Jesus' Home
Jesus left his home, and came to tabernacle with us. He left his home so we could have a home in him. But during his ministry he had no home, or as he put it: “the birds have nests and the foxes have dens," but he had no…
2 - The Disciples' Depression
The two disciples who fled Jerusalem toward Emmaus, were discipled by Jesus himself. These two no doubt healed and cast out demons just like all the other 70 did. They were sufficiently strong in their faith to follow Je…
1 - David's Revelation
Psalm 19 contains echoes of the many nights the shepherd David took a moment of rest from watching the landscape vigilantly for predators, and looked up to study the stars. At first glance, surely the young shepherd only…
0 - What is Bammerhab?
Psalm 31 was likely written as David was on the run for his life, unjustly accused of treason by a jealous King Saul. And as David was hiding in narrow dark caves, in his mind and heart he felt hemmed in and crushed by s…
