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Dragons show up on page one of the Bible, named among the beings that feature in the seven-day creation narrative in Genesis 1. God creates dragons to inhabit the chaos waters, and we meet one early on that tries (and succeeds) to get the first humans to choose their own destruction. Why would God create these creatures? What is their purpose? Join Tim and Jon as they talk about the literary function of dragons in the Bible. 
 
Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS 
Additional sound design by Tyler Bailey, Dan Gummel, and Matthew Halbert-Howen

Dragons show up on page one of the Bible, named among the beings that feature in the seven-day creation narrative in Genesis 1. God creates dragons to inhabit the chaos waters, and we meet one early on that tries (and succeeds) to get the first humans to choose their own destruction. Why would God create these creatures? What is their purpose? Join Tim and Jon as they talk about the literary function of dragons in the Bible.

Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
Additional sound design by Tyler Bailey, Dan Gummel, and Matthew Halbert-Howen

Where Sea Monsters Show Up in Creation • Chaos Dragon Ep. 3

Jerusalem is the image of God's heavenly city for a time. This garden city represents God's plan for his people to live in peace through generosity, but the city is eventually conquered by Babylon. 
 
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Jerusalem is the image of God's heavenly city for a time. This garden city represents God's plan for his people to live in peace through generosity, but the city is eventually conquered by Babylon. 

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Is God's garden city realistic?

This session is from the BibleProject Classroom class Introduction to the Hebrew Bible taught by Dr. Tim Mackie. The entire class is available for free on the BibleProject app at https://classroom-beta.bibleproject.com/introduction-to-the-hebrew-bible. 
 
How can we read the Old Testament and understand the meaning its ancient authors intended? 
 
These two simple ideas are at the core of the process. 
1. The Old Testament is an ancient text. 
2. A text is intentional literary communication. 
 
We interpret every text we read through the lens of our mental storehouse, or the "encyclopedia" of words, ideas, images, and stories stowed in our memories. But the biblical authors have their own encyclopedias from which they produce texts. So if we want to understand the authors' intended meaning, we will adapt our “encyclopedia of reception” by learning about the authors' “encyclopedia of production.” Dive into this class session with Dr. Tim Mackie and start developing tools for encountering the Old Testament on its own terms.

This session is from the BibleProject Classroom class Introduction to the Hebrew Bible taught by Dr. Tim Mackie. The entire class is available for free on the BibleProject app at https://classroom-beta.bibleproject.com/introduction-to-the-hebrew-bible.

How can we read the Old Testament and understand the meaning its ancient authors intended? 

These two simple ideas are at the core of the process.
1. The Old Testament is an ancient text.
2.  A text is intentional literary communication. 

We interpret every text we read through the lens of our mental storehouse, or the "encyclopedia" of words, ideas, images, and stories stowed in our memories. But the biblical authors have their own encyclopedias from which they produce texts. So if we want to understand the authors' intended meaning, we will adapt our “encyclopedia of reception” by learning about the authors' “encyclopedia of production.” Dive into this class session with Dr. Tim Mackie and start developing tools for encountering the

You Can Understand the Old Testament (2 Simple Ideas Help!)

Dr. Tim Mackie explains a helpful step for understanding the Old Testament. 
Check out the full class, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, when you download the latest version of the BibleProject app. 
 
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Dr. Tim Mackie explains a helpful step for understanding the Old Testament. 
Check out the full class, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, when you download the latest version of the BibleProject app. 

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Are you confused when you read the Old Testament?

Elijah was a prophet whose name means "My God is Yahweh." God partnered with Elijah to share his life-giving power with the Israelites and their enemies. 
 
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Elijah was a prophet whose name means "My God is Yahweh." God partnered with Elijah to share his life-giving power with the Israelites and their enemies. 

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Meet Elijah.

When we read the word “myth,” often what comes to mind is a fictional story. However, a myth is a way of exploring universal concerns of human existence, using symbols for things we may or may not have words to describe. The dragon is one such myth—a symbol humans have used for millennia to talk about chaos and death. Some might say it was one of the first worldwide memes. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss ancient Near Eastern literature about dragons. 
 
Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS 
Additional sound design by Tyler Bailey, Dan Gummel, and Matthew Halbert-Howen

When we read the word “myth,” often what comes to mind is a fictional story. However, a myth is a way of exploring universal concerns of human existence, using symbols for things we may or may not have words to describe. The dragon is one such myth—a symbol humans have used for millennia to talk about chaos and death. Some might say it was one of the first worldwide memes. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss ancient Near Eastern literature about dragons.

Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
Additional sound design by Tyler Bailey, Dan Gummel, and Matthew Halbert-Howen

How Dragons and Myths Fit in the Bible • Chaos Dragon Ep. 2

In the Bible, the city’s purpose is self-preservation. It’s a place where peace is enforced by the threat of death. But the culture of the garden is peace through generosity. 
 
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In the Bible, the city’s purpose is self-preservation. It’s a place where peace is enforced by the threat of death. But the culture of the garden is peace through generosity. 

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What makes the city different from the garden?

Nahash, tanin, leviathan––the Bible is full of strange words describing a creature many modern readers can’t quite categorize. All these words are ways of referring to a monster of the deep, a dragon. In this episode, Tim and Jon kick off a brand new theme study, the chaos dragon, with a look at the language the Bible uses to describe this creature. 
 
Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS 
All other musical compositions and sound design are original works by the BibleProject team.

Nahash, tanin, leviathan––the Bible is full of strange words describing a creature many modern readers can’t quite categorize. All these words are ways of referring to a monster of the deep, a dragon. In this episode, Tim and Jon kick off a brand new theme study, the chaos dragon, with a look at the language the Bible uses to describe this creature.

Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All other musical compositions and sound design are original works by the BibleProject team.

Where Dragons Show Up in the Bible • Chaos Dragon Ep. 1

How could Abraham have anticipated a coming City of God, like the author of Hebrews said? What’s the connection between the shame of Adam and Eve and that of their son Cain? Was Genesis first an oral tradition, and how did it become a written account with so many literary hyperlinks? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from the first half of The City series. Thank you to our audience for your incredible questions! 
 
Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS

How could Abraham have anticipated a coming City of God, like the author of Hebrews said? What’s the connection between the shame of Adam and Eve and that of their son Cain? Was Genesis first an oral tradition, and how did it become a written account with so many literary hyperlinks? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from the first half of The City series. Thank you to our audience for your incredible questions!

Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS

How Abraham Could Have Anticipated the City of God • The City Q+R 1

Our newest video, The City, premieres on Monday at 7 AM PDT/10 AM EDT. Join us for a special YouTube premiere experience. 
 
Follow this link and hit the "notify me" button to be reminded when this video launches: https://tbp.xyz/q3citytraileryt

Our newest video, The City, premieres on Monday at 7 AM PDT/10 AM EDT. Join us for a special YouTube premiere experience. 

Follow this link and hit the "notify me" button to be reminded when this video launches: https://tbp.xyz/q3citytraileryt

Coming Soon: A New Theme Video Exploring the Significance of the City in the Bible

Jesus shares his authority and power with his followers so that they can form a new kind of family. Instead of being filled with feuds and rivalries, this family is ordered by Jesus' redefinition of power as love. 
 
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Jesus shares his authority and power with his followers so that they can form a new kind of family. Instead of being filled with feuds and rivalries, this family is ordered by Jesus' redefinition of power as love. 

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What does Jesus do with his authority?

Explore the theme of the city throughout the story of the Bible—from the first city built by Cain to the final garden city, the heavenly Jerusalem in the new creation. 
 
In this video, you'll learn: 
 
- What makes a city 
- Why the first city was built 
- The contrasting ethics of the city of Babylon and God's city 
- God's surprising plan to bring his garden to the city 
- What it looks like when the heavenly city comes to Earth 
 
Browse our entire channel for more animated videos and podcast episodes that help people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus.

Explore the theme of the city throughout the story of the Bible—from the first city built by Cain to the final garden city, the heavenly Jerusalem in the new creation.

In this video, you'll learn:

- What makes a city
- Why the first city was built
- The contrasting ethics of the city of Babylon and God's city
- God's surprising plan to bring his garden to the city
- What it looks like when the heavenly city comes to Earth

Browse our entire channel for more animated videos and podcast episodes that help people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus.

The Significance of the City in the Bible (and God's Plan for It)

This week on the podcast we do something a little bit different. We try to look inside the biblical writers’ imaginations and think about what they were trying to picture when they used certain words. 
 
The Bible was originally written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic. For thousands of years its been passed down through translators. And sometimes the words that we read today in our Bibles don’t fit with the context the authors were originally using. Tim and Jon have a quick discussion on a popular Hebrew word “Shema.” It originally meant "to listen" and to the ancient Hebrew it was one of the most powerful words in the Scriptures, but today its importance is mostly lost. 
 
Show Music 
Defender by TENTS 
Shine by The Album Leaf

This week on the podcast we do something a little bit different. We try to look inside the biblical writers’ imaginations and think about what they were trying to picture when they used certain words.

The Bible was originally written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic. For thousands of years its been passed down through translators. And sometimes the words that we read today in our Bibles don’t fit with the context the authors were originally using. Tim and Jon have a quick discussion on a popular Hebrew word “Shema.” It originally meant "to listen" and to the ancient Hebrew it was one of the most powerful words in the Scriptures, but today its importance is mostly lost.

Show Music
Defender by TENTS
Shine by The Album Leaf

Shema/Listen • Word Study Ep. 1

The word "sin" means missing the goal of loving God and people. Sin leads us to deceive ourselves. And in the Bible, when people are failing at loving God, they often think they are succeeding. 
 
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The word "sin" means missing the goal of loving God and people. Sin leads us to deceive ourselves. And in the Bible, when people are failing at loving God, they often think they are succeeding. 

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Sin means redefining our bad decisions as good

In the Bible, cities have a bad reputation as centers of immorality and unrighteous living. First-century followers of Jesus continued to live in cities, but they lived by an other-worldly ethic set by Jesus. Their way of living was so different that Jesus’ followers began to talk about their citizenship being primarily in a coming heavenly city, rather than the physical city in which they lived. In this episode, join Jon and Tim as they wrap up our theme study of the city. 
 
Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS 
“Lost Love” by Toonorth 
“Acquired In Heaven” by Beautiful Eulogy

In the Bible, cities have a bad reputation as centers of immorality and unrighteous living. First-century followers of Jesus continued to live in cities, but they lived by an other-worldly ethic set by Jesus. Their way of living was so different that Jesus’ followers began to talk about their citizenship being primarily in a coming heavenly city, rather than the physical city in which they lived. In this episode, join Jon and Tim as they wrap up our theme study of the city.

Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
“Lost Love” by Toonorth
“Acquired In Heaven” by Beautiful Eulogy

Why the Story of the Bible Ends With a City • The City Ep. 13

This session is from the BibleProject Classroom class Noah to Abraham, taught by Dr. Tim Mackie. The entire class is available for free on the BibleProject app at https://classroom-beta.bibleproject.com/noah-to-abraham 
 
In this session, we take a closer look at the design of Noah’s ark. Tim walks us through the ways that the ark’s design calls to mind earlier images of the garden in Eden.

This session is from the BibleProject Classroom class Noah to Abraham, taught by Dr. Tim Mackie. The entire class is available for free on the BibleProject app at https://classroom-beta.bibleproject.com/noah-to-abraham

In this session, we take a closer look at the design of Noah’s ark. Tim walks us through the ways that the ark’s design calls to mind earlier images of the garden in Eden.

Why the Design of Noah’s Ark Matters

Jesus' earliest followers called him the firstborn of all creation–Jesus had enough power to bring the world into existence! But Jesus redefined how power could be used. He demonstrated that true power is love and authority looks like serving others. 
 
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Jesus' earliest followers called him the firstborn of all creation–Jesus had enough power to bring the world into existence! But Jesus redefined how power could be used. He demonstrated that true power is love and authority looks like serving others.  
 
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How did Jesus use his power?

Jon and Tim respond to listener questions regarding The Holy Spirit. This was the first Q&R episode every recorded for the show! 
 
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Defender (Instrumental) by TENTS

Jon and Tim respond to listener questions regarding The Holy Spirit. This was the first Q&R episode every recorded for the show! 

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Defender (Instrumental) by TENTS

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As the story of the Bible unfolds, the expectation for a city of God—a new Jerusalem where Heaven and Earth will be fully united—continues to grow. Yet the gospel authors seem to think this new Jerusalem is most fully realized in Jesus himself. So if Jesus is the new Jerusalem, what’s his relationship with the physical city of Jerusalem? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss how Jesus and his followers become the new Jerusalem. 
 
Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS 
“Backyard Puddles” by Sleepy Fish 
“According to God” by Beautiful Eulogy 
“Passing the Time” by Tyler Bailey & Matthew Halbert-Howen

As the story of the Bible unfolds, the expectation for a city of God—a new Jerusalem where Heaven and Earth will be fully united—continues to grow. Yet the gospel authors seem to think this new Jerusalem is most fully realized in Jesus himself. So if Jesus is the new Jerusalem, what’s his relationship with the physical city of Jerusalem? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss how Jesus and his followers become the new Jerusalem. 

Show Music 
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
“Backyard Puddles” by Sleepy Fish
“According to God” by Beautiful Eulogy
“Passing the Time” by Tyler Bailey & Matthew Halbert-Howen

Why Jesus Kept Going to Jerusalem • The City Ep. 12

The middle section of the Sinai narrative contains the story's most disappointing moment—the people decide they don't want to go near God. 
 
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The middle section of the Sinai narrative contains the story's most disappointing moment—the people decide they don't want to go near God. 

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