Welcome to Exploring My Strange Bible by Tim Mackie, lead theologian and co-founder of BibleProject.
113 episodes transcribedIn this teaching, we'll continue exploring the portrait of the first "church" community in Acts ch.2, specifically how they committed to sh...
In this teaching we'll explore the first depiction of "the church" in Acts ch. 2. What we discover may surprise you! We see a group of peopl...
This episode draws together all the ideas of the previous three lectures. We explore the images of eternal death and what these images mean, and the i...
The definitions of human life and death on pages 1-3 of the bible are based on the idea that humans can live in a state of death. The goal of God’s re...
In this lecture we tackle the biblical word “heaven," and what that does and does not mean. From there we tackle the language about life and dea...
In this first episode we explore the popular misunderstandings and distortions of the concepts of heaven and hell in Western culture. This will help u...
In this teaching we explore how Jesus' concept of prayer included asking God to act and acting oneself. We'll focus on the Lord's prayer, and discover...
In this teaching we'll explore the ancient practice of fasting, withholding food from yourself for a symbolic and intentional reason. This practice ma...
This teaching is called “Solitude & Community”. In the New Testament, "church" is the gathering of Jesus' followers into a community of...
This teaching comes from the final chapters of the Book of Revelation, where we find many images about the time when heaven and earth are brought toge...
In this teaching we'll explore chapter 10 of the New Testament letter to the Hebrews, specifically the challenge that Jesus' followers need to gather...
In this teaching we'll explore Paul's vision of Jesus-style generosity in 2 Corinthians chapter 8. In Paul's mind, the good news about Jesus becomes m...
This episode explores what the word “witness” means in the New Testament. The way this word is used in the apostles' writing is a bit different than h...
This teaching explores Jesus' call to a radical way of life in following him. It's based on Luke Chapter 14, which includes some very challenging sayi...
In this teaching we explore the Gospel of Mark's introduction to Jesus and his basic message and mission. We discover that announcing the arrival of G...
Should the fact that I am a follower of Jesus mean that I think differently about my work and career? If so, how? In this teaching, I explore how our...
In this teaching, I compare what constitute work in the story line of the bible vs. how modern American culture defines work. We will look at Genesis...
In this message, I explore the concept of work and labor in the book of Ecclesiastes. The teacher wants to show us that it's impossible to create mean...
In this episode, we explore how how acknowledging that all of life is "vapor" (Hebrew "hevel") can lead to the enjoyment of the sm...
In this first episode we unpack the introduction to the book of Ecclesiastes and touch upon the issues of authorship. Mostly we'll camp out on the cor...
