Israel’s first anointed king, Saul, consistently makes choices that put him in conflict with God and the responsibilities God has entrusted to him. This turns Saul into the first anti-anointed one—or put another way, the first antichrist. In this episode, Tim and Jon explore the theme of anointing in the stories of Israel’s first two kings, Saul and David.
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Isaiah’s Anointed One • The Anointed Ep. 4
David was Israel’s greatest king, but even he failed to live as God’s anointed one. When Isaiah prophesied about the ultimate anointed one to come, he said that not only would this deliverer come from the line of David, but they would be a new David altogether. What does this mean? Learn more in this episode as Tim and Jon discuss the theme of the anointed in the Isaiah scroll.
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“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
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Suffering Well • Wisdom E5
In this episode, the guys take a bird’s eye view of the book of Job. Job is considered wisdom literature, and it aims to teach the reader about justice, suffering, and the role of God in the lives of humans. The author is intentionally trying to ruffle some feathers. This book is all about calling into question the reader’s views of God and the world.
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Defender Instrumental by TENTS
Blue Skies by Unwritten Stories
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The Anointed King in Psalms • The Anointed Ep. 5
David’s life gives us two parallel portrayals of what it means to be God’s anointed one: one is victorious—God’s anointed is the giant feller and the snake crusher. The other one is a suffering servant, waiting patiently in the wilderness for God’s deliverance. In today’s episode, join Tim and Jon in the Psalms, where they’ll explore both David’s victory and his suffering and discuss how Jesus saw himself living out both those roles too.
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“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
“Mario Kart” by SwuM
“Blessed Are the Merciful” by Beautiful Eulogy
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Isaiah 61 Visual Commentary • A Vision of the New Creation
What does a restored world look like? The words of Isaiah 61 describe a new creation filled with abundance and ordered by right relationships. In this video, we reflect on the prophet’s vision of a new Eden and how it reaffirms God’s promises to the people who never lost hope.
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The 10 Commandments: Full Collection
Are the 10 Commandments more than a list of rules to follow? Watch this video to reimagine these ancient commands as invitations to hear God’s voice and discover the path to life.
In this video, you will learn …
• How the Bible connects God’s commands with blessing and life
• Why the 10 Commandments are also called the “10 Words”
• The meaning of key Hebrew words in the commands
• How the 10 Commandments invite us to hear God’s voice
• How meditating on these commands can help us form communities that reflect God’s wisdom to the world -
What It Means to Love God With “All Your Strength”
What does it mean to love God “with all of your strength”? In this final installment of our videos on the Shema, we explore the Hebrew word underneath this phrase. And spoiler alert: “strength” is only one of many ways this rich word could be translated.
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What It Means to Love God With “All Your Soul”
We explore the Hebrew word “nephesh” that often gets translated as “soul.” The English word usually refers to a non-material essence of a human that survives after death, but nephesh means something different. It is referring to humans as living, breathing, physical beings, or just to life itself. Prepare to be surprised at the biblical meaning of this fascinating word.
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What It Means to Love God With “All Your Heart”
Different cultures have different conceptions of the human heart, what it is and what it does, and the biblical authors are no exception. In this video, we’ll explore the ancient Hebrew words for “heart” as well as the different ideas of what our hearts represent. There is no biblical word that captures better the essence of human thought, feeling, and desire than this rich and wonderful word.
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What It Means to “Love” God (With All Your Heart, Soul and Strength)
Let’s talk about love, Old Testament style! In this video, we’ll explore the various ways the Hebrew authors used the word “love,” and how they depicted God as the ultimate source and goal of all human love.
