This week BibleWorm reads Matthew chapter 5:1-20, the Beatitudes. We dive into some nuances of translation that make a big difference to our understanding of this beautiful and well-known text: what world of meaning is being conjured up with the word “blessed,” or “mercy,” or “meek”? We try to sketch, more and more fully, what this text imagines the proverbial kingdom looks like, and what it would mean to live into it right now. In this text that seems both to sit in its present moment and to extend into the future, the question of what we can do right now – and what we can expect when we do it – is at the front of our minds.
Episode 316 Come to the Waters (Isaiah 55:1-13)
Episode 315 The Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
Episode 314 Seek the Peace of the City (Jeremiah 29:1-14)
Episode 313 SPECIAL EPISODE The Old Testament for a Complex World (Dr. Cameron Howard)
Episode 312 Unto You A Child Is Born (Isaiah 9:1-7)
Episode 311 Let Justice Roll Down (Amos 1:1-2 and 5:14-24)
Episode 310 Elijah and the Still Small Voice of God (1 Kings 19:1-18)
Episode 309 Solomon‘s Temple (1 Kings 5:1-5 and 8:1-13)
Episode 308 The Anointing of David (1 Samuel 16:1-13 and Psalm 51:10-14)
Episode 307 The Call of Samuel (1 Samuel 3:1-21)
Episode 306 Manna in the Wilderness (Exodus 16:1-18)
Episode 305 The Call of Moses (Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-15; 4:1-10)
Episode 304 SPECIAL EPISODE Brent Strawn: Lies My Preacher Told Me
Episode 303 The Blessing of Jacob (Genesis 27:1-23 and 28:10-17)
Episode 302 The Binding of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-3 and 22:1-14)
Episode 301 God's Generous Creativity (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Episode 250 (Replay) Resisting Ethnic Nationalism (Esther 3:1-11 and 7:1-10)
Episode 249 (Replay) Resisting the Patriarchy (Esther 1:1-22)
Episode 248 (Replay) Reading Ruth Against the Grain (Ruth 1:14-18 and 3:1-15)
Episode 247 (Replay) Making Ancient Israel Great Again (Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17)
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