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Spoken Gospel
Every page of the Bible is about Jesus. Not just the Gospels, but the Law, the Prophets, Job's whirlwind and Jonah's fish. On the Spoken Gospel Podcast, David Bowden and Christine Kazar take one passage at a time and read it slowly, in its own world, until they find where it leads: to Christ. This is a real conversation, not a lecture. Hebrew and Greek words, ancient history, the church fathers and the Bible's echoes of itself, all in service of one question: where is the gospel here? With…
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Spoken GospelRomans Overview: Handed Over To Death
The opening chapters of Romans tell us that when humans stand before God, everyone is equal. We are all under the thumb of Sin and Death. Humanity's only hope…
Spoken GospelRomans Overview: Jesus is King
Romans is one of the most unique and important books of the Bible. It's a letter that says over and over that ALL people are included in the promises God made…
Spoken GospelLamentations Overview: Mercy Every Morning
The Book of Lamentations is a series of five anonymous, acrostic poems that record and weep over the devastation of Jerusalem at the hands of Babylon. Seth and…
Spoken GospelLamentations Overview: What is a Lament?
The Book of Lamentations is a series of five anonymous, acrostic poems that record and weep over the devastation of Jerusalem at the hands of Babylon. Seth and…
Spoken GospelEzekiel Overview: A City of Rest and Freedom
Even more shocking than Ezekiel's oracles of judgment is his insistence that God has not rejected the very same people who have abandoned him. Seth and David…
Spoken GospelEzekiel Overview: Prophecies of Shock and Awe
Ezekiel's prophecies are meant to shock his audience out of their spiritual apathy and idolatry and Ezekiel uses some of the most graphic language in the Bible…
Spoken GospelEzekiel Overview: God Shows Up in Babylon
The opening chapters of Ezekiel start with a bang. Ezekiel sees a vision of God and it's... overwhelming. Wheels full of eyes, four-headed angels, and a…
Spoken GospelEzekiel Overview: Counting Down to New Creation
Ezekiel and his prophecies are some of the most vivid, intense, and disturbing in all the Bible. But Ezekiel isn't primarily a prophet of doom but of new…
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Good News in A Bad News World
When we think of the word "gospel" we normally think of something religious but when Jesus' first followers would have heard it, they would have heard…
Spoken GospelJeremiah Overview: Jesus, the new Jeremiah
There are just SO MANY parallels between Jesus and Jeremiah. Seth and David walk through dozens of examples where Jesus completes the narrative arc begun in…
Spoken GospelJeremiah Overview: Prophecies to an Unfaithful Bride
One of Jeremiah's most used metaphors to describe Judah is as an adulterous bride. Seth and David unpack this sometimes unsettling image and discuss how Jesus…
Spoken GospelJeremiah Overview: A Prophet Like Moses
Ever since God led his people out of Egypt he promised that Israel would always have a prophetic leader like Moses to help guide the nation. While Moses was…
Spoken GospelJeremiah Overview: A Prophet of Inevitable Death
Jeremiah is a tortured prophet tasked to preach a message of inescapable death and decline. In this episode, Seth and David unpack Jeremiah's unique prophetic…
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Who on earth is the "Man of Lawlessness"?
The book of Thessalonians has some of the most specific and yet some of the most vague passages about when Jesus comes again. In this experimental episode Seth…
Spoken Gospel2 Thessalonians Overview: Jesus Hasn't Come Back Yet
Under intense persecution, the Thessalonian church slowly began to believe that Jesus had already returned, and perhaps, left them behind. Seth and David talk…
Spoken Gospel1 Thessalonians Overview: Caught Up in the Air
What does it mean when Paul says we are "caught up in the air"? Seth and David walk through the back half of the book of Thessalonians and talk about the good…
Spoken Gospel1 Thessalonians Overview: A Church with Only Three Weeks of Bible School
After only spending about three weeks with a brand new group of believers in Thessalonica, the apostle Paul and Silas are kicked out of the city by a mob and…
Spoken GospelChronicles Overview: A "Perfect" Solomon and Three Stray Arrows
2 Chronicles opens by describing Solomon as an ideal leader. He is who all Israelite kings should try to live up to. But the rest of 2 Chronicles charts how…
Spoken GospelChronicles Overview: David's Rise To Power
1 Chronicles centers around David's rise to power, his skill as a nation-builder, and his preparation to construct God's temple. Seth and David talk about the…
Spoken GospelChronicles Overview: The Forgotten Musical in our Bibles
Chronicles records the history of God's people from Adam all the way to their return from exile. It's also a book full of music, instruments, singing, and…
Spoken GospelRevelation Overview: Revelation in 60 Minutes
The book of Revelation is a unified story of hope for Christians who are suffering and being persecuted. David and Seth unpack the story of Revelation and how…
Spoken GospelRevelation Overview: Jesus' Wedding Day
At the beginning of Revelation, there is a king seated on a throne, and throughout Revelation, a bride prepares herself to marry this king, and at the very…
Spoken GospelRevelation Overview: We Conquer Through Death
Like Jesus, humanity is meant to rule the world and to spill their blood for the good of others. Seth and David talk about one of the most counter-intuitive…
Spoken GospelRevelation Overview: What's the Deal with 666?
The book of Revelation is full of complex symbols, strange beasts, and mysterious numbers. In this episode, Seth and David talk about how to approach all the…
Spoken GospelHebrews Overview: Stiff Warnings and a Hall of Fame
Hebrews includes some of the scariest warnings in all of Scripture right next to dozens of examples of the most impressive people in the Bible. Many of us have…
Spoken GospelHebrews Overview: Why Should I Care About Melchizedek?
The author of Hebrews continues to challenge his Jewish audience to follow Jesus despite persecution. Because Jesus is a better priest and offers a better…
Spoken GospelHebrews Overview: Jesus is Better Than... Angels?
Hebrews starts somewhere we might not, proving that Jesus is better than angels, or more generally, the "messengers" of the Old Covenant. Seth and David…
Spoken GospelThe Two-Hour Holy Week Special
In case you missed our special Holy Week releases, here they are again! This time our eight mini-episodes covering each day of Holy Week are here in one…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Resurrection Sunday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Seth and David talk about Easter Sunday and why it's good news that Jesus was…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Holy Saturday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Today is Holy Saturday. Seth and David talk about Holy Saturday and the day…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Good Friday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Today is Good Friday. Seth and David talk about why Good Friday, the day…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Maundy Thursday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Today is Maundy Thursday. Seth and David talk about Maundy Thursday and why…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Spy Wednesday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Today is Spy Wednesday. Seth and David talk about the sober choice Spy…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Holy Tuesday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Today is Holy Tuesday. Seth and David talk about Holy Tuesday and why Jesus…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Holy Monday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Today is Holy Monday. Seth and David talk about Holy Monday, the day Jesus…
Spoken GospelHoly Week Special: Palm Sunday
1600 years ago Christians began calling the last days of Jesus’ life “Holy Week.” Today is Palm Sunday. Seth and David talk about Palm Sunday, the day Jesus…
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Let's Get Ready for Holy Week
Starting on Palm Sunday, we will be releasing a short podcast every day leading up to Resurrection Sunday. Join us DAILY for eight days as we explore the final…
Spoken GospelGalatians Overview: What's the Point of all the Bible's Laws?
Paul has argued that circumcision, along with other markers of Jewish identity, are not necessary to signal membership in the Christian community. But if…
Spoken GospelGalatians Overview: A Different Gospel
Paul is angry. A group of leaders are both undermining his credibility and teaching that non-Jewish Christians must be circumcised. Seth and David talk about…
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We're Starting a Video Podcast!
We're starting a video podcast! Everything you're used to listening to will now be available on our Youtube channel. Thank you so much to our generous…
Spoken GospelZephaniah Overview: God Sings Over Us
Zephaniah tells God's people that they are no different from the proud nations around them, and soon, God's burning anger will fall. But the fire isn't…
Spoken GospelZephaniah Overview: The Good News of Inevitable Destruction?
Zephaniah prophesied during the reforms of King Josiah. But Zephaniah knew, no matter how much God's people obeyed it would not stop the coming destruction of…
Spoken GospelMalachi Overview: What's the Deal with John the Baptist?
Malachi ends by predicting that a "messenger" will come to prepare the way for God himself to arrive. That messenger is John the Baptist. Seth and David talk…
Spoken GospelMalachi Overview: God's Last Sermon for 400 Years
Malachi is the last book of many of our Bibles. And it's the last words God's people have from God until Jesus arrives. Seth and David talk about the good news…
Spoken GospelMatthew 2: Out of Egypt I Called Jesus
Just like God got Israel out of Egypt, God takes Jesus out of Israel. Seth and David continue to explore their hunch that Matthew is repeating Israel's history…
Spoken GospelMatthew 2: King Joseph, and Wise Kings from the East
Matthew seems to understand Joseph as a type of king, in the same vein as Joseph from the book of Genesis. The Magi too are types of kings who offer there…
Spoken GospelMatthew 1: Why a Virgin Birth?
Why is a virgin birth important? What's on the line if Jesus had a physical dad? And what does it mean for Jesus to be called Emmanuel, God with us? Seth and…
Spoken GospelMatthew 1: Why Genealogies Are Awesome
Genealogies aren't lists of names, they are works of art. Matthew's genealogy is expertly designed. It catapults you into the past and prepares you for…
Spoken GospelThe Bible According to Matthew
The apostle Matthew wants you to understand that Jesus is reliving the history of Israel from Genesis to the book of Chronicles. Seth and David talk about why…
Spoken GospelHaggai: Jesus Will Shake the Earth
Haggai prophecies that the leadership of Joshua and Zerubbabel is a picture of how God intends to make all things right in the world. Seth and David talk about…
Spoken GospelHaggai Overview: The Temple is Magic
The temple was a symbol of God's creative power and generosity but it was destroyed by Babylon. Too comfortable and afraid to rebuild, God's people leave it in…
Spoken GospelZechariah Overview: A King on a Donkey
Zechariah ends with a vision of a King riding a donkey to challenge the corrupt leaders of God's people. David discovers a donkey is the steed of a King, and…
Spoken GospelZechariah Overview: The Day of Small Things
Zechariah is an intense book of dreams and visions. But they all communicate one clear point: if God's people return to him, God will return to his Kingdom…
Spoken GospelJames: You are Saved by Works, Not by Faith Alone
James makes one of the more controversial statements in Scripture. 'You are saved by works, not by faith alone." Seth and David talk about the book several…
Spoken GospelJames Overview: Jesus, the Smartest King Who Ever Lived
The book of James is a mash-up of the book of Proverbs and Jesus' sermon on the mount. It's an exploration of the wisdom of King Jesus, the Messiah. Seth and…
Spoken GospelTitus Overview: Jesus Just Appears
Crete was notorious for its immorality, but Paul, in his letter to Titus, says the greatest threat to Christians is religion. Seth and David talk about the…
Spoken Gospel1 Timothy 6:3-21: How to be Content
Paul ends his letter to Timothy talking about contentment. Seth and David discuss how contentment isn't saying "no" to things but begins with accepting God as…
Spoken Gospel1 Timothy 5:1-6:2: How to Correct Your Family
Paul gives Timothy advice on how to address and correct three different groups of people who now live in God's house: widows, elders, and slaves. Seth and…
Spoken Gospel1 Timothy 4: How to Save Yourself
Paul tells Timothy that through his striving and toil, he can save both himself and his church. Seth and David talk about what it means to save yourself and…
Spoken Gospel1 Timothy 2-3: Men, Women, and Leadership in God's Home - Part 2
The apostle Paul calls the church God's House, the assembled of the Living God, and the bedrock of Truth in a world of lies. And every member of this house…