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Story / Symbol / Spirit
Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the stories within the Bible are often prohibitive to our engagement and learning. How can we make sense of the Scriptures. We believe that Story / Symbol / Spirit is a helpful framework to begin…
Episodes
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283. SPQR ~ III. Daniel Carr: Trust Us
For our third Staff-Picked Question and Response, a Barna study on trust: https://www.barna.com/research/trust-in-christian-churches/ Hosted by John…
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286. Mr. Frostbald's Chilly Reception – Num. 16
Ed.: "Korah" can mean frost or bald. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of…
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285. SPQR ~ II. Carmen Smith: It's the Death Podcast 💀
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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284. All the Elements of a Good Meal; or, – Num. 15
Wine. Flour. Meat. Oil. Long ago, these four ingredients served as the foundation of all meals with the divine – for the Israelite and the foreigner alike…
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283. SPQR ~ I. Jared Jacobus: Cognitive Dissonance?
Thus begins the Staff-Picked Question and Response! Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make…
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282. "We're Going to Wait Until Everybody Dies" – Num. 14
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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281. I Don't Know… That's Scary… – Num. 13
Ed.: malum is "evil", mālum (long a) is "apple" – a pun. As for "fig", I've also heard "pomegranate". Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story…
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280. What They Won't Tell You About Conspiracies
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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279. Boundaries / Generosity
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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278. Jealous Muckraking Literalized – Num. 12
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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277. Ordinary Time, Discipline, and Thingfulness
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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276. A Rainy Day of Meat – Num. 11
Ed.: Two cubits is about three feet, and 10 homers of quail is something on the order of five thousand pounds. Put another way, each person would be laying…
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275. Read a Book!!
Hosted by Jackie Mitchell and John McCambridge. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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274. On Decamping - Num. 10
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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273. SSSSS ~ XII. Four Hundred Years of Doctrine, Applied
Prov. 25:2 – The glory of God is to conceal a matter; to seek things out is the glory of kings. Ed.: The library analogy is merely that a library would be only…
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272. Anamnetic Liturgy – Num. 9
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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271. SSSSS ~ XI. Hi, Christology! (Ephesus, Robber Synod, Chalcedon)
Ed.: For such an opaque and difficult topic, I highly recommend this infographic…
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270. Stubborn Old Retirees – Num. 8
Hosted by the Winner of a Special Race to See Who's the Fastest and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of…
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269. SSSSS ~ X. Augustine
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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268. "A Housewarming Party With God" – Num. 7
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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267. SSSSS ~ IX. Constantinople (Not Istanbul)
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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266. De-Vine – Num. 6
Or, Shave and a Haircut: Two Lambs, a Ram, Grain, Drink, Cake, and Wafers Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a…
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265. SSSSS ~ VIII. Macrina, Basil, Gregory, and Gregory
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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264. Placebo Trial - Num. 5
This Is Just To Say // I drank the diet dr. pepper that was in the icebox / and which you were probably saving for dinner / Forgive me it was delicious so…
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263. SSSSS ~ VII. Athanasius
Internicene and internecine. Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The…
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262. The Old Family Business of Carrying Curtains for Twenty Years – Num. 4
Ed.: We had a very similar discussion on Tyrian purple in episode 158 (viz. minute 25), and again, Joanna is not a purple seller; rather, the purple selling…
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261. SSSSS ~ VI. Constantine's Nicaea
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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260. Now, Please Count the Levites, Too – Num. 3
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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259. SSSSS ~ V. Further Attack and Defense
Tatian, Origen, Cyprian, and others ending in "n". Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make…
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258. Camp as Compass – Num. 2
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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257. SSSSS ~ IV. Justin Martyr's Apology
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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256. War and Peace - Num. 1
Whether Numbers or Exodus has more words depends on translation, hovering around 5th-7th place. Genesis is much longer, and Deuteronomy is much shorter. The…
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255. SSSSS ~ III. Early Fathers
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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253. SSSSS ~ II. Against
Gospel against Gospel. Church against heresy. Celsus against Christianity. Montanus against rigidity. Protestantism against charismata. ["How God Became Jesus"…
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252. Closing Thoughts on Leviticus
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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251. SSSSS ~ I. Gnosticism and Marcionism
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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250. Why Vow? - Lev. 27
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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249. SSSSS ~ N. The Gift of Thought
Hosted by John McCambridge and Sean Patterson. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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248. Eat Food or Starve. Your Choice. - Lev. 26
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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247. Door into Summer
Maine is cold + mayonnaise; Connecticut is hot + butter. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to…
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246. Return to Sender, Hurrah, Hurrah - Lev. 25
For the fifth-jubileeth episode (5*49+1), the thing that is directly disobeyed constantly. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol /…
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245. Control Alt.
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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244. Witness Aggression Program - Lev. 24
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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243. Ask Not What Your Kingdom Can Do For You – Ask What You Can Do For Your Kingdom
A guide for a life of five loaves and two fish. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make…
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242. Life Before Life After Life After Death
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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241. Tell Time! Or Else Time Tells You. – Lev. 23
Ed.: As I understand it, the so called first month is called first mostly because it's the month with Passover in it, and Passover's the best. If you want to…
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240. Idol / Curiosity? (State of the Bible '26)
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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239. Absolutely Not A Pawn Shop; or, The Red Queen's Mind-Boggling Excuse - Lev. 22
The slave is our brother. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The…
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238. Contentment + Ambition
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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237. This Room Certified Corpse-Free - Lev. 21
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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236. "Happy Easter Monday; Here's What to Do If Someone You Know Has Sacrificed a Child to Molech" - Lev. 20
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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235. Return to God!
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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234. shOughtgun Spray - Lev. 19
john ad blocker and minimizing the window/not looking are free Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about…
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233. Holy Week (God Makes Patterns and Defies Expectations)
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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232. Christian Sexual Ethic: Is It Controversial? – Lev. 18
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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231. Our Fᴀᴛʜᴇʀ
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jared Jacobus. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from…
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230. King Fᴜɴɴʏᴍᴀɴ
the lord of lols Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell Denial Car. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The…
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229. Soulflesh - Lev. 17
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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228. Reap Not the Corners of the Field
Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift…
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227. zzz
Hosted by Jackie Mitchell, Rachel Long, and Hannah Valdez-Trent. John McCambridge will return in Episode 228. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about…