Character in Context

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Archives of the weekly Character in Context radio program. Historical Bible context and character. Updated Friday afternoon.

Episode Date
Episode 188: Stuff I Can’t Teach Kids about Sodom and Gomorrah
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 187: Hospitality or not? Rahab, Yael, Abigail, and Lydia in Context
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 186: Hospitality, Family, and Travel in the Days of Sodom
Feb 22, 2024
Episode 185: Are we Modeling Good Fruit or Folly?
Jan 24, 2024
Episode 184: The Gospel of Matthew #3—The ‘Greater Than’ Motif/Second Moses
Nov 09, 2023
Episode 183: Gospel of Matthew #2--Honor and Shame in the Kingdom of Heaven
Nov 02, 2023
Episode 182: Matthew #1—The who, what, why and when of the “first” Gospel.
Oct 19, 2023
Episode 181: Privilege--what it is, isn’t, and why it matters
Oct 11, 2023
Episode 180: Help Me C4K! My Kids Need to Learn about Circumcision!
Sep 27, 2023
Episode 179: What Yom Kippur Can’t Fix
Sep 20, 2023
Episode 178: Psalm 4: What on Earth Is Going on Here??
Sep 14, 2023
Episode 177: Psalm 3-- ”Mimzor l’David?”
Sep 08, 2023
Episode 176 Psalm 2: More than Messianic
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 175: Psalm 1--A Proverb in the Psalms?
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 174: Help! How do I explain Hagar’s story to my kids?
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 173: The Study Series 18—Inerrancy, Inspiration, and Authority
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 172: The Study Series 17—Psalms and Laments
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 171: The Study Series 16—The Torah, the Sermons and the Problem with Epistles
Jun 02, 2023
Episode 170: Why Gender and Identity Confusion Are All YOUR Fault…and Mine Too.
May 12, 2023
Episode 169: The Study Series 15—Wisdom literature, Poetry, Parables, and Allegories
Apr 30, 2023
Episode 168: The Study Series 14—Apocalyptic Literature vs Prophecy vs Historical Narratives
Apr 23, 2023
Episode 167: Study Series 13—Your Bible is an Interpretation
Apr 16, 2023
Episode 166: The Study Series 12—The Speaker, Audience and Context of Verses
Mar 19, 2023
Episode 165: Study 11—Binding the “Strong’s” Man: How Not to Use a Concordance
Mar 05, 2023
Episode 164: Purim 2023—Honor, Shame and Two Brave Queens
Feb 26, 2023
Episode 163: Sociology II—Religion, Weird Science, and Practical Linguistics
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 162 Sociology I: Groupthink, Holy/Profane and Clean/Unclean
Feb 05, 2023
Episode 161: The Advent of John the Baptist in Luke
Dec 20, 2022
Episode 160: Special Teaching #1--The Advent of the Messiah in Matthew
Dec 11, 2022
Episode 159: The Study Series--Understanding Polemic and Irony
Dec 04, 2022
Episode 158: The Study Series—Understanding Rhetoric, Locution, and Figures of Speech
Nov 20, 2022
Episode 157: The Study Series—Reading the Bible as a Library, Not as a Book
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 156: The Study Series—Reading the Bible as it was meant to be HEARD 3
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 155: The Study Series—READING the Bible as it was meant to be HEARD 2
Oct 23, 2022
Episode 154: Sukkot and the Mystery of the Eighth Day
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 153: Yom Kippur and the Rapture
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 152: The Study Series—Reading the Bible as it was meant to be HEARD 1
Sep 28, 2022
Episode 151: The Study Series—Good Source or Bad Source, Part 2
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 150: The Study Series—Good Source or Bad Source, Part 1
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 149: Mark 74 The Empty Tomb and the Contested Verses
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 148: Sisterhood, Unity, and Miracles: My Weekend at Surge Messianic Women’s Conference
Aug 25, 2022
Episode 147: The Sin of Sodom and Setting the Record Straight on Recent Accusations of Heresy
Aug 18, 2022
Episode 146: Critical Failure--Why Are So Many Homeschooled Adults Abandoning the Bible?
Aug 01, 2022
Episode 145: Mark 73 Good Friday?
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 144: Mark 72 The Ninth Hour and the Centurion’s Declaration
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 143: Mark 71 Save Yourself!
Jul 01, 2022
Episode 142: Mark 70 The Mockers, the Passerby, and Where Do We Fit in?
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 141: Mark 69 Pilate, Barabbas, and the Pawn
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 140: Avoiding ”Torah Terrorism”--a beginner’s guide to not destroying your witness
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 139: Firstfruits and the Resurrection--The Foundation of Our Faith
Apr 13, 2022
Episode 138: Mark 68 The Oath, the Curse, and the Denial
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 137: Mark 67 The Kangaroo Court?
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 136: Mark 66 The Trial: Sanhedrin or Beit Din?
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 135: Mark 65 The Kiss and the Falling Away
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 134: Mark 64 Gethsemane
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 133: Mark Part 63—The Communion and the Coming Denial
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 132: Mark Excursus—The Passover in the First Century
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 131: Mark Part 62--The Controversial Passover Controversy
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 130: Mark Part 61—The Plot, the Anointing, and the Betrayal
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 129: Excursus—The Biblical Calendar
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 128: Sukkot—When the Season of Our Joy isn’t Joyful
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 127: Yom Kippur, Job, and the Prosperity Gospel
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 126: Rosh HaShanah and the Barren Woman
Sep 03, 2021
Episode 125: Mark Part 60—No One Knows the Day or Hour…Except the Guys on YouTube
Aug 27, 2021
Episode 124: Mark Part 59—The Coming on the Clouds and the Fig Tree
Aug 20, 2021
Episode 123: Mark Part 58—The Abomination that Causes Desolation
Aug 13, 2021
Episode 122: Mark Part 57—These Are Not the Signs You’re Looking For
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 121: Mark Part 56—The Fall of Jerusalem and the Temple of Doom
Jul 30, 2021
Episode 120: Mark Excursus—Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Eschatology in Context
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 119: Pharmakeia in Context/Mental Illness, Suicide, and the Church
Jul 16, 2021
Episode 118: Is Polygamy/Polygyny Really a Biblical Thing?
Jul 09, 2021
Episode 117: Gender-Identified Religion and the Anti-Missionary Menace
Jul 02, 2021
Episode 116: Mark Part 55--The Scribes and the Widow’s Mite
Jun 25, 2021
Episode 115: Mark Part 54--The Great Commandment and the Son of David
Jun 18, 2021
Episode 114: Mark Part 53—Death and Taxes
Jun 11, 2021
Episode 113: Mark Part 52—The Tenants and the Cornerstone
Jun 04, 2021
Episode 112: Mark Part 51—The Baptism of John and the Rejection of the Messiah
May 28, 2021
Episode 111: Shavuot 2021—Ruth and the Reverse of the Curse
May 21, 2021
Episode 110: Mark Part 50—The Unfruitful Tree and the Den of Robbers
May 14, 2021
Episode 109: Mark Part 49—The Untriumphal Entry
May 07, 2021
Episode 108: Mark Part 48—Greater than the Temple
Apr 30, 2021
Episode 107: Mark Part 47—Three Blind Men—James, John and Bartimaeus
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 106: Mark Part 46—The Rich Young Seeker
Apr 16, 2021
Episode 105: Mark Part 45—Divorce and Oppression
Apr 02, 2021
Episode 104: Mark Part 44—The Passion Predictions
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 103: Mark Part 43—With Us? Against Us? Or Thrown into the Sea?
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 102: Mark Part 42—Messianic Reality Check #2
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 101: Mark Part 41—Help My Unbelief!
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 100: Mark Part 40—The Transfiguration
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 99: Mark Part 39— Mt Hermon and the Beast Kingdom/I Enoch in Context
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 98: Mark Part 38— The Bad News is the Good News
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 97: Mark Part 37— Healing Blindness and the Identity of the Messiah
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 96: Mark Part 36— The Leaven of the Leadership
Jan 29, 2021
Episode 95: Mark Part 35—The Feeding of the Four Thousand…Gentiles?
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 94: Mark Part 34—Ephphrata! Psalm 135 and the Decapolis Pagans.
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 93: Mark Part 33—He Called Her Daughter a What? The Syrophonecian Dilemma.
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 92: Mark Part 32—What Defiles a Man?
Jan 01, 2021
Episode 91: Mark Part 31—All Foods Clean? Missing the Point of this Vital Teaching.
Dec 25, 2020
Episode 90: Dismantling Jubilees/Removing the Roadblocks to the Gospel
Dec 18, 2020
Episode 89: Hannukah 2020—The Zadokite and Miracle of the Light Controversies
Dec 11, 2020