Revelation - Part Three: Apocalypse. This episode, Mike and Tim begin a conversation on 'genre,' and how the original audience understood and entered into the 'apocalyptic literature' of Revelation. How does the first sentence set up the book? What are we to understand from the time period? How does time itself inform how we approach Revelation? How is the Bible like a Barnes & Noble or any bookstore? How have we done a disservice to the text with a linear approach?
First, Mike and Tim discuss an email asking about the "He Gets Us" ad campaign that will feature during the Super Bowl. Is this how "evangelism" should look? Would Jesus use this approach? Is more eyes on Jesus a good or bad thing, especially in a commercial setting? And Tim shares some Tim's Troubled Times over extreme conservatives who are attacking schools and why did Trump execute three times as many people during his Presidency that the US had in the last 60 years?
Characteristics of Apocalyptic Literature:
1. Pseudonymous
2. Narrative Form
3. Filled with Symbolism
4. Employs esoteric language interpreted through a heavenly intermediary
5. Characterized by Dualism
6. Treats the final events as imminent.
7. Expresses a pessimistic view of the present time
8. Deterministic Future
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458 - To Be Human - Part Ten: A Divine Partnership
457 - To Be Human - Part Nine: Fight The Power
456 - To Be Human - Part Eight: The Two Powers
455 - Mental Illness & Spiritual Formation - with Lauren King, Dave Verhaagen and Kevin Dixon
454 - Power in Weakness - with Pastor Suzie P. Lind & Dr. Timothy Gombis
453 - To Be Human - Part Seven: Not So With You
452 - To Be Human - Part Six: Power Over vs. Power With
451 - How Should We Be Political? - with Dr. Timothy Gombis
450 - To Be Human - Part Five: It Is Good
449 - To Be Human - Part Four: Woman & Man
448 - To Be Human - Part Three: The Royal Dignity of Seth Erre
447 - To Be Human - Part Two: Statuesque
446 - To Be Human - Part One: In The Beginning
445 - Chapstick for the Soul - with Suzie P. Lind
444 - Strange Religion - with Dr. Nijay Gupta
443 - Growing Kids God's Way?
442 - Revelation - Part Thirty One: The End of the End
441 - For the Good of the Field
440 - Gospel & Gombis: Part Five
439 - The Spirit of our Politics - with Michael Wear
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