This week BibleWorm enters the Christian season of Advent with a reading from Jeremiah 33. The text given to us by the Narrative Lectionary is Jeremiah 33:14–18, a lovely text about a righteous king from the house of David who will restore Jerusalem. But the hope offered by that short text seems naïve in the context of the rest of Jeremiah 33, which takes place against the backdrop of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, with Jeremiah in prison, anticipating the destruction of the city yet to come. In that context, the passage speaks a word of hope, but one muted by the pain and suffering that must yet be endured for an unjust world to be dismantled and for a righteous one to take its place. We struggle with this text, to be honest, and for the first time ever one of us has added a postscript to the podcast after mulling over it for a day or two. Welcome to advent y’all. This text is painful, but it is also beautiful.
Episode 503 Jacob Wrestles with God (Genesis 32:9-13 & 22-30)
Episode 502 Laughing at the Promise (Genesis 18:1-15 and 21:1-7)
Episode 501 Created for Relationship (Genesis 2:4b-25)
Episode 457 ECONOMIC JUSTICE The Poor Will Always Be with You (John 12:1-8) REPLAY
Episode 456 ECONOMIC JUSTICE The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:7-15) REPLAY
Episode 455 ECONOMIC JUSTICE The Eye of the Needle (Luke 4:16-21 and 18:18-30) REPLAY
Episode 454 ECONOMIC JUSTICE What Does the Lord Require of You? (Micah 6:6-15 and 7:1-7) REPLAY
Episode 453 ECONOMIC JUSTICE Economics and Holiness (Leviticus 19:9-18 and 33-37) REPLAY
Episode 452 ECONOMIC JUSTICE Biblical Faith and Debt Forgiveness (Deuteronomy 15:1-11 and 24:10-15) REPLAY
Episode 451 SUMMER SERIES Bathsheba (1Kings 1:1--40) REPLAY
Episode 450 SUMMER SERIES Rahab (Joshua 2:1-24 and 6:2-4) REPLAY
Episode 449 SUMMER SERIES The Daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:1-11 and 36:1-12)
Episode 448 SUMMER SERIES Miriam (Exodus 2:1-10 and Numbers 12:1-16)
Episode 447 SUMMER SERIES Tamar (Genesis 38:1-26) REPLAY
Episode 446 SUMMER SERIES Sarah and Hagar (Genesis 16:1-16 and 21:8-21)
Episode 445 Longing for Redemption (Acts 2:1-4 and Romans 8:14-39)
Episode 444 Baptized into Death (Romans 6:1-14)
Episode 443 Justified by Faith (Romans 3:28-30 and 5:1-11)
Episode 442 From Faith for Faith (Romans 1:1-17)
Episode 441 Paul and Barnabas in Lystra (Acts 13:1-3 and 14:8-18)
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