This week we read the story of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, as told in Acts 6 and 7. We observe the struggles of the early Christian church as it grows from a small and homogenous movement to a large community of both Judean and Hellenistic disciples. We discuss the apostles’ neglect of the Greek-speaking widows and the community’s efforts to care for its own. And we discuss the trial and stoning of Stephen, part legal proceeding and part lynching, as he challenges the practice of establishment religion among the Jews of Jerusalem.
Episode 204 Ritual Preparation for Liberation (Exodus 12:1-13 and 13:1-8)
Episode 204 (EXTENDED) Ritual Preparation for Liberation (Exodus 12:1-13 and 13:1-8)
Episode 203 (EXTENDED) The Complexities of Being Family (Genesis 37 and 50)
Episode 203 The Complexities of Being Family (Genesis 37 and 50)
Episode 202 Anxiety and Promise (Genesis 15:1-6)
Episode 202 (EXTENDED) Anxiety and Promise (Genesis 15:1-6)
Episode 201 (EXTENDED)The Angst of Being Human (Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-10)
Episode 201 The Angst of Being Human (Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-10)
Episode 152 Esther 3:1-11 and 7:1-10 Resisting Ethnic Nationalism
Episode 151 Esther 1:1-22 Resisting the Patriarchy
Episode 150 Ruth 1:14-18 and 3:1-15 Reading Ruth Against the Grain
Episode 149 Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17 Making Ancient Israel Great Again
Episode 148 Song of Songs 5:2-9 and 8:5-10 Solidarity and Allegory
Episode 147 Song of Songs 1:12-2:6 and 7:1-13 The Joy of Sex
Episode 146 Lamentations 3 and 5 Trauma Has Many Voices
Episode 145 Lamentations 1:18-22 and 2:10-22 Trauma and Protest
Episode 144 Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11 For Everything There is a Time
Episode 143 Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10 Everything is Mere Breath
Episode 142 Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 12 Pentecost and the Body of Christ
Episode 141 1 Corinthians 15 Paul and the Resurrection of the Body
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