This week BibleWorm reads the story of Saul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus as told in Acts 9:1-19a. We reflect on Saul, the Greek-speaking Jew from Tarsus who is also known as Paul, a Roman citizen from Asia minor. We talk about how his hybrid identities—both Jew and Roman—may motivate both his persecution of others and ultimately his embrace of difference within the Christian faith. We wrestle with this story as a conversion story, concluding that Paul is ultimately converted not from Judaism to Christianity but from the way of violence to the way of openness and embrace. And we reflect on the disciple Ananias, who overcomes his fear and suspicion of Saul in order to welcome him as a brother in Christ.
Episode 523 Sending the Disciples (Mark 6:1-30)
Episode 522 Healing Interrupted (Mark 5:21-43)
Episode 521 Making the Demons Tremble (Mark 5:1-20)
Episode 520 The Parables of Jesus (Mark 4:1-34)
Episode 519 Their Faith Has Made You Well (Mark 2:1-22)
Episode 518 Following the Call (Mark 1:1-20)
Episode 517 The Christmas Story (Luke 2:1-20) SPECIAL EPISODE
Episode 516 The Birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5-25 & 57-80)
Episode 515 Rebuilding from the Ruins (Ezra 1:1-4 and 3:1-13)
Episode 514 Comfort, O Comfort My People (Isaiah 40:1-11)
Episode 513 Hope Against Hope (Jeremiah 33:1-18)
Episode 512 Finding the Torah (2 Kings 22:1-20 and 23:1-3)
Episode 511 The Song of the Vineyard and the Stump of Jesse (Isaiah 5:1-7 and 11:1-9)
Episode 510 God as Parent (Hosea 11:1-9)
Episode 509 Elijah and the Prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:17-39)
Episode 508 The Division of the Kingdom (1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29)
Episode 507 Praising the Lord (2 Samuel 5:1-5, 6:1-15, and Psalm 150)
Episode 506 Where You Go I Will Go (Ruth 1:1-17 and 4:13-16)
Episode 505 Listen, O Israel! (Deuteronomy 5:1-21& 6:4-9)
Episode 504 Responding to the Call (Exodus 1:8-2:10 and 3:1-15)
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