The Bible in Context

Mar 06 2025 77 ep. 26 mins 11
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Our goal is to explore the narratives of the Bible in light of their cultural and literary context. As we study the Bible, we want to get inside the mind of the author(s) to understand the intended meaning of scripture and how scripture informs our hope in Jesus.

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Ep 77: Exodus to Egypt, Delivered by Joseph Gen 46-47

Mar 06 2025 36 mins  
Joseph is finally reunited with his father after he has tested and proven his brothers. The family of Israel is given deliverance down to Egypt and Jacob is promised yet another deliverance by God.Email us your questions and comments! [email protected] Bible in Context Podcast — Mercy Hill Church (mercyhillshep.org)Passages read from the ESV by Crossway 2001Mu

Ep 76: Joseph’s Test and Reconciliation Gen 43-45

Feb 27 2025 22 mins  
Joseph heightens the tension of his test to see if his brothers are willing to abandon Benjamin. However, the brothers maintain solidarity with Benjamin and Joseph brings about a reunification of the family.Email us your questions and comments! [email protected] Bible in Context Podcast — Mercy Hill Church (mercyhillshep.org)Passages read from the ESV by Cross

Ep 75: Joseph Tests His Brother Gen 42

Feb 20 2025 17 mins  
After his exaltation, Joseph tests his brothers. Genesis 42 causes us to consider the question: are the brothers still the kind of men who will abandon another brother for silver?Email us your questions and comments! [email protected] Bible in Context Podcast — Mercy Hill Church (mercyhillshep.org)Passages read from the ESV by Crossway 2001Music: Royal by Slen

Ep 74: New Testament Use of the Prophets

Feb 13 2025 37 mins  
The way the New Testament authors do and don’t use Old Testament prophecy can be very instructive for our reading of the prophets. As we explore prophetic fulfillment in the Gospels, we let the New Testament teach us how to read the Prophets. Email us your questions and comments! [email protected] Bible in Context Podcast — Mercy Hill Church (mercyhillshep.o

Ep 73: Interpreting the Prophets

Feb 06 2025 29 mins  
The prophets are read through a variety of lenses. However, only by reading the prophets according to the author(s)’ intensions within their cultural setting are we able to properly read them.Email us your questions and comments! [email protected] Bible in Context Podcast — Mercy Hill Church (mercyhillshep.org)Passages read from the ESV by Crossway 2001Music

Ep 72: Joseph as New Adam Gen 40-41

Jan 30 2025 25 mins  
Genesis 40-41 sees the end of Joseph’s exile and his exaltation to a kingly priestly status. Joseph is portrayed as a new Adam, giving a fitting resolution to the tensions introduced at the beginning of Genesis and providing a picture of the chosen one yet to come. Email us your questions and comments! [email protected] Bible in Context Podcast — Mercy Hill

Ep 71: Joseph’s Exile and Further Exile Gen 39

Jan 23 2025 15 mins  
in Genesis 37, Joseph rose to power within his family. But then he was stripped of his robes, his robes were used to lie to his father, and he was sent into exile. Joseph will face a test in Genesis 39 before these elements play on repeat. Email us your questions and comments! [email protected] Bible in Context Podcast — Mercy Hill Church (mercyhillshep.org)Pa

Ep 70: The Mixed Multitude, the Exodus, and Israel’s Deliverance with Aaron Sherwood

Jan 16 2025 21 mins  
Aaron Sherwood’s doctoral work traces the pattern of the mixed multitude throughout the Hebrew Bible and Paul’s theology. We discuss the significance of this these and its relationship to the exodus pattern that shapes our final hope in Jesus. Aaron dissertation is published as “Paul and The Restoration of Humanity in Light of Ancient Jewish Traditions”.Email us your questi

Ep 69: Hardening and the Meaning of Romans with Aaron Sherwood Part 2

Jan 09 2025 41 mins  
In this episode, Aaron Sherwood walks us through the main argument of Romans 9 in its historical, literary, and Old Testament context. The perspective he brings gives particularly helpful insight into the topic of hardening. Aaron has written on Paul’s use of the Old Testament in Romans 9 and its implications for its argument (The Word of God Has Not Failed) and a commentary on R

Ep 68: Hardening and the Meaning of Romans with Aaron Sherwood Part 1

Jan 02 2025 48 mins  
In this episode, Aaron Sherwood walks us through the main argument of Romans 9 in its historical, literary, and Old Testament context. The perspective he brings gives particularly helpful insight into the topic of hardening. Aaron has written on Paul’s use of the Old Testament in Romans 9 and its implications for its argument (The Word of God Has Not Failed) and a commentary on R