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The Context and Color of the Bible
Veronica and Erika are sisters who love to teach the Bible and share what they are learning. They’ve discovered that by putting Scripture back into its culture and context, it adds color to the black and white pages of the text. They want to help you dig deeper into the Word.
Episodes
242 episodes
#241 - It's Time for Samson and Delilah's Story
In this episode we uncover the intricate dynamics between a mighty man brought low by his own vulnerabilities (WOMEN) and a cunning woman whose name echoes through history as a symbol of deceit. Children's Bibles would have you beli...
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#240 - Samson and the Philistines - Revenge and Retaliation - Judges 15
Revenge and retaliation would be a good title for Samson's encounters with the Philistines. Upon learning his marriage is over, Samson seeks revenge. When the Philistines see Samson's revenge, they retaliate. Finally, the trib...
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#239 - Samson a Man Who Lives By "What is Good in His Eyes" - Judges 14
Samson - a man with muscles, long hair, and BRAINS. As Erika unpacks Judges 14, we watch Samson "go down." Not only does he go down in altitude, but also in character and choices. Samson is supposed to save his pe...
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#238 - The Beginning of Samson's Life - Judges 13
It's time for our last judge. Samson is a known for his strength and long hair, but what can we learn from his birth story?Samson's parents were visited by an angel before he was born. His mom probably handled the situation b...
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#237 - Jephthah's Final Story and 3 Minor Judges
Join us as we explore the dramatic conflict between Jephthah, judge of Israel, and the men of Ephraim, who have been key players in all our stories so far. Erika compares Jephthah's interactions with Ephraim to Gideon's interactions with them.&...
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#236 - Jephthah - Chosen by God or Used by God - Judges 11
As we continue our descent in the cycle of the judges, things start to feel very shaky. Was Jephthah chosen by God or did God use him because that's who the people picked? Jephthah brought about an incredible victory for the ...
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#235 - Taking a Breath with Two Minor Judges with Judges 10
Time for a deep breath while we look at two minor judges. We can all wonder what the days were like during these judges because we hardly get any information. Reading about two minor judges signals to us it's time for step dow...
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#234 - Judging the Fruit of Gideon's Life
Before we can completely wrap up Gideon's story, we are going to look at the actions of his son Abimelek. Abimelek isn't a judge but the way he conducts himself shows us how Gideon's sins were passed down to his children. ...
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#233 - The End of Gideon But His Story isn't Done
Gideon has won a massive victory but what happens afterwards? How does he lead the people? Gideon started out his story hiding in winepress, but where does his story end? (Spoiler alert - he's no longer hiding.) Does the end o...
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#232 - Unpacking a Famous Story of Gideon
A fun story to tell in Sunday School is Judges 7 when God whittles down Gideon's army to a very small group. But what were the lessons from this? What did is show us about Gideon's faith in God and God's incredible patience with Gid...
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#231 - Judging Gideon and the Beginning of His Story
We've stepped down into the next downward spiral with the story of Gideon. Parts of his story are familiar but maybe we need to change our perspective on them. Our website - www.thecontextandcolorofthebible.comWe ar...
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#230 - Let's Look at Barak and his helper Deborah
Parental Warning - Judges 5 refers to rape and Erika does address that in the last 10 minutes of the podcast. Our next judge is Barak. Right away some people might disagree and think Deborah is the judge because Bible trans...
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#229 - Let's Start Judging the Judges in Chapter 3
It's time to look at the judges. But before we do, Erika gives us the pattern to look for and explains why it's important when we don't see it.We start with the first cycle - two major judges and one minor judge. Othniel and...
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#228 - The Spiritual Opening in Judges 2
If Judges 1 tells you the what, Judges 2 tells you the why.Once again, we start the story over with Joshua is dead. This time we look at why things didn't go as well for the people. Erika gives us two lessons we can learn fr...
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#227 - The Political Introduction in Judges 1
The book of Joshua is about great victories in battle, but Judges doesn't have the same tone. Instead, in this book we will read about Israel's failure to claim the land and how that disobedience affects the people for 200ish years. ...
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#226 - Introduction to Judges
Before we jump into the book, Erika sets the stage. That means we look back to Joshua to see what he told the people before he died. Because this is more than a story with a lesson, we can't just read it and look for p...
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#225 - Finishing up the Stories of Mary, Joseph, and Herod
Erika finishes up Mary and Joseph's story as well as Herod's. Her final take away point is that God redeems pain and we see that even in the first Christmas. Our website - www.thecontextandcolorofthebible.comWe are on Facebook...
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# 224 - Adding Color to King Herod's story and Matthew 2
Erika loves the story of Herod's family. Herod's family has a lot of drama.In this episode, she gives Herod's backstory and helps us understand why Joseph and Mary would have fled to Egypt as well as why the wisemen proceeded with...
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#223 - Tweaking the Color Around the Christmas Story
Erika takes us through the very familiar story of the birth of Christ and puts it back into its culture. She talks about how Mary and Joseph would travel to Bethlehem and where they stayed. Erika explains why scholars think ...
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#222 - Adding Color to Mary and Joseph
Erika digs into the lives of Mary and Joseph before the birth of Jesus. She paints a more realistic picture of what life would have been like. It's good reminder that the first Christmas had pain and heartache.In this episod...
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#221 - Digging into the Hebrew Concept of Joy
Veronica unpacks the meaning behind the Hebrew words for joy. She points out that joy is more than a feeling or attitude. Joy has actions - it is a physical experience. The other lesson that goes along with joy is that is some...
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#220 - Making Connections Between Micah, Moses (Ex 34) and the Twelve
In our last episode Bryan randomly decided we needed to do an entire bonus podcast on one point because he wanted to follow a rabbit trail, and we are so glad he did!He showed us that Micah and the eleven other minor prophets all refere...
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#219 - Connecting Past, Present and Future with Micah 7:11-20
As the book of Micah comes to a close, we see connections being made back to the Joshua and the conquest of the land. But then you can go even further back and see connections to the Exodus and the Song of Moses in Exodus 15. ...
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