Resources include: Amy-Jill Levine's Jewish Annotated New Testament, Brendan Byrne's The Hospitality of God, Howard Wallace's Lectionary Resources blog, Speaking of the Pharisees event by The Enoch Seminar.

We explore themes of relationship / covenant, promise, transformation, and hope.

Listeners may be interested in the upcoming Northey Lecture at Pilgrim Theological College "Dei Ex Machina: The Images of God in Our Conceptions of AI" on 29 July.

We mention Bruce Barber's sermon on Luke 10 in Lanterns at Dusk

We mention an article by Jione Havea on 2 Kings 5, which you can find here. 

We mention Sally's book Jesus Sophia: Returning to Woman Wisdom in the Bible;

the Nomad podcast interview with Sally;

Martin Scott's Sophia and the Johanine Jesus

Ben Myers Tweeting the trinity: because heresy is meh

We mentioned Willy James Jennings' Acts Commentary and Dorothy Lee's The Gospels Speak. 

Those wanting to preach about Lydia in Acts 16 can tune in to our episode from 2022.

In this episode Sally and Robyn discuss the "new commandment" to love one another (John 13:31-35) as a mark of Christian community. We also look at the visions of God's expansive kingdom in Revelation 21:1-6, Acts 11:1-18, and the way the whole cosmos praises God in Psalm 148.

We mention Willie Jennings' Acts Commentary. 

You can read more about Tabitha and the background to Acts 9 at Marg Mowczko's blog. We also mention CS Lewis's The Last Battle. 

We recommend the following resources:

 - Unveiling Apocalypse podcast by U-wen Low

- Robyn Whitaker's Revelation for Normal People

- Scott McKnight's Revelation for the Rest of Us

- Lynn Huber, Revelation commentary

- Eugen Boring's Revelation Commentary

- Bible for Normal People podcast on Revelation (with Robyn Whitaker)

We mention the work of Candida Moss on the scars of Jesus as well as Lynn Huber's Revelation commentary.

For those wanting to listen to the special episode introducing the Book of Revelation, it was published as C219. 

We mention Stanley Hauerwas' Cross-shattered Christ: Mediations on the seven last words

We mention Fleming Rutledge's "And God Spoke to Abraham".

We mention David H Kelsey's Imagining Redemption (Westminister John Knox) and 

Robyn Whitaker's Even the Devil Quotes Scripture and

Arvind P Nirmal's work on Dalit Theology

For those who want to focus on 1 Corinthians 15:15-35, please check out our old episode that included that passage - https://bythewell.com.au/episodes/c109-epiphany-7  

We refer to temple reliefs and the way the Isaiah 6 text might be a political satire of Assyrian temple imagery. You can find an example of such a relief here- https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1849-0502-15  (note the posture of the attendants)

Jeremiah 1:4-10, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, and Luke 4:21-30 are the focus this episode. We discuss Paul’s ode to love and locate this ethic within his and other Christian teaching. Jeremiah and Luke both point to the challenge of prophetic call. Luke 4 continues to reveal Jesus’ identity and ministry focus.

We refer to bell hooks and Oda Wischmeyer’s Love as Agape.

We mention Chris Keith’s Jesus Against the Scribal Elite and Joel Green’s Luke Commentary.

We mentioned Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files

We mention the following books:

Brendan Byrne's Hospitality of God

Fleming Rutledge, Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ

During Advent we are delighted to have Dorothy Lee as a special guest co-host. The Rev'd Professor Dorothy Lee is an Australian theologian, New Testament scholar and Anglican priest, formerly dean of the Trinity College Theological School, Melbourne, a college of the University of Divinity, and Stewart Professor of New Testament. She is author of numerous books including The Ministry of Women in the New Testament, Transfiguration, and Flesh and Glory. 

In this episode Dorothy Lee and Robyn Whitaker delve into the Advent 1 theme of HOPE. We unpack Jeremiash 33:14-16 and Luke 21: 25-36.

Professor Bart Bruehler is Director of Biblical Studies at Uniting College for Leadership and Theology, Adelaide, within the University of Divinity. He is author of A Public and Political Christ. Bart is ordained in the Free Methodist tradition. 

Associate Professor Kylie Crabbe is a Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She is author of a ground-breaking book called Luke/Acts and the End of History. Kylie is an ordained Uniting Church minister. 

We recommended the following resources in this episode:

Brendan Byrne, Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke's Gospel 

Joel Green, The Gospel of Luke Commentary

Morna Hooker, Beginnings: Keys that Open the Gospels

We mention Kylie Crabbe's website Biblical Disability

We mention the Bible Project's Esther video

Sam Wells' commentary from the Brazos series on Esther

We mention Sally Douglas' Jesus Sophia

Brendan Byrne's A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark's Gospel

we refer to Call and Consequence by Racquel St Clair, Morality by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and C.S. Lewis.

We mention Garry Deverell's book Gondwana Theology.

The Bible Studies prepared for the 2022 Synod of the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania on the theme 'Arise and Come With Me' can be found in .pdf form with study / reflection questions here.

We mention a video about the Solomon's Temple Construction;

an article by Walter Brueggemann in Sojourners

and Martin Wright's book The Dividing Wall: Ephesians and the Integrity of the Corpus Paulinum

We refer to Sally Douglas' latest book Jesus Sophia: Returning to Woman Wisdom in the Bible, Practice and Prayer

Howard refers to Sally Brown's comments in her essay on the Working Preacher site

For more on the other readings for this week, see the episode for Pentecost 6 for Psalm 130. On 2 Sam 18, see Howard Wallace's lectionary blog.

We also mentioned Susan Hylen's book Imperfect Believers. Alicia Myers also has a commentary on John written for preachers, Reading John and 1, 2, 3 John, and edited with Bruce Schuchard, on John's use of Scripture, Abiding Words, including a chapter by Catrin Williams.

Those interested in preaching the David and Bathsheba story might like to listen to last week's episode and also look at the following further resources:

The Bloody Bible Podcast episode on "David's Entitlement"

Shiloh blog on this story by Princess O’Nika Auguste

This sermon on the text by Tanya Riches

Robyn Whitaker's book - Even the Devil Quotes Scripture which offers a reading of this story in the conclusion.

The Bloody Bible Podcast episode on "David's Entitlement"

Shiloh blog on this story by Princess O’Nika Auguste

This sermon on the text by Tanya Riches

Robyn Whitaker's book - Even the Devil Quotes Scripture which offers a reading of this story in the conclusion

We mention Sally Douglas' The Church as Salt

In the episode we mention three resources relating to the gospel reading:

Ched Myers, Binding the Strong Man

Anna Rebecca Solevåg, Negotiating The Disabled Body (SBL Press, 2018)

Justin Meggitt, The Madness of King Jesus (I B Tauris, 2018)

It is also the Sunday of Reconciliation week in Australia and were grateful to Brooke Prentis for sharing some thoughts about how Christians might mark that in their worship.

We also refer to Howard Wallace's Lectionary blog.

To learn more about Brooke Prentis and her ministry resources, including her prayers and poetry, check out https://www.brookeprentis.com/ 

If you are interested to know more about Ezekiel 37:1-14 you can listen to our episode from three years ago. https://bythewell.com.au/episodes/pentecost-acts-21-12-ezekiel-371-14 

We refer to Andrew Root's When the Church Stops Working.

We mention Willie James Jennings Commentary on Acts

and Eugene Peterson's The Contemplative Pastor

We also answered your questions about preferred translations and mentioned the following specific translations:

NT Wright, Kingdom NT

David Bentley Hart, The New Testament

Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible

and the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition which can be found online at Bible Gateway.

We mention Gail Ramshaw's "Treasures Old and New". 

We mention Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and the apocryphal text "Acts of John". 

We mention Gail Ramshaw's Treasures Old and New

Fleming Rutledge's The Crucifixion

Garry Worete Deverell's Contemplating Country: More Gondwana Theology

We mention Gail Ramshaw's book "Treasures old and new: Images in the Lectionary"

Both readings this week give profound insight into the nature of God in diverse and complementary ways. Robyn and Fran talk about “Jesus the exorcist” in Mark’s gospel and how healing and exorcism are signs of the capacity of Jesus to liberate humanity from evil. Isaiah 40 poses the question “to whom can you liken God?”. Addressed to exiles to inspire hope, Isaiah offers an expansive, awe-inspiring account of the God who strengthens the weak and overturns the powerful.

We refer to this article by Julia Baird on the “overview effect” and this commentary on Mark by Joel Marcus.

We mention Daniel Smith-Christopher's A Biblical Theology of Exile

And Anna Carter Florence's address A Preacher's Alphabet - section on Jonah

We mention “The Dark Side” documentary and Raquel St Clair’s “Call and Consequences: A Womanist Reading of Mark”.

We mention Fleming Rutledge's book Advent

Sam Wells' How to Preach

and an ABC's Radio National Sunday Extra with Rev Dr Gary Mason

We mention Fleming Rutledge's Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ.

We mention Sam Wells' How to Preach: Times, Seasons, Texts and Contexts

We mention Ben Myers' "The Apostles Creed" and David Bentleigh Hart on reading "eternal punishment" in the New Testament.  

The Thessalonians quote is from Nijay Gupta's commentary. The quote from Yahia Lababidi was from this episode of Soul Search. 

We refer to these blog posts by Marg Mowczko on the women in Philippians.  

We mention a sermon series on the 10 Commandments by Bruce Barber delivered for St Mark the Evangelist community in 2018-2019

And Sinead O'Connor's If you had a Vineyard (based on Isaiah 5:1-7)

We refer to this cartoon.

We mention Sam Wells' book Love Mercy

and Terence Fretheim's Commentary on Exodus in the Interpretation Series

We mention Hauerwas' theological commentary on Matthew and

Andrew Root's work on enchantment/disenchantment in The Pastor in a Secular Age

We recommmend this chapter in Texts of Terror by Dorothy Lee about the various ways to interpret the gospel reading. 

We mentioned Dorothy Lee's book The Gospels Speak: Addressing Life's Questions.

We mention Phyllis Trible's Texts of Terror

Rembrandt's Casting out of Hagar and Ishmael (in the National Gallery of Victoria)

Apologies for the audio hiccups along the way. Sally was joining the conversation by Zoom.

Sally was joining the conversation by Zoom, and so apologies that at times there is a lag on her audio.

Those wanting to get a visual sense of new ways of imagining the Trinity might look at the the following art work by Scott Erickson: https://scottericksonartshop.com/products/trinity

Reference is made to Willie Jennings' commentary on Acts

and to an article by By the Well host Robyn Whitaker, 'From Cross to Ascension: The Surprising Locus of Salvation in Luke–Acts', Australian Biblical Review  65 (2017), 47–60.

We mention Willie Jennings' commentary on Acts

We mention Willie Jennings' Commentary on Acts

Giles Fraser's book Chosen

Carravaggio's Supper at Emmaus, BBC Culture article

If you'd like to hear more about 1 Peter 1:3-9, you can listen to our Easter 2 episode from 2020. 

We mention the World Council of Churches document The Gift of Being: Called to be a Church of All for All;

Harold Kushner's When Bad Things Happen to Good People;

The Bible and Disability:a Commentary, ed Melcher, Parsons and Young

We mention these two books:

Beverley Gaventa, When in Romans: An Invitation to Linger with the Gospel According to Paul

Michael Gorman, Romans:A Theological and Pastoral Commentary

Look out for an episode devoted to Romans with Sean Winter coming soon in the Easter season.

We mention Dorothy Lee's Transfiguration

Sally Douglas' Early Church's Understanding of Jesus as the Female Divine

Sally's new book, Jesus Sophia: Returning to Woman Wisdom in the Bible, Practice and Prayer (Cascade Books 2023) is out soon.

We refer to Willie James Jennings' Theological Commentary on Acts

and Brendan Byrne's Lifting the Burden

We refer to a new book "The Magi" by Eric Vanden Eykel who writes about the magi here. 

We mention Fleming Rutledge's Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ,

Brendan Byrne's Lifting the Burden: Reading Matthew's Gospel in the World Today

and Charles Wesley's hymn Let Earth and Heaven Combine

Glen O Brien's new book The Political World of John Wesley is available now.

We mention Fleming Rutledge's Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ,

and the movie Sling Blade.

Glen O'Brien's new book The Political World of John Wesley is available now

We mention 'The problem with powerlessness: attending to power and authority in Matthew's Wisdom christology' in Contemporary Feminist Theologies: Power, Authority, Love (2021)

We mention Brendan Byrne's The Hospitality of God

We refer to bell hooks and Oda Wischmeyer’s Love as Agape.

We mention Chris Keith’s Jesus Against the Scribal Elite and Joel Green’s Luke Commentary.

We mention Anne’s book Reading the Magnificat in Australia;

Anne’s poem Sun Glint Drift: On visiting Elizabeth in the Western Australian Wheatbelt Mary sings a Song,

and Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner’s poem she read at the UN Climate Summit.

There are a number of First Nations women writing strong poetry in Australia at present, in particular: Evelyn Araluen, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Natalie Harkin, Jeanine Leane, Ellen Van Neerven, and Alison Whittaker. The Lukan Magnificat might point us toward listening to contemporary Indigenous women’s voices. Also composer and opera singer, Deborah Cheetham.

We also mentioned The Englewood Review of Books Podcast episode with John Swinton and Andrew Root on our relationship and understanding of time/waiting.

We mention Christopher M. Hays’ Renouncing Everything: Money and Discipleship in Luke

We mention:

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Advent sermon, 1928, as found in  Kathryn Schifferdecker’s Working Preacher article,  originally sourced in Stephen Cook’s blog “Biblische Ausbildung”.

Brendan Byrne’s The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke’s Gospel

We mention Howard Wallace’s Commentary on Psalms

and Craig Thompson’s discussion of apocalyptic and revelation in his sermon Dec 2018

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Carolyn and Fran take a more thematic approach to this week’s readings (Revelation 1:4b-8 and John 18:33-37) on the occasion of Reign of Christ Sunday, and explore the subversive intent behind the church’s establishment of the celebration. We note the enigmatic character of the book of Revelation, but highlight the very worldly and promisory message it gives, especially to suffering peoples: the real authority over their lives is God, revealed in Christ, not fickle, earthly kings/emperors. We talk about Christ being the lens through which we understand ‘kingship’, and the nature of Christ being a mystery and puzzle to most who encounter him – as Pilate’s response to him in John 18 illustrates. We discuss ways of speaking ‘truth’: abstract, intellectual, and revealed person.

We mention the Bible Project’s Revelation Youtube clips

Ian Paul’s blog, Psephizo,  for occasional articles on Revelation, and links to his books

We mention Michael Fagenblat’s essay “The Concept of Neighbour in Jewish and Christian Ethics” in The Jewish Annotated New Testament, ed. by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler

We mention Willie James Jennings’ After Whiteness;

Ched Myers’ Binding the Strong Man;

Kylie Crabbe’s Terror, challenge, and reimagined community in biblical treatments of disability.

We mention Jesper Svartvik’s article The New Testament’s Most Dangerous Book for Jews

We mention Jesper Svartvik’s The New Testament’s most dangerous book for Jews.

Ched Myers et al’s Say to This Mountain: Mark’s Story of Discipleship

We mention: the Bible Project’s Youtube clip on Esther;

the Brazos Commentary on Esther and Daniel by Sam Wells and George Sumner;

Rudolf Vrba’s I Escaped from Auschwitz.

Ched Myer’s Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus

Sally Douglas’ The Church As Salt: Becoming the Community Jesus Speaks About

We mention Howard’s books Words to God: Word of God, and Psalms: Readings – A New Biblical Commentary.

Howard Wallace’s homepage with Lectionary Commentary.

The Distillery Podcast (episode 14th May, 2021, The Wounds of the Soul) 

Bonhoeffer’s The Psalter: the Prayer Book of the Bible

We mention Dorothy’s book The Gospels Speak: Addressing Life’s Questions

A story from Thomas Merton’s collection The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers.

Listeners might also like to read Sara Miles’ Take this Bread.

Martin Wright’s  recent book is  The Dividing Wall: Ephesians and the Integrity of the Corpus Paulinum

We refer to these articles on Working Preacher by Will Gafney and Gennifer Brooks as well as this article in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 

Ephesians 2:11-22 continues the theme of unity, but this time with an emphasis on peace between those who are different. It is a peace that is both spiritual and political. The passages from Mark 6 frame the feeding of the 5000 story and highlight the combined ministry and teaching and healing – word and deed together embody Jesus’ compassion.

We refer to Fleming Rutledge’s discussion of the “the blood of the sacrifice” in her book The Crucifixion and Gosnell Yorke’s “Hearing the Politics of Peace”

2 Cor 12:2-10 and Mark 6:1-13 raise questions about limits and weaknesses in ministry, pointing us towards the need to rely on God and one another.

Garry Deverell blogs at Uncommon Prayers and his latest book is called Gondwana Theology: A Trawloolway man reflects on Christian Faith. 

We refer to Musa Dube’s “Fifty Years of Bleeding” and this episode of the New Testament Review podcast discussing Candida Moss’s article on Mark 5.

Garry Deverell blogs at Uncommon Prayers and his latest book is called Gondwana Theology: A Trawloolway man reflects on Christian Faith. 

The parables in Mark are about the Kingdom or Reign of God, bringing to the fore the inevitability of the Kingdom, its growth that doesn’t rely on humans, and its inclusive nature.  Political resonances challenge the dominance of empire and proclaim a radically different kind of kin(g)ship.

References: AJ Levine’s Short Stories by Jesus and Raimundo Barreto’s article on reading Mark with Latin American eyes.

We mention the story of the Tongan boys marooned on an island for 15 months in 1965, which is recorded in this Guardian article by Rutger Bergman, May 9, 2020.

We mention Jonathan Tran’s article, “The New Black Theology: Retrieving Ancient Sources to Challenge Racism“, Rublev’s Icon, and  Frank Maloney’s John Commentary.

Ian referred to ‘linguistic colonialism’ which is a quote from Willie Jennings’ Theological Commentary on Acts

In John 17 we get part of Jesus’ farewell prayer for his disciples asking for their protection and assuring spiritual connection. Do we pray for our congregations? And what for?

We refer to “Tank man” and this protester, Ieshia Evans.

We refer to Brittany Wilson’s article “Neither Male nor Female” New Testament Studies 60.3 (2014).

Kylie Crabbe returns to  look at Acts 4:5-12 where questions of power and resurrection arise again.

Luke 24 offers an appearance of the resurrected Christ that has similarity to John 20 in emphasising the physical nature of Jesus’ resurrection and continuity with his activities in life. Theologically it is an affirmation of our bodily form, our physicality and materiality.

We also discuss the resurrection appearance story in John 20:19-31 with its emphasis on peace, the giving of the Spirit as part of commissioning the (imperfect) disciples to continue Jesus’ ministry, the transformation of fear into joy, and the faith of Thomas who calls Jesus “my God”.

We mention this Acts commentary,the Dead Sea Scrolls Community Rules, and Candida Moss’s Divine Bodies.

We refer to Rowan Williams’ On Christian Theology

We refer to Jennifer Kaalund’s commentary on Hebrews 5 on workingpreacher.org

John 3 picks up this remarkable imagery of snake healing and compares it to the cross. The emphasis is on (eternal) life and the paradoxical manner in which God gives life.

Dorothy’s latest book is “The Ministry of Women in the New Testament”. We mention “A Wrinkle in Time”.

We refer to El Greco’s painting The Cleansing of the Temple.

We mention this article by Robyn Whitaker and this book by David Carr.

Other options this week are Pauline ethics and how we show similar concern for the vulnerable in exercising freedom (1 Cor 8), what it means to “fear” God (Psalm 111), or thinking about how we continue the prophetic tradition of “naming” sin and evil (Deut 18).

We refer to an article by Rebecca Giggs Inner Space

Ched Myers’ Binding the Strong Man.

We note the promise that Jesus will “sit on the throne of David” fulfils the covenant in 2 Samuel 7:1-11 and reveals God’s faithfulness.

We refer to Anne Elvey’s Reading the Magnificat in Australia and Elizabeth Johnson’s Truly Our Sister.

Themes of God’s faithfulness & provision continue in the Exodus passage, as the Israelites’ fear, anxiety and grumbling continue. We speak of leadership in trying times – Moses’ and God’s and how they relate. We refer to an interesting New Testament link to the water in the rock. We suggest the Exodus passage contains an excellent title for a sermon, especially in covid times (when our gathering is so compromised): “Is the Lord among us or not?”.

The Matthew parable disturbs simplistic notions of grace, challenging us to see the chosenness of the workers, and the work they are to do, as part of the blessing, not just the payment as that blessing/reward. Our ideas of ‘justice’ and how God should operate are undone. There is liberation in the passage about how we understand our work (for God) – here and now as the Kingdom has dawned.

Walter Bruggemann’s work on the myth of scarcity:

https://www.religion-online.org/article/the-liturgy-of-abundance-the-myth-of-scarcity/

Find us on youtube here:

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Sean Winter’s profile
https://pilgrim.edu.au/about-pilgrim/faculty/research-profile-sean-winter/

Find us on youtube here:
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In the Matthew passage we hear about the centrality of forgiveness to Christian life, as well as the importance of acknowledging sin and the need for consequences. We refer to confession of sin in our liturgy, and the message of the gospel that we are a forgiven people. We grapple with the reality that those we’ve wronged are not ready/able to forgive. We point to Jesus as the one who embodies the gift of forgiveness but who labours still under the effects of sin – revealing God’s  promise of restoration while not denying the pain.

Miroslav Volf’s Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace. https://www.amazon.com.au/Free-Charge-Forgiving-Culture-Stripped/dp/0310265746

Link to conversation between Joel Baden and John Collins on Exodus 14-15.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brS1ouEUml0

Link to Obama speech here: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/21/remarks-president-barack-obama-people-israel

Brene Brown podcast on apologies:  https://brenebrown.com/podcast/harriet-lerner-and-brene-im-sorry-how-to-apologize-why-it-matters/

Exodus 12 tells the story of Passover, a story that undergirds both ancient and living rituals that are foundational for Jewish identity and speak about the liberating love of God. We point out that the Passover lamb is not a sin sacrifice, but a symbol that protects and frees. Such theological images are applied to Jesus’ death in the NT.

Bill Loader’s Lectionary resources page:  http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/lectionaryindex.html

Joel Baden’s Exodus Book.  https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169545/the-book-of-exodus

In the Matthew passage we see Peter’s first action as the ‘new rock’ is to misunderstand the nature of Jesus’ messiahship. We ask what it is to deny oneself, and how misunderstandings of this have served to oppress minority groups. We talk about Jesus cross being the cross which defines which crosses we bear. Moses’ call and Jesus and Peter’s conversation highlight the limits of worldly wisdom: that the freedom God offers- ‘finding one’s life’- involves going to Egypt or Jerusalem to challenge injustice, enslavement and death, thereby risking one’s own death. 

Raquel St Clair, Call and Consequences – https://www.booktopia.com.au/call-and-consequences-racquel-a-st-clair/book/9780800639020.html

Fleming Rutledge And God Spoke to Abraham: Preaching from the Old Testament – https://www.amazon.com/God-Spoke-Abraham-Preaching-Testament/dp/0802866069

Joel Baden’s Exodus Book – https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169545/the-book-of-exodus

Joel Baden and John Collins (Yale Divinity School) discuss Exodus – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJlvfYyHwhw

We unpack some of the images in Matthew 16:13-20, a text which highlights the role of Peter and, metaphorically, the church in continuing the ministry of Jesus. We look at the church’s call to be a place of forgiveness, welcome, and life in the midst of death.

We refer to this video and this book on Exodus by Joel Baden.

Meg Warner is author of  Tragedies and Congregations and Joseph: A story of Resilience.

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We mention Meg’s Tragedies and Congregations and Joseph: A story of Resilience, and Mary’ Trump’s Too Much is Never Enough.

The feeding of the 5000 (Matthew 14:13-21) parallels the deathly feast of Herod that precedes it, highlighting the difference between the values of God’s kingdom and Herod’s. We point to the egalitarian elements of Matthew’s feast and that in God’s kingdom not only is everyone “satisfied” but there is abundance and enough left for others.

Follow us on twitter @bythewellpod.  

We refer to Wil Gafney’s Womanist Midrash, Mark Brett’s Genesis and AJ Levine’s Short Stories by Jesus. Follow us on twitter @bythewellpod

We mention Beverley Roberts Gaventa’s When in Romans, Brendan Byrne’s Romans, and Garry Deverell’s Gondwana Theology. 

We refer to Terry Eagleton’s Reason, Faith, and Revolution, Beverley Gaventa’s When in Romans, Brendan Byrne’s Romans Commentary, Warren Carter’s Matthew Commentary, Ben Myers’ Ten Rules for Preaching Parables, and Bill Loader’s Lectionary page.

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We refer to Mark Brett’s Genesis and Ellen Davis’ Getting Involved With God. 

We mention Bill Loader’s lectionary commentary for Matthew 10:24-39.

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Ian Paul blogs about the Bible, theology, and preaching at Psephiz0. You can find a full list of his publications here. We mention this commentary by Ben Witherington and this NYT article by David Brooks.

Mike blogs at Euangelion and his most recent book, co-authored with N.T.Wright, is The New Testament in its World. We refer to Dennis Edwards’ 1 Peter Commentary. 

There are great video resources on 1 Peter from the Lambeth Conference group as well as a commentary, 2 chapters of which can be downloaded for free. We mention and recommend this commentary by Eugene Boring on 1 Peter. Here is the link to Garry Worete Deverell’s article on deferring Easter.

In this episode we mentioned Rowan Williams’ The Sign and Sacrifice. You can read many of Craig’s sermons here.

If you are looking for a discussion on the Passion, please see our Good Friday episode with theologian Frank Rees.

We refer to Rev Dr Craig Thompson’s sermon on John 4 that challenges the moralistic approaches to interpreting the Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus.

If you want to hear our comments on Matt 4, go to minute 25 and listen to the last few mins.

Fleming Rutledge’s sermon can be found in this book.

For further reading see Dorothy Lee’s book on the Transfiguration .

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You can find more of Bill Loader’s lectionary resources on his website. Follow us on Twitter @bythewellpod

Sally Douglas’ book Early Church Understandings of Jesus as the Female Divine, can be found here.

In this podcast we refer to David Bentley Hart’s New Testament: A Translation; Charles Talbert’s essay on Grace in the Sermon on the Mount, and Stanley Hauerwas’ Matthew: A Theological Commentary

Sally Douglas’ book Early Church Understandings of Jesus as the Female Divine, can be found here.

In this podcast we refer to Verhay and Havard’s Ephesians: A theological Commentary

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Associate Professor Sean Winter’s publications can be found here. You can find him on twitter @seanfwinter 

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Robyn tweets @robynjwhitaker. You can read more about her research here.

We refer to this commentary on Isaiah by Patricia Tull.

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