The Bible can be intimidating! This podcast helps explain it. Bammerhab is an exploration into the Bible by digging deeper into individual Greek and Hebrew words. <br/><br/><a href="https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">bammerhab.substack.com</a>
Bammerhab - Words from the Word
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The Bible can be intimidating! This podcast helps explain it. Bammerhab is an exploration into the Bible by digging deeper into individual Greek and Hebrew words. <br/><br/><a href="https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">bammerhab.substack.com</a>
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June 11, 2026
58 - Laodicea, I Wish! (ft. Victoria Murgante)
<p>Jesus didn’t swear, or use coarse language. Neither did Paul. But they did use very forceful injunctions to express strong emotions, and the word they used was ophelon. It can be translated as “Oh, How I wish!”</p><p>…But that’s probably a little too formal for the actual sense of this word, which is just an expression of sheer frustration. In our vulgar age, this role is usually filled by four letter obscene words. Ophelon isn’t that… It’s not obscene, but it is a placeholder for extreme emotion getting spat out at the listener.</p><p>The exact terms vary from culture to culture and generation to generation but actually Xennial guys like myself tend to use the interjection “Dude, uncool!”</p><p>That’s a more faithful sense of what Ophelon means here.</p><p>Paul also used this word in his immense frustration with the Galatian church getting so caught up in circumcision as being salvific that he darkly jokes that maybe they’d be super saved if they went the full nine yards and chopped more off.</p><p>Paul’s immensely frustrated, and we know he is because he says ophelon!!!</p><p>This episode digs deeper into “ophelon” (ὄφελον meaning ‘Oh, How I Wish!’) in Revelation 3:15.</p><p><strong>Revelation 3:15</strong> - “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. <strong>Oh, How I Wish</strong> you were either one or the other!” (NIV)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.victoriamurgante.com">Victoria Murgante</a> is a storyteller, a poet and a songwriter. In university, she played in a Klezmer and a Balkan ensemble, and was part of a large gospel choir. To this day, she still composes simple, mild-mannered tunes but you won't hear any of them on the radio. Victoria has worked in a flower shop and a music store; as a primary school teacher, an overnight baker, and manager of the night shift at a bookshop. She began her first job with the public library a few short months after meeting her future husband, Michael. The two now share three children, a fondness for forest rambles, and a home near Lake Simcoe in Central Canada. </p><p>Her first book is <a target="_blank" href="https://victoriamurgante.com/#my-book">The Traveling Piano Man of Fort Whettershire.</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.victoriamurgante.com">www.victoriamurgante.com</a></p><p><strong>Mentioned:</strong></p><p><strong>• </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laodicea_on_the_Lycus"><strong>Laodicea</strong></a></p><p><strong>• </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossae"><strong>Colossae</strong></a></p><p><strong>• </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.victoriamurgante.com">Victoria Murgante</a> </p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Tac.+Ann.+14.27&redirect=true">Roman Historian Tacitus Describing Laodicea Rejecting Roman Help</a></p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan">Marshall McLuhan</a></p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0">“Stop trying to make fetch happen!”</a></p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/interlinear/songs/5-2.htm">Song of Solomon 5:2 </a>- “I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.” (NIV)</p><p><strong>What is a Bammerhab?</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/text/psalms/31-8.htm">Ps. 31:8</a> - “You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.” (NIV)</p><p>The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/hebrew/vammerchav_4800.htm">Bammerhab</a>.</p><p><strong>Thanks to:</strong></p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.behance.net/woodardUX?locale=en_US&">Aaron Woodard</a> for Graphic Design</p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/c/allamhouse">Dave Allam</a> of <a target="_blank" href="https://sound.allamhouse.com/">Allam House</a> for podcasting techniques</p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/">Bible Hub</a> for Greek / Hebrew resources</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">bammerhab.substack.com</a>
June 4, 2026
57 - Suddenly in Philadelphia! (ft. Rachael Watson)
<p>Surprising!</p><p>Remember back in 2020? One day it was normal, the next day everything everywhere was shut down… for two weeks, or so they said. That was pretty sudden huh? Not much warning?</p><p>In this penultimate church of Revelation, Jesus uses the Greek word tachy and basically tachy means fast, and Jesus uses it ALL over Revelation. In fact he uses this word three times in his very last speech in Revelation and also the very last words of the entire Bible.</p><p>The last thing Jesus wanted us to know was tachy, tachy, tachy. Fast, fast, fast.</p><p>But fast isn’t quite the right translation here, neither is swift, neither is soon, which is what most translators use here. They translate this as behold I am coming soon! </p><p>Yes, translators have a tough job, and it’s not cool to knock them, but this one here is a pretty major goof up. That’s because the Greek word tachy has other connotations that the translators really should have picked up on, because they match everything else Jesus said elsewhere throughout his entire ministry.</p><p>Tachy in addition to swift, soon, or fast can also mean shockingly sudden. Tachy can mean surprisingly sudden.</p><p>And it is in this sense that Jesus is using the word. He really can’t make it any clearer. He called it like a thief in the night… well, that’s a surprise isn’t it?</p><p>He called it like lightning across the heavens. That’s surprising and sudden too.</p><p>And the last words that Christ left for us he said it three times. Sudden, sudden, and SUDDEN.</p><p>He wanted us to know. He will come suddenly and it will be sudden.</p><p>That’s also why he also uses this term to the church of Philadelphia.</p><p>Because about seventy years before Jesus wrote to all these seven churches they were all impacted by one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in the ancient world. It damaged all the seven cities but it completely flattened Philadelphia, and they had to rebuild it all basically from scratch.</p><p>And guess how that earthquake arrived?</p><p>Yes, you guessed it. It arrived SUDDENLY, surprisingly and shockingly.</p><p>This episode digs deeper into “tachy” (ταχύ meaning ‘Sudden’ or ‘Surprising’) in Revelation 3:11.</p><p><strong>Revelation 3:11</strong> - “I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.” (NIV)</p><p>‘When Chaos Crumbles’ is by <a target="_blank" href="https://rwatsonauthor.substack.com/">Rachael Watson</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://rwatsonauthor.substack.com/">Rachael Watson</a> is a multi-genre writer who follows a story wherever it takes her. Her debut middle grade novel, ELIZABRIE, will be published by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bandersnatchbooks.com/">Bandersnatch Books</a> in 2027. Her longlisted story was published in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216424958">CrimeBits With Lee Child</a>. Rachael holds a Diploma in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford. Her work has appeared in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.callapresspublishing.com/">Calla Press</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://gohavok.com/">Havok Publishing</a>, and been converted into a short film.</p><p><strong>Mentioned:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon"><strong>Tachyon</strong></a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachycardia"><strong>Tachycardia</strong></a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_17_Lydia_earthquake"><strong>Earthquake of 17 AD</strong></a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian"><strong>Emperor Domitian</strong></a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025&version=NIV"><strong>Parable of The Ten Virgins - Matthew 25</strong></a></p><p><strong>What is a Bammerhab?</strong></p><p>“You have not given me into the hands of the enemybut have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Ps. 31:8 - NIV)</p><p>The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/hebrew/vammerchav_4800.htm">Bammerhab</a>.</p><p><strong>Thanks to:</strong></p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.behance.net/woodardUX?locale=en_US&">Aaron Woodard</a> for Graphic Design</p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/c/allamhouse">Dave Allam</a> of <a target="_blank" href="https://sound.allamhouse.com/">Allam House</a> for podcasting techniques</p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/">Bible Hub</a> for Greek / Hebrew resources</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">bammerhab.substack.com</a>
May 28, 2026
56 - Imagination - Kori Frazier Morgan
<p>How should a Christian approach imagination? </p><p>Imagination isn’t a virtue or a vice, it’s just the standard equipment of all humankind, made in God’s image. We have imagination because God has imagination. But while His imaginations are always good, ours aren’t. Our creativity can do wonderful things and it can also do terrible things.</p><p>But the first person filled with the Holy Spirit in the bible was an artist, a craftsman named Bezalel, and the Hebrew makes it clear that his imagination was fired and inspired by the Holy Spirit himself.</p><p>I discuss with Kori Frazier Morgan how should we approach something like that?</p><p>Kori is an author, disciple, and creative entrepreneur. A graduate of West Virginia University’s Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing, she has been featured in publications such as Shenandoah, SN Review, Blanket Sea, Cantos, and Clayjar Review. She is the author of the novel in short stories The Goodbye-Love Generation and an essay collection, Why I Dyed My Hair Purple & Other Unorthodox Stories, which explores the integral role of the arts in her Christian testimony and is published by Calla Press Publishing. Kori is the founder and Chief Literary Strategist of Inkling Creative Strategies, an author services company that helps writers reach their full creative potential so they can impact and inspire readers. And I can recommend her personally as she’s helped me with a lot of my novels! </p><p>This episode digs deeper into “Machashabeth” (מַחֲשָׁבֹ֑ת - meaning ‘artistic work’ or ‘imagination’) in Exodus 31:3-4.</p><p><strong>Exodus 31:3-4</strong> - “I have filled him (Bezalel) with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— <strong> </strong>to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze” (NIV)</p><p><strong>Mentioned:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://korifraziermorgan.com/">Kori Frazier Morgan’s Site</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Dyed-Purple-Other-Unorthodox-Stories/dp/B0DR9ZYMYG/">Why I Dyed My Hair Purple</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Dyed-Purple-Other-Unorthodox-Stories/dp/B0DR9ZYMYG/"> - Kori Frazier Morgan</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Love-Generation-Novel-Stories/dp/B087HC34ZD/">The Goodbye-Love Generation</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Love-Generation-Novel-Stories/dp/B087HC34ZD/"> - Kori Frazier Morgan</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.inklingcreative.work/">Inkling Creative Strategies</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bezalelmedia.co/">Bezalel Media LLC</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_Blood">Wise Blood</a><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_Blood"> - Flannery O’Connor</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://sdgmorgan.substack.com/p/creativity-as-a-cocktail">Essay About Books as “Alcohol”</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bandersnatchbooks.com/">Bandersnatch Books</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bandersnatchbooks.substack.com/p/s5e6-sd-smith-and-the-green-ember">The Banderpod S5:E6 - S.D. Smith</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/kori-morgan-dyed-her-hair-purple/id1466283174?i=1000685652784">The Habit S7:E4 - Kori Morgan Dyed Her Hair Purple</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantastes">Phantastes</a><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantastes"> - George MacDonald</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.rabbitroom.com/post/north-wind-manor">North Wind Manor</a></p><p><strong>What is a Bammerhab?</strong></p><p>“You have not given me into the hands of the enemybut have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Ps. 31:8 - NIV)</p><p>The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/hebrew/vammerchav_4800.htm">Bammerhab</a>.</p><p><strong>Thanks to:</strong></p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.behance.net/woodardUX?locale=en_US&">Aaron Woodard</a> for Graphic Design</p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/c/allamhouse">Dave Allam</a> of <a target="_blank" href="https://sound.allamhouse.com/">Allam House</a> for podcasting techniques</p><p>• <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblehub.com/">Bible Hub</a> for Greek / Hebrew resources</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">bammerhab.substack.com</a>
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