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.
bammerhab.substack.com (https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
Ha-Satan is a Hebrew term for a role, not a name. It means “the attacker, the slanderer, the assaulter, and also the prosecutor.
In Job, the heavenly scene we’re given a glimpse into is actually a legal court case, where the prosecutor is attacking the Judge, and making his case to try to undermine the Judge.
This is the Ha-Satan, or who we call Satan.
Why does Satan hate God? And what does it have to do with Judas objecting so strongly to Mary pouring oil on Jesus’ feet?
We’ll explore all of that in the podcast. Take a listen!
This episode digs deeper into “hasatan” (הַשָׂטָן - meaning ‘the attacker, accuser and/or prosecutor’) in Job 1:6.
Job 1:6 - “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.” (KJV)
Mentioned:
Emperor Julian (331-363) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor))
List of What Those “In Christ” are Heir To… (https://www.navigators.org/resource/know-your-identity-in-christ-bible-verses-to-memorize/)
www.navigators.org/resource/know-your-identity-in-christ-bible-verses-to-memorize (https://www.navigators.org/resource/know-your-identity-in-christ-bible-verses-to-memorize/)
Judas in Bethany - John 12:3-6 (https://www.biblegateway.com/)
“Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.” (KJV)
What is a Bammerhab?
“You have not given me into the hands of the enemybut have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Ps. 31:8 - NIV)
The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: Bammerhab (https://www.biblehub.com/hebrew/vammerchav_4800.htm).
Thanks to:
• Aaron Woodard (https://woodardsdesign.com/) - www.woodardsdesign.com (https://woodardsdesign.com/)
• Dave Allam (http://youtube.com/c/allamhouse) - allamhouse.com (https://allamhouse.com/)
• Bible Hub (https://www.biblehub.com/) for Greek / Hebrew resources
• Pixabay musicians (https://pixabay.com/) Nikita Kondrashev (https://pixabay.com/users/leberch-42823964/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=589901) & Ievgen Poltavskyi (https://pixabay.com/users/hitslab-47305729/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=543089)
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bammerhab.substack.com (https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
12 Oct 2026
65 - Barton J. Gingerich - Only-Begotten Son
Barton J. Gingerich (https://wng.org/authors/barton-j-gingerich) stops by Bammerhab to talk about John 3:16 and the Only-Begotten Son!
Barton is the rector of St. Jude’s Anglican Church (REC) in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously with Institute on Religion and Democracy, and one of the managing editors for the website Patheos Evangelical (https://www.patheos.com/evangelical). He currently contributes to the Faith and Honor podcast (https://stjudesrec.org/podcast/), and the Opinions (https://wng.org/authors/barton-j-gingerich) section of WORLD news group (https://wng.org/).
So why do we chat about John 3:16? Well, because John 3:16 is one of the most familiar bible verses yet it holds inside of it one of the odder translations of any Greek translated words: Only-Begotten Son.
But that’s a very accurate translation of the Greek, and these translators chose that odd word for a reason. Barton Gingerich (https://wng.org/authors/barton-j-gingerich) explains why we shouldn’t shy away from this unwieldy term, and why the translators chose it.
This episode digs deeper into “Monogenēs” (μονογενής - meaning ‘Only-Begotten Son’) in John 3:16.
John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (KJV)
Mentioned:
World News Group - Barton J. Gingerich (https://wng.org/authors/barton-j-gingerich)
ERLC - Barton J. Gingerich (https://erlc.com/profile/barton-gingerich/)
St. Jude’s Anglican Church (https://stjudesrec.org/about/) - www.stjudesrec.org (https://stjudesrec.org/about/)
Charles Lee Irons (https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/charles-lee-irons/)
Arius/Arianism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism)
Athanasius - On the Incarnation (https://bookshop.org/p/books/de-incarnatione-verbi-dei-athanasius-on-the-incarnation-saint-patriarch-of-alexa-athanasius/0dd3e561551befa0?ean=9781017204315&bkshp-astro=t)
E.L. Mascall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lionel_Mascall)
“The Good Place” (2016-2020) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Place)
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Divorce)
“A Hidden Life” (2019) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hidden_Life_(2019_film))
Denny Burk - “Deep in the Weeds on Monogenēs” (https://www.dennyburk.com/deep-in-the-weeds-on-monogenes-and-eternal-generation/)
www.dennyburk.com/deep-in-the-weeds-on-monogenes-and-eternal-generation/ (https://www.dennyburk.com/deep-in-the-weeds-on-monogenes-and-eternal-generation/)
Charles Lee Irons - “The Eternal Generation of the Son” (https://www.upper-register.com/papers/monogenes.html)
www.upper-register.com/papers/monogenes.html (https://www.upper-register.com/papers/monogenes.html)
What is a Bammerhab?
“You have not given me into the hands of the enemybut have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Ps. 31:8 - NIV)
The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: Bammerhab (https://www.biblehub.com/hebrew/vammerchav_4800.htm).
Thanks to:
• Aaron Woodard (https://woodardsdesign.com/) - www.woodardsdesign.com (https://woodardsdesign.com/)
• Dave Allam (http://youtube.com/c/allamhouse) - allamhouse.com (https://allamhouse.com/)
• Bible Hub (https://www.biblehub.com/) for Greek / Hebrew resources
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bammerhab.substack.com (https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
5 Oct 2026
64 - Church History from Acts to Now
Ever wonder what happened between the Book of Acts and 2026 AD?
Well, now you can hear all the major events of Jesus’ church in one fell swoop that takes only about 45 minutes!
A Good Shepherd.
For us, that seems like a natural connection. I mean don’t shepherds peacefully play their harp among gentle zethyrs and bucolic pastoral serenity?
But what’s very interesting about this verse is that shepherds then had the same connotation as cowboys do now. Boorish, simple, uneducated blue collar bumpkins.
What would you think if Jesus described himself as the Good Cowboy? What if he said, I am the good cowboy who lays down his life for his cattle?
Whatever idea you have in your head now, that’s probably closer to how the original audience heard the phrase “the Good Shepherd.”
If you read an op-ed in the New York Times describe someone as a cowboy, they’re not complimenting him. The same was true back in Israel and Rome of Jesus’ time. Shepherds were not idyllic, unifying figures of poise and rustic charm. They were cowboys.
This episode digs deeper into “poimen” (ποιμήν - meaning ‘shepherd’) in John 10:11.
John 10:11 - “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (NIV)
Mentioned:
Ep. 31 - Lance Ralston (https://bammerhab.substack.com/p/31-church-history-with-lance-ralston)
Ep. 50 - Jared Luttjeboer (https://bammerhab.substack.com/p/50-god-is-unchanged-jared-luttjeboer)
Ep. 60 - Paul in Troy (https://bammerhab.substack.com/p/60-paul-in-troy-ft-olivia-oster)
Lance Ralston’s Church History Podcast (http://www.sanctorum.us)
Jared Luttjeboer’s Church History Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-church-history-project/id1693669309)
Text of 1 Clement by Clement of Rome (http://earlychristianwritings.com/text/1clement-lightfoot.html)
What is a Bammerhab?
“You have not given me into the hands of the enemybut have set my feet in a spacious place.” (Ps. 31:8 - NIV)
The phrase “in a spacious place” is the Hebrew word: Bammerhab (https://www.biblehub.com/hebrew/vammerchav_4800.htm).
Thanks to:
• Aaron Woodard (https://woodardsdesign.com/) - www.woodardsdesign.com (https://woodardsdesign.com/)
• Dave Allam (http://youtube.com/c/allamhouse) - allamhouse.com (https://allamhouse.com/)
• Bible Hub (https://www.biblehub.com/) for Greek / Hebrew resources
• Pixabay musicians (https://pixabay.com/) Nikita Kondrashev (https://pixabay.com/users/leberch-42823964/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=589901) & Ievgen Poltavskyi (https://pixabay.com/users/hitslab-47305729/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=543089)
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bammerhab.substack.com (https://bammerhab.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
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