Most of us were handed a Bible without the world it came from. God in Context explores Scripture through the cultural, historical, and Jewish lens that shaped every word of it — so the text opens up in ways a surface reading never could. Each episode takes a concept, a passage, or a question Christians wrestle with and digs into what it actually meant before it meant what we think it means. For curious believers ready to read the Bible on its own terms. New episodes weekly. Subscribe to journey deeper into the ancient world of scripture. <br/><br/><a href="https://faithofmessiah.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">faithofmessiah.substack.com</a>
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Most of us were handed a Bible without the world it came from. God in Context explores Scripture through the cultural, historical, and Jewish lens that shaped every word of it — so the text opens up in ways a surface reading never could. Each episode takes a concept, a passage, or a question Christians wrestle with and digs into what it actually meant before it meant what we think it means. For curious believers ready to read the Bible on its own terms. New episodes weekly. Subscribe to journey deeper into the ancient world of scripture. <br/><br/><a href="https://faithofmessiah.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">faithofmessiah.substack.com</a>
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July 10, 2026
You Cannot Rest While You're Being Watched
<p>You can stop working and still not be resting. In Matthew 12, religious leaders turn a hungry disciple's handful of grain into evidence — and a suffering man's healed hand into a legal problem. This episode traces what that anxiety reveals about the voice that still grades your rest today, and what Jesus' "light yoke" offers instead.</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://faithofmessiah.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">faithofmessiah.substack.com</a>
July 2, 2026
Why Jesus' "I Am" Statements Start at the Burning Bush
<p>Seven men once tried to cast a demon out using Jesus's name, pronounced correctly, and it did nothing for them. This episode starts there, because that story exposes an assumption most of us carry without noticing: that knowing the right name, the right words, the right pronunciation gives us some kind of leverage with God.</p><p>From there we trace that assumption back to Moses at the burning bush, where God answers a request for his name with a verb instead of a noun, and forward to a scene at Hanukkah where Jesus refuses to let a crowd pin a label on him before the cross. Episode 1 of a series through the Gospel of John: The God You Did Not Expect.</p><p>If you've ever wondered whether saying it right, believing it right, or belonging to the right group earns you better standing with God, this one's for you. Get a free 5-day mini course on becoming a Confident Reader at <a target="_blank" href="http://faithofmessiah.com">faithofmessiah.com</a>.</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://faithofmessiah.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">faithofmessiah.substack.com</a>
June 25, 2026
The Sabbath Was Not Given So You Could Fail at Rest
<p>Most people who try to rest feel guilty the moment they stop. Not peaceful. Not restored. Just guilty.</p><p>This episode isn't about rules for the Sabbath. It's about why rules alone can never teach a slave how to rest — and why the voice that shows up when you sit down ("you should be doing more") isn't a discipline problem. It's a Pharaoh problem.</p><p>We look at what God was actually doing before he ever gave Israel the Sabbath law — why manna came before commandments, what the prophet Amos says about people who stop with their hands but never stop in their hearts, and what it means to start practicing rest without turning it into another performance.</p><p>If Sabbath has always felt like one more thing you're failing at, this one's for you.</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://faithofmessiah.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">faithofmessiah.substack.com</a>
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