What in the Word?
Hosted by Kirk E Miller · Presented by Logos
4.9from 52 ratings
- 42
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 52
- Ratings
- 2025
- First episode
About What in the Word?
"What in the world does that verse mean?" This show tackles the hardest Bible verses to understand. Each episode, host Kirk E. Miller interviews an expert guest to discuss a text in the Bible that is known to be challenging to interpret. They do in-depth Bible study and survey scholars' interpretations. By investigating the strangest and hardest Bible verses, What in the Word? gets below the surface to learn their implications for understanding God and living the Christian life. Subscribe and join us weekly on Spotify, YouTube, and other podcast platforms. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3DYhMjP
- Publisher
- Presented by Logos
- Category
- religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Jan 2025
- Latest episode
- 22 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 42 episodes have a transcript.
22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Did Jesus Use Parables to Hide Truth? | Philip Anthony Mitchell on Matthew 13:10–17
15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are We Justified by Works? | Mark Jones on James 2:14–26
8 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Couldn’t Jesus Do Miracles? | Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen on Mark 6:1–6
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Did Jesus Use Parables to Hide Truth? | Philip Anthony Mitchell on Matthew 13:10–17
Published 22 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, that's absolutely right. I was actually teaching on Mark's version of this passage at my church yesterday and teaching a lesson on how to interpret the parables. And so I was using this as an example. And one person asked that question when it says less they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, like... doesn't Jesus want them to understand? Like, is Jesus providing the parable, teaching the parables precisely to keep people from repenting? It seems a little counterintuitive. And many people actually appeal to Jesus's parables to say, see, Jesus was teaching in a way, using illustrations to make his teaching easy to understand. […]
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- Philip Anthony Mitchell
- Phillip Mitchell
- Mark Jones
- Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
- Daniel B Wallace
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 29 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 23 ratings
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- 51
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