A Light to the Nations is a bi-weekly podcast examining all parts of the biblical story from a functional perspective. Instead of asking what words means, we consider instead their function, i. e., how they are used in other parts of the Bible. In each episode will discuss the functionality of words and how that allows us hear the teaching.
Latest Episodes
The Beginning Of The Gospel.
Many biblical scholars consider Mark to be the earliest production among the four gospels. Unlike Luke and Matthew, Mark contains no infancy narrative of Jesus. And co...
The Elijah To Come.
What does Jesus mean when he says that, for those who are willing to accept it, John the Forerunner “is the Elijah to come”? How does John function as Elijah in the Go...
No Statue, No Temple, No City, No King.
The Scriptural God has no representative statue, no temple and no earthly city. As such, he is unique among other deities of the ancient near east; they are made by th...
Table Fellowship.
Have You Anything Here To Eat?This episode is the audio of a sermon given on the Feast of Annunciation. The prescribed texts for the feast are Acts 1:1-12 and Luke 24:...
No History. No Harmony. Only Function.
Harmonizing the Narrative is a Betrayal of the Text.The Church considers the complete and necessary depiction of Jesus to be that which is drawn out of all four gospel...
