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
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...
Out Of One.
In Hebrews 2:11, it says, “for he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all “of one.” In Greek this is ex enos - literally “out of one.” Various transl...
Do Not Be Led Astray.
The Weekly Quizzes Are Open-Book. The Final Exam Is Not.Chapter 21 of Luke is the only Gospel to use the noun form of ὑπομονῇ, often translated “patience” or “steadfas...
