Redemption E4 — During a dark time in ancient Israel, idolatry, injustice, and death ruled the land and its people. In the midst of a famine, a destitute widow tragically loses her husband and adult sons and is left alone with her immigrant daughter-in-law. It’s a horrible situation, but God uses the faithful, loving, and generous acts of ordinary community members to redeem the widow’s story. In this episode, Jon and Tim explore the cosmic redemption playing out in the short but profound story of Ruth.

CHAPTERS

1. Recap and Setup for Ruth (0:00-13:37)
2. A Story Opening in Tragedy (13:37-27:26)
3. In Comes the Redeemer (27:26-38:18)
4. The Redeemer Redeems (38:18-53:43)
5. Ordinary Acts of Love as Cosmic Redemption (53:43-1:04:40)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

• You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• Four songs by Jackie Hill Perry
  • “The Art of Joy”
  • “Suffering Servant”
  • “Ode To Lauryn”
  • “Better”
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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Redemption E3 — So far in this series, we’ve explored the theme of redemption in the Eden story and in several stories in Exodus. In this episode, Jon and Tim look at how redemption language shows up in Torah laws about cities of refuge and unsolved murders, highlighting God’s provision for justice, the role of the blood redeemer, and communal responsibility in ancient Israel.

CHAPTERS

1. Recap of Where We’ve Been (0:00-10:50)
2. Cities of Refuge and the “Blood Redeemer” (10:50-21:10)
3. Preventing Bloodshed in the Land (21:10-29:29)
4. A Sacrifice to Redeem a Guilty Community (29:29-47:20)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

• You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Hard Times” by Courtland Urbano
• “Blue Sky” by C y g n
• “Untitled” by unknown artist
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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Redemption E2 — Redemption involves a transfer of possession, and in the grand story of the Bible, humanity is under the possession of sin and death. But God’s plan is to snatch us back from death and bring us to life—to redeem us. But how does this redemption actually work? In this episode, Jon and Tim look at the Torah rituals of Jubilee and Passover, discovering the life-saving redemption that God is up to in both of these rituals.

CHAPTERS

1. Recap and Setup for Redemption in the Torah (0:00-11:24)
2. Jubilee as a Redemption of Land and People (11:24-31:05)
3. Redemption in the Passover Rescue (31:05-01:01:20)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

View this episode’s official transcript.

REFERENCED RESOURCES

• You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Where Is the Love” by Johnny Gorillas
• “Lonely Like This Moon” by Kicktracks
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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