I've got designs and bids from a couple of competitors for the new field notes book I'm going to send you as we move into Season 4 which will be about Nehemiah. Before I place that order though, I'...
2023-11-02 00:00:52 +0000 UTC View Post
...how the people of Susa and the Jews were feeling when Esther and Mordechai's edict went out. It was a violent solution to a violent problem, and it makes sense that it would give us pause so far...
2023-11-01 16:08:53 +0000 UTC View Post
It's easy to nitpick from a distance when there's no pressure on us, but when you actually sit and think about the task before Mordecai and Esther now that they have the power of the king's ring, i...
2023-10-26 04:50:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that everything is flowing the other way, and Esther and Mordecai are in the position of power, what will they do to solve the crisis?
2023-10-20 12:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not as easy as you might at first think! We're diving into that and moving into chapter 8 this week.
2023-10-11 04:02:25 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the week Haman gets his.
Also, it's MAP WEEK!!! Thank you so much for supporting the program, and as a way of saying thank you, please enjoy this super nifty map we made!
There are a ...
Haman suddenly can't buy a break, and Esther will make her play.
So much to be decided so quickly. Here we go.
This week we did a deep dive into ancient parades and how the one in Esther stacks up. Also there's tons of running around the Bible this week to some places we haven't visited in a while.
I...
Chapter six of Esther is spectacularly funny. Also, here's two more outro homage songs from Jeff. Enjoy!
2023-09-14 00:15:17 +0000 UTC
View Post
Well, it won't do him any good now, but it would have been a big help back then. Thanks for supporting this thing.
Also, here's another fun outro bit from Jeff Foote.
We've got more of Jeff's fun outro music to share over the next couple of weeks. Thanks for supporting this thing.
2023-08-31 17:03:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis section of the book is super fun, because we see Esther gradually playing her hand, and becoming who she needs to become to play her role in saving her people.
2023-08-28 22:41:45 +0000 UTC
View Post
... two weeks ago was such a week. Here's a belated acknowledgment that last week existed and a link to that as well.
Thank you and enjoy!
2023-08-23 12:02:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
Sooooooo many landmines when talking about things like this, but we're walking straight into the field anyways. When we finish talking about this stuff, we're on to Esther's big decisive moment. 2023-08-21 06:58:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're going to look at the brief description of grief on the part of the Jews when they hear about the edict, and then after that we are getting into the part of the story where the chara...
2023-08-07 16:41:28 +0000 UTC View Post...and I wanted to invite you.
Depending on how you count it, we're hitting 1000 official episodes of the podcast in mid-September. As a result, I've decided to have a party on the evening of Mo...
See what I did there? This week we're getting into Haman's casting of the pur, and the idea of casting lots in general.
Also bonus episode.
And why is it a problem that Haman is one? Well, it's a long story, but we've got time.
2023-07-17 07:40:37 +0000 UTC
View Post
First, thanks a ton for making this podcast happen. It literally wouldn't and couldn't exist without you.
Second, and in keeping with that first stuff I said, I'd love your input on what we do n...
.... seems like a totally happy thing, but in this book, big, dangerous things happen after banquets. And sure enough, here comes fresh danger.
2023-07-12 17:22:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
...and you can't help but root for her, but things are about to get rocky.
2023-07-07 05:58:18 +0000 UTC
View Post
This girl's in a tough situation, but she's doing her best with what it is, and good things are going to come out it.
2023-06-28 16:07:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
Probably, his invasion of Greece and his ensuing blunders within his own household have Xerxes in a bad place as we turn the page into chapter two.
2023-06-19 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt looks like it's just one simple choice that one lady made at a party, but it turns out it's going to set in motion the stuff that ends up saving the Jewish people and preserving God's redemptive...
2023-06-13 18:26:46 +0000 UTC View Post... this week we get to work on chapter one of Esther.
2023-06-09 15:11:18 +0000 UTC View PostWhich matters, because it looks like he's the king in the book of Esther.
Also, I'll have more maps for you this week.
We're getting into the part where it all pays off this week. The cultural setting for the Book of Esther from inside and outside of the Bible is basically in place pending a bit more extra Biblical...
2023-05-25 17:19:01 +0000 UTC View PostJeff has put together this lovely ringtone version of the music from the podcast the other day. I hope you have fun with it!
Thanks for supporting this weird podcast.
It occurs to me that I just forwarded you the still image of the map, so I wanted to follow up on that and get you an easy link to the video from the YouTube channel.
Thanks for being awesome!
2023-05-19 17:27:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
Sorry it took so long! I was doing some travel and then I thought this topic would make a good video for the YouTube channel, so it took a minute, but I'm very happy with the final result and I hop...
2023-05-18 21:32:56 +0000 UTC View Post