Episodes

  • John: Episode 2 (1:1-1:18)

    John: Episode 2 (1:1-1:18)
    Apr 8 2026
    Pat and Silas examine one of the most important passages in the entire Bible: the introduction to the Gospel of John.Episode Introduction (00:35)Who is the Word? (02:09)The Law and the Light (14:23)The Word Enters the World (19:20)Children of God (24:10)The Hammer (25:37)The Fire (29:28)\\ Bibliography \\1. Bauckham, Richard. (2009) Jesus and the God of Israel: God Crucified and Other Studieson the New Testament’s Christology of Divine Identity. Eerdmans.\\2. Carson, D.A. (1991) Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.\\3. Crisp, Oliver D. (2016) The Word Enfleshed: Exploring the Person and Work of Christ. Baker Academic.\\4. Hamilton, James M. Jr. (2025) In the Beginning Was the Word: Finding Meaning in the Literary Structure of the Gospel of John. Baker Books.\\5. Keener, Craig. (2003) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 Vols. Baker Academic.\\6. Kruse, Colin G. (2011) TNTC 4: John. IVP Academic, 2011.\\7. Köstenberger, Andreas J. and Scott R. Swain. (2008) Father, Son and Spirit: the Trinity and John’s Gospel. Inter-Varsity Press.\\8. Lennox, John C. (2009) God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? Lion Hudson.\\9. Letham, Robert. (2019) The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship, Revised and Expanded. P&R Publishing.\\10. Michaels, J. Ramsey. NICNT: Gospel of John. Eerdmans.\\11. Reeves, Michael. (2012) Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith. IVP Academic.\\12. Sanders, Fred. (2016) The Triune God. Zondervan.\\13. Sanders, Fred and Scott R. Swain, Eds. (2017) Retrieving Eternal Generation. Zondervan.\\ 14. Shead, Andrew G. (2012) A Mouth Full of Fire: The Word of God in the words of Jeremiah. IVP. \\15. Still, Todd D. (2007) EBC Revised Edition 12: Colossians, edited by Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland. Zondervan.\\16. Soulen, R. Kendall. (2017) “Generatio, Processio Verbi, Donum Nominis: Mapping the Vocabulary of Eternal Generation,” in (Sanders & Swain 2017).\\17. Tenney, Merrill C. (1981) EBC 9: John, edited by Frank Gaebelein. Zondervan.\\18. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan.\\The show opening and conclusion contains "Vers la source dans le Bois," by Marcel Tournier. Harp performed by Nathan Hay, Mixed and Engineered by Ryan Hall and Thomas Sladek. Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    51 mins
  • John: Episode 1 (Introduction)

    John: Episode 1 (Introduction)
    Apr 1 2026
    Episode Introduction (00:35)What is "Introduction"? (05:19)Who Wrote John? (06:37)What is the Genre? (13:47)When Was John Written? (20:08)Themes of John (21:18)The Hammer (24:04)The Fire (25:56)\\ Bibliography \\1. Bauckham, Richard. (2017) Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, Second Edition. Eerdmans.\\2. Bultmann, Rudolf. (1941) “New Testament and Mythology,” in New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings, selected, edited, and translated by Schubert M. Ogden. Fortress. \\3. Bultmann, Rudolf. (1963) The History of the Synoptic Tradition, Revised Edition. Translated by John Marsh. Harper & Row.\\4. Carson, D.A. and Douglas J. Moo (2005) An Introduction to the New Testament, Second Edition. Zondervan.\\5. Keener, Craig. (2003) The Gospel of John: A Commentary, 2 Vols. Baker Academic.\\6. Keener, Craig. (2019) Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels. Eerdmans.\\7. Kruse, Colin G. (2011) TNTC 4: John. IVP Academic, 2011.\\8. Köstenberger, Andreas J. and Scott R. Swain. (2008) Father, Son and Spirit: the Trinity and John’s Gospel. Inter-Varsity Press.\\9. Letham, Robert. (2019) The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship, Revised and Expanded. P&R Publishing.\\10. Tenney, Merrill C. (1960) “The Footnotes of John’s Gospel,” Bibliotheca Sacra 117: 350-64.\\11. Tenney, Merrill C. (1981) EBC 9: John, edited by Frank Gaebelein. Zondervan.\\12. Wright, N.T. and Michael F. Bird. (2019) The New Testament in its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and the Theology of the First Christians. Zondervan Academic.\\The show opening and conclusion contain, "Vers la source dans le Bois," by Marcel Tournier. Performance by Nathan Hay. Mixed and Engineered by Ryan Hall and Thomas Sladek. Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    52 mins
  • Job: Episode 19

    Job: Episode 19
    Mar 20 2025
    In the final episode, Pat and Silas discuss Job’s confession and the epilogue. They also offer some concluding remarks.\\ To Judge or Not to Judge https://www.dwellcc.org/teaching/5236/ \\(00:00) Introduction(00:46) Job's Confession(07:27) The Epilogue(13:32) Concluding Thoughts(23:43) The Hammer\\Bibliography\\ 1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Crenshaw, James L. (1998) Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction. Westminster John Knox Press. \\5. Ehrman, Bart. (2008) God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question––Why We Suffer. Harper One. \\6. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\7. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\8. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\9. Stott, John R.W. (2006) The Cross of Christ. IVP. \\10. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    28 mins
  • Job: Episode 18

    Job: Episode 18
    Mar 12 2025
    Pat and Silas finish God's monologue with an extended examination of Behemoth and Leviathan.(00:00) Introduction (01:20) The Scriptural Data(04:03) Interpretive Class I - Extending God's First Speech(08:45) Interpretive Class IIA - B&L symbolize Job(12:29) Interpretive Class IIB - B&L symbolize God(17:23) Interpretive Class IIC - B&L symbolize Chaotic Evil(29:32) Mythology and Scripture(33:43) The Hammer//Bibliography//1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\ 3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Fyall, Robert S. (2002) Now My Eyes Have Seen You: Images of Creation and Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\5. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\6. Motyer, J. Alec. (1993) The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary. IVP. \\7. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\8. Putnam, Robert. (2000) Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Touchstone Books. \\9. Putnam, Robert with Shaylyn Romney Garrett. (2020) The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again. Simon & Schuster. \\10. Sasse, Ben. (2018) Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal. St. Martin’s Press. \\11. Seitz, Amanda. (2023, May 2) “Loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking: surgeon general,” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/surgeon-general-loneliness-334450f7bb5a77e88d8085b178340e19 \\12. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\13. Thompson, Derek. (2025) “The Anti-Social Century,” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/ \\14. Thiselton, Anthony C. (1992) New Horizons in Hermeneutics: The Theory and Practice of Transforming Biblical Reading. Zondervan. \\15. Waltke, Bruce. (2016) “Myth, History, and the Bible.” In D.A. Carson (Ed.) The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures. Eerdmans. \\16. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\17. Williams, James G. (1978) “Deciphering the Unspoken: the Theophany of Job,” Hebrew Union College Annual 49: 59-72. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    42 mins
  • Job: Episode 17

    Job: Episode 17
    Mar 4 2025
    Pat and Silas continue to look at God’s monologue. Starting into God’s second of two speeches, they interpret God's charge that Job has made accusations against Him.(00:00) Introduction(03:05) Lamentation or Accusation?(10:59) Who Is Judge?(14:22) The Hammer\\Bibliography\\1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Haidt, Jonathan and Tobias Rose-Stockwell. (2019) “The Dark Psychology Of Social Networks,” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/ \\4. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\5. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\6. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\7. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    23 mins
  • Job: Episode 16

    Job: Episode 16
    Feb 26 2025
    Pat and Silas continue to look at God’s monologue, especially the inhabitants of the created order.(00:00) Introduction(00:44) Further Discussion of Tone(05:20) First Speech, Second Part(11:50) Doing Things with Words(20:42) The Hammer \\ Bibliography \\1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic.\\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Crabb, Larry (1993). Finding God. Zondervan. \\5. Crenshaw, James L. (1998) Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction. Westminster John Knox Press. \\6. Ehrman, Bart. (2008) God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question––Why We Suffer. Harper One. \\7. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\8. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\ 9. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\10. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\11. Whedbee, J. William. (2002) The Bible and the Comic Vision. Fortress Press. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    24 mins
  • Job: Episode 15

    Job: Episode 15
    Feb 20 2025
    For the next several episodes, Pat and Silas look at features of God’s monologue. In this episode, they address some introductory issues as well as engage God’s sovereignty over the heavens, the earth and the sea.(00:00) Introduction(01:24) Content and Style Overview(10:34) Structure(11:47) First Speech, First Part - Job 38:1-38(17:07) The Hammer\\ Bibliography \\1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Crenshaw, James L. (1998) Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction. Westminster John Knox Press. \\5. Ehrman, Bart. (2008) God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question––Why We Suffer. Harper One. \\6. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\7. Kuhn, Thomas. Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd Edition. University of Chicago Press. \\8. Newman, Randy. (2010) Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did. Kregel. \\9. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\10. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\11. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    22 mins
  • Job: Episode 14

    Job: Episode 14
    Feb 11 2025
    In this episode, Pat and Silas discuss the fourth “companion,” Elihu, and his monologue. (00:00) Introduction(00:53) Who Is Elihu? (14:26) Elihu's Message(21:43) The Hammer\\ Bibliography \\ 1. Andersen, Francis I. (1976) Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Job. IVP Academic. \\2. Ash, Christopher. (2014) Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Crossway. \\3. Carson DA. (2006) How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil. Baker Academic. \\4. Hartley, John E. (1988) New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Job. Eerdmans. \\5. Ortlund, Eric (2021) Piercing Leviathan: God’s Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job. IVP Academic. \\6. Smick, Elmer B. (1988) “Job.” In Frank E. Gaebelein (Ed.) Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 4. Zondervan. \\7. Waltke, Bruce with Charles Yu. (2007) An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Zondervan. \\8. Whedbee, J. William. (2002) The Bible and the Comic Vision. Fortress Press. \\ Speaker: Pat Reeder
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    27 mins