Thinking Biblically with Alan Gilman

Continuing the subject of translation, Bible Scholar O. Palmer Robertson joins Alan Gilman to discuss the importance of taking into account the form, not just the meaning, of the original biblical languages. How what is written is as important as what it means. In fact, to disregard form can obscure the intent of the biblical writer. Video version: https://youtu.be/i49HlIwyo5g Referenced in this p...

Does your translation truly reflect the Scriptures as God intended? Bible scholar and author, Dr. Iain Provan, returns to Thinking Biblically with Alan Gilman to discuss various crucial issues regarding English Bible translations. Video version: https://youtu.be/CrNaT3qoRPs Contact Iain Provan: https://iainprovan.ca/ Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/comments: comments...

In keeping with the celebration of Purim (the Festival of Esther) this week, Bible Teacher Alan Gilman provides an overview of the story, followed by some reflections, including how Esther shows us how to really live. Video version: https://youtu.be/ZyJGTDqEPhc Originally presented at Grace Lutheran Church in Camrose, Alberta, March 5, 2023. Mordecai tell the Purim story (March 2022): https://yout...

For this edition of Thinking Biblically, Alan Gilman shares a short message that was part of the inter-congregational Ash Wednesday service at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Cochrane, Alberta, recorded February 22, 2023. Video version: https://youtu.be/AVHbUbj21Dc --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org Twitter: @alangilman

In this edition of Thinking Biblically, Alan Gilman shares a most humorous, yet insightful, interaction he had with ChatGPT, the latest craze in artificial intelligence. Video version: https://youtu.be/Cy6Wmtb1v6g --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org Twitter: @alangilman

Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, Cambridge University in England, joins Bible Teacher Alan Gilman to discuss the prophetic role of media, particularly film, in our society. Video version: https://youtu.be/2TsP-BOz7Ew Contact Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/contact/ --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/comments: comments@thinkin...

Bible Teacher Alan Gilman begins a new series based on his booklet: "Undermining Forces: Nine popular approaches attacking the authority of Scripture today." In this series, Alan explains the various "undermining forces" and how to overcome them. In this first installment, Alan discusses how focusing on "what the Bible means to me" obscures what it actually means. Video version: https://youtu.be/z...

Messianic leader Ben Volman is a child of Israeli Holocaust survivors. He joins Bible Teacher Alan Gilman to share what it was like to be confronted by the truth of Scripture, particularly the messianic claims of Jesus. Video version: https://youtu.be/zcxj_RHx8rU Contact Ben: benvolman.toronto@gmail.com Purchase Ben's book: https://amzn.to/3HeOs6A --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/su...

Some serious fun here as Bible Teacher Alan Gilman examines how to learn to navigate a world full of illusions. Recorded January 13, 2023. Video version: https://thinkingbiblically.org/illusions/ Download key graphics from the podcast: https://thinkingbiblically.org/illusions.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org Twitter: @...

The surprise visit of the mysterious men from the East demonstrates how the light of God's truth often results in agitating the forces of darkness. Would we be better off letting things be? Why does God allow evil to have its way at all? Bible Teacher Alan Gilman looks at the coming of the magi in Matthew, chapter 2, to explore a biblical perspective on human responsibility. Includes some surprisi...

It's Hanukkah this week! Bible Teacher Alan Gilman provides the historical background to this important festival. He also explains some of its contemporary observances along with important lessons and reflections. Video version: https://youtu.be/FT9H1N3pO8Q Last week's podcast on the Book of Job: https://youtu.be/Ga17Vxtjpt8 --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/commen...

Bible Teacher Alan Gilman has a most engaging conversation with Ellie Wiener, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, England, who has begun a three-year quest on the Book of Job. You will be touched by Ellie's practical and challenging insights into this often misunderstood portion of Scripture. Video version: https://youtu.be/Ga17Vxtjpt8 Email Ellie Wiener: emw78@cam.ac.uk --- Support this...

This episode showcases Bible Teacher Alan Gilman's recent message on the topic of peace that was presented on December 4. 2022 at Greenbelt Church, Ottawa, Canada. Alan provides a biblical definition of peace and how God through the Messiah wants to bring peace to and through his people. Video version: https://youtu.be/s2YMFLUwp-Y --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/...

Bible Teacher Alan Gilman reveals the hidden meaning of the Messiah's name. Video version: https://youtu.be/c-sLToJecOw God's Name: https://youtu.be/DczkFjtuWiI --- Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org Twitter: @alangilman

Bible Teacher Alan Gilman explains the controversy over God’s name in the Hebrew Scriptures and the difference a good understanding of it makes to our lives. Video version: https://youtu.be/DczkFjtuWiI --- Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org Twitter: @alangilman Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/

Bible Teacher Alan Gilman addresses the contemporary obsession with self that is driving the current culture. Video version: https://youtu.be/W0pt8hNaMqw Referenced in podcast: My Story: https://youtu.be/2r83-S_9j9M Book: "Strange New World" by Carl Truman - https://amzn.to/3WDyJFd (it was wrongly called "Strangers in a Strange World" in the podcast) Scott Masson: Roots of Contemporary Education -...

Guest host Daniel Gilman joins Alan to reflect upon twenty-five years of TorahBytes, Alan’s weekly commentary on the Books of Moses. This was a live event over Zoom, recorded on November 2, 2022. Video link: https://youtu.be/rrHAvMkezKI Purchase Alan’s book “Torah Light” on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KlVMyr TorahBytes site: https://torahbytes.org/ Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org...

Bible Teacher Alan Gilman explains how the Messiah represents, not replaces, Israel. https://youtu.be/stRP9L8IpyU Song, "Psalm 80": © 1977 Shoshanna Records. All rights reserved. Used with permission / www.thestarofdavidsingers.com The TorahBytes 25th Anniversary live event (recorded on November 2, 2022): https://youtu.be/rrHAvMkezKI Last week’s podcast: He Lifts Me Up (John 15:2): https://youtu.b...

Are you a follower of the Messiah and going through a frustrating, seemingly unproductive, time? Conventional translations and interpretations of John 15:2 (“Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away”) suggest you are in big trouble. Bible Teacher Alan Gilman provides a far more legitimate and encouraging translation. Video version: https://youtu.be/2KCOM1ATyco The TorahBytes 25th...

Dr. Hélène Dallaire joins Bible Teacher Alan Gilman to explain her extraordinary life journey from being born into a Catholic family in Quebec City to becoming a Hebrew and Semitic language professor at Denver Seminary in Colorado. Video version: https://youtu.be/-EDLBfZQ7BQ To contact Hélène: helene.dallaire@denverseminary.edu Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/ Questions/comment...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins this year Sunday evening, September 25. Bible Teacher Alan Gilman reflects upon one of the most central themes of the occasion: the forgiveness that comes through repentance. Video version: https://youtu.be/PiZtwH6oBM8 Further reflections on Rosh Hashanah: "Progress, but in What Direction?" (https://alangilman.ca/2022/09/22/progress-but-in-what-direction/...

My daughter Naomi is the second-born of ten. Unlike me and her mother, she grew up in a household of faith. Despite that, it wasn't until a particular experience that God became real. He would continue to show himself real to her through some very difficult life challenges ahead. Video version: https://youtu.be/h3JALzw1w2A Contact Naomi: grms@gmail.com Arise School of Dance website: https://www.ar...

Bible Teacher Alan Gilman responds to Dennis Prager's recent clip, "The Biggest Difference between Judaism and Christianity." Video version: https://youtu.be/wECP2gGPPd8 Dennis Prager original video clip: https://youtu.be/R4q8zioFyPM Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org Twitter: @alangilman Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/

In this episode of Thinking Biblically, Alan Gilman, provides a bit of a personal update and ties up some loose ends regarding the topic of education. Video version: https://youtu.be/aIMXKhSwMas Alan's journey to faith: https://youtu.be/2r83-S_9j9M Questions/comments: comments@thinkingbiblically.org Twitter: @alangilman Support this podcast: https://alangilman.ca/support/

Continuing the subject of the role and responsibilities of parents in education, government and media relations coordinator for the Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada, Patty Marler, joins Bible Teacher Alan Gilman to discuss home education. Video version: https://youtu.be/nd3Iq-2zrG0 Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada: https://hslda.ca/ Home education resources: https://h...