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Rachel and Kylie discuss Exodus 33.12–23 and Matt 22.15–22, reflecting on Moses's desire for reassurance and to see God, and an attempt to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes. Along the way we refer to the Jewish Annotated New Testament by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, Ernst Käsemann's On Being a Disciple of the Crucified Nazarene , and a resource on Pharisees . And we also spok...

Monica and Robyn discuss themes of anxiety, leadership, and much more in Exodus 32:1-14; Philippians 4:1-9; and Matthew 22:1-4.   We refer to t hese blog posts by Marg Mowczko on the women in Philippians.  

Fran and Rachel Kronberger discuss Exodus 20:14, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 19 and Matthew 21:33-46 We mention a s ermon series on the 10 Commandments by Bruce Barber delivered for St Mark the Evangelist community in 2018-2019 And Sinead O'Connor's I f you had a Vineyard (based on Isaiah 5:1-7)

Carolyn and Fran discuss Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32

Brian and Robyn discuss Exodus 16:2-15, Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45, and Matthew 20:1-16. Themes of grumbling, freedom, and equity emerge.  We refer to this cartoon .

Fran and Monica discuss Exodus 14:19-31; Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21; Psalm 114 and Matthew 18:21-35 We mention Sam Wells' book Love Mercy and Terence Fretheim's Commentary on Exodus in the Interpretation Series

Monica and Fran discuss Exodus 12: 1-14; Psalm 149 and Matthew 18:15-20

Brian and Fran discuss Exodus 3: 1-15 and Matthew 16:21-28 We mention Hauerwas' theological commentary on Matthew and Andrew Root's work on enchantment/disenchantment in The Pastor in a Secular Age

Brian and Robyn discuss Exodus 1:8-2:10, Romans 12:1-8, and Mattew 16:13-20. 

Robyn and Fran discuss Genesis 45:1-15; Romans 11:1-2, 29-32; and Matthew 15:21-28. We recommmend this chapter in  Texts of Terror by Dorothy Lee about the various ways to interpret the gospel reading. 

Fran and Robyn discuss Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Romans 10:5-15; and Matthew 14:22-33. We mentioned Dorothy Lee's book  The Gospels Speak: Addressing Life's Questions.

Robyn is joined by John Bottomly and Brendan Byrne from Working the Lectionary podcast. We discuss Genesis 32:22-31 and Matthew 14:13-21 through the lens of work, economy, justice, and theology.  

Kylie and Sean discuss Genesis 29:15-28,  Romans 8:26-39 and  Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 .

Kylie and Sean discuss preaching from Genesis 28:10-19, Romans 8:12-25 and Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.

Robyn and Sean discuss Genesis 25:19-34, Romans 8:1-11, and the parable of the sower in Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23.

Sean and Robyn discuss Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Romans 7:15-25; and Matthew 11:16-10, 25-30.  We mention Sally Douglas's new book, Jesus Sophia .

Fran and Howard discuss Genesis 21:8-21 and Matthew 10:24-39 We mention Phyllis Trible's Texts of Terror Rembrandt's Casting out of Hagar and Ishmael (in the National Gallery of Victoria)

Robyn and Howard discuss Genesis 18:1-15, Romans 5:1-8, and Matthew 9:35-10:8. We also mention Rublev's icon . 

In this episode Howard and Sally talk about the story of Abraham as it is told in Genesis 12:1–9 and also in Romans 4:13–25, They also look at Matthew 9:9–13, 18–26. Apologies for the audio hiccups along the way. Sally was joining the conversation by Zoom.

In this episode, Sally joins Howard to talk about Genesis 1:1–2.4 (with a nod to Psalm 8) and the the conclusions to 2 Corinthians (2 Cor 13:11–13) and the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 28:16–20). Sally was joining the conversation by Zoom, and so apologies that at times there is a lag on her audio. Those wanting to get a visual sense of new ways of imagining the Trinity might look at the the followi...

Fran and Sean discuss the texts for Pentecost, including Acts 2:1-21, Numbers 11:24-30, John 7:37-39, John 20:19-23 and 1 Corinthians 12:3b-23.

This week Fran and Sean focus on two New Testament texts: Acts 1:6–14 and John 17:1–11. They talk about the ascension of Jesus and the mission of the church, the importance of thinking about space and time in Luke's narrative, and the meaning of glory and eternal life in the gospel of John. Reference is made to Willie Jennings'  commentary on Acts and to an article by By the Well host Robyn Whitak...

Sally and Robyn discuss Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter3:13-22; John 14:15-21. We look at themes of resurrection, gentleness, love, and testimony. 

Robyn and Fran focus on Acts 7:55-60 and John 1:1-14. For discussion about 1 Peter 2:2-10, please see this episode from Easter 5 in 2020 We mention Willie Jennings' commentary on Acts

Howard and Fran discuss Psalm 23, John 10:10-10 and Acts 2:42-47