Foundations with Mandy and Robbo

An ancient Jewish practice of rabbis was to look for commonalities or connections between passages when a word or phrase was repeated. In this way, they'd be able to connect those words or events, and deepen the meaning and richness of God's Word, revealing multi-levels of understanding. This process is termed 'stringing pearls' and that's what we'll be looking at on Foundations. Your support send...

On Foundations today we'll wrap up our look at the western industrialised worldview that has wrongly viewed and interpreted the Bible from that vantage point. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've heard the term, 'Clash of Cultures' many times, and in truth, this clash of cultures can make it very hard for Christians in the west to understand the Bible, which is from the east???the Middle East to be exact and to the Middle Eastern mind, that makes the west a bit weird. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vis...

Jewish history and culture is confusing to most in the west, and that's primarily because an eastern mindset is foreign to us. It's weird, but in our program today we'll be looking at a different definition of weird and it's based on western ideology. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudi...

For many Christians, reading the Old Covenant rules and regulations is very confusing, and often times seems like foolishness. Everything however was for good reason, and today we'll be looking at the prohibition of mixing wool with linen. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listen...

Terrorism came solidly into the west with the attack on 9/11. Terrorism was very prevalent in the ancient world and many critics of the Bible have condemned God as being something of a terrorist. But we've been learning about what God's Word actually says and that's what our focus is today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and prin...

Unfortunately, terrorism has become far too much a part of our lives in recent years, for the most part, something we've been unused to. But terrorism has been around for millennia and we'll be looking into the Torah to see what God has to say about it. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystu...

We finish our time together on Foundations learning about the tassels worn by Jewish men. The symbolism is rich and significant, but now we learn what it means for us who believe in Jesus. Are they for us or not? Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today we're continuing our look at the wearing of tassels on the garments of all Jewish men, and in particular the symbolism of authority associated with the hem of a man's garment. A garment that even Jesus wore. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

There are a lot of laws in the Old Covenant that seems strange to the modern, western mind, one of those laws is the requiring of Jewish men to wear tassels on the corners of the garments. In fact, religious Jews wear them to this day. What do they mean? That's what we'll begin learning about today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online...

In today's program, we'll spend some time in Isaiah 53, a chapter that describes great suffering and sorrow by the person we know as Messiah. Why did He suffer and who did He suffer for???and who was He? That's what we'll try to determine today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See...

Today Foundations looks at how Jesus used an unclean item in one of His parables, an unclean item He declared priceless. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God often declared certain things to be unclean, and yet, a simple sprinkling of blood or the ashes of a sacrifice could transform the unclean thing into something clean and acceptable. How can that be? That's the focus on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener f...

The Apostle Paul taught us to pray without ceasing, a difficult and high calling to be sure. While we might look negatively upon Jewish traditions, they have developed the habit of praying to God in all situations throughout their day, no matter how mundane. It's a curious thought, but something we can learn from. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online...

Not all customs and traditions are bad, and some of the customs and traditions within Jewish prayer are lovely, rich and full of meaning. That's what we'll begin learning about today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our program today looks at some of the characters God used to achieve His purposes, wondering how on earth He could not only use, but actually choose some of these people who did some really dreadful things. How could God choose such people to be His representatives to the world? Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.visio...

We're learning about judging on a personal basis, 'measure for measure', and today we'll be looking at the situation of Job and his friends and how they misapplied this kind of judging when they observed all the loss and hardships that Job had experienced. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omny...

There are different kinds of judging mentioned in the Bible, in Foundations we're going to look at the issue of judging others, but on a more personal level, at least what this kind of judging should look like. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Women's Lib has done some good for women, but it's also done a lot of damage. We've been looking at how the Bible views women, specifically Ruth and Rahab, and in this program we'll be spending more time in the New Covenant to see how the early church and Paul's letters considered women. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://w...

In many cultures throughout history, women have fought for their place and not always successfully. In Foundations we're going to look at how the Bible viewed women, in particular we're going to look at the lives of two women, Ruth and Rahab. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/lis...

The Western mind often struggles to rightly understand what the Bible is communicating because we don't understand the cultural nuances of the ancient people it was writing about and to. This often means we impose modern Western culture into an ancient Middle Eastern context and it can really mess up our conclusions. This is the conversation we're continuing on Foundations today. Your support send...

One of the biggest challenges for the church in the West, is grasping so much of the Middle Eastern ethnic understanding of the Bible and the cultures in which it was written. That's what we'll begin looking at in Foundations today. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Today on Foundations, we're going to look a Hebrew words and the incredible wisdom and depth that are found in them. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our last program we looked at the fact that the Bible tells us to fear God. Some people have misunderstood this and often with good reason, it hasn't always been taught well throughout the centuries. We'll wrap up this topic today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio....

The Bible tells us that we're supposed to fear God???does that mean we're supposed to be terrified of Him? That's what our conversation will be about on the program today. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.