The Context and Color of the Bible

Send us Fan Mail We've covered a lot of ground in the last twenty chapters.   Erika and Veronica wrap up what has been covered as well as bring a few more connections from the Old Testament to the New Testament. Our website - www.thecontextandcolorofthebible.com We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of the Bible | Facebook We are on Instagram - @contextandcolorofthebible We are on YouTub...

Send us Fan Mail On episode 171 we talked about righteous.  This episode digs deeper into the word and its use in the New Testament. Erika shows us what the New Testament says about being righteous and how we need to be pursuing it.  She also unpacks what it means for God to be righteous.  God's righteous acts is good news and terrible news depending on where you stand in the covenant. Our we...

Send us Fan Mail As we build shelves for understanding the Bible, it's important to see the importance, value, and necessity of sacred space.  Erika walks us from Genesis to Revelation pointing out the sacred spaces.  She shows us why it has changes, how it has changed and what is yet to come. Our website - www.thecontextandcolorofthebible.com We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of the...

Send us Fan Mail In the last episode Erika unpacked the role of prophet.  In this episode she unpacks the words priest and king.  We discuss the levels of holiness that exist in animals, places, and people and how that affects our abilities to approach God.  A priest's job is to bring the worshipper closer to God.  Christ, Messiah, Anointed One, and King are all the same role.  Erika shows us...

Send us Fan Mail We are continuing to show themes or threads that run through the Bible.  Erika is explaining who a prophet is and what his (or her) job description would be.  God said there would be a prophet like Moses and then Scripture runs through a list of men who were not as great as Moses. Matthew then presents Jesus in a way that is similar to Mose to show Jesus is the prophet greater tha...

Send us Fan Mail In preparation for Christmas, we brought Bryan VanHaitsma back into the studio (Erika's basement) to unpack that word "Nazarene."  The words spoken in Matthew 2:23 sound like they should be from the Old Testament yet they aren't. Was Matthew adding to Scripture then when he said this?  Why did Matthew say it then?  We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of...

Send us Fan Mail We are going to be building a dictionary to go along with our study.  When the Hebrew words were translated into English, we lost some of the richness and depth behind those English words. The word Erika is adding to the dictionary this week is righteous (tzedekah/tsedaqah/tsaddiq). We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of the Bible | Facebook We are on Instagram - @contextan...

Send us Fan Mail We are going to be building a dictionary to go along with our study.  When the Hebrew words were translated into English, we lost some of the richness and depth behind those English words. The words Erika is adding to the dictionary this week are law (torah) and faith (enumah). We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of the Bible | Facebook We are on Instagram - @contextandcolo...

Send us Fan Mail In the next three episodes we are going to be building a dictionary to go along with our study.  When the Hebrew words were translated into English, we lost some of the richness and depth behind those English words. In this episode Erika is going to teach us about the word holy, kadosh in Hebrew. We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of the Bible | Facebook We are on Instagra...

Send us Fan Mail This is the last episode of our spotlight on covenants.  Erika is digging into the Davidic and the New covenant this week.    The Davidic covenant is found in 2 Samuel 7, 1 Chronicles 17, and Jeremiah 33 and the New Covenant can be found in Deuteronomy 30, Jeremiah 31, and Ezekiel 36.   Our Davidic covenant is episode #11.  Erika also referenced the Apocalyptic Gospel podcast.  We...

Send us Fan Mail Erika talked about two covenants last episode. This week she's unpacking the Mosaic and the Levitical covenant. The Mosaic covenant is mentioned in Exodus 19, 24, 31, Deuteronomy 28, and Jeremiah 31. The Levitical covenant is found in Numbers 25.  We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of the Bible | Facebook We are on Instagram - @contextandcolorofthebible We are on YouT...

Send us Fan Mail For the next three episodes Erika is going to be showing us covenants in the Bible.  This week she's unpacking the Noahic and the Abrahamic covenant. Erika is pulling her information from Genesis 8:20-9:17 for Noah.  For Abraham she is pulling her information from Genesis 12, 15, and 17. If you are interested in our Genesis series, those are episodes #125-146.  We are on Face...

Send us Fan Mail Time to unpack look at the story and purpose of the Writings.   The Writings answer questions of how to live in the here and now.  The Tanak ends with the hope of we are waiting for the Son of David to reign in Jerusalem.   If you are looking for our Genesis study that's episodes #125-146 and our Exodus study is episodes # 44-59. We are on Facebook - The Context and Color of...

Send us Fan Mail Erika built the large shelves we needed to understand the Old Testament.  Now in this episode, Erika is going to summarize the latter prophets.   She's going to show the story of the events before and after destruction of Jerusalem.  These books end with the hope is the best is yet to come. Want the inside scoop? When we started this recording, we thought this would be comple...

Send us Fan Mail Erika built the large shelves we needed to understand the Old Testament.  Now in this episode, Erika is going to summarize the first five books of the Old Testament, the Torah, as well as the former prophets. Want the inside scoop? When we started this recording, we thought this would be completed in two weeks but as you will find out next week, there was too much info so it'...

Send us Fan Mail If you want to have the story of the Old Testament that Erika presents in digital form, you can purchase a 10 page PDF for $1.99 at  Understanding the Old Testament Story (PDF Guide) Erika has walked us through the Torah, the Nevi'im so in this podcast she walks us through the Ketuvim.  The big question these books answer is, "How do I walk out my faith while waiting for...

Send us Fan Mail We want to give a shelf to help you as you read about the war in Israel as well as pray for the peace of Israel. 

Send us Fan Mail If you want to have the story of the Old Testament that Erika presents in digital form, you can purchase a 10 page PDF for $1.99 at  Understanding the Old Testament Story (PDF Guide) Last episode Erika gave us a broad picture to understand the Torah - the first five books of the Bible. In this episode she's going to give us a broad picture of the prophets, the Nevi'im. ...

Send us Fan Mail If you want to have the story of the Old Testament that Erika presents in digital form, you can purchase a 10 page PDF for $1.99 at  Understanding the Old Testament Story (PDF Guide) In the last episode Erika gave us three shelves to help us understand the Old Testament.  In this episode we she's going help us understand the Torah, the first five books of Moses.  She is going...

Send us Fan Mail It's time to release our own unique study of the Old Testament!!  Erika is going to unpack, put up shelves, and then fill those shelves so you can understand the Old Testament in way that the original reader (or hearer) understood.   Understanding the Old Testament better will help the New Testament come alive with more color and meaning than you realized was in there.  In th...

Send us Fan Mail What an end to the story.  This is the end of the end that leaves Habakkuk and us standing in awe and worship.  This episode reminds us why we can have peace in troubled times.  Why we can face the evil and not be afraid. Bryan is the digital media director for Revive Our Hearts.  He studied at Hope College in Michigan and Jerusalem University College in Israel.  He has a passion...

Send us Fan Mail We started the book of Habakkuk with him venting his complaints to God.  It's time to see how he responds to God's response. Habakkuk looks back at the exodus while looking ahead to the future.  Bryan is the digital media director for Revive Our Hearts.  He studied at Hope College in Michigan and Jerusalem University College in Israel.  He has a passion for digging into...

Send us Fan Mail Bryan covers the last three woes of chapter 2 in this episode.    Bryan is the digital media director for Revive Our Hearts.  He studied at Hope College in Michigan and Jerusalem University College in Israel.  He has a passion for digging into Scriptures that we often find perplexing, helping us understand why that story might be included, and what we are supposed to do in light o...

Send us Fan Mail God is responding to Habakkuk's three questions with 5 woes.  Bryan gives us the template for understanding these woes as well as covers the first two woes.   Bryan is the digital media director for Revive Our Hearts.  He studied at Hope College in Michigan and Jerusalem University College in Israel.  He has a passion for digging into Scriptures that we often find perplexing,...

Send us Fan Mail When we were recording Habakkuk 2:4 Bryan had so much more he wanted to point out about this verse in regard to the New Testament (Galatians 3, Romans 1, Matthew 11).  In this episode he shows how Paul used that verse to answer the question of who's in  God's kingdom.  John used this verse while he was in prison to ask Jesus if He was the one.   Bryan is the digital medi...