What the Bible Actually Says

S3E7 — Fall, or Invasion? Rethinking What Went Wrong in Genesis 2–3 What if Genesis isn’t primarily the story of humans ruining a perfect world? In this episode, we return to the Garden of Eden and read Genesis on its own terms. Rather than beginning with inherited guilt and human depravity, the text presents humanity as God’s priestly representatives, entrusted to  serve and guard sacred space. B...

What if the Bible’s understanding of human nature is far stranger—and far more profound—than most of us realize? In this episode of  Gospel, Not Shame , Tyson Putthoff explores one of Scripture’s most overlooked claims: that human beings are not described in the Bible as sealed, self-contained individuals, but as living sacred space—created to host divine presence. Drawing on Genesis 1–2, temple t...

What if the Gospel is less about escaping our sins—and more about confronting death itself? In this talk, recorded from a live Bible study at Victory Family Church (Norman, Oklahoma), we revisit one of the most basic questions in Christianity—Why did Jesus die?—and we look at Jesus’ raising of Lazarus in John 11 as a key to answering this question. We continue our series called Gospel, Not Shame,...

Rethinking Jesus' Parable of the Talents: Why the One Talent Servant is the Hero of the Story—Special Episode From a Bible Study talk at Victory Family Church—Norman, Oklahoma—March 2026 The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14–30) is one of the most familiar stories Jesus ever told—and also one of the most troubling. This parable has long been interpreted as a lesson about using our “talents...

What kind of “self” does the Bible actually assume you and I are? In Episode 2 of  Gospel, Not Shame , we take a step back and ask a foundational question: What is a human being according to Scripture? Before we can understand Sin, Death, or salvation, we need to understand the nature of the human person itself. Modern Western culture often imagines the self as sealed, autonomous, and internally s...

What if the Gospel hasn’t been rejected as much as it’s been misunderstood? In this opening episode of  Gospel, Not Shame , we revisit the basic assumptions many Christians have inherited about sin, salvation, and the purpose of Jesus’ mission. Rather than treating sin and death as mere mistakes or natural events, Scripture often portrays them as active, enslaving powers that dominate human life a...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 30: NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   Thank you for joining me on this challenge.   Thank you even more for your heart to engage with Jesus in a way that may make you uncomfortable, pushing you out of your comfort zones. This is, after all, where Jesus reveals himself to us in radical and life-changing ways.    Don’t stop pu...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 29: THE LAUNCH OF THE MOVEMENT @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Acts 1–2 — Ascension, waiting, Pentecost • Joel 2 — Spirit poured out • Exodus 19–20 — Sinai backdrop • Genesis 11 — Babel reversed 2. Date & Place • Spring 29 AD, Jerusalem. • Fifty days after Passover; Feast of Shavuot/Pentecost. • Jesus has ascended; disciple...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 28: THE KING’S VICTORY TOUR @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Matthew 28 — Great Commission • Luke 24 — Resurrection appearances • John 20–21 — Mary Magdalene, Thomas, Peter restored • Acts 1:1–11 — Ascension • Daniel 7:13–14 — Son of Man enthronement 2. Date & Place • Spring 29 AD, during the weeks following Passover. • Appe...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 27: THE ULTIMATE VICTORY @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Matthew 28 • Mark 16 • Luke 24 • John 20–21 • 1 Corinthians 15 (theological reflection) 2. Date & Place • Spring 29 AD, the third day after Jesus’ crucifixion. • Locations: the garden tomb near Golgotha, the roads around Jerusalem, private homes, and Bethany. • Early...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 26: BATTLE TO THE DEATH @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Matthew 27 • Mark 15 • Luke 23 • John 19 • Isaiah 52–53; Psalm 22 (background) 2. Date & Place • Spring 29 AD, during Passover Week. • Locations: the Praetorium, Via Dolorosa route, Golgotha (“Place of the Skull”), and a new tomb in a nearby garden. • Rome and Temple l...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 25: THE UNJUST TRIBUNAL @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • John 18 — Annas’ questioning, Peter’s denial • Matthew 26–27 — Trial before Caiaphas & Pilate • Mark 14–15 — Sanhedrin, Barabbas, mockery • Luke 22–23 — Jesus before Pilate and Herod • Daniel 7 — “Son of Man” enthronement imagery 2. Date & Place • Passover Week, Sp...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 24: THE DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Matthew 26:30–56 — Gethsemane • Mark 14:32–52 — Jesus’ agony & arrest • Luke 22:39–53 — “Not my will but yours” • John 18:1–11 — “I am” and the arrest 2. Date & Place • Spring 29 AD, late evening after the Passover meal. • Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives — an...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 23: THE KING’S VIGIL @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Matthew 26:17–30 • Mark 14:12–26 • Luke 22:7–38 • John 13–17 — Footwashing, farewell teachings, High Priestly Prayer 2. Date & Place • Passover week, Spring 29 AD. • Upper Room in Jerusalem, then toward the Mount of Olives. • The final evening before Jesus’ arrest—an inte...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 22: WARNINGS, PLOTS & BETRAYALS @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Matthew 24–26 • Mark 13–14 • Luke 21–22 • Daniel 7 (Son of Man imagery) • Zechariah 11 (thirty pieces of silver) 2. Date & Place • Spring 29 AD, final week of Jesus’ public ministry. • From the Temple to the Mount of Olives; evenings in Bethany. • Final tea...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 21: THE MARCH ON JERUSALEM   1. Key Texts • Matthew 21–23 — Entry, Temple actions, debates • Mark 11–13 — Fig tree, Temple teaching, Olivet discourse • Luke 19–21 — Entry, Temple cleansing, widow’s offering • Zechariah 9:9 — Donkey prophecy 2. Date & Place • Spring 29 AD, Passover Week (Passover 3). • Bethany → Jerusalem → Temple courts → Mount of Olives. • Slow-motion...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 20: THE DISCIPLES’ RECKONING @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • John 11 — Lazarus raised • Luke 14–19 — Teachings in Perea • Luke 15 — Parables of the lost • Luke 19:1–10 — Zacchaeus • John 11:45–53 — Plot to kill Jesus 2. Date & Place • Winter 28–Spring 29 AD, between Hanukkah and Passover. • Jesus withdraws from Jerusalem in...

JesusX30Challenge—Scene 19: THE SIEGE BEGINS @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Luke 10:1–42 — Seventy sent; Good Samaritan; Mary & Martha • John 10:22–39 — Hanukkah confrontation in the Temple • Deut 6; Lev 19 — Love of God & neighbor background • Genesis 10 — Seventy nations symbolism 2. Date & Place • Fall–Winter 28 AD, between Sukkot and H...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 18: THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1.         Key Texts • John 9 — Healing of the man born blind • John 7–8 — Sukkot background • Isaiah 42:6–7 — Light for the nations, opening blind eyes • John 8:12 — “I am the Light of the World” 2.         Date & Place • Late 28 AD, immediately after the Festival of Sukkot in Jerusalem. • Jesus has just left the Temple after conflict over his...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 17: REGROUP & REINFORCE @TysonPutthoff | #JesusX30Challenge #JesusX30 #JX30Challenge   1. Key Texts • Matthew 18:1–10 — The child in the midst • Mark 9:33–37 — “Who is greatest?” • Matthew 25:31–46 — Welcoming the overlooked • Psalm 34:18 — The nearness of God to the lowly 2. Date & Place • Late Summer 28 AD • Capernaum — Jesus’ home base on the northern shore of t...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 16: THE REFINING FIRE   1. Key Texts Mark 7:1–30—Purity Laws, Syrophoenician Woman Matthew 15:1–28—What Defiles, Gentile Woman’s Faith Mark 8:1–33—Feeding of the 4,000, Peter’s Confession, Jesus’ Rebuke Matthew 16:13–26—Peter’s Confession, Call to the Cross Isaiah 29:13—“This people honors me with their lips” Deuteronomy 8:3—“Man does not live by bread alone” 2. Outline /...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 15: THE SURGE & THE SIFTING 1. Key Texts Matthew 14:13–36—Feeding the 5,000, Walking on Water Mark 6:30–56—Feeding and Sea Miracle John 6:1–71—Bread of Life Discourse and Mass Defection Exodus 16—Manna in the Wilderness Job 9:8—God “walks on the sea” Psalm 89:9–10—God rules the raging sea 2. Outline / Notes Date & Place • Summer 28 AD, northeast side of the Sea of...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 14: THE COMMISSION & THE FALLEN PROPHET  1. Key Texts Matthew 10 — Commissioning of the Twelve Mark 6:7–29 — Sending and the Death of John the Baptist Luke 9:1–6 — Mission Instructions Deuteronomy 19:15 — Two Witnesses Isaiah 40:3–5 — Voice in the Wilderness John 1:19–34 — John’s Witness to Jesus 2. Outline / Notes Date & Place • Summer 28 AD — Galilee and the nort...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 13: TALES OF THE EMPIRE   1. Key Texts Matthew 8:23–27 — Jesus Calms the Storm Matthew 14:22–33 — Jesus Walks on the Water Psalm 89:9–10 — God Rules the Sea Genesis 1:1–10 — Order over Chaos Job 26:12–13 — God Crushes the Sea Monster Mark 4:35–41 — Parallel Account 2. Outline / Notes Date & Place • Galilee, Spring–Summer 28 AD. • Jesus’ growing movement is drawing huge...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 12: SHOCKWAVES THROUGHOUT GALILEE   1. Key Texts • Matthew 8:5–13 — The Centurion’s Servant • Luke 7:1–10 — The Centurion’s Faith • Luke 7:11–17 — The Widow’s Son at Nain • Luke 7:18–35 — John the Baptist’s Question • Matthew 11:20–24 — Woes to Unrepentant Towns • Luke 7:36–50 — The Anointing Woman • Isaiah 35:5–6; 61:1 — Messianic signs of restoration 2. Outline / Notes D...