(Bleeding Woman) God's grace is greater than we can imagine and His peace surpasses all understanding.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Some two thousand years ago, as the story goes, a rabbi named Yochanan makes the epitome of pragmatic gambles—wagering the entire fate of the Jewish people. In dialogue with the soon-to-be Roman emperor Vespasian, Yochanan tacitly acknowledges the Romans’ planned destruction of Jerusalem in return for a plot of land in a town called Yavneh. There, …

Nijay chats with Dr. Holly Beers about the new Word and Spirit Commentary series from Baker Academic, which she co-edits with Craig Keener. (NB: There is a microphone malfunction at the end of the episode, apologies for quality issues.)Nijay K. Gupta

(Samaritan Woman) Are you filled with shame? Do you carry a lot of baggage? Jesus knows you fully and still loves you unconditionally.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

This is the first Syriac reader for the New Testament. It guides the reader through the Syriac New Testament Peshitta, glossing the uncommon words and parsing difficult word forms. It is designed for two groups of people. First, for students learning Syriac after a years’ worth of study this series provides the material to grow in reading ability f…

Sometimes our pride keeps us thinking that we are good enough to be saved. But heaven holds in high esteem only those who feel unworthy and ask for God's grace!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Do you ever wonder if you have gone too far? Join us as we ponder the words of Jesus that remind us that God is waiting for us with open arms, no matter how dark our detour has been.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

When we get a glimpse of what Christ has done for us at the cross, our response is to praise Him! And our gratitude invariably overflows into helping those who are in need.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Jesus taught us to choose mercy over purity. The ground is even at the foot of the cross. We are all equals in the eyes of God for we are all sinners in need of a Savior.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Forgiveness and love go hand in hand. Jesus said that the person who has been forgiven much, will love much! And we have been forgiven much!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

God has done all that was needed for your salvation, and now we get to live a life of gratitude for what He has done for us; not in order to be saved but because we already are.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

At the cross, Jesus made a way where there was no way. Now He invites us on an Exodus Journey of trusting Him to take us safely to the heavenly Promised Land.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Do you ever question if God cares? Join us to find out how to live with a "Mary" heart in a "Martha" world.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Do you ever feel unworthy of doing ministry for Christ because of past mistakes? This program reminds us that the only One worthy of praise is Jesus, and that now is the time to answer His call!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Sometimes we feel like slaves to sin, shame or guilt, yet we have the best news for you! Jesus came to give you real freedom!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

What to do when a victorious soldier lusts for the beautiful woman he’s just taken captive in an overseas war. In fact, her body already belongs to him as war booty. If they’re alone in an alley, no one will find out what he does to her. That’s the incendiary situation to which the Bible responds with the Beautiful Captive Law. The Bible’s first st…

Are you struggling with the assurance of eternal salvation? Join us to find out how to settle this question for good.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

I'm excited to kick off a new season of Engaging Scripture! We start with Dr. Joel Green (Fuller Seminary). Joel and I chat about his career, his approach to teaching and scholarship, and his brand new New Testament Library commentary on James.Nijay K. Gupta

The history of early modern biblical scholarship has often been told as a teleological narrative in which a succession of radical thinkers dethroned the authority of the sacred word. The Limits of Erudition: The Old Testament in Post-Reformation Europe (Cambridge UP, 2024) tells a very different story. Drawing on a mass of archival sources, Timothy…

Are you tired of waiting for something good to happen? Be comforted by the assurance that Jesus will come back to eradicate evil and establish His kingdom of peace!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

The institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill…

Wondering if God can forgive THAT sin? There is only ONE who can give you a definite answer: Jesus and Him crucified. The sacrifice of Jesus is the guarantee that ALL your sins can be forgiven.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

We are all on a journey of perception to make sense of our lives. When you "connect the dots" at the cross, the story of redemption becomes real in your own personal journey.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

We have great news! The tomb was empty because Jesus rose from the dead! He is alive and will come back for us, that we may live with Him eternally. Woo Hoo!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Does the Gospel of Mark reflect a post-Jewish, Gentile Christianity? Perhaps not. John Van Maaren says the Gospel of Mark should be read as an expression of first-century Judaism. Tune in as we speak with John Van Maaren about his recent book, The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism and the Death of Christ as Ransom for Many (Mohr Siebeck, 2025). John Van Maa…

Do you really know YOUR WORTH? Join us to find out how valuable you are in God's eyes, for Jesus paid your ransom at the cross with His blood!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

There is only ONE reason why we will be in heaven: because we are WITH JESUS, who paid our price. And yes! When you accept Him as Savior, you can be sure that you will be there!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

The Hebrew Bible contains two quite different divine personae. One is quick to anger and to exact punishment while the other is a compassionate God slow to anger and quick to forgive. One God distant, the other close by. This severe contrast posed a theological challenge for Jewish thought for the ages. The Problem of God in Jewish Thought (Cambrid…

Do you deserve an "F" in your life? This is the gospel: Jesus, who deserved an "A" received your "F", so that you can receive His "A". Wow! The innocent One took the place of the guilty ones, and gave us eternal life!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

The good news of Jesus includes his life, death, resurrection, and future return—but what about his ascension? Though often neglected or misunderstood, the ascension is integral to the gospel. In The Ascension of Christ: Recovering a Neglected Doctrine (Lexham Press), Patrick Schreiner argues that Jesus’ work would be incomplete without his ascent …

Can God still bless us in spite of our major mistakes? Join us to find out the answer in the way that Jesus interacted with Peter.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

In The Nero-Antichrist: Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm (Cambridge UP, 2020), Shushma Malik reconstructs the means by which the emperor Nero came to be identified with the New Testament's antichrist. Malik surveys the first four Christian centuries to show how Nero mythology developed, often in ways that were much more positive than we might exp…

Peace is not the absence of trouble but the presence of Christ. Jesus provides serenity in the midst of difficulties.Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Quran Commentary and the Biblical Turn (de Gruyter, 2024) examines the exegetical relationship between the Quran and the Bible in Islamic intellectual history. As the two have been called "intertwined scriptures" due to the Quran’s frequent invocation of biblical narratives and figures, a question is raised: what is the history of Muslims’ exegetic…

In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact—a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines from Paul's letter to the Romans, and dated to the second century CE. Noted scholar Roberta Mazza was stunned. When was this piece discovered, and how cou…

Jesus' Crown of Thorns has become one of the most ubiquitous features of Christian religious art, but was the original crown anything like the crown of popular medieval art and piety? The image conjured by art history is that of a bloodied, beaten Jesus, wearing a cruelly fashioned, woven crown made of sharp thorns. But this image is deeply mislead…

Is there equality in Christ? Join us to discover that Jesus is the LIGHT to all nations, races, genders, and tongues. And yes! You are included!Jesus 101 and Elizabeth Talbot

Why does the Gospel of Mark make specific and repeated reference to the compassion of Jesus in the miracle stories? Compassion and the Characterization of the Markan Jesus (Brill, 2024) discusses the function that compassion has in the Markan characterization of Jesus, particularly in how the terminology employed depicts Jesus as entering the suffe…