Her God Speaks
134 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Her God Speaks exists to help women hear, know and glorify God through intentional, Christ-centered engagement with the Bible and theology. The goal of each episode is to communicate His truth for her life, in every circumstance, for every season.
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Hermeneutics Huesday: Help! I read something in the Bible that just doesn't seem right! {Wisdom For Faithful Reading 07}
December 12, 2023 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newsletter" link below. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Emotional Health
November 14, 2023 22:00 - 8 minutes - 5.88 MBIn this episode we take a break from our Wisdom for Faithful Reading series and Aprile shares some thoughts about the connection between interpreting the Bible well and emotional health. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: On Reading Instinctively and Literally {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 06}
November 07, 2023 21:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBIn this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newsletter" link below. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: The Bible Was Written FOR Us Not TO Us {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 05}
November 01, 2023 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MBIn this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newsletter" link below. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: A Passage Can't Mean What It Never Meant {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 04}
October 24, 2023 22:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newsletter" link below. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: Hermeneutics Matters Because the Bible Is Messy {Wisdom For Faithful Reading 03}
October 17, 2023 19:00 - 11 minutes - 7.67 MBIn this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newsletter" link below. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: Three Essential Safeguards Against Bad Bible Interpretation {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 02}
October 10, 2023 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.79 MBIn this episode we continue to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newsletter" link below. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: Faithful Over Right {Wisdom for Faithful Reading 01}
October 03, 2023 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MBIn this episode we begin to work our way through Wisdom For Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation by John Walton. It's not necessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of the book, you can do so here. You can access the transcript and other goodies by visiting aprilesweers.substack.com or clicking on the "newsletter" link below. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Introducing Our New Hermeneutics Huesday Book!
September 19, 2023 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.42 MBIn this episode I introduce the book that will serve as our guide/springboard for the next few months of Hermeneutics Huesdays. The book is Wisdom for Faithful Reading by Old Testament scholar John Walton. This is not a book club, so I will be working under the assumption that no-one is reading the book along with me. But if you would like to get yourself a copy, you can do so here. Transcripts of these episodes are published at aprilesweers.substack.com. Newsletter//Instagram // Websit...
Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes Chapter 9 {It's All About Me}}
September 13, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIt's Hermeneutics Huesday! We're wrapping up the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsatck newsletter. You can do that here. (That's where I'm sharing the transcripts of these HH episodes and lots of other fun content.) Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Chapter 8 {Virtue and Vice}
September 05, 2023 19:00 - 13 minutes - 9.04 MBIt's Hermeneutics Huesday! We're working through the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. (Reading along is not necessary. The main purpose of following the book is to keep me organized.) For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsatck newsletter. You can do that here. (That's where I'm sharing the transcripts of these HH episodes.) Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Chapter 7, Part 2 {Naturalism}
August 29, 2023 20:00 - 13 minutes - 9.1 MBIt's Hermeneutics Huesday! We're working through the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. (Reading along is not necessary. The main purpose of following the book is to keep me organized.) For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsatck newsletter. You can do that here. (That's where I'm sharing the transcripts of these HH episodes.) Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday: Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes Chapter 7, Part 1 {Patron-client relationships}
August 23, 2023 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIt's been awhile! I'm excited to continue working through the book Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. (Reading along is not necessary. The main purpose of following the book is to keep me organized.) For an archived list of past Hermeneutics Huesday episodes, click here. The best way to stay connected with my work is by subscribing to my Subsatck newsletter. You can do that here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Supernatural 07: Chapter 16 {Summer Bookclub}
July 21, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBGet on Jeremy's Bible Fortcast mailing list (scroll to the bottom of webpage): https://www.thebiblefortcast.com/ Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Supernatural 06: Chapters 14-15 {Summer Bookclub}
July 13, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBSign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Supernatural 05: Chapters 11-13 {Summer Bookclub}
July 06, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBSign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Supernatural 04: Chapters 8-10 {Summer Bookclub}
June 29, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBSign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Supernatural 03: Chapters 5-7 {Summer Bookclub}
June 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBSign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Make a donation: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/555363 Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Supernatural 02: Chapter 4 {Summer Bookclub}
June 15, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBHere's the Naked Bible podcast episode with Fern and Audrey: https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-209-a-fern-and-audrey-testimony/ Sign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Make a donation: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/555363 Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Supernatural 01: Chapters 1-3 {Summer Bookclub}
June 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBSign up for the bookclub: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3OBmGGM Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Make a donation: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/5553630 Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 19 {Western assumptions about time}
May 30, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.05 MBSign up for the summer bookclub here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/646e32573e266b3df9f1dbd3 Get your book here: https://amzn.to/45trxjg Subscribe to Aprile's Substack newsletter here: https://aprilesweers.substack.com/ Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 18 {Western assumptions about right and wrong//the honor-shame culture of the Bible}
May 23, 2023 04:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes here. Read the entire Carmen Imes article about David and Bathsheba here. Newsletter//Instagram // ...
Hermeneutics Huesday 17 {reading the Bible through an individualist lens}
May 09, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 9.86 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 10: What About the Rapture? {1 Thessalonians 4}
May 04, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) Find all of the Heaven Series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 16 {Overcoming Assumptions about Language}
May 02, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes here. You can access The Bible Project podcast I refer to here. The Preston Sprinkle quote comes f...
Heaven Series 09: All Things New {Revelation 21 & 22}
April 27, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBClick here for the link to the political cartoons Aprile references. (If that link doesn't work, you can also find it at hergodspeaks.com/heaven) If you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) Find all of the Heaven Series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//In...
Hermeneutics Huesday 15 {Race and Reading the Bible}
April 25, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 08: The Church and the Kingdom of God {Ephesians 2}
April 20, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) Find all of the Heaven Series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 14 {How our moral values shape our reading of the Bible}
April 18, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 07: Christ and Cosmic Renewal {Romans 8}
April 13, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find Hope's article "Hope for the Wanderluster" here. Find all of the Heaven Series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 13 {reading ourselves as we read the Bible}
April 11, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.64 MBIf you enjoy this podcast and want to show it some love and keep it going, become a $5/mo paid Substack subscriber here! (Or visit aprilesweers.substack.com) You can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. Again, you can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 06: Resurrection {1 Corinthians 15}
April 06, 2023 04:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBFind all of the Heaven series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 12 {the historical context of Holy Week}
April 04, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBYou can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. You can subscribe here. You can get a copy of Fight Like Jesus here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 05: The Kingdom of God {various New Testament passages}
March 30, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBFind all of the Heaven series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 11 {historical context and the woman at the well}
March 28, 2023 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBYou can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. You can subscribe here. You can purchase a copy of The Samaritan Woman's Story here. The well-meaning pattern article I mention is here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 10 {the Bible is NOT a love letter, part 3}
March 21, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.41 MBYou can find the Hermeneutics Huesday archives and resources here. A transcript of this episode is available through my Substack newsletter. You can subscribe here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 04: The Hope of the Prophets {Isaiah's new creation passages}
March 17, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBFind all of the Heaven series resources and episode archive here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 09 {the Bible is not a love letter, part 2}
March 14, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.27 MBSubscribe to Aprile's Substack (sort of like a blog that gets delivered to your inbox): aprilesweers.substack.com The takeaways from this episode: A love letter flatters, the Bible forms and informs. It is okay to read the Bible to glean information. In fact, it’s necessary to do so. If we make sentimental feelings our standard, we make a major percentage of the Bible completely irrelevant. Over time, as we read the holy Scriptures and seek to live them out, they change us. Find all...
Heaven Series 03: God Comes Down {various temple passages}
March 09, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBFind all of the Heaven series resources here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 02: God's Plan A {Genesis 1 & 2}
March 02, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBFind all of the Heaven series resources here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 08 {the Bible is not a love letter, part 1}
February 28, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.78 MBThe takeaways from this episode: A love letter is written to a person, the Bible was written to a people.. The Bible fundamentally a “we” book not a “me” book. Before I seek to discern what God is saying to me, I need to figure out what he’s saying to us. What’s the message of this passage for His people? Prioritize reading and studying the Bible in community with other believers Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Heaven Series 01: Introduction
February 23, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBFind all of the Heaven series resources here. You can purchase a copy of the Heaven workbook here. Make a donation to Her God Speaks by clicking here. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 07 {we want the video camera footage but the Bible doesn't work like that}
February 21, 2023 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.1 MBTakeaway's from this episode: Sound biblical hermeutics requires that we understand that the biblical authors didn’t think the way we think. They were just as committed to accuracy as we are, but not in the "video camera footage" way that we are. You aren't reading a police report, you are reading holy Scripture! Let the apparent contradictions or conundrums be an invitation to linger in the text, to explore on a deeper level what the author of each passage was seeking to communicate and...
Heaven Series Preview
February 16, 2023 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.69 MBMark your calendar, because the February 23rd launch Her God Speaks Heaven series is just one week away! Order you're companion study guide here. Let's learn stuff together! Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate
Hermeneutics Huesday 06 {on the importance of biblical metaphor}
February 14, 2023 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.61 MBTakeaways from this episode: The authors of Scripture are constantly taking one idea – usually something tangible and easy to understand – and mapping that idea onto a more abstract concept or experience. (This is what a metaphor is.) Taking every word of the Bible literally should NOT be a badge of honor! Every culture develops its OWN metaphors that will seem strange – perhaps even nonsensical – to another culture. This means we're going to have to do some work to discern the meaning of...
Hermeneutics Huesday 05 {the one where we talk about political cartoons}
February 07, 2023 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.65 MBThe takeaways from this episode: We cannot answer the question, “What DOES this passage mean (for us)?” until we first seek an answer to the question, “What DID this passage mean (for the author and original audience)?” The problem in the story Aprile reads is the "interdimensional superbeings" failing first, to understand what a political cartoon IS and second, to see the political cartoon through the eyes of the original artist and audience. We do this with the Bible ALL the time, par...
Hermeneutics Huesday 04 {context IS king, but literary context is not enough}
January 31, 2023 05:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBThe takeaways from this episode: Literary context is essential, but literary context without deep regard for historical and cultural context can give you a false sense of understanding what a passage means when in reality you're not being a very good "tourist" of scripture. We cannot assume that our plain reading of the text is the same as the original audiences’ plain reading of the text. What a passage means for us when we take it at face value is probably not what it meant for them wh...
Hermeneutics Huesday 03 {the Bible was written FOR us not TO us}
January 30, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.88 MBThe takeaways from this episode: The Bible was not written to us, meaning that it was not written in any modern language or with our modern assumptions, values and worldview in mind. We can't answer the question, "What DOES it mean (for us)?" until we do the work of seeking an answer to the question, "What DID it mean (for them)?” A passage can't mean something for us that it never would have meant for the original audience. Books for further study: (These are Amazon Associate links. ...
Hermeneutics Huesday 02 {the Bible as an act of communication}
January 29, 2023 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.35 MBThe takeaways from this episode: We have a tendency to map all of OUR cultural assumptions onto the Bible and expect to come out the other side with an accurate interpretation. It doesn't work! The Bible is fundamentally an act of communication and communication by nature is always contextualized. The Bible was written FOR us, but it was not written TO us. Before we can answer the question, "What DOES it mean for us today?" we have to seek (the best we can!) to answer the question "What ...
Hermeneutics Huesday 01 {the Bible as divine AND human}
January 28, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MBThe takeaways from this episode: When we don't think carefully about the historical and cultural context in which the Bible was originally written we are being bad tourists of the Bible, guilty of cultural snobbery. The Bible is a DIVINE book written and delivered by HUMAN agents. These human agents were real people who played a real part in writing the Bible. Newsletter//Instagram // Website // Shop//Donate