Latest Hermeneutics Podcast Episodes
Unlock the Mysteries of the Bible Part 3
Ezra Ministries Podcast - October 21, 2018 21:35 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSometimes the best way to get a clear definition of something is to look at its opposite. In this Ezra Ministries Podcast Christian looks at what mystery in the Bible is not. It is a whirlwind tour of church history with an emphasis on the various mystery groups that have popped up here and ther...
Unlock the Mysteries of the Bible Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - October 06, 2018 13:19 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Old Testament, to some, can be a mystery to understand and perhaps the New Testament makes more sense. Yet the New Testament contains a number of states mysteries that affect our lives and the lives of every person on the earth. Join us as Stephen walks us through the essence of these mys...
Unlock the Mysteries of the Bible Part 1
Ezra Ministries Podcast - September 23, 2018 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Bible is not actually the mysterious book at the History Channel tries to make it out to be. The Bible is from God and written for Man and is fully understandable for those who seek its meaning in the right way. Just like a treasure map, we need to follow it to get to the riches. On this e...
Learning the Skill of Midrash Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - September 16, 2018 14:40 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMidrash is an interpretive skill that, when learned, will allow you to discover wonders in the Scriptures that were never noticed there before. The Bible is God's Book and it is as deep as the ocean and yet shallow enough for a small child to play in. In this episode Caleb takes you from the ...
Learning the Skill of Midrash
Ezra Ministries Podcast - September 09, 2018 15:14 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA deeper level of interpreting the Bible is using the technique of Midrash. Doing Midrash requires a good bit of brain work and jumping around the Bible. It's kind of like a marathon and you better jolly well have a pen and paper with you to jot down all the ideas you will have. This Ezra Min...
Getting from Infancy to Adulthood
Ezra Ministries Podcast - September 02, 2018 19:09 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEverybody begins life as a baby. The big question is whether or not we stay babies throughout our life. In this episode of the Ezra Ministries Podcast, Stephen challenges us with the reality of spiritual growth. It is through proper understanding and application of the Scriptures that we mature ...
Getting from Lightweight to Heavy Lifting
Ezra Ministries Podcast - August 27, 2018 11:21 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode of the Ezra Ministries Podcast Caleb takes us through the Jewish interpretive technique of Kal va Homer, or Light to Heavy. Here lies the key to working out what God considers most important when it comes to not only interpreting the Scriptures but also applying them to our lives...
How to Spot a Hint Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - August 19, 2018 22:03 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis is part 2 of our topic on how to spot hints in the Bible. God is the kind of person who doesn't want to just get people off the hook. He wants to make detectives of us all and seek Him with a whole heart. Join us in this episode of the Ezra Ministries Podcast and see where God has placed a ...
How to Spot a Hint Part 1
Ezra Ministries Podcast - August 12, 2018 12:56 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhenever anyone tells you a riddle eventually you may say, "Give me a hint." You don't want to know the full answer but you do want just enough information to get to the conclusion. Remez is a Jewish method of revealing meaning in a text. It is a way of opening up greater meaning to a passage ...
God's Eye View of Scripture Part 3
Ezra Ministries Podcast - July 29, 2018 20:09 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDoubt is everywhere. This can be seen very clearly in the foundational human relationship of marriage. How many people do we all know who have married and then only a few years later are divorced. Marriage has become a fragile aspect of human life, and something which few expect to until death d...
God's Eye View of Scripture Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - July 22, 2018 13:33 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Bible is a book that on the surface can look complicated and confusing. In this episode Christian seeks to discover a central theme to the Bible, one that will be able to unify the whole of the text and create the right results in the lives of those who read and apply it. Join us as we ex...
God's Eye View of Scripture Part 1
Ezra Ministries Podcast - July 14, 2018 20:56 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCommentaries are a good way to understand certain passages of Scripture. They will microscope down into a verse and plow through a chapter one phrase at a time in order to give a good explanation of what the author wrote. But there is another way to read the Bible that is macroscopic. It is call...
Interpretation Showdown Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - July 07, 2018 21:37 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis episode of the Ezra Ministries Podcast is part 2 of our Interpretation Showdown between Christian and Caleb using 1 Samuel 11. For best results please back up and listen to part 1, then you will be ready and able to get the full effect of what is being presented. Click here to download...
Interpretation Showdown Part 1
Ezra Ministries Podcast - July 01, 2018 19:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsInterpretation of Scripture is often considered to be a subjective activity, based more on the opinions of the person doing the interpretation more than the objective truth of Scripture itself and the faithfulness of God. In this Ezra Ministries Podcast Christian and Caleb each expound the te...
Called to Interpret
Ezra Ministries Podcast - June 24, 2018 21:45 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs believers of the Word of God we have a responsibility to correctly handle the Word of Truth. It is a sad state when the church misrepresents God. We don't like to be misrepresented ourselves and God doubly does not like to be misrepresented. In this Ezra Ministries Podcast Christian takes ...
Why a Jewish Perspective? Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - June 10, 2018 19:08 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis Ezra Ministries Podcast is part two of Why a Jewish Perspective? In this episode Caleb goes through the passage on the crossing of the Red Sea and explains it using the interpretive method of PaRDeS in order to demonstrate that a Jewish approach gives a deeper understanding of the text of S...
Why a Jewish Perspective?
Ezra Ministries Podcast - June 03, 2018 13:22 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere are numerous perspectives to Bible study. Some people only read it to prove their own personal point of view on some issue. Some read it in an attempt to disprove it. Others have only been taught it from their own denominational perspective. This Ezra Ministries Podcast give three reasons ...
It's All Greek Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - May 27, 2018 20:59 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis Ezra Ministries Podcast is part two of Greek culture and rhetoric as understood in the pages of the New Testament. If you haven't already listened to part one then don't waste anymore time, go and get it! Click here to download...
It's All Greek Part 1
Ezra Ministries Podcast - May 07, 2018 00:04 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe all know that the Bible is a Jewish Book, written BY Jewish men ABOUT the Jewish Messiah. But the bulk of the New Testament was written TO Greek speaking people from Greco/Roman lands around the Empire. These next two episodes of the Ezra Ministries Podcast will shed some light on this import...
Using Reason to Interpret
Ezra Ministries Podcast - May 01, 2018 01:25 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCar Mechanics need logic skills to work out engine problems and electricians needs logic to troubleshoot wiring issues. Doctors must reason through the symptoms to determine the correct diagnosis, while a teacher must lead students down logic steps of discovery in order to fully understand a sub...
Typology Part 3
Ezra Ministries Podcast - April 27, 2018 14:11 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Tabernacle is packed with potential typological gold. Now digging out gold is hard work. It is always at the bottom of the river in cold water and surrounded by rocks. Sometimes digging out the gold from Scripture is a the same challenge. A passage may be read a dozen times and it may be on ...
Typology Part 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - April 21, 2018 14:01 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis Ezra Ministries Podcast is part two in our series on Typology and for best results you jolly well ought to listen to Part One because that way you will get more out of Part Two. Also, there is a Part Three coming, so don't think that this is it, because it's not. Click here to download...
Typology Part 1
Ezra Ministries Podcast - April 08, 2018 19:50 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTypology has long been used by astute Bible teachers because it is clearly demonstrated in books like Hebrews. It is our desire at Ezra Ministries to go deeper with typology and show how phrases like, "I am the door" or "He shall be like a tree" are just beginning to scratch the surface of the d...
Interpreting Prophecy Pt. 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - March 25, 2018 13:45 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis Ezra Ministries Podcast is part two in a pair of teachings on interpreting prophetic texts using good hermeneutics. Please take the time to listen to part one in order to get the most complete picture. Click here to download...
The Intent of the Author Pt. 2
Ezra Ministries Podcast - March 19, 2018 00:43 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis Ezra Ministries Podcast is part two of "The Intent of the Author". We encourage you to listen to that podcast first and if you have time to make a comment about these teachings on iTunes. Help get the word around that Ezra Ministries is here to help enhance your reading of Scripture that y...
The Author's Intent
Ezra Ministries Podcast - March 10, 2018 23:51 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings"Say what you mean and mean what you say." Have you ever heard that before? If we all spoke like this our lives would probably be much simpler in terms of interpersonal relationships. When we read the Bible there is always this idea, "What does that mean?" Some people say that all women must wh...
Sweeping Bible Themes
Ezra Ministries Podcast - February 23, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhenever we read the Bible there is only ever one verse we can read at a time. Yet as we read that one verse we need to remember that the whole of the Bible is laid out before us and is playing a part in giving meaning to that one verse. This Ezra Ministries Podcast will open up this subject of...
Jewish Culture
Ezra Ministries Podcast - February 17, 2018 16:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen we travel from any one culture to another there are always elements of that new culture that jump out at us first, but it could take years to identify many of the finer elements. The same is true of the Bible, written thousands of years ago in a land that many us are not familiar with. At ...
Interpreting the Bible in a Jewish Way
Ezra Ministries Podcast - February 12, 2018 01:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsUsing the tools of Midrash we can find deeper meaning in the text of Scripture, just like the Apostles did. Caleb takes us through the some of the tools used by the disciples of Jesus in order to see the Word of God in the way they did. Jesus is the end of Law for righteousness unto all who bel...
The Healing of the Leper
Ezra Ministries Podcast - February 03, 2018 22:35 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe nation of Israel in the early 1st century was waiting for a Messiah to come and rescue them from the occupational forces of the Roman Empire. They knew that when the Messiah came He would perform very specific miracles to validate His Messiahship. In this teaching from Ezra Ministries, Chri...