The hosts take a 'dying words' Bible quiz: Jesus' last words on the cross ('It is finished' vs 'Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit'); Stephen ('Lord, lay not this sin to their charge'); Samson ('let me die with the Philistines'); King Saul before suicide; Amnon, the son of David murdered at a party (they guessed Adonijah — wrong); Joab to Amasa ('art thou in health, my brother?'); Ehud to Eglon ('I have a message from God unto thee'); Jael's words to Sisera (they debated Deborah vs Jael, settled on Jael — correct); Abimelech ('draw thy sword and slay me, that men say not of me, a woman slew him' — they guessed Abdon, wrong); and Peter to Sapphira ('the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door'). Mike gets the Amnon question right and 'brings home the prize.'
More on Old Testament
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Does God speak more now? Indwelling Spirit versus prophets
- Does God talk to people as much now as he did in the Old Testament or New Testament?
A host asks whether God talks to people as much now as in the Old and New Testaments. Ben's key distinction: the indwelling Holy Spirit means more people can have the experience…
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God
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Ben's three questions: is he real, is he good, is he capricious?
- Is God even real?
- Is God good?
Ben frames three reasonable reactions to Old Testament violence: (1) maybe God isn't real; (2) maybe he isn't good; (3) maybe he's capricious.
From No. 540 · Justice is Mine
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Ask the pastor: why does Daniel keep his Hebrew name while Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego don't?
- Why does the narrative revert Daniel to his Hebrew name while Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego keep their Babylonian names?
Boova's question: Daniel is given the Babylonian name Belteshazzar, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego receive Babylonian names too — but the narrative reverts Daniel to his Israelite name while the other three keep theirs throughout.
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Ask the pastor: Ezekiel 39:17 — God telling a prophet to speak to birds and beasts
- In Ezekiel 39:17, why would God tell a prophet to speak to birds and beasts, and is there precedent for God interacting with animals this way?
Boova was struck by Ezekiel 39:17, where Ezekiel is told to speak on God's behalf to the birds and beasts, inviting them to feast on God's defeated enemies.