Episode The Best of Discover the Word--2023
End 2023 with a collection of episodes from the past 12 months and beyond in this "Best of Discover the Word" week. Start with some classic Christmas conversations Haddon Robinson and Alice Mathews had with Dr. Kenneth Bailey. Will they wreck many things about Christmas for you, or will they enhance your understanding of Christmas? Then flash back to some memorable conversations the group had with guests Jack Beck and Randy Richards in 2023. And close the week, and the year, reflecting back on a conversation Elisa led the group in about what time it is on God's timeline.
Chapter 1
Will this conversation on Discover the Word enhance, or ruin, your understanding of the Christmas story? This chapter goes back to a classic conversation Haddon Robinson and Alice Mathews had with scholar and longtime Middle East resident Dr. Kenneth Bailey about some common misconceptions about the Christmas story.
Chapter 2
Continue a classic conversation for Christmas former Discover the Word group members Haddon Robinson and Alice Mathews had with scholar and author and longtime Middle East resident Dr. Kenneth Bailey about some common misconceptions about the Christmas story. Where did Mary really give birth to Jesus; why was the role of the shepherds and the wise men so important? It’s one of our favorite Discover the Word Christmas conversations.
Chapter 3
For the rest of the week on Discover the Word, we’ll be looking back at some of our “Best of . . .” conversations in 2023. In this chapter, we go back to May 1 and a conversation we had with our Bible geography expert Dr. Jack Beck about why he calls Samaria “The Good Land,” but often “The Good Land Gone Bad.” Discover how God works through dysfunction to get to restoration.
Chapter 4
Continue our week of “Best of. . . 2023” conversations on Discover the Word by going back to July 10 and a conversation we had with scholar and author Dr. Randy Richards about what letter writing was like in the first century when Paul was writing the letters we have in our New Testament. Was it an individual exercise Paul did alone? Explore “Paul, the Letter Writer.”
Chapter 5
What time is it? In the final conversation on Discover the Word for 2023, we’re going to look back at one of our favorite series in 2023 that, fittingly for the end of the year, was about time. In that conversation Elisa Morgan led Bill Crowder, Daniel Ryan Day, and Rasool Berry in reflecting on where we are in God’s timeline. It’s from the “It’s About Time” series.