The Biblical Mind Content Packages
Last updated October 5, 2022
Biblical Artists
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| Painting the Biblical Story | Dr. David Beldman |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Biblical Artist Series: Seeing Differently through Art (Steve Prince) | Steve A. Prince & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Until All the Psalms Are Sung Again (Poor Bishop Hooper) | Jesse and Leah Roberts & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| On Whether There is Sacred Music (Delvyn Case) | Delvyn Case & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Biblical Artist Series: Sandra Bowden Makes Literal Biblical Art | Sandra Bowden & Dr. Dru Johnson & Ned Bustard |
| Biblical Artist Series: Why John Hendrix Draws in Church | John Hendrix & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Biblical Artist Series: Jon Collins From Bibleproject | Jon Collins & Dr. Dru Johnson & Celina Durgin |
| Biblical Artist Series: Ned Bustard | Ned Bustard & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Biblical Concepts
Articles
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Thinking Biblically About Institutions (Ari Lamm) | Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Q&A Series: Is There Marriage in Heaven? (Dru Johnson) | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| True Sabbath Isn’t Narcissism Disguised as Self-care (Kelsey Osgood) | Kelsey Osgood & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Why We Should Still Keep the Sabbath (Mark Scarlata) | Dr. Mark Scarlata & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Jesus Shows That God and Humans Are a Good Match (Lucy Peppiatt) | Dr. Lucy Peppiatt & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Don’t Drop the Body of Christ (Janelle Peters) | Dr. Janelle Peters & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Biblical Cultural Context
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| Jesus Didn’t Commend ‘Childlike Faith’ Like We Think of It | Philip T. Morrow |
| Jesus Was Probably Born in a Relative’s House, Not an Inn | Dr. Michael LeFebvre |
| Is Christianity about Following Rules, or Is It about Having a Relationship with God? Yes | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| #Blessed: What Is a Blessing in Scripture, Actually? | Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble |
| Living Well and Wisely with God and His People While Coping with Trauma | Dr. Scott Harrower |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| How the Early Church Engaged With Scripture (Brian J. Wright) | Dr. Brian J. Wright & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Love Your Enemies Better Through Knowing the Biblical Land (Danielle Parish) | Danielle Parish & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Narrative of Place: Why Historical and Geographical Context Matters (Cyndi Parker) | Dr. Cyndi Parker & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Ancient Jewish Pilgrims, and the Friends They Made Along the Way (Jeffrey Garcia) | Dr. Jeffrey P. García & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Can You Understand Scripture Without Background Knowledge? | Amy Gabriel & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Biblical Archeology: Excavating the World of the Bible (Cynthia Shafer-elliott) | Dr. Cynthia Shafer-Elliott & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Thinking Exodus: Egyptology and the Bible (James K. Hoffmeier) | Dr. James K. Hoffmeier & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Hebrew Ethics: Radical in the Ancient Near East, Yet So Familiar to Us | Dr. Dru Johnson & Dr. Jeremiah Unterman |
| Genesis as Rationality in the Ancient Near East | Dr. Dru Johnson & Eric Smith |
Biblical Epistemology
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| The Bible as God’s Word—and Also as Great Literature | Dr. Matthew Mullins |
| ‘Revelation’: Another Name for How God Reasons with Us | Noah Van Brenk |
| Knowing Jesus Means Knowing the Old Testament—and Rejecting ‘Functional Marcionism’ | Dr. Michael LeFebvre |
| Are You Bible-Literate? How about Bible-Fluent? These Terms, Explained | Celina Durgin |
| How a Literary Bible Translation Transformed My View of Scripture | Delvyn Case |
| What Is a Biblical Motif? The Levites as a Case Study | Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble |
| Why Poetic Imagination Is Necessary to Understand Biblical Prophecy | Malcolm Guite |
| Biblical Theology: Scripture Is Not Our Dog | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Wisdom: Scientific, Biblical, and Otherwise | Dr. Dru Johnson |
Podcasts
Books of the Bible
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| The Therapeutic Use of Lamentations after Collective Trauma | Dr. Matthew A. LaPine |
| The Redemption of Naomi in the Book of Ruth | Justin R. Hawkins |
| How the ‘Angry Psalms’ Fit within the Story of God and His People | Dr. Trevor Laurence |
| The Psalms Give a Voice to Workers Laboring in a Fallen World | Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk |
| Ecclesiastes Illuminates the Secret of Joy in a Dark World | Dr. Michael LeFebvre |
| Work, Reward, and the Wisdom of Proverbs in a Complicated World | Caio Peres |
| The Story of Esther as Redemptive Humor in the Bible: When God Lets Us in on the Joke of Empire | Dr. Michael LeFebvre |
| God Meets Us in Grief: Finding Hope in Ezekiel | Dr. Beth Stovell |
| The Portrait of a Lady (Wisdom): How to Find and Keep Up with a Complicated Woman | Dr. David Beldman |
| Rescuing Eagles and Baby-Eating Dragons: An Apocalyptic Christmas Story | Amy Gabriel |
| The Rational Poet: Appealing to the Heart and the Mind in the Book of Judges | Dr. Michelle Knight |
Podcasts
Contemporary Church
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| All Worship Is Shared in the Body of Christ: The Limitations and Uses of Online Services | Dr. Joshua Cockayne & Dr. Gideon Salter |
| The Torah Can Guide Your Search for a Healthy Church | Rachel Booth Smith |
| Why Gather? Virtual Technology and the Lord’s Supper | Dr. Ryan O’Dowd |
| Digital Deceleration and the Ritual of Sabbath | Dr. Mark Scarlata |
| Worship in the Bible Often Looks Strange. How Can It Inform Modern Worship? | Philip T. Morrow |
| What Is the Real Threat to American Church Unity—and What Does Unity Look Like? | Philip T. Morrow |
| How Pandemic ‘Zoom Church’ Revealed Long-Brewing Bible Illiteracy | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| All Reward and Provision Come from God—Not the Meritocracy | Dr. Alan Noble |
| Matt Chandler Used ‘Deconstruction’ in a Way I Don’t Like—and That’s OK | Philip T. Morrow |
Podcasts
Contemporary Politics
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| Before Plato, Jotham Extolled the ‘Reluctant Ruler’ | Justin R. Hawkins |
| Instead of Fearing Loss of Political Power, Christians Should Consider the Daniel Option | Dr. Michael Rhodes |
| Recovering the Political Teachings of the Hebrew Bible | Dr. Joshua Berman |
| A Hebraic Approach to History: Response to Doran’s “The Theology of Foreign Policy” | Robert Nicholson |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Who is the ‘Foreigner’ We’re Supposed to Love? (M. Daniel Carroll R.) | Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R. & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Knowing God through Welcoming the Stranger (Mark Glanville) | Dr. Mark Glanville & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America (Aaron Griffith) | Aaron L. Griffith & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Scripture on Policing in America | Dr. Dru Johnson & Celina Durgin |
| The ‘New Christian Zionism’ Isn’t Dispensationalism (Gerry McDermott) | Dr. Gerald R. McDermott & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Contemporary Psychology
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| Embodying the Kingdom While Facing Mental Health Challenges | Dr. Matthew A. LaPine |
| Expressive Individualism: Our Twenty-First Century American Ba’al | Dr. Bruce Ashford |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| The True Causes and Purposes of Religious Doubt (Matthew LaPine) | Dr. Matthew A. LaPine & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| You Are Not Your Own—Thank God (Alan Noble) | Dr. Alan Noble & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Toward an Integrated Liturgy of Work and Worship (Matthew Kaemingk) | Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Repentance as a Group Activity (David Lambert) | Dr. David Lambert |
| Christians Shouldn’t Be Stuck in the Present (David Moore) | David George Moore & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Wandering in the Wilderness: Covid-19 and the Book of Numbers (Dave Beldman) | Dr. David Beldman & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Group Therapy for Anxiety in the Bible | Dr. Benjamin White & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Should Christians Keep the Idea of ‘Calling’? | Dr. Dru Johnson & Dr. Eric Smith & Dr. Scott Booth |
Economics
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Would Moses Forgive Student Debt? (Michael Rhodes) | Dr. Michael Rhodes & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Prosperity, Responsibility, and Economics in the Torah (Michael Eisenberg) | Michael Eisenberg & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Economic Thought in the Bible | Dr. Michael Rhodes & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Gender
Books
| Book | Author(s) |
| The Biblical World of Gender | Edited by Celina Durgin and Dru Johnson |
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| We Should Regard These Two Overlooked Women as Biblical Matriarchs | Heather Burrow |
| Editor’s Summary: A Solid Foundation for Understanding Gender in Scripture | Celina Durgin |
| Does God Really Command Women to Marry Their Rapists? A Study of Deuteronomic Law | Dr. Sandra Richter |
| The Roots of Violence: Male Violence against Women in Genesis | Dr. Matthew J. Lynch |
| The Importance of Bread: The Bible, Archaeology, and Women’s Power in Ancient Israel | Dr. Carol Meyers |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| The Sexual Reformation: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender? (Aimee Byrd) | Aimee Byrd & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Critiquing the Church’s Beliefs About Sex and Gender (Aimee Byrd) | Aimee Byrd & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Global Church
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Growing Up Christian in the Gaza Strip (Khalil Sayegh) | Khalil Sayegh & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| The Bonhoeffer of Ethiopia (Abeneazer Urga) | Abeneazer Gezahegn Urga & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| African Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Economic Justice (Gift Mtukwa) | Dr. Gift Mtukwa & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| The Church Needs African Hermeneutics (Liz Mburu) | Dr. Elizabeth Mburu & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| How the Marginalized Church Reads the Bible, Part 1: Vince Bantu | Dr. Vince Bantu & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Reading Scripture Through the Lens of Trauma and Poverty in Brazil (Caio Peres) | Caio Peres & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Law
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| 5 Things to Consider When Reading Biblical Law, Part I | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| 5 Things to Consider When Reading Biblical Law, Part II | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| 5 Things to Consider When Reading Biblical Law, Part III | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Jesus’ Concept of the Law in the New Testament | Dr. Michael LeFebvre |
| Which Ten? How We Number the Ten Commandments Matters | Dr. Michael LeFebvre |
| Is Christianity about Following Rules, or Is It about Having a Relationship with God? Yes | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Does Leviticus Permit the Abuse of Slaves? Examining an Ancient Israelite Slave Law | Robb Coleman |
| Old Covenant vs. New Covenant? A Better Way to Understand God’s Promises | Dr. Joshua Martin |
| Does God Really Command Women to Marry Their Rapists? A Study of Deuteronomic Law | Dr. Sandra Richter |
| What Is This Thing Called Law? | Dr. Joshua Berman |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| The Torah is Not a Law Book (Jerry Unterman) | Dr. Jeremiah Unterman & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| How Old Testament Laws Can Shape Christians Today (Carmen Imes) | Dr. Carmen Imes & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Jewish Perspective
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| A Jewish View of the Afterlife in the Hebrew Bible (Jeremiah Unterman) | Dr. Jeremiah Unterman & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Still Brings Jews and Christians Together | Amanda Achtman |
| Living with the Text: Leon Kass’s Model for Attentive Listening to the Bible | Dr. David Beldman |
| Nechama Leibowitz: Teaching the Bible to Taxi-Drivers | Amy Gabriel |
| Joseph Soloveitchik: An Immigrant Rabbi Who Revitalized American Orthodox Judaism | Rabbi Shalom Carmy |
| The Moral Legacy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: A Voice of Hope in the Conversation of Mankind | Dr. Daniel Rose |
| Yoram Hazony: How the Bible Bridges the Reason–Revelation Divide | Rabbi Rafi Eis |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| What Can Non-Jewish Clergy Learn From Jewish Studies? (Jeff Jacoby) | Jeff Jacoby & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Understanding Supersessionism and the Controversy Over a TBM Article (Ari Lamm) | Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Why Jesus’ Judaism Matters (Jen Rosner) | Dr. Jen Rosner & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| If Christians Read Scripture Like Jews Do, Continued (Ari Lamm) | Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| If Christians Read Scripture Like Jews Do (Ari Lamm) | Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Politics
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| Answering War, Violence, and Evil with the Imprecatory Psalms | Dr. Michael LeFebvre |
| Biblical Law and the Scandal of Mass Imprisonment | Dr. Jonathan Burnside |
| Confronting Christian Nationalism with the Book of Amos | Dr. Michael Rhodes |
| Who Is the Steward of Eden? Genesis and Environmental Stewardship | Dr. Sandra Richter |
| Should We Repent of Our Grandparents’ Racism? Scripture on Intergenerational Sin | Dr. Michael Rhodes |
| Pandemics in the Bible? What the Biblical Authors Might Think about Coronavirus | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Did the Biblical Authors Care about Conspiracy Theories? | Dr. Dru Johnson |
Podcasts
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Ancient Israelite Government in Modern Republics (Kyle Swan) | Dr. Kyle Swan & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Philosophy & Psychology
Articles
| Article | Author(s) |
| Moral Formation Involves the Head and the Heart—Simultaneously | Dr. Joshua Cockayne & Dr. Gideon Salter) |
| Fire, Soap, and Knives: The Book of Proverbs as a Means to Virtue | Dr. Ryan O’Dowd |
| But Was Abraham Good? Ethical Complexity and Moral Reasoning in Genesis | Arthur Keefer |
| Becoming Disciples: Moral Formation as Gift and Task | Dr. Michael Rhodes |
| Modern Psychology Was Built on Greek Ideas—but It Needs Hebraic Ones | Amy Gabriel |
| Some Limits of Empathy: Insights from Hebraic Thought and Neuroscience | Dr. Matthew Kuan Johnson |
| How Paul’s Philosophical Convictions Challenge the Church | Dr. Ryan O’Dowd |
| Is Aristotle’s Ethics Hebraic? A Comparison of Greek and Hebrew Ethics | Arthur Keefer |
| Jesus the Philosopher | Dr. Jonathan Pennington |
| How Morality in the Bible Emerges within Narrative | Dr. Shira Weiss |
| Living Well and Wisely with God and His People While Coping with Trauma | Dr. Scott Harrower |
Podcasts
| Article | Author(s) |
| Forming Trauma-Safe Churches (Scott Harrower and Joshua Cockayne) | Dr. Scott Harrower & Dr. Joshua Cockayne & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Is Asian Philosophy (Including Israel) “Philosophy”? Dr. Bryan Van Norden | Dr. Bryan W. Van Norden & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| The Biblical Authors Vs. Greek Philosophy (Joseph Dodson) | Dr. Joseph R. Dodson & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament (Dr. Jaco Gericke) | Dr. Jaco Gericke & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Is the New Testament Just Stoic Philosophy? | Dr. Jonathan Pennington & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Is God Perfect? Does That Matter? Peter Leithart Workshop | Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart |
| Moral Progress in the Bible? | Dr. Jeremiah Unterman |
| Ethical Ambiguity, Biblical Vigilantes, and Dr. Shira Weiss (CHT Fellow) | Dr. Dru Johnson & Dr. Shira Weiss |
Repentance and Reconciliation in Scripture
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Repentance in Deed and Word (Shalom Carmy) | Rabbi Shalom Carmy & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| What Does Reconciliation Mean for Sexual Abuse Survivors? (Rachael and Jacob Denhollander) | Rachael and Jacob Denhollander & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Extreme Violence, Nahum, and Reconciliation in the Congo (Jacob Onyumbe Wenyi) | Dr. Jacob Onyumbe Wenyi & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| What Biblical Racial Reconciliation Actually Looks Like (Anthony Bradley) | Dr. Anthony Bradley & Dr. Dru Johnson |
Miscellaneous (Christmas, CHT Staff, Other Organizations)
| Podcast | Author(s) |
| Three Grinches in a Pod: Complicating Christmas | Amy Gabriel & Dr. Dru Johnson & Celina Durgin |
| Hebraic Thought in Christmas, Part 2: Humble Moms and Shepherds | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Baby Yoda, Christmas, and Hebrew Narrative | Dr. Mary Hom & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Hebraic Thought in Christmas, Part 1: Endangered Babies | Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Making Leaders Who Can Make Disciples (the Pillar Seminary) | Scott Booth, Dan Lowery, and Donnell J. Moore |
| Yes, You Can Learn Biblical Hebrew—and Why You Should! (Aleph With Beth) | Aleph with Beth & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| Introducing Dr. Jeremiah Unterman (Cht Fellow) | Dr. Jeremiah Unterman & Dr. Dru Johnson |
| From Christian-Hater to CHT Co-Founder—Changed by Reading the Bible | Dr. Dru Johnson & Robert Nicholson |
| Introducing Dr. Joshua Berman (CHT Fellow) | Dr. Dru Johnson & Dr. Joshua Berman |
