About this episode

This episode explores the theme of trusting in God's wisdom versus our own through clips discussing the 10 Commandments and related biblical stories.

The 10 Commandments Hyperlink Episode (E15) — Sometimes at the close of a series, we’ll dig through the podcast archives to find clips that discuss similar ideas from a different perspective. In this 10 Commandments series, we explored how trusting in God's wisdom leads to true life and flourishing, while building lives on our own terms often leads to pain. So in this hyperlink episode, we’ll listen to three clips that explore this theme further. First, Jon and Tim break down the literary structure of the stories surrounding the 10 Commandments, which highlight humanity’s reluctance to wait on God's commands. Second, Jon, Tim, and former BibleProject scholar Carissa Quinn look at how the golden calf story in Exodus 32 relates to the 10 Commandments. And finally, Jon, Tim, and Carissa discuss how all of the Bible’s poems, narratives, laws, and letters are wisdom for us.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon, Tim

Guest: Carissa Quinn

Topics covered

• trusting God's wisdom
• 10 Commandments
• golden calf story
• literary structure
• wisdom in the Bible

Keywords

• 10 Commandments
• God's wisdom
• golden calf
• Exodus
• biblical wisdom

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 10 Commandments, Exodus 32

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