Spirit of God E1 — In 2017, we released a 3-episode series on the theme of the Holy Spirit. And now eight years later, we’ve decided there’s still a lot more to reflect on and explore! The word we translate in English as “spirit” is ruakh in the Hebrew Bible and pneuma in the Greek New Testament. The word refers to God’s personal presence, but it also often refers to wind, breath, and a human’s mind. So how can this word refer to God’s manifest presence and energy, but also created things? In this episode, Jon and Tim kick off a new expanded series on the Spirit of God.

CHAPTERS

1. The Frequency of Ruakh and Pneuma in the Bible (0:00-13:32)
2. The Meaning of Ruakh (13:32-25:05)
3. The Paradox of Wind and God’s Spirit (25:05-40:39)
4. Ruakh as a Mind or Idea (40:39-53:39)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

View this episode’s official transcript.

REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Tim mentions the work of scholar Benjamin Kantor. Here is an introduction to his work: A Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek.
• Here is the original Holy Spirit podcast series and the original Holy Spirit video.
• Check out Tim's extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• "City Sunset ft. Marc Vanparla" by Lofi Sunday
• “But Hopeful ft. Maddox” by Lofi Sunday
• “The Kingdom” by Lofi Sunday, Marc Vanparla
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey and Aaron Olsen edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty writes the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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The 10 Commandments E17 —  We just finished exploring the 10 Commandments, or the 10 Words as they’re called in the Bible. In community, we’ve sought God’s wisdom in these 10 Words, first through Jon and Tim’s conversations and then with your questions in the Q+R episode! And this communal reading approach also extends to how we make videos with our animation studio. The artists start with a blank slate, wrestle with ideas from the podcast recordings, and then formulate a plan for how to make it all come to life through animation. So what is their process? How do we move an idea from podcast to script to video? In this special behind-the-scenes episode, Jon talks with a few artists from our animation studio about making the 10 Commandments video series.

CHAPTERS

1. The Story Sprint With Bot and Everett (0:00-15:01)
2. Visual Development and Storyboarding With Rose and Nyssa (15:01-26:58)
3. Animation With Greg and Josh (26:58-40:44)
4. Concluding Thoughts From the Artists (40:44-44:58)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

View this episode’s official transcript.

REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Watch the 10 Commandments video series here.
• Find the 10 Commandments full collection of video, podcast, and written resources here.
• Everett compares the storytelling approach of this video series to our Sermon on the Mount video series.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Solace” by Lofi Sunday feat. ahmo
• “Strolling Through The Park” by Lofi Sunday feat. Goodiegumdrops
• “The Commands” by Lofi Sunday feat. Oly.Lo
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty is the creative producer for this episode, and he also wrote the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins. Special thanks to our guests from the animation studio: Bot Perez, Everett Patterson, Rose Mayer, Nyssa Oru, Greg Stewart, and Josh Espasandin.

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