Will We Trust God’s Wisdom or Our Own?

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.

CHAPTERS

1. The Literary Structure of Exodus 19-24 (0:00-11:32)
2. Obeying God on Our Terms (11:32-31:10)
3. Commandments in a Modern Context (31:10-47:10)

REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Find the 10 Commandments full collection of resources here.
• Clip 1 is from “Testing at Mount Sinai,” episode 6 in our 2022 series, Exodus Scroll.
• Clip 2 is from “A God of Our Own Making,” episode 2 in our 2020 series, Character of God.
  • Tim reads quotes from both the Talmud (sometimes referred to as the Babylonian Talmud) and Midrash Exodus Rabbah in the discussion about the golden calf of Exodus 32.
• Clip 3 is from “Wisdom for Life’s Complexity,” episode 8 in our 2021 series, The Paradigm.
• Find the 10 Commandments full collection of video, podcast, and written resources here.
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• “The Shepherd” by Lofi Sunday feat. Marc Vanparla
• “Just Truth” by Lofi Sunday feat. Yoni Charis
• 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 for today is Michelle Jones. Our creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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