The Anchor Drop continues with a series in Mark. This week, Tim and Joe discuss Mark 1 ( and 1 John 1), paying special attention to Jesus cleansing the leper– especially the fact that Jesus is not afraid to touch the leper. Jesus inverts the Old Testament pattern; uncleanness is no…
In this week's podcast Tim and Joe discuss an important typological background in preparation for the homily and readings on Sunday– the pattern of exile and deliverance seen throughout the Old Testament and at seen most clearly in the Exodus story. We read this image through Psalm 77.…
In this week of the podcast Joe and Tim discuss our readings for the third week of advent (Isaiah 12, Zeph. 3, Phil 4:1-9, John 16). We discuss on our theme for the week: Joy. Specifically pay attention to the context in which the readers were called to joy…
In this episode, Joe and Rick talk about our readings for the second Sunday in Advent: Luke 1:67-80, Malachi 3, Phil 1:1-18, Luke 3:1-20.…
In this episode, Tim and Joe discuss 2 Peter 3. We talk about how false teachers appeal to their own and their dupe's sinful desires, how they conveniently forget the coming judgement, the importance of remembering and forgetting the right things, and why the coming judgement is a…
In this episode, Tim and Joe discuss 2 Peter 2. We discuss the Old Testament background the Peter references about false prophets (which he applies to false teachers, the promised destruction of the false prophets that Peter points to using Old Testament illustrations, and how the hope of the gospel…
On this Episode, we move on to 2 Peter. Rick and I discuss 2 Peter 1. We talk about the fact that God has given us everything we need for life and godliness, the potent sequence of virtues lined out in verse 5-7, the significance of the transfiguration of Jesus…
In this episode, Joe and Stephen discuss 1 Peter 5. We talk about why this section (about eldership in the church) is saved for the end of the book, what it meant for Peter to refer to himself as an elder (when he was also an apostle), the great promise…