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The Word in Black and Red

The Leftist Bible Study Podcast


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  • 30. S 2.30 | Exodus 34-35:3 | God's Character, the Renewed Covenant, & Moses' Shining Face

    01:35:40||Season 2, Ep. 30
    Join Micah, Scott, Mat, and Avery as we explore who God is, what the new covenant looks like, and why Moses is quite so shiny in Exodus 34-35:3. How do we see the idea that God is love here in this ancient passage about cursing disobedient people for four generations or driving out the indigenous inhabitants of Canaan? What is the spiritual significance of Moses' shining face? And how can this new promised relationship with God help us develop our own new ways of building society? Find out on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!https://linktr.ee/twibarRead Mat's wonderful liturgies for the Church of the Affirmation.Learn from Avery's blog and podcast Blessed are the Binary Breakers.Listen to Scott's wonderful podcast Retelling the Bible.

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  • 29. S 2.29 | Exodus 33 | Moses Seeks for and Sees God

    01:14:42||Season 2, Ep. 29
    Join Micah, Ell, Grahmin, and Avery as we discuss Moses seeking after and seeing God in Exodus 33. Why is God still pulling away from the people? What does Moses do to restore the relationship? And what do you mean, God showed Moses God's butt? Find out answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell is busy unionizing the disciples and wants you to join them.Grahmin can be found on the Discord welcoming people into the community. Avery is doing a million amazing things that can be found at binarybreakingworship.comhttps://linktr.ee/twibar
  • 28. S 2.28 | Exodus 32 | The Golden Calf

    01:13:21||Season 2, Ep. 28
    Join Micah, Ell, Fae, and Don as we discuss the Golden Calf in Exodus 32. What is the significance of the golden calf, and did it really happen here? What political agenda is this story achieving, and why does it show up right here? What are the golden calves of our own age, and how should we deal with them? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell can be found in the Discord and wherever you hear someone talking about unionizing.Fae wants to chat in the Discord with you and then grant you three winter-specific wishes.Don's international church can be found at unfinished.lovehttps://linktr.ee/twibar
  • 27. S 2.27 | Exodus 29-31 | Proper Worship & the Sabbath

    01:25:28||Season 2, Ep. 27
    Join Micah, Blue, Spencer, and Aaron as they discuss the proper worship and the Sabbath in Exodus 29-31. Why is this so much harder than just worshiping a cow? What is the purpose of this census, and why does God later hate censuses? How does this passage help us resist the endless and relentless urge to accumulate under capitalism? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Blue wants to be your friend in the great Down Under. If you ever find yourself in Australia, look to the skies, and that's where you'll find him.Spencer is the appendix to a people's history of Utah.Aaron J Smith is the host of Micah's favorite interview podcast, All Things Made New.https://linktr.ee/twibar
  • 26. S 2.26 | Exodus 25-28 | Instructions for God's Dwelling and Vestments

    01:21:56||Season 2, Ep. 26
    Join Micah, Aaron, and Jules as we discuss the building of the tabernacle and vestments for the priests in Exodus 25-28. Why do these ancient descriptions matter for our own perception of our faith? How is God's presence mediated through these objects in the tabernacle and in our own religious practices? And how is the early church reimagining the ark of the covenant as Mother Mary--and how can that reenvisioning of the story help us reimagine our role in our own times? Find out some perspectives on these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Jules' awesome content can be found on xiantifa.itch.io.Aaron's amazing show All Things Made New can be found wherever good podcasts are served.https://linktr.ee/twibar
  • 25. S 2.25 | Exodus 24 | The Mosaic Covenant

    58:23||Season 2, Ep. 25
    Join Micah, Ell, Pastor Don, and new guest Father Micah Lazarus, priest-in-charge of St. Photini Universalist Orthodox Church as we discuss the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus 24. Why is God maintaining distance between Godself and the people? What does God's struggle with intimacy with many people illustrate about the perspective of a chosen people that some come to see as the means by which God saves the whole world? What is the significance of the Mosaic Covenant for Christian's relationship to our Jewish comrades? Find out some answers to these questions and more on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Ell wants you to join the IWW.Don's church can be found at unfinished.loveFr. Micah's can be found on Insta and Tumblr as @apptowonder and St Photini can be found on Facebook.https://linktr.ee/twibar
  • 24. S 2.24 | Exodus 23:20-33 | Joshua's Fascism Foretold

    01:27:02||Season 2, Ep. 24
    Join Micah, Mat, Waffles, and Josiah as we explore the genocidal prediction of the book of Joshua in Exodus 23:20-33. Why is the Bible so comfortable with this promise of genocide? How can we read this book that has such a fascist text buried inside it as liberatory? What is the relationship between being an oppressed people and becoming the oppressor? And how can reading and resisting the implications of this text using the Bible help us in our fights against fascism today? Find out some perspectives on this episode of The Word in Black and Red!Mat's great website Church of the Affirmation is a wonderful resource for affirming liturgies in the Presbyterian tradition.Waffles is one of our fantastic editors--give them a shoutout in the Discord!Josiah's Pulp! fiction anthology podcast is one of my favorites and @church_of_christ_the_anarchist on Instagram is a great meme page. Go listen wherever good podcasts can be found and follow on Insta!https://linktr.ee/twibar