BibleWorm

22/09/2025

This week we’re reading the story of Moses’ encounter with God on Sinai as told in Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-15; and 4:10-17. We notice that in this text, God responds to the cry of the Israelites by first saying, “I’ve come down to rescue the people from Egypt” but then saying, “So you get going. I’m sending you to Pharaoh.” The way God works in the world, it seems, is through people like Moses, who pay attention to the things that are on fire in the world and don’t ignore them or run away from them. But even Moses, one of the heroes of Scripture, is at first afraid to do what God asks of him, begging God to send someone else. Yet it turns out that this God of ours is an equipping God, who gives Moses what is needed for the task ahead of him, a staff, a partner, and even the divine name. “I am who I am,” says God. “I will be who I will be.” So who is God calling us toward today, we wonder, and how is God equipping us f the task ahead?

Try our Patreon for one month for FREE! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/BibleWormPodcast/redeem/46A41 This week we’re reading the story of Moses’ encounter with God on Sinai as told in Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-15; and 4:10-17. We notice that in this text, God responds to the cry of the Israelites...

15/09/2025

On this week's BibleWorm, we read stories about Jacob’s young adulthood in Gen 27:1-4 and 15-23, and Gen 28:10-17. We think a lot about the push and pull of driving toward our desired outcomes vs just letting things unfold. How is Rebecca SO sure of what she’s doing? Why does Isaac bless even when he knows he’s getting mixed signals? Why does Jacob first encounter God in a dream-state – and if he'd fallen asleep somewhere else, would God have met him there, too?

Happy listening!

Try our Patreon for one month for FREE! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/BibleWormPodcast/redeem/46A41 This week we read stories about Jacob’s young adulthood in Gen 27:1-4 and 15-23, and Gen 28:10-17. We think a lot about the push and pull of driving toward our desired outcomes vs just letting...

08/09/2025

On this week's BibleWorm, we talk about the Binding of Isaac, one of the most difficult text in the Bible. In a wide-ranging conversation, we end up wondering whether this is the moment where God ultimately decides to value covenantal relationship more important than rote obedience.

Happy listening!

Try our Patreon for one month for FREE! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/BibleWormPodcast/redeem/46A41 This week we’re reading one of the most difficult passages in all of scripture, the story of the near-sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 21:1-3 and 22:1-14. After years of waiting, Sarah and Abraha...

01/09/2025

We're so excited to be getting started with the new Narrative Lectionary year! In this week's podcast on Genesis 1:1-2:4a we talk about what it means to have a God who creates by calling forth the creative power of others. What might it mean to see ourselves created in the image of THAT kind of God?

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Try our Patreon for one month for FREE! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/BibleWormPodcast/redeem/46A41 We are back to the beginning this week, reading Genesis 1:1-2:4-the very first Bible story, the story of creation in 7 days. But come on. Isn’t it really 6 days? In 6 days, God shows us a way ...

27/08/2025

Every week, Bobby creates a video Bible study and discussion questions for the Narrative Lectionary text. It's like having a Bible scholar teach your Bible study or Sunday School class! Now you can use his Bible studies for your group or class for a month for FREE with no obligation and no automatic renewals. Just follow this link to claim your gift subscription: https://www.patreon.com/BibleWormPodcast/redeem/46A41

26/08/2025

Every week, our friend Teri Peterson writes beautiful liturgies for the Narrative Lectionary text based on our discussions in the podcast. Now you can use her liturgies in your service for a month for FREE with no obligation and no automatic renewals. Just follow this link to claim your gift subscription: https://www.patreon.com/BibleWormPodcast/redeem/46A41

25/08/2025

Welcome to the new season of BibleWorm! Our first free episode will post next week, but you can get started early with a FREE MONTH OF ACCESS to our Patreon! Includes early episodes, a liturgy for each Sunday written by our friend Teri Peterson, and a video Bible study with discussion questions led by Bobby. No obligation and no automatic renewals. Our gift to you!

Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/BibleWormPodcast/redeem/46A41

22/04/2025

This summer, BibleWorm will be offering a 6-part series on the book of Revelation as resistance to empire. The series will be released weekly beginning on June 1 (early release) and June 8 (standard release). The series will include our usual liturgies (by Teri Peterson) and video Bible Studies (by Bobby), which will be released weekly with the early edition of the podcast.

Our series roughly follows the Working Preacher summer series on Revelation, with one major substitution (Revelation 2:1-7 & 3:1-22 instead of Revelation 4:1-11) and a different ordering.

See the attached photo for details. We hope you'll join us!

26/03/2025

What a joy to spend the weekend learning with the good folks in Durham! We just loved giving the McPherson lectures at First Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC this year. Amy Cooper Robertson Robert Williamson Jr.

17/02/2025

This week, we are reading Luke 7:36-50, where Jesus, a Pharisee named Simon, and a woman who is a sinner come together at a dinner party. The emotional intensity of this story is hard to overstate. As the woman cries over Jesus’s feet, we wonder – what is the tenor of emotion that has cracked her open? Is it guilt & pleading? Gratitude or vulnerability? Is it longing? Jesus says that her faith has saved her, but what can we say about her faith from this short story where she never speaks? And how is it that she is laid bare in Jesus’s presence, when the dinner host seems so ... calm?

This week, we are reading Luke 7:36-50, where Jesus, a Pharisee named Simon, and a woman who is a sinner come together at a dinner party. The emotional intensity of this story is hard to overstate. As the woman cries over Jesus’s feet, we wonder – what is the tenor of emotion that has cracked he...

12/02/2025

This week we’re reading Luke 7:18-35. John the Baptist has been in prison since Jesus’s baptism, so he hasn’t been able to witness any of Jesus’ ministry for himself. Now he sends his disciples to Jesus to ask him if he is really the Messiah or if John should look for another. Imagine John, the great disciple preparing the way for the Lord, suddenly doubting his faith in Jesus. Rather than make a declaration to John, Jesus tells John that the blind see, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them. That should be enough, Jesus seems to say. Among all our squabbles about who Jesus is or isn’t, who he should be or shouldn’t be, all that matters is that the hurting are being healed and that poor are receiving good news.

This week we’re reading Luke 7:18-35. John the Baptist has been in prison since Jesus’s baptism, so he hasn’t been able to witness any of Jesus’ ministry for himself. Now he sends his disciples to Jesus to ask him if he is really the Messiah or if John should look for another. Imagine John, ...