Who Can Forgive Sins [Matthew]
As educational and fun as always, Tim Mackie provides historical context to elucidate the story of Jesus healing the paralytic.
Tim Mackie explores the question of who has authority to forgive sins in the Gospel of Matthew, examining the theological implications of forgiveness in Jesus's ministry and teaching.
Meditations on Genesis - Session 1: What the Bible actually means when God says "Good"
A fascinating and thought-provoking exploration of the Creation narrative and what it reveals about the Trinity and the nature of goodness.
The opening session of a 2024 teaching day on Genesis 1–3, in which Tim Mackie of BibleProject asks why God placed the tree of the knowledge of good and bad in Eden. He traces the Hebrew idea of “good” (tov) and the theme of human desire through Scripture as a picture of maturity.
Meditations on Genesis - Session 2: Why God withheld the tree (and what that teaches us about desire)
Another excellent Mackie exploration/discussion, this time of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as well as the relationship between wisdom and God's word.
Tim Mackie continues his teaching on Genesis 1–3, asking why “knowing good and bad” was withheld from humans made in God's image. He contrasts receiving wisdom as a gift with seizing it on our own terms, and follows that pattern through the rest of Scripture.
Meditations on Genesis - Session 3: How Jesus becomes the human we were meant to be
Another fascinating exploration of Creation vis-a-vis Jesus' baptism, temptation in the wilderness, and Sermon on the Mount.
In the final session on Genesis 1–3, Tim Mackie draws together the themes of desire, wisdom, and maturity, and shows how the New Testament presents Jesus as the faithful human who grows into wisdom rather than grasping at it.
