Published
6.13.2022

BWJ 13. Bad ways (and better ways) to read Jeremiah

Jeremiah 17:9 is often taken as a proof text for ‘original sin’ and “total depravity”.  But is that a correct reading and is the human heart indeed ‘desperately wicked’?

In this talk Tony explores this question and along the way uses the text – and its typical mishandling – as a starting point to explore smarter and more authentic ways to read Jeremiah – and indeed the Old Testament.  This is pretty important as it unlocks the text from its cage of assumptions and lets it speak for itself – and so challenge and transform us.

Tony Golsby-Smith

See more talks
Iain Provan

What is Creation? The old testament reloaded

In this talk Iain concludes his magnificent trilogy of talks positioning the vast Mosaic vision of God and reality in contrast to the prevailing Ancient Near Eastern worldviews.
Listen
Iain Provan

Was Dawkins right about the angry God?

With his characteristic understated Scottish style, Iain brilliantly lays down the most basic foundation for our faith – the notion that God is not only eternal and sovereign but that he is fundamentally good and on our side.
Listen
Tony Golsby-Smith

BjW 24 - Ezekiel's wider vision of the temple

Tadionally we treat salvation as an individual event, but Ezekiel has a far wider scope. He sees the object of salvation is the whole cosmos not just individuals, and he sees the cosmos as the temple of God.
Listen
Iain Provan

How Moses disrupted the Ancient Near Eastern World - with Iain Provan

We have an amazing backlog of great talks from great speakers and thinkers going back over a decade. So we've decided to republish some of them to supplement our ongoing offerings. We're going to begin with some seminal talks by Ian Proven.
Listen
See all podcasts

Get notified when we publish a talk, host an event, or publish new resources.

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.