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A podcast exploring Scripture and all things related to it. New episodes released every day.

  1. 1D AGO

    1462. Reading Scripture Like the Early Church w/ Rev. Dr. Michael Niebauer

    How should Christians read Scripture today? And can we really encounter God in the biblical text? In this episode of the ProveText Podcast, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb sits down with Rev. Dr. Michael Niebauer to explore ancient Christian exegesis, typology, imagination, and the question of whether Christ is present throughout the Old Testament. We discuss: - What exegesis really is (and how it differs from eisegesis) - How early Christians read Scripture symbolically and Christologically - Whether it’s possible—or dangerous—to “find Christ under every rock” - The role of imagination, genre, and church doctrine in interpretation - How this approach can form faith, not just arguments Dr. Niebauer also shares insights from his book Four Mountains: Encountering God in the Bible from Eden to Zion, along with his work training churches to bring worship and Scripture into nursing homes and assisted living facilities. 📖 Learn more about Dr. Niebauer and his work: https://michaelniebauer.com 📘 Get the CPT Journal (print or free PDF): https://glossahouse.com/products/center-for-pastor-theologians-journal-vol-12-2-essays-on-a-theology-of-the-word ***GlossaHouse resources are available at our website! - https://glossahouse.com/✏️ ***Sign up for classes with GlossaHouse U - https://glossahouse.com/pages/classes📖 ***Subscribe to our GlossaHouse Digital Libraries for access to incredible resources - https://glossahouse.com/collections/glossahouse-digital-library📓 ------ Get What You Need for Serious Bible Study at https://glossahouse.com/🎤 Subscribe to GlossaHouse's podcast, ProveText, for a plethora of great in-depth teachings and discussions: ᯤ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xXn8x6IgdcUDIhKouDEiR🍎 iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/provetext/id1542221462💻 Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0bf4a019-6adc-4766-bc90-c74df78f3720/provetext😃Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GlossaHouse👍Twitter - https://twitter.com/glossahouse❤️TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@glossahouse🎲Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/glossahouse/📸YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@glossahouse🧲Rumble - https://www.rumble.com/user/GlossaHouse

    29 min
  2. 5D AGO

    1460. Starting a Sabbatical Journey | Sabbatical Insider with Dr. Fredrick J. Long

    In this first episode of Sabbatical Insider, Dr. Fredrick J. Long explains what a sabbatical is, why faculty take them, and why extended time for rest, research, and writing is essential for biblical scholarship. He introduces his sabbatical journey and the projects he’ll be working on in the months ahead. Subscribe to follow along his journey! ***GlossaHouse resources are available at our website! - https://glossahouse.com/✏️ ***Sign up for classes with GlossaHouse U - https://glossahouse.com/pages/classes📖 ***Subscribe to our GlossaHouse Digital Libraries for access to incredible resources - https://glossahouse.com/collections/glossahouse-digital-library📓 ------ Get What You Need for Serious Bible Study at https://glossahouse.com/🎤 Subscribe to GlossaHouse's podcast, ProveText, for a plethora of great in-depth teachings and discussions: ᯤ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xXn8x6IgdcUDIhKouDEiR🍎 iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/provetext/id1542221462💻 Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0bf4a019-6adc-4766-bc90-c74df78f3720/provetext😃Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GlossaHouse👍Twitter - https://twitter.com/glossahouse❤️TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@glossahouse🎲Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/glossahouse/📸YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@glossahouse🧲Rumble - https://www.rumble.com/user/GlossaHouse

    11 min
  3. 12/29/2025

    1459. Why Gen Z Is Walking Away & How the Church Can Respond | Interview w/ Ryan Pauly

    What is apologetics really for in today’s cultural moment? In this episode of ProveText, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb sits down with Christian apologist and doctoral candidate Ryan Pauly to discuss deconstruction, Gen Z apathy, cultural engagement, and how the church can cultivate a faith that actually endures. Ryan shares insights from his academic research, teaching experience, and public apologetics work—addressing doubts, disagreements within Christianity, church hurt, and why winsome conviction matters more than ever. This conversation explores: - What apologetics is (and isn’t) - Why Gen Z is disillusioned with church - Healthy vs. unhealthy deconstruction - How Christians should engage culture with truth and compassion - Why humor, humility, and mercy matter in defending the faithIf you care about Scripture, theology, and faithfully engaging today’s world, this episode is for you. Visit Ryan’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanPauly Visit Ryan’s Website: https://think-well.org/ #faith #bible #podcast #biblestudy #christian #apologetics #christianity #gospel #comedy #culture #humor #interview #church #education #educational #lgbt #provetext #love #jesus #jesuschrist #jesuslovesyou ***GlossaHouse resources are available at our website! - https://glossahouse.com/✏️ ***Sign up for classes with GlossaHouse U - https://glossahouse.com/pages/classes📖 ***Subscribe to our GlossaHouse Digital Libraries for access to incredible resources - https://glossahouse.com/collections/glossahouse-digital-library📓 ------ Get What You Need for Serious Bible Study at https://glossahouse.com/🎤 Subscribe to GlossaHouse's podcast, ProveText, for a plethora of great in-depth teachings and discussions: ᯤ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xXn8x6IgdcUDIhKouDEiR🍎 iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/provetext/id1542221462💻 Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0bf4a019-6adc-4766-bc90-c74df78f3720/provetext😃Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GlossaHouse👍Twitter - https://twitter.com/glossahouse❤️TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@glossahouse🎲Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/glossahouse/📸YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@glossahouse🧲Rumble - https://www.rumble.com/user/GlossaHouse

    59 min
  4. 12/26/2025

    1458. Patronage, Grace, and the World Behind the Gospel | Cultural Keys to Reading the New Testament

    In the first episode of our Cultural Keys to Reading the New Testament mini-series on the ProveText Podcast, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb introduces the patronage system—the social and economic backbone of the ancient Greco-Roman world. Patronage shaped everything from politics and economics to daily relationships of loyalty, honor, and obligation. It also shaped how early audiences heard words like grace, favor, and faith. Long before these became theological terms, they belonged to the language of debts, benefactors, and unequal power relationships. In this episode, Dr. Halcomb explores how the New Testament writers draw on patronage logic—and then radically transform it. Through examples like Luke 7 and Paul’s use of charis, we see how the gospel both speaks within this system and subverts it, revealing a vision of grace that is lavish, undeserved, and life-transforming. Understanding the patronage system doesn’t diminish the gospel—it magnifies it. #bible #biblestudy #culture #grace #faith #christian #podcast #religion #gospel #jesus #jesuschrist #christianity #christ #history #education #educational #educationalvideo #scripture #new ***GlossaHouse resources are available at our website! - https://glossahouse.com/✏️ ***Sign up for classes with GlossaHouse U - https://glossahouse.com/pages/classes📖 ***Subscribe to our GlossaHouse Digital Libraries for access to incredible resources - https://glossahouse.com/collections/glossahouse-digital-library📓 ------ Get What You Need for Serious Bible Study at https://glossahouse.com/🎤 Subscribe to GlossaHouse's podcast, ProveText, for a plethora of great in-depth teachings and discussions: ᯤ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xXn8x6IgdcUDIhKouDEiR🍎 iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/provetext/id1542221462💻 Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0bf4a019-6adc-4766-bc90-c74df78f3720/provetext😃Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GlossaHouse👍Twitter - https://twitter.com/glossahouse❤️TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@glossahouse🎲Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/glossahouse/📸YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@glossahouse🧲Rumble - https://www.rumble.com/user/GlossaHouse

    8 min
  5. 12/22/2025

    1457. Jonathan Edwards & the Word of God Today w/ Dr. Joseph T. Cochran

    Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb sits down with historian and pastor theologian Joey Cochran to unpack Jonathan Edwards’ “harmony of the Word of God,” the history of redemption, typology, and why biblical fluency in America is far weaker than we think. They explore how Edwards understood Scripture, how the Holy Spirit shapes interpretation, and why deep, communal immersion in the Bible is urgently needed today. In this episode: • Who Jonathan Edwards was—and why he still matters • The Word of God: Jesus, Scripture, and the preached Word • Typology without the nonsense • How the Spirit forms integrity in interpretation • The U.S. church’s growing Bible literacy problem Learn more about Dr. Joey Cochran: PNW Website: https://www.pnw.edu/people/joseph-cochran/ The Anxious Bench: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/ Find Joey’s full article in the CPT Journal 12.2: https://glossahouse.com/products/center-for-pastor-theologians-journal-vol-12-2-essays-on-a-theology-of-the-word #Bible #Scripture #Podcast #Faith #WordofGod #God #Jesus #Revival #Typology #Edwards #JonathanEdwards #Interview #Church #Pastor #ProveText #Author #Theology ***GlossaHouse resources are available at our website! - https://glossahouse.com/✏️ ***Sign up for classes with GlossaHouse U - https://glossahouse.com/pages/classes📖 ***Subscribe to our GlossaHouse Digital Libraries for access to incredible resources - https://glossahouse.com/collections/glossahouse-digital-library📓 ------ Get What You Need for Serious Bible Study at https://glossahouse.com/🎤 Subscribe to GlossaHouse's podcast, ProveText, for a plethora of great in-depth teachings and discussions: ᯤ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xXn8x6IgdcUDIhKouDEiR🍎 iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/provetext/id1542221462💻 Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0bf4a019-6adc-4766-bc90-c74df78f3720/provetext😃Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GlossaHouse👍Twitter - https://twitter.com/glossahouse❤️TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@glossahouse🎲Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/glossahouse/📸YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@glossahouse🧲Rumble - https://www.rumble.com/user/GlossaHouse

    45 min
  6. 12/15/2025

    1455. Children, Deuteronomy & the Heart of God: Interview with Dr. Harold Shank

    What does Deuteronomy really say about children—and what does that mean for the church today? In this episode of the ProveText Podcast, Dr. Michael Halcomb talks with Dr. Harold Shank about his essay on “Children in Deuteronomy” from the GlossaHouse Festschrift Teaching God’fs Sons and Daughters. They explore: Why Deuteronomy mentions children so often Children as full members of the covenant community God’s concern for vulnerable kids: orphans, widows, and sojourners How blessing, law, and grace shape a just community for the next generation Dr. Shank also shares from his work with at-risk children and how families and churches today can pass on not just valuables, but values. 📚 Learn more about Dr. Shank’s work: www.haroldshank.com 📚 Get your copy of Teaching God’s Sons and Daughters: https://glossahouse.com/products/teaching-gods-sons-and-daughters-essays-in-honor-of-allen-black ***GlossaHouse resources are available at our website! - https://glossahouse.com/✏️ ***Sign up for classes with GlossaHouse U - https://glossahouse.com/pages/classes📖 ***Subscribe to our GlossaHouse Digital Libraries for access to incredible resources - https://glossahouse.com/collections/glossahouse-digital-library📓 ------ Get What You Need for Serious Bible Study at https://glossahouse.com/🎤 Subscribe to GlossaHouse's podcast, ProveText, for a plethora of great in-depth teachings and discussions: ᯤ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xXn8x6IgdcUDIhKouDEiR🍎 iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/provetext/id1542221462💻 Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0bf4a019-6adc-4766-bc90-c74df78f3720/provetext😃Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GlossaHouse👍Twitter - https://twitter.com/glossahouse❤️TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@glossahouse🎲Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/glossahouse/📸YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@glossahouse🧲Rumble - https://www.rumble.com/user/GlossaHouse

    42 min
4.8
out of 5
16 Ratings

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A podcast exploring Scripture and all things related to it. New episodes released every day.

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