The Semi-Seminarian

Week 2 Jacob

Woman of Abel

Abigail

In this episode, we take a look at the reasons for studying the Hebrew Bible. If "new covenant" is in place, what good is the "Old" Testament? If that's how you feel, take a listen. I'll give you something to think about.   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 3 and of Genesis and continue to challege what we think we know about God, the Bible and, ourselves.   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we ask were does the Church go from here? Can the rise of practical theology save the Church?   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis and begin to explore what the meaning is behind the creation account(s) are and what they mean regarding our relationship with God   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 27-28 of the Acts of the Apostles and we examine the travel of Paul to Rome as he has requested a trial by the imperial tribunal and we discover that, perhaps, there's more to the story as to why Luke wrote the Acts then just a description of the earlier events of the church   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 23-26 of the Acts of the Apostles and we examine the pleas Paul makes before the Sanhedrin and Roman officials. Luke points out in these 4 episodes that Paul is arguing Christianity is breaking no laws and is no threat to Rome   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 20-22 of the Acts of the Apostles and we examine the 3nd missionary journey of Paul and see the rising tension between Jewish leaders and the nascent Christian church   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 16-18 of the Acts of the Apostles and we examine the 2nd missionary journey of Paul and see Christianity begin to spread out of Asia Minor and into Europe   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles and we examine the Council of Jerusalem and discover that its implications on what it means to be a Christian are just as important to us today as they were to the early church   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 13-14 of the Acts of the Apostles and we examine the first missonary journey of Paul and Barnabas to Galatia   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 9-12 of the Acts of the Apostles where we encounter the conversion of Saul who would become known as the Apostle Paul   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 6-8 of the Acts of the Apostles and we examine how the church handles its first instance of confusion and the persecution and death of the Apostle Stephen.   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at chapters 3-5 of the Acts of the Apostles and we focus on the events following Pentecost and the growth of the early church   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles and we focus on the events of Pentecost and the signifcance of the Festval lf First Fruits to the Christian celebration of Pentecost.   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles and we focus on the importance that the author Luke puts on eyewitness testimony of the resurrection of Jesus   Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the last words of Jesus when He ask: "My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?" In the agonizing answer we find the depth of love that God has for His creation and magnitude of sacrafice He was willing to make for our redemption.    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the last week of the life of Jesus, a week that we call "Holy Week". We utlize the accounts of each of the four Gospels to synthesize a complete telling of that momentous week..    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look a story from John Chapter 11 and we look at the first part of the story of the death of Lazarus. In this story we find a big difference in the kind of love we have for each other and the kind of love God has for us..    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the final days and events in the life of Jesus. Matthew 26-28    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take as Jesus enters into Jerusalem for the final week of his human existance. We find Jesus charging head-on with the religious authorities and challenging their notion of the Kingdom of God    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look a story from 2 Samuel in Hebrew Scripture about a character named Mephibosheth, the grandson of King Saul and the grandson of Jonathan. Its an unlikely story of redemption and a facinating, if not well known, story from Hebrew Scripture.    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look a story from Mark 17 which is at the end of Jesus' ministry and an event we call the "upper room." In the midst of so much uncertainty, when it seems like God is no where to be found, we see it's when He's most active. In a life of uncertainty, we discover God is certain    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look Gods that don't exist. If you're someone who has walked away from faith or your spiritual life isn't what it should be, perhaps its because you're believing in a God that just doesn't exist and is never promised to us in Scripture.  Has the lack of a feeling of God's presence ever caused you to doubt if He is there? Maybe you're believing in Hide and Seek God    Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at Jesus teaching, preaching and healing in the northern parts of Galilee and what we find is Jesus teaching the people that the Kingdom of God requires of us to be come a new something and not just a different version of our old selves.     Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the story of blind Bartimaus and how his story can teach us to focus on those things we DO havev instead of the things we don't have so that we may fully be used by God.     Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the people's response to Jesus in Galilee as He travels around teaching, preaching and healing and what we find is that some see Jesus for who He is, some aren't sure and still others do not believe Jesus is the Messiah whatsoever.     Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this Dinner Church discussion we discover that a life as a Jesus follower means we’re called to a life that’s far from normal. Our lives are meant to be far better than “normal”. If we want a normal life, we do what “normal” people do. But, if we want what few people have, we’ve got to do what few people do.  Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

In this episode, we take a look at the 1st five books of the GatM and discover the claims that Matthew has to make about who Jesus is.     Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?

Understanding the story of the Bible is so important in understanding the stories in the Bible. Be sure to go to our website: www.semiseminarian.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semiseminarian/ and https://www.facebook.com/jim.wilhelm.12 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reddirtred Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjVyfhCYNubT-bvrWwtY88Q?