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Herman Who? (Reading Scripture Responsibly)
This week, Josh and Jesse tackle one of the most tricky parts of Biblical reading: forming a Hermeneutic. If you've never heard the word before, essentially it's the process of interpretation. Once I know what the text meant to its original author and aud
Exegesis in Action (Reading Scripture Responsibly)
This week, Josh and Jesse use the tools they talked about last week to exegete a passage of Scripture. Follow along at home!
Context, Context, Context (Reading Scripture Responsibly)
This week, Josh and Jesse talk all about context, exegesis, and eisegesis! In order to truly understand the story of the Bible, we first need to understand the original context that produced the Bible. So today, we touch on the process by which we discove
What the Bible Isn't (Reading Scripture Responsibly)
Welcome to Season 4 of Burn the Haystack! To kick off the season, we're starting a brand-new season called 'Reading Scripture Responsibly.' This week, we tackle some of the misconceptions and half-truths many of us have come to accept as Gospel. Hopefully
The Great Disruption
This week, Josh Hacko steps into the co-host chair for our final episode of Season 3. Josh is a luxury watchmaker from Sydney, Australia, and his fiance, Maryellen Fairfax, joins us for a conversation about COVID-19, their experience with it, and their ho
Entering the Ice Age
This week, Josh Stadnik steps into the co-host chair (along with his fluffy son Sampson), to talk about all the leadership shifts we're experiencing post-COVID. Will the church continue to innovate and change as a result of this worldwide pandemic, or wil
Is the Church Guilty of Spiritual Gift Abuse?
This week, Josh Wood is subbing in for Josh Stothers as our co-host! In this episode, Josh and Jesse discuss how we exploit people in their giftings for the benefit of the Church. What's the healthy tension we need to manage better and how can we more eff
Exploring an ex-Adventist Community
This week, Josh and Jesse review the Ex-Adventist subreddit community on Reddit. We explore the anonymous stories of Adventist upbringings, the strangeness of the Adventist subculture, and ultimately what led to so many people leaving the denomination alt
Church Post-COVID, Part 2
This week, Josh, Josh, Laura & Jesse return in a round-panel discussion on the church post-COVID that we hosted live on Facebook! Come back to hear the answers to all the questions we couldn't get to last week, as well as some of the others sent in by our
Q&R - Finding Grace in the Old Testament
In this episode, Josh and Jesse respond to your questions on our three episodes on Finding Grace in the Old Testament series.