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Bammerhab - Words from the Word30 - Pentecost is ShavuotIn Jesus’ day Shavuot (Pentecost) was the best-attended of the great traveling feasts because traveling conditions were at their best. That meant that there was never a more international, diverse gathering in Jerusalem than on this day.Jews from nearly every known nation were there. And that’s when the Holy Spirit chose to birth the church, but you probably already knew that!But what you might not know is that there something in the Levitical instructions that strongly hinted at the future church instructions way back in Moses’ time.What was the hint...2025-06-0422 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word29 - Ascension is RaptureWhen you understand Jesus’ Old Testament references, you see that he spoke of end times more than anyone else in the Bible. But Jesus not only spoke of end times, he spoke of rapture, and he not only spoke of rapture, he demonstrated it.Ascension Day is May 29th this year; it could just as easily be called Rapture Day. The two concepts are synonymous. Just as Jesus modeled baptism for his church, and just as he was the first to have the spirit fall on him, just like Pentecost, and just like Jesus was th...2025-05-2922 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word28 - False ProphetsThe 3rd commandment says not to swear, right?Nope. To take God’s name in vain is intentional false representation of God to try to manipulate to get your own way.Using the Lord’s name “in vain” is what is often called being a false prophet elsewhere in the Old and New Testaments. Sadly our generation is awash with many false prophets.Who are they? What should you do about it?Great questions! Let’s explore!This episode digs deeper into “lashav” (לַשָּׁ֑וְא meaning ‘in vain’) in Exodus 20:7.Exodus 20...2025-05-2218 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word27 - Anxious & WearyOligopsychous means fainthearted or, by extension, anxious and weary.So, what does Paul proscribe for anxious, weary souls like me?Paul counsels gentleness. He gently encourages these weary ones and feeds them reassurance.Where does that reassurance come from? Great question!(Also thanks to musician Sam Banfield for sharing a “Song for the Weary” at the close of the episode.)This episode digs deeper into “oligopsychous” (ὀλιγοψύχους meaning ‘fainthearted’) in 1 Thessalonians 5:14.1 Thessalonians 5:14 “And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.” (ESV)2025-05-1515 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word26 - The Primal BlessingGod’s primal blessing is so shocking that, despite it being in plain language in the very first chapter of the Bible and echoed throughout, many modern theologians recoil at the thought and try to minimize it and reverse it and undo it.But it can’t be undone. So what is this primal blessing?Great question! Let’s explore!(Also thanks again to Desi Ana Sartini for reading her poem, “Seventh Day.” Much more of her poetry can be found at Breath of Heaven, Dust of Earth.)This episode di...2025-05-0821 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word25 - The Two-SoulThe root of much of our failure is because of dipsychos. But what is it exactly? What does it look like and how can it end?This epidemic of dipsychos is personal for me. It was a sin that trapped me for over a decade, but what’s worse is it still traps most Christians I know, and they don’t even know its name. As I’ve seen famous pastors and ordinary Christians drift slowly away from Christ, I keep asking myself: why? But the question was already answered in the book we all have on our sh...2025-04-2920 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word24 - Almond FlowersIn the ancient Temple, the only light streamed down from a great menorah lit by seven branches. And holding that light, are the cups of the great lamp which are fashioned to look like almond flowers.Wait… why almond flowers? Does the Almighty really like almonds?And why did God inaugurate Jeremiah’s call with a vision of almond flowers?Great question! Let’s explore!This episode digs deeper into “shaqed” (שָׁקֵד meaning ‘Almond Flower’) in Jeremiah 1:11.Jeremiah 1:11 -“The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”“I...2025-04-2416 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word23 - EasterWhy does Easter matter?Because Easter is not just a day, but the pivot point of the entire cosmos, where a brand New Earth has begun to be created. What will that look like, you ask?Great question! Let’s explore!This episode digs deeper into Gen Kainen - γῆν καινήν - “New Earth” in Reveleation 21:1.Revelation 21:1 -“And I saw a new heaven and a NEW EARTH: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” (KJV)Links:Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.c...2025-04-1716 min
The BanderpodThe Banderpod S3:E10 - Mysteries!S.D.G Morgan hosts the last episode of The Banderpod–Season 3, where Katherine Ladny Mitchell reads from her upcoming cozy mystery Not to Be (the first in the Pen & Paintbrush mystery series). Annie Beth Donahue also reads the first chapter in her middle grade mystery No Clues, You Lose.Finally, all our guests this season share their favorite mysteries to fill up your TBR list for a summer vacation to the beach or wherever you take your books to relax!The Full List of the mysteries we recommended:* SD...2025-04-1638 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word22 - PassoverEvery spring for thousands of years, families have gathered around a story measured out in food, measured out by four cups of wine. These cups of wine are centered around four promises from Exodus 6, and each cup has a very different mystery inside it.So, what is the mystery of the cups?Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into Poterion- ποτήριον - “the cup” in Mark 14:23:Mark 14:23 -“And he took THE CUP, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.” (KJV)Links:...2025-04-1516 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word21 - Palm SundayWhy did the crowds wave palm branches on Palm Sunday? Were they just grabbing something at hand or is there a much deeper meaning at play here, that stretches back thousands of years into the past and far into the future?Thanks too to Jesse Baker for his poem: “The Twirling Oak.”Today’s Word: Besimhah - בְשִׂמְחָ֣ה - “With Joy, In Glee”Isaiah 55:12 - “You will go out IN JOY and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”...2025-04-0815 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word20 - Living StonesGod tells us he’s the potter; we’re the clay. He’s the architect; we’re the living stones. But what exactly is God shaping you for? Or another way of putting that, what is your calling?Also… What if you can’t finish our calling before you die, what then?“As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1...2024-12-1015 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word19 - Your CallingDidn’t Moses have a calling to save the people of Israel? Then why did he fail so badly the first time around? And what is “your calling” anyway?“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21-NIV)Isaiah 30:21 - כא ואזניך תשמענה דבר מאחריך לאמר זה הדרך לכו בו כי תאמינו וכי תשמאילוA different version of this episode was written up over on Bandersnatch Books’ substack.Links:Jordan Raynor: www.jordanraynor.comBammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.comSDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.comSDG Morgan’s Site: www...2024-12-0313 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word18 - Herod's Good BrotherDid you know Herod Antipas’s brother was a leader in the early church? Yes, one of the most evil kings in the bible, had a brother who was an elder in one of the most vibrant and influential early churches of Acts. He even helped start out the Apostle Paul, but what might have happened to make him switch allegiances?This episode answers that while defining the name “Manaen” (Μαναήν) in Acts 13:1.“Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod...2024-11-2608 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word17 - Jesus' TombThere’s a reason Jesus needed a rock tomb, freshly cut. Do you know what it is? The greek for tomb means memorial, but memorial of what?This episode defines the word “Mnemati” (μνήματι meaning: ‘tomb’) in Luke 23:53.“Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid.” (Luke 23:53-NIV)Luke 23:53 - καὶ καθελὼν ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτὸ σινδόνι, καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ, οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδεὶς οὔπω κείμενος.Links:Heather Cadenhead’s Bio: heathercadenhead.substack.com/aboutHeather’s Substack “Firelight”: heathercadenhead.substack.com“On Caregiving and Creativity”: www.rabbitroom.com/post/on-caregiving-and-creativityBammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack...2024-11-1910 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word16 - Who is Faithless?After the transfiguration, when Jesus came down from the mountain, why was he so angry with his disciples? Why did he call them faithless?There’s a direct paralell between Jesus’ Transfiguration and Moses on Sinai. Can you see it? But why did Jesus’ response to faithlessness differ from Moses’?This episode defines the word “apistos” (ἄπιστος meaning: ‘faithless’) in Matthew 17:17.“And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” (Matthew 17:17-ESV)Matthew 17:17 - Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ...2024-11-1214 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word15 - Jesus' WordsWe’re often stuck between two competing narratives. So how do we choose which one to trust? When Jesus’ disciples were in a boat in a fierce storm, they had a command from Jesus to cross the lake. But they also had to cope with a huge storm throwing them around. The storm was more urgent, and seemed more powerful in the moment. So they forgot how immensely powerful Jesus' words actually are…This episode defines the word “Dielthomen” (Διέλθωμεν meaning: ‘Let us go across’) in Mark 4:35.“That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us...2024-10-2909 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word14 - The Festival of SukkotThe seven biblical Jewish festivals were always meant to be prophetic. But what do they mean? And why should all Christians everywhere especially celebrate Sukkot?This episode defines “Hag HaSukkot” (חַ֧ג הַסֻּכּ֛וֹת meaning: ‘The Festival of Booths’) in Leviticus 23:33-34.“The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.” (Leviticus 23:33-34-NIV)Leviticus 23:34 - לד דבר אל בני ישראל לאמר בחמשה עשר יום לחדש השביעי הזה חג הסכות שבעת ימים ליהוהLinks:Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.comSDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.comSDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.comThanks to:• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design...2024-10-2214 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word13 - David's DadDid King David have a dysfunctional Dad? Was he the prototypical Cinderella?This episode defines the phrase “Miggeza Yisay” (מגזע ישי meaning: ‘The Stump of Jesse’) in Isaiah 11:1.“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.” (Isaiah 11:1-NIV)Isaiah 11:1 - ויצא חטר מגזע ישי ונצר משרשיו יפרהLinks:Bammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.comSDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.comSDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.comThanks to:• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design• Heather Cadenhead for Editorial Feedback• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced aud...2024-10-1507 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word12 - God's NameIt is said that Zion, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, is the site where Abraham offered up Isaac. But Abraham gave that site a different name altogether, and perhaps it was a prophetic name. And it is also one of the titles of God - Jehovah Jireh or Yahweh Yireh.This episode digs deeper into the name “Yahweh Yireh” (יְהוָ֣ה יִרְאֶ֑ה meaning: ‘The LORD will provide’) in Genesis 22:14.“So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”” (Genesis 22:14-ESV)Genesis 22:14 – ה ויאמר אברהם...2024-10-0807 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word11 - Isaac's SacrificeWhy does the writer of Hebrews (I believe it’s Paul by the way) commend Abraham so highly for attempting to sacrifice Isaac? I’ve seen a plentitude of confusion about this story, and many odd takes ranging from Abraham’s mental illness to child abuse.But all these opinions are all missing this one key word “wenasubah” which the writer of Hebrews does not miss. Abraham was certain they were both coming back.This episode digs deeper into “wenasubah” (ונשובה meaning ‘we will come back’) in Genesis 22:5.“Abraham said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I...2024-10-0109 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word10 - Judas' HeelThere is something that is often lost when we discuss what Judas did.Yes, betrayal was part of it, but Judas’ main sin wasn’t betrayal. All the disciples left Jesus alone to die. If Jesus didn’t freely forgive betrayal then none of them and none of us would have a chance.Yes, Judas did steal. But Jesus also freely forgave a thief on the cross.In John, Jesus explicitly cites Judas’ sin that needed repented of… so what was it?To answer that, this episode digs deeper into the Greek word...2024-09-2407 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word9 - Noah's PreachingWhat grieves God’s heart?Well, apparently, as you run the numbers, Noah’s ark was built with a lot of extra room. Until the doors closed, anyone and everyone was encouraged to board but ultimately only Noah and his family did.It’s a very interesting idea because 2 Peter 2:5 explicitly calls Noah “a preacher of righteousness” and what’s the point of preaching unless there was extra room on the ark?So what grieves God’s heart? This episode digs deeper into “atsab” (עצב meaning ‘grieved’) in Genesis 6:6.“And the LORD regretted that he had made...2024-09-1706 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word8 - Jesus' MiraclesHave you ever wondered why Jesus sometimes seemed so miracle shy?I have.But in reading Matthew 11 and 13, Jesus actually answers this question for us, though it is admittedly an indirect answer. He’s actually trying to protect us. Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into “epachynthe” (meaning ‘calloused’) in Matthew 13:15.“For this people’s heart has become calloused ; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal th...2024-06-0907 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word7 - The Philistines' DestinyEvery casual bible reader knows that the Philistines were the archetypal enemies of Israel, but what fewer know is what eventually happened to the Philistines. Well, at the very least I didn’t know until very recently.Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into “wenisar” (meaning ‘But He Who Remains’) in Zechariah 9:7.“I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. I will take away the blood from his mouth,And the abominations from between his teeth. But he who remains, even he shall be for our God, and shall be like a leader...2024-06-0206 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word6 - God WalksGod is slow. There’s something about slowness that God treasures (and we do not).Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into “peripaton” (meaning ‘walking’) in Mark 6:48.“Jesus saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake.” (NIV)Mark 6:48 – ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτοὺς περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσηςLinks:SDG Morgan’s Site: www.sdgmorgan.comBammerhab Substack: bammerhab.substack.comSDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.comThanks to:• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design• Dave Allam of All...2024-05-2606 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word5 - God's StirringGod wanted to do something, but he had to wake up the spirit of his people first. Just as He did in the very beginning The Spirit did what He always does. He hovered over things, stirring them, waking them up, bringing them to life. This time it was Israel, and this time the Spirit decided to use the voice of Haggai.The people needed to be woken up because they were weary, so weary. Why?Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into “wayyaar” (meaning ‘So He Stirred Up’) in...2024-05-1906 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word4 - Isaiah's SonWhen is a name more than a name?Isaiah 7 tells about the time Isaiah took his son to meet the king, but it wasn’t a social call. This wasn’t take your child to work day.His son’s name, Shear Yashub - meaning “A remnant will return”, was already a promise to all of Israel, it was a living letter to continuously remind everyone who spoke it that no matter how evil and faithless Israel would become, nothing would ever make God abandon this people who had already abandoned him. Every time Isaiah spoke his...2024-05-1006 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word3 - Jesus' HomeJesus left his home, and came to tabernacle with us. He left his home so we could have a home in him. But during his ministry he had no home, or as he put it: “the birds have nests and the foxes have dens," but he had no permanent home. However he should have had a home, even then. Why?Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into “kataskenosis” (meaning ‘nests’) in Matthew 8:20:“And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man h...2024-04-1506 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word2 - The Disciples' DepressionThe two disciples who fled Jerusalem toward Emmaus, were discipled by Jesus himself. These two no doubt healed and cast out demons just like all the other 70 did. They were sufficiently strong in their faith to follow Jesus into the lion’s den, to go into Jerusalem with him. But despite all Jesus’ many warnings, they just weren’t prepared for his death, and it shattered their hope in a way they hadn’t anticipated. After such an onslaught their souls were deeply wounded and where the text says their “faces were downcast” it’s no stretch to guess that they were...2024-03-3105 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word1 - David's RevelationPsalm 19 contains echoes of the many nights the shepherd David took a moment of rest from watching the landscape vigilantly for predators, and looked up to study the stars. At first glance, surely the young shepherd only saw the same old stars scrolling slowly past, night after night, year by year.But for God to make a shepherd into a king, one of the lessons He had to impart was to train the boy to look beyond first glance, to look beneath, to dig deeper to find the truth to search for a revealing…...2024-03-2504 min
Bammerhab - Words from the Word0 - What is Bammerhab?Psalm 31 was likely written as David was on the run for his life, unjustly accused of treason by a jealous King Saul. And as David was hiding in narrow dark caves, in his mind and heart he felt hemmed in and crushed by stress, anger, and fear. But he won’t let that crushing claustrophobia have the last word. He knows God will deliver him into a place of great space.And that phrase, a place of great space that is the Hebrew word Bammerhab.Let me explain…This episode digs deeper into “Bammer...2024-03-1803 min