How Do People End Up in the Wilderness?
In the Bible, the wilderness is a hostile, dangerous place where humans can’t survive. Because of this, the wilderness also reminds us that we all live on the precipice of life and death, and our survival depends on the one who is greater than us. The Bible’s earliest wilderness stories depict humans finding themselves in this setting due to their own foolish choices or the foolish choices of others. In this episode, Jon and Tim look at the wilderness stories of Adam and Eve, Hagar, and Moses, highlighting how God responds with surprising compassion.
Episode Chapters
Scripture References
Referenced Resources
- Tim references an episode from The Exodus Way series about Abraham and Hagar. You can find that episode here: "How Did Israel End Up in Egypt?"
- For more on the seven women in Exodus, check out our Scholarship Team’s article, “7 Powerful Women in the Bible Who Help Rescue God's People.”
Interested in learning more? Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.
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Show Music
- “Beach Chilling” by Lofi Sunday, Just Derrick
- “Blissful Thoughts ft. TBabz” by Lofi Sunday
- “Grey ft. PAINT WITH SOUND.” by Lofi Sunday
- BibleProject theme song by TENTS
Show Credits
Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.
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