by DJ Wilkins | Sep 18, 2022 | Epic Bible Mystery
I believe the Bible offers two “epic” story experiences: Bible study as a romantic quest: digging into an ancient mystery of profound cultural importance that offers awe inspiring moments of discovery/realization; an experience with the mystique of films...
by DJ Wilkins | Sep 10, 2022 | Epic Bible Mystery
Around 15 years ago, John Shelby Spong’s book Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes got me obsessed with the topic of biblical patterns. Then and now, I’ve been focused on where these patterns repeat in the life of Jesus. That said,...
by DJ Wilkins | Aug 27, 2022 | Epic Bible Mystery
The Bible is no simple book. But a massive collection of texts that sprawl 1,000s of years of person, places and events. How can we even begin to understand such a work? In my 2.5 decades of studying the Bible, one key to unlocking it as a singular and cohesive...
by DJ Wilkins | Aug 6, 2022 | Epic Bible Mystery
When you read the last words of Jesus on the cross, do you read them alone or in the context of Scripture more broadly? And can learning to do the later deepen your sense of their meaning? In this article, we’ll consider how each of the 7 last sayings of Jesus...
by DJ Wilkins | May 29, 2022 | Epic Bible Mystery
Is Creation the ultimate type or pattern of scripture? And could tracing this pattern across Scripture be the key to unlocking the Bible as an epic narrative? In this article, we’ll explore some key reasons to think so. Putting Clues Together When I first wrote...
by DJ Wilkins | May 16, 2022 | Epic Bible Mystery
In this article, I highlight some key take aways from The Bible Project’s Eden typology concept as featured a couple places online: “How Does the Bible’s Story Lead to Jesus?” (The Bible Project official site article) “Mysteries From The Tree of Life: with Tim Mackie”...
