{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chunks: The Book of Psalms","title":"Episode 151: With sword in hand","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e108aaec\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":471,"description":"Drawing upon the apostle Paul, Christians believe that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative word of God. That kind of inspired revelation necessarily includes prophetic wake-up calls for God’s people to take sin seriously. Still, how do we reconcile the vengeful words of Psalm 149 with the teaching of Jesus, or for that matter, of Paul? Here, I’ll use the concept of progressive revelation to suggest how the New Testament reinterprets the militarism of the psalms, calling believers today to a different kind of warfare.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/m4wWP6RhgtaQVY-Fm9O749o40PLOWY6s4PUGIxxoi8E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OGU5/YTlmZTk0ZmFmZWZl/OTk0NTgyNDEyMTBj/MDM0ZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}