Episode 120: Jack Levison - The Spirit, Wind, & Breath of God in the Bible

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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If we look under the surface, we find a fascinating conversation about the Spirit of God in the Bible. Considering the word for Spirit, Wind, and Breath of God is often the same in the Bible, how are we to understand the relationship between them? We talk to Jack Levison about this mysterious and interesting intersection. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for Normal People, the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:04.8	I'm Pete Ends.
0:05.8	And I'm Jared Bias.
0:06.6	Hey folks, welcome to another episode of the Bible for Normal People.
0:12.0	Before we get started, an announcement.
0:13.9	Our second pay what you want, course, is coming up March 26th, 830-930pm Eastern time,
0:20.9	and it's on reading the Bible like adults.
0:23.1	So go to pdens.com to register and hope to see you there.
0:28.2	Now, today's topic is the spirit, wind, and breath of God in the Bible.
0:33.2	And our guest is Jack Levison.
0:34.6	Jack is, besides being a great guy, he is a professor of Old Testament.
0:38.4	And he's written a lot about the Holy Spirit before Christianity.
0:43.8	In fact, his latest book is called The Holy Spirit Before Christianity, sort of makes sense.
0:48.2	And here's a question that I have heard a lot.
0:51.4	I've asked and I get this question too.
0:54.8	It's about the Holy Spirit.
0:56.0	And do we find the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament as we do in the new?
1:00.8	And I think the common sort of reflex answer for Christians is to say, well, I...
1:07.8	Dang it, but I know, no.
1:10.4	I don't think so, not really.
1:13.0	Things like that.
1:14.0	But Jack's answer is, yeah.
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