Prayer and Paradise

Exploring My Strange Bible

BibleProject

Religion, Theologian, Tim Mackie, Pastor, Bible, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Strange Bible, Philosophy, The Bible Project, Exploring My Strange Bible, Christianity

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Prayer and encountering God’s presence are biblical topics we can study, but they’re also very personal experiences for each of us, and so this message combines both. First, Tim shares his personal history with prayer, and then dives into a biblical study of God’s Eden paradise appearing where we least expect it. Tying these two parts together is a personal parable involving a wild huckleberry field on a remote mountainside. Tim gave this message at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Ore., on October 19, 2022.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, I'm Tim Mackie, and this is my podcast, exploring my strange Bible. I am a card-carrying
0:15.0	Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you
0:23.4	have. On this podcast, I'm putting together the last 20 years worth of lectures and sermons where I've
0:29.8	been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites us into the mission
0:35.9	of Jesus and the journey of faith.
0:38.1	And I hope this can all be helpful for you too.
0:40.4	I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.
0:43.1	We make animated videos and podcasts and classes about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.
0:49.5	You can find all those resources at Bibleproject.com.
0:52.8	With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.
1:01.2	Hey, everybody.
1:03.4	How are you guys?
1:05.6	Good. Good. Me too, I think.
1:10.1	I've been working by myself in a room all day, so this is a real shift
1:14.9	from where I was a couple hours ago. It was a great day. Thank you for asking. But I think
1:23.2	this is going to be a special evening, too, And I'm not quite sure what's in store.
1:29.3	I mean, I have some things I'm going to say.
1:31.3	I had to plan that.
1:33.3	But I'm not quite sure where this train is going to end tonight.
1:37.3	And I think that's a good thing.
1:40.3	I have been asked, invited to weave together two themes that have to do one with the Bible
1:50.4	and one with prayer tonight.
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