A Way In: Joel | Follow Podcast Episode 17

Follow Podcast Episode 17

For Episode 17, lead pastor at OneChurch.to, Jonathan Smith, joins us to talk about the book of Joel!

Did you know the book of Joel has absolutely no narrative plot in it? It’s a mysterious book a date of authorship that is debated and yet speaks to practical and important themes for us today. In this episode we dove into just a few of them: how to have the humility to face our blindspots, tips on reading biblical prophecies and what’s Joel’s warning for church leadership even today?

Thoughts? Questions? Be a part of the conversation in the comments 👇

Follow Podcast’s 5th full on season “A Way In” continues it’s deep dive on 5 of the minor prophets based on the related OneChurch.to weekend teaching series “A Way Out.” This week we go deeper under the hood of Joel, looking at all the bible-nerd and theological standouts that we didn’t have time for on the weekend.

*Stuff We Mentioned* [or wished we did]
– Ajith Fernando (Theologian): https://ajithfernando.com/
– The Lausanne Movement: https://lausanne.org/
– Take the Follow Assessment: https://www.jotform.com/form/231856435707058

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For a related weekend teaching, check out this video: https://youtu.be/J5jmhVBd4QU

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:06 Overview of Joel
2:25 Joel as Archetype
3:34 Joel’s Hyperlinks to other Texts
5:45 Joel and Hebrew Poetry
8:33 Joel was written for us but who was it written “to?”
14:24 How to take the cultural lenses off
19:22 Can We Skip the Extra Locusts?
27:20 Can We Fake Our Heart Change?
32:02 The Day Of The Lord!!
37:53 Attention, Leaders
45:44 Competence vs Character
47:47 Well Behaved Judgemental Jerks
48:43 Confronting Leadership
53:16 Jesus-like Confrontation
55:33 Closing Thoughts