Who Deserves to Eat?

Dan Beecher (0:00)

You know, Dan, I don't know about you, but I have always had real trouble looking at my finances.

Dan McClellan (0:06)

Oh, don't get me started.

Dan Beecher (0:08)

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Dan McClellan (1:00)

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Dan McClellan (2:59)

Does the context support that interpretation? I'm going to say along with the majority of scholars, ha ha ha, of course not, you jerk. Hey everybody, I'm Dan McClellan.

Dan Beecher (3:17)

And I'm Dan Beecher.

Dan McClellan (3:18)

And you're listening to the Data Over Dogma Podcast, where we increase public access to the academic study of the Bible and religion, and we combat the spread of misinformation about the same. How are things today, Dan?

Dan Beecher (3:31)

As good as can be expected, I think is the answer to that.

Dan McClellan (3:35)

All things considered, yeah, yeah.

Dan Beecher (3:38)

Weighing one thing against another, we're coasting on it, we're going just fine.

Dan McClellan (3:43)

In this economy, with a man in the White House, what else can you expect?

Dan Beecher (3:48)

Well, yeah, what can one do? We're doing okay. Today, we're going to be talking about some interesting stuff.

I'm actually fascinated by a few of the things that we're going to be talking about. First, we're going to do a chapter and verse. We're going to hit some second Thessalonians.

Dan McClellan (4:06)

Loving Thessalonians.

Dan Beecher (4:07)

Yeah, yeah. One, you know, I like to write an epistle to a Thessalonian, if I can, every now and then.

This is chapter three and and the way that it is used to be a jerk.

Dan McClellan (4:22)

Yes, yes. Very jerk.

Dan Beecher (4:23)

It is. This is one of the jerk passages. And then we're going to jump to Hicksos.

Dan McClellan (4:31)

The Hicksos. Yes.

Dan Beecher (4:33)

And I have never heard of Hicksos. The Hicksos, the very... Your various Hicksies.

Dan McClellan (4:39)

We're still trying to figure out the plural there, I guess.