Alex Duke
On Opening Up Your Mind to Something You’ve Never Considered—Or, the Weirdest Episode of Bible Talk Yet (Bible Talk, Ep. 82)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 05.03.2023In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about canonical order.
Judges 19–21: On Saving the Worst for Last While There’s Still No King in the Land (Bible Talk, Ep. 81)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 04.26.2023In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 19–21.
Judges 17–18: On Religious Guns-for-Hire, Sellouts in Ministry, and Sins Coming Home to Roost (Bible Talk, Ep. 80)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 04.19.2023In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 17–18.
Judges 15–16: On the Bald, Eyeless Jester Who Is Used by God (Bible Talk, Ep. 79)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 04.12.2023In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 15–16.
Judges 13-14: On the Birth and Betrothal of Israel’s Surprising, Set-Apart, and Sinful Savior (Bible Talk, Ep. 78)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 03.22.2023In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 13–14. They discuss Samson, Israel’s surprising, set-apart, and sinful savior.
Judges 11–12: On the Tragic Tale of Jephthah and the Tragic Consequences of Not Knowing Your Bible (Bible Talk, Ep. 77)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 03.08.2023In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 11–12.
Judges 9-10: On Loose Lugnuts, Israel’s Anti-King, and the Utter Stupidity of Evil (Bible Talk, Ep. 76)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 03.01.2023As we near the midpoint of Judges, the wheels are starting to fall off. Israel has long wanted a king. In Abimelech, they finally get what they want—and the results are disastrous.
Judges 7-8: On the Complicated Story of Israel’s Knock-Off Priest-King Getting Toppled by a Sneeze (Bible Talk, Ep. 75)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 02.22.2023The lesson of Judges 7 is not that Gideon is an amazing general, but that the Lord is their warrior. The lesson of Judges 8 is that the Lord topples proud men with a sneeze.
Judges 6: On the Rise of Scaredy-Cat Gideon, Prayer Fleeces, and North Face Fleeces, Too (Bible Talk, Ep. 74)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 02.15.2023Alex chats with Jim and Sam about Gideon, Israel’s next judge who is also a scaredy-cat.
Judges 4-5: On Barak the Bashful, Deborah the Complementarian, and Jael the Serpent-Crusher (Bible Talk, Ep. 73)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 02.08.2023Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 4–5.
Judges 3:7-31: On Othniel the Leader, Ehud the Left-Handed, and Clippy the Paper Clip (Bible Talk, Ep. 72)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 01.25.2023In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about the first three judges: Othniel the golden boy, Ehud the left-handed “son of the right-handers,” and Shamgar the oxgoad-warrior.
Judges 1:1–3:6: On the Pattern Set Forth in the Two-Part Introduction of the Book of Judges (Bible Talk, Ep. 71)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 01.18.2023Bible Talk is back!
In this episode, Alex Duke chats with Jim and Sam about the ominous “double introduction” of Judges 1:1–3:6.
Best Books for Pastors in 2022
By Alex Duke | 12.21.2022We asked pastors around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2022 that helped you be a better pastor?
On the Virgin Conception, the Sinlessness of Christ, and Hell Slinking Away, Defeated and Exhausted (Another Special Christmas Episode, with Steve Wellum)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 12.20.2022In this special Christmas episode, the Bible Talk crew chats with SBTS professor Steve Wellum about why the virgin conception isn’t incidental to but essential for our redemption.
Joshua 22-24: On Joshua’s Postscript and Post-Postscript, Which Is a Lot Like a Marvel Movie’s (Bible Talk, Ep. 70)
By A. Duke, J. Hamilton, S. Emadi | 12.07.2022The book of Joshua comes to the end, and through it all, its message has stayed the same.
