Footnotes and Witness
Have you ever wondered if you are good enough to read the Bible? Does it feel like you aren't qualified? I grew up in church so I thought I knew how to read it; I didn't! With a few footnotes, I want to share the resources and tips that opened the Bible for me. The word finally started to feel like that "living" word I always hear about. If you follow Christ, you have the Holy Spirit and that means you are qualified to read God's word. If you want to be, this is a great place to dip your toes in the water and see what this whole Jesus thing is all about. I believe that when you read about God's true character, from His own words, you won't be able to stop telling people about how your life is saved and changed. Jesus wants us to tell our story because it is HIS story. See Jesus rightly in the Bible, and see Him in your story.
Episodes
125 episodes
Summary of Mark with Amy Rihel
After finishing the entire book of Mark, I sat down with a friend to discuss. I hope this conversation is helpful!
721 Mark chapter 16
Here is the end of the book of Mark. Depending on your translation, there may be a large footnote in your bible about this chapter. It originally had a very abrupt ending. While that may not have been satisfying to us, it posed a challenge to t...
720 Chapter 15
Mark chapter 15- The death of Jesus Christ. It has been quite a journey to get here. You may notice that this episode is formatted a little differently. It ends rather abruptly for instance. It is in an effort to highlight the spiritual practic...
719 Mark Chapter 14 part 2
Jesus gets arrested and endures the trials of the religious leaders. Peter denies Jesus 3 times in a courtyard to strangers. The perfect humanity in Jesus shows one reaction to fear and the imperfect humanity in Peter shows another. We have thi...
718 Mark chapter 14 part 1
Chapter 14 is immense! I am breaking it into 2 episodes. Even as we read through these chapters at such a high view, there is just way too much going on for one week. Make sure you are reading through the chapter before you get to the podcast. ...
717 Bonus Episode with April Whalen
I sit down with Footnotes and Witness regular contributor, April Whalen to talk about these disciples. Jesus tells them 3 different times in 3 different places that the Son of Man will die. Why don't they get it? What is it with the extremely v...
716 Mark Chapter 13
Sometimes this chapter is referred to as the "Markan Apocalypse". We need to pay attention to the first 2 verses to help us set the context for how to read this chapter. The image humanity has for "forever" is just not quite in line with the vi...
715 Mark Chapter 12
Hopefully you are able to spend some time doing all the inductive study methods with his chapter, it is worth it! Here are the section titles laid out:parable of the tenets. cautionary tale&...
714 Mark Chapter 11
Jesus is going to ride into Jerusalem on a donkey to people shouting praises and waving palm branches. This is the last high point until the resurrection in chapter 16. Let's take note of the differences in responses that Jesus elicits in peopl...
713 Mark Chapter 10
Divorce, children, wealth, status, authority, Jesus is get to it all in this one chapter and it isn't what you expect. While some of these things can be difficult, the disciples didn't get it either at the time, it is worth talking about. We ca...
712 Mark Chapter 9
Happy New Year and Happy Holiday Season! The in-between is hard right? What day is it, what time is it, how are we out of food?! Any day is a good day to read a little scripture and spend some time with the Lord. Chapter 9! Things ...
711 Bonus - Back to Liturgy
As we dive into the holiday season, prepare for the new year, and take a break from the book of Mark, I want to talk about liturgy. If you have no idea what I mean, please take a listen. If your only experience with liturgy is that it is old an...
709 Mark Chapter 7
Here is a review of Mark chapter 7. Remember to read the entire text first. It is too difficult to do a deep dive in these short episodes so it will help enormously if you have some familiarity with the text. My website:
708 Mark Chapter 6
Here we go! Let's continue our look at the book of Mark. Resources:Herod's family treehtt...
707 Mark Chapter 5
This chapter has 3 wonderful stories of desperation and need of Jesus. Jesus displays a lot of authority in these stories. Make sure you take note of the responses, there is a lot to contrast and compare.my website:
706 Mark chapter 4
We are continuing our study of Mark chapter 4. Today is all about parables! As always, I hope you are reading (or listening to) the chapter in its entirety before diving into the podcast. If you can, look at each parable separately. Write down ...
705 Mark chapter 3
We are going to take a look at chapter 3 and get an overview of what is going on here. I hope you are listening to or reading each chapter in its entirety before listening to the episode. I will give particular verse references but this will ma...
704 Mark chapter 2
Chapter 2 has a great theme of looking at the why. Why do we do certain rituals? Why do faith traditions matter? What is the point and why is that the point we decided?Jesus heals a man brought through the ceiling by his friends, forgiv...
703 Mark Chapter 1 finished
This week we are finishing our discussion on Mark Chapter 1. With each miracle, we are observing 3 things (CPR): the category, the people present, and the result. Try to remember that Mark is the first gospel written and therefore should be rea...
702 Mark chapter 1
We are going to start digging into Mark chapter 1. This week we are going to start by building some skills on how to read this gospel well with the intentionality of the author's intent. First is a little background on the book itself. Mark was...
701 Mark and Miracles
Welcome to season 7 of Footnotes and Witness. We will be going through the entire book of Mark this season chapter by chapter. This week I want to share some information about how to read this gospel well. Mark is one of 4 gospel a...
611- Study Methods and Resources
Study Methods and Resources Season 6 Finale Show resources:Biblical literature- season 2 Bible Study Methods Intro- season 2 episode 10Bible Reading Methods: