We are passionate about bridging the gap between scholarship and ministry.
We want to create an intentional space for scholarship and ministry to interact. Our hope is that more laborers – more ministry leaders – can feel resourced to point people to Jesus through their study of scripture.
58 – Music, Scripture, and Holy Week w/ Jesse from Poor Bishop Hooper – The Learning Laborers
This special Holy Week episode features an interview with Jesse Roberts from the band Poor Bishop Hooper. Jesse and his wife Leah have been making music and ministering together since 2013. All of their music is deeply rooted in the Bible, and their corpus of work represents an immensely rich gift to the Church. As such, we've interspersed some of their work throughout the episode for your enjoyment.In their conversation with Jesse, Denver and Taylor ask about his experience creating scriptural music with his wife. They dig especially into the history and process of making the EveryPsalm project as well as the Golgotha album (14 Stations of the Cross dramatized through original songs). They also pick Jesse's brain about the role of art in society, in the church, and in the hard seasons of life. Poor Bishop Hooper performs their Golgotha album all over the midwest every Lenten season. If you are in the Kansas City area, be sure to check whether they are hosting a Golgotha experience near you this week! 00:00 Holy Week Intro00:24 Psalm One Performance03:21 Meet Jesse Roberts04:03 Origins of Poor Bishop Hooper06:24 Golgotha Stations Beginnings10:44 Touring and Partnering Churches12:49 Band Name Explained15:58 Psalm Twenty Five Song17:54 Why Art Matters22:45 Every Psalm Project27:08 Writing Psalms Weekly32:17 Golgotha Visual Art34:42 Artist Jeremy Collaboration36:43 Prophecy Driven Albums37:59 Art That Teaches Worship39:05 Prison Book Impact44:15 Lent And Suffering Focus48:41 Designing Darkness And Space53:33 Shifting Narrator Perspectives57:04 New Record Lonely Encounters01:00:45 Fresh Insights Over Time01:08:50 Advice For Ministry Artists01:13:32 Artists As Cultural Seers01:15:09 Final Blessing And Praise
- 58 – Music, Scripture, and Holy Week w/ Jesse from Poor Bishop Hooper
- 57 – Pontius Pilate: Power, Pressure, and the Trial of Christ
- 56 – Ritual and Leviticus with Dru Johnson
- 55 – Why Children’s Ministry Matters with Dr. Teresa Roberts
- 54 – Persecution and Suffering in 1 Peter: A Historical and Pastoral Examination
The Hosts
Denver is a Missionary. Taylor is a Pastor. Matt is a Professor. All of them seek to keep up with Biblical scholarship for the sake of ministry.
You can read Taylor’s Substack here.
Also, here is the book about the Apostle Peter to which we contributed chapters: And Upon This Rock

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