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Genesis Marks the Spot

Raiding the ivory tower of biblical theology without ransacking our faith.

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June 27, 2025

Carved in Covenant: Bronze Age Sinai and the Making of a People - Episode 133

Walk through the ancient Near Eastern background of biblical covenants to arrive at the archetypal Sinai covenant. Picking up where Episode 132 left off, Carey explores the formal elements of Late Bronze Age treaties and how...
June 20, 2025

Covenants Before Contracts: The Ancient Near Eastern Frame - Episode 132

In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey takes listeners beyond prooftexts and into the deep structure of biblical meaning by asking: What kind of thing is a covenant? Drawing from ancient Near Eastern treaty forms, ...
June 13, 2025

Covenant Theology, Baptism, and Biblical Imagery - Episode 131

What connects wine, wrath, baptism, and the flood? This powerful bridge episode toes out into the deep waters of systematic theology that will lead to biblical theology in order to explore how God's covenantal signs—from the ...
June 6, 2025

The Cups of the Cross: Cana, Gethsemane, and Golgotha - Episode 130

What does it mean that Jesus drank the cup—and said he would not drink again until the kingdom came? What is that mysterious cup that Jesus didn't want to drink? In this final episode on alcohol in Scripture and with the help...
May 30, 2025

The Cup of Wisdom: Drinking in Creation’s Order - Episode 129

In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey uncorks the surprising biblical connection between wine and wisdom. What begins as a reflection on the interconnection of John Walton’s New Explorations and a survey of wisdom...
May 23, 2025

Goodnight, Adam. Goodnight, Eve. Goodnight, Functional Ontology. - Episode 128

Reviewing John Walton’s newest entry in the Lost World series: New Explorations in the Lost World of Genesis . With clarity and candor, Carey explores Walton’s theological evolution—particularly the move from “functional” to ...

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June 25, 2025

Covenant to Canon: The Story Behind “Old” and “New Testament”

We toss around the labels Old Testament and New Testament like everyone’s always known what they mean—but have you ever stopped to ask where those titles came from?  Behind these common terms lies a story of translation, theology, a…

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June 23, 2025

What is Substitution? Rethinking Sacrifice: Covenant vs. Purification…

In this week’s episode of Genesis Marks the Spot, I proposed a clarifying distinction that we will continue to explore in future episodes:  covenantal blood‑sacrifice operates differently than purification sacrifice.  But…mode…

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June 18, 2025

Demythologizing Idols? Finding a Biblical Middle Ground

Here’s another common question centered on taking the divine council worldview into application for today.  These are essential points for us, because I don’t think we should leave biblical context in the realm of intellectual engag…

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Carey Griffel

Carey Griffel has a Masters of Biblical Studies with Redemption Seminary and is passionate about teaching about the Bible from a biblical theology perspective with a healthy dose of creative thinking thrown in to the mix.
Carey can be found on Instagram and Facebook. She has her own Facebook discussion group for her podcast and is an administrator and moderator of several other FB groups, such as Reading Genesis 50 Times and Divine Council Worldview, official group of Dr. Michael Heiser.

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