Spiritual Realm Series Episodes
Dec. 6, 2024
Let's Blame Augustine: Genesis 6 Historical Intepretation, Part 3 - Episode 104
How much blame does Augustine deserve for the Sethite view of Genesis 6:1-4? A discussion on why I think the "angelic" view of Genesis 6 should be primary, and how the "human" view got solidified over time. Spoiler alert: it's politics.
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Nov. 29, 2024
Allegory: Genesis 6 Historical Interpretation, Part 2 - Episode 103
Who were the sons of God and the nephilim? What about the giants? The earliest views up to the human/Sethite view in historical interpretation, with a special focus on allegory and what it is and how we might look at it. (Skipping Augustine because he needs his own episode!)
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Nov. 22, 2024
Genesis 6 Historical Interpretation, Part 1 - Episode 102
Who were the sons of God and the nephilim? What about the giants? What is the earliest interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4? When do we get the human/Sethite view? Historical interpretation and its development up to the first couple of centuries A.D.
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Nov. 1, 2024
Angelic DNA, Hybrids, and Calvinball - Episode 099
Jesus says that angels in heaven don't marry, so how could the sons of God in Genesis 6 be spirit beings? How many generations does it take for "Nephilim DNA" to be diluted? How do we get Nephilim after the flood? Modern DNA vs. ancient bloodlines--what's the difference? And what does Calvinbal…
Aug. 30, 2024
A Divine Council by Any Other Name, with Joshua Sherman - Episode 090
Responding to Doreen Virtue's critique of Dr. Michael Heiser. Definitions, definitions, definitions. Elohim, polytheism, divine....what do they mean? What did Dr. Heiser mean by them? Can a functional view of these terms help clear the waters?
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Aug. 23, 2024
Nephilim: Before and Also Afterward, with TJ Steadman - Episode 089
The giant questions: what is the seed of the serpent, who are the Nephilim, and how is it that the flood didn't wipe them out?
Intersecting with the concepts of the divine council worldview and the identity of the sons of God (are they different from Genesis 6 to Genesis 11/Deuteronomy 32, and…
Jan. 19, 2024
The Reality of the gods, an Argument - Episode 058
Does the Bible actually affirm the existence of other gods? Here is a defense for the argument that it does, and why it matters that we believe that.
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Oct. 27, 2023
Spirit of Organization (Curses, Part 4; Spiritual Realm, Part 6) - Episode 046
Spirits are not just entities. Is there a "real" spirit of jealousy? What about a spirit of drunkenness? Unpack Scripture to see how it uses the term "spirit" in a much broader way than spiritual beings. Come see how the generational curse crowd takes something true but hides the holistic way w…
Aug. 25, 2023
Nachash: King of Monsters (Spiritual Realm, Part 5) - Episode 037
Godzilla in Paradise?? Continuing the series of the spiritual realm and sources of the spirtual "bad guys," Paradise Lost features prominantly in our thinking, even if we aren't aware. Here we ask three questions: Who is Satan: serpent, seraph, or dragon? How did he get to be the head honcho of…
Aug. 18, 2023
Three Nefarious Falls (Spiritual Realm, Part 4) - Episode 036
Have you seen the movie Nefarious, or read the book A Nefarious Plot? Sharing a review of both along with a discussion of demons and where they came from, including a discussion on the book of 1 Enoch and the myth of the apkallu--this is a wide-ranging episode that gets into the "three falls" of G…
Jan. 20, 2023
Biblical Context: The Divine Council (The Spiritual Realm, Part 3) - Episode 006
Did the Bible steal all its ideas from its neighbors? Was Israelite religion merely an off-shoot of Canaanite religion? How do we understand ancient literature that is similar to the Bible? These questions and more are explored, focusing in on how the Bible describes God having a divine council tha…
Jan. 13, 2023
It is the Trinity: Two Powers in Heaven (Spiritual Realm, Part 2) - Episode 005
As Christians, we may have a difficult time in seeing the connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament and early Christian belief, especially when it comes to understanding the divinity of Christ. How would a Jew of the first century understand a man living amongst them as God? Many C…
Jan. 10, 2023
It’s Not the Trinity: Gen 1:26 (Spiritual Realm, Part 1) - Episode 004
Most Christians have an image of the heavenly realm that contains more than just God. We believe in angels and we might even have an idea that there are strange creatures with a lot of eyes and wings and heads...well, once we get that far, maybe we get a little freaked out so we stop looking too cl…