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Sexuality Episodes

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 …
Oct. 25, 2024

Singleness and the Eschaton - Episode 098

Is singleness what we all have to look forward to in the eschaton?  Reviewing Danielle Treweek's book, The Meaning of Singleness: Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church.  The church has traditionally…
Oct. 18, 2024

Homosexuality and the Kingdom of God - Episode 097

Answering the question begun in episode 92 about homosexuality and the kingdom of God.  While there are differences in sexuality between the ancient world and today, let's encourage the development of a biblical imagination …
Oct. 11, 2024

Redefining Marriage, Part 3: From Soul Ties to Lust - Episode 096

Marriage according the Bible:  Continuity between the Old Testament to the New Testament to the church to today.  Are we actually "thinking biblically"?  Do our ideas about sex and marriage reflect what the Bible says?  Inhe…
Oct. 4, 2024

Redefining Marriage, Part 2: What About the Patriarchy? - Episode 095

Marriage according to the Bible:  What was adultery in the Old Testament?  Why is it only for women?  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com  My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot   Genesis Marks…
Sept. 27, 2024

Redefining Marriage, Part 1: The Math is Wrong - Episode 094

Marriage according to the Bible.  Beginning a survey of passages about marriage and defining marriage in the ancient Near East: what is a concubine and how did marriage "happen"?  What's inheritance got to do with it?  Why a…
Sept. 20, 2024

Ethics of Embodiment - Episode 093

Continuing the conversation about sexuality with a detour into the topic of physical embodiment as seen from Jesus, the gospel, sacrament, and community.  Do you see creation as cursed?  Are the sacraments "just" symbolic?  …
Sept. 13, 2024

The Genesis of Gender, by Abigail Favale - Episode 092

How do we understand gender identity from a biblical perspective?  Focusing on the topic of gender and how it came to be today, I discuss the book the Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale.  She explains the "gender paradigm" …