Episodes

Last week, we began collecting biblical data for substitution-replacement: one person, animal, object, payment, or group taking the place of another. This week, we look at the complicated cases. Moses offers himself for Israe...

We begin a focused exploration of substitution-replacement : the idea that one person, animal, object, payment, or group takes the place of another so that the replaced party does not undergo the same role, fate, obligation, ...

The discussion continues on substitution, representation, and the biblical patterns that lead us to Christ. Looking at Joseph, Isaiah 53, Passover, and Rahab, we explore the pattern of the righteous sufferer and the refuge pr...

This episode follows up on episode 177 by turning from the “penal” question to the “substitution” question. If Jesus died “for us,” does that necessarily mean he died “instead of us” as a replacement substitute? We carefully ...

Genesis 7:1 says Noah was righteous “in this generation.” But what does that mean, and how does Noah’s story help us think about wrath, judgment, exile, and Jesus? In this episode, we trace the biblical pattern of the righteo...

Moving beyond Mesopotamia and into the Greek flood traditions as part of our wider series on global flood stories. The Greeks certainly had myths about a flood, but do Greek flood narratives actually function as strong eviden...

We ask a deceptively simple question: what do “clean” and “unclean” animals mean in Genesis 7 before Sinai and before the food laws of Leviticus? If Noah is told to bring extra clean animals onto the ark, what kind of distinc...

In this episode, we return to the flood narrative to ask a cluster of strange but important questions about the animals and the ark. Why does Genesis 6 say two of every kind, while Genesis 7 speaks of clean animals by sevens?...

What happens when you read Easter through the Divine Council worldview? In this special episode, Carey reflects on how biblical theology and the Divine Council worldview reshaped her understanding of the gospel, the cross, an...

We continue into the flood narrative by closely examining Genesis 6:17–18. What at first looks like a small textual unit turns out to be a concentrated picture of divine judgment, de-creation, preservation, and covenant. Vers...

In this episode, Carey takes a different approach to the question of Noah’s Ark’s location. Rather than trying to “solve” the mystery or defend a favorite site, this episode asks a more basic question: how should we weigh the...

What exactly is Noah’s ark? In this episode, we examine the construction details in Genesis 6 and compare them with ancient Near Eastern flood traditions to see what the biblical text is and is not trying to do. We look at th...

What does Genesis 6:3 mean when God says, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever… his days shall be 120 years”? Is this a countdown to the flood, a limit on human lifespan, or a broader boundary marker announcing divine ju...

Oral tradition can function as real evidence—sometimes. But it’s not automatically reliable, and it isn’t always “just a telephone game,” either. In this episode, we lay down guardrails for how to evaluate worldwide flood tra...

Last week we talked about why oral tradition can be trustworthy. This week we widen the lens: a lot of what we assume about “oral tradition” also applies to written tradition, because in the ancient world writing and orality ...

We sometimes assume that written = reliable and oral = fragile — like oral tradition is basically a centuries-long telephone game. But that’s not how real oral cultures work, and it’s not even how human memory works. In this ...

Were the Nephilim basically superheroes? Genesis 6 gives us “mighty men,” “heroes,” and “men of renown” language—but the flood narrative isn’t inviting admiration. Instead, this episode reframes that “superhero” instinct as s...

This week we’re back in the Flood narrative—but we zoom out to follow one biblical metaphor across the whole storyline: “blotting out.” This is a frame-semantics-heavy episode where we build what I’m calling the erasure frame...

In Genesis 6, how do we get from “sons of God and daughters of men” to a world “filled with violence” — without leaning on 1 Enoch as the primary interpretive lens? In this episode, Carey builds an intra-biblical case that fo...

In the finale of the Fire series, Carey traces eschatological fire across Scripture—not as a single “hellfire” image, but as a matrix of scenes where fire unveils , judges , purifies , and ultimately makes creation fit for Go...

In this episode, Carey connects the “fire series” to a bigger question: what does it mean for God’s holy presence to be “distributed” through the Church—and even into the world—often in spite of us? From Genesis to Pentecost ...

Where do we actually see atonement in Genesis—before the Levitical system even exists? In this episode, Carey uses frame semantics to map the Hebrew “atonement” word-group ( kipper and its conceptual neighborhood) across the ...

This week, Carey continues the Purity Series by digging into Matthew Thiessen’s Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels’ Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism —and uses it as a springboard to talk about...

In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey sits down with Courtney Trotter of Kairos Classroom for a deep-dive into how Scripture portrays God’s appearances—especially the debated “Angel of the LORD,” and the often-ove...