Who is the Son of Man and why is this Jesus's preferred title for himself? An overview of the second part of 1 Enoch, the Parables of Enoch, with a reading of the second parable. **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com …
Is 1 Enoch a Christian writing? Some believe so because of its close description of the Son of Man and other messianic imagery, particularly in the Parables of Enoch. An overview of the second part of 1 Enoch, the Parables…
What do donkeys have to do with Genesis 3? A survey of donkeys in the Bible and ancient Near East with a view to history and symbolism and explaining some difficult passages: the breaking of the firstborn donkey's neck in …
An overview of 1 Enoch with a reading of the Book of the Watchers. Bonus: comment on Timothy Alberino and Blurry Creatures' Enoch commentary.
18:32 - Reading of the Book of the Watchers.
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What did the ancient Israelite think about the origin of evil and sin? What did the first temple Jew think about the origin of evil and sin? What about the rabbis? Let's check out the literature, and track this topic so t…
A review of Heath Henning's book, The Unbiblical Realm: Refuting the Divine Council of Michael Heiser's Deuteronomy 32 Worldview. Spoiler alert: I give this book negative stars.
Henning can't even present Dr. Heiser's …
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: …
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. …
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…
Continuing the conversation about singleness--this time with Mike Chu. What does the message of singleness as eschatological tell us about marriage and childlessness and how to value and interact within our relationships? …
A comparison of LDS theology with biblical theology, especially focused on the divine council worldview. A recounting of the LDS story of creation and salvation (otherwise known as "exaltation") and looking at how these dis…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
Marriage according to the Bible: What was adultery in the Old Testament? Why is it only for women?
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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…
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? …
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" …
Seeing the cosmos as an interconnected whole does not come naturally to us today. This is a source of many of our struggles with understanding the divine council worldview, the image of God, and the deep meaning of ritual. …
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…
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 …
Couldn't resist another episode about note-taking, highlighting, and Bible translations!
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Should Christians read the book of Enoch? What use could it have? Can a book not in our canon of Scripture contain the gospel?
A conversation with Anthony Delgado ranging from the exile to the end of time.
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