Episodes

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? **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  Previous Critique Review on Faith Unaltered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmO60IOeUXg  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/   Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

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 were they always rebellious?), and how all this fits in with the gospel of Jesus Christ and the body of Christ!  Come listen to some answers in Genesis from TJ Steadman**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  Answers to Giant Questions: https://giantanswers.com/index.html Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/   Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://ww…

Couldn't resist another episode about note-taking, highlighting, and Bible translations!Find some fun recommendations below!  (No, I don't get kickbacks from the links, they are just there for you to check out what we're talking about!)**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot   Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Bible Brights Accu-Dry: https://tinyurl.com/biblebrightsZebra Mildliners: https://tinyurl.com/zebramildlinerhighlighterssPrismacolors: https://tinyurl.com/prismacolorcolors Ink Joy pens: https://tinyurl.com/inkjoyballpoint Every Man's Study Bible: https://tinyurl.com/everymansstudybible ESV Scripture Journal, Illuminated (full set): https://tinyurl.com/ESVscripturejournal  Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s websit…

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.  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  Anthony Delgado's website:  https://www.anthonydelgado.net/  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/   Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Genesis interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls: the "Words of the Luminaries": (4Q504) and a "Paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus" (4Q422).  The Words of the Luminaries is a set of weekly liturgical prayers and the Paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus is in the genre of "rewritten Bible," perhaps used as or with a homily.  These are excellent texts to investigate how the people of Qumran and other Jews were thinking about the creation account.  What aspects were they bringing out for use and application outside Scripture?  Some of the points might surprise us, and they can lead to some interesting conversation.  Bonus topic for this week: an encouragement for liturgical prayer!   **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot   Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Mach…

The Dead Sea Scrolls were an amazing find for the study of the Bible and understanding the context of Jesus' time.  They can also help shed light on the ways that the biblical text is used through time by different communities.  This can help us understand this strange time we are in today, where we have so much information about the context of the Bible and we discover that historical interpretation is often quite different from interpretation at the time of the final form of the text.Do you want to help others learn about the context of the Bible, and why that's important for our understanding of this ancient text?  The people in our churches who might feel like this is a threat to their faith might actually have a kind of point that we need to acknowledge, so maybe there's a better way we can help curb our tendencies to be too forceful and to understand where others are in their views.  By understanding people better, we can then communicate to them better, and better communica…

What is the role of the human in inspiration?  Are the Scriptures the "inspired word of God" via dictation or "holy download" to the human writer?  Is there room for editing and compiling?  Discussing the dictation view, the verbal plenary view, and the dynamic view of inspiration.  Each view holds God in high regard, but how do they portray humanity?  AND!  Exciting news from the AWKNG School of Theology!  Tune in to the end to hear all about it!  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpotAWKNG School of Theology: https://awkngschooloftheology.com/ Donald Bloesch: https://tinyurl.com/Bloesh-Holy-Scripture  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/Link to the original Marbl…

The Passover and the Day of Atonement both have their fulfillment in Jesus, but how do we see this in Genesis?  Tracing the twin themes of the "two goats" and the exodus through the book of Genesis leads us right to the epicenter of Christological typology.Check out Caleb's new book, and his podcast, The Bible in Context.**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Through the Waters, A Biblical Theology of the Book of Genesis:  https://tinyurl.com/Through-the-Waters   Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Exodus begins in Genesis 1.  Caleb Lewis joins me to discuss the many exoduses of Genesis.  I can almost guarantee you'll find something here that you never thought about before that will shed light on the continuity of the Torah and how it points to Jesus and the church.Check out Caleb's new book, and his podcast, The Bible in Context.**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Through the Waters, A Biblical Theology of the Book of Genesis:  https://tinyurl.com/Through-the-Waters  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

The first and primary parallel flood accounts to Genesis are the flood stories from Mesopotamia.  Seeing how close these stories are to the narrative in Genesis will give us plenty to discuss in the future, and this will also help us investigate the question of the "many" flood accounts of the ancient world.Reading the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Atrahasis Epic along with commentary on how this can begin to inform our Bible study...and as always, our understanding of God!**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

The more I study the Bible, the more I come back to the same question:  Who is God, and what does the Bible tell us about Him?  Looking at the flood narrative from the common paradigm and flipping it on its head to include a more expansive view of our relationship to God and what he wants for us.  Troy Yurchak brings us a delightful symmetry of the flood narrative in contrast to the documentary hypothesis (the idea that the flood story is a combination of two sources).**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot The Literary Structure of the Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/Literary-Structure-of-the-OT  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video…

How does the structure of Genesis 1 work as a chiasm, and what does that mean for our view of liturgy--what it is and why we do it?  Troy Yurchak joins me for this great discussion that unexpectedly combines literary design with liturgy and discipleship!**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot The Literary Structure of the Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/Literary-Structure-of-the-OT  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

It's time to discuss two important things: the flood, and note-taking.  Broad points about the flood are brought up, and then we do a deep dive into my method of note-taking and why you should do it, too.  **Blog post with pictures of my notes! https://www.genesismarksthespot.com/blog/note-taking/  My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot How to Take Smart Notes: https://tinyurl.com/Zettlekasten  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Is Genesis 1 poetry?  A look at biblical poetry and elements of metaphor, ending on the question of what it means to be "blotted out."**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Apologies to Bishop Ussher, but it is impossible to calculate the age of the earth using biblical statistics.  I don't care if you are a young earth creationist or an old earth creationist or somewhere in between or nowhere else, but the Bible's genealogies cannot be used in scientific calculations.  Hitting also a bit of information of the history of young earth creationism and its connections to Seventh-Day Adventism and scientific fraud. **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com God of the Gaps: https://tinyurl.com/God-of-the-Gaps  The Creationists: https://tinyurl.com/The-Creationists  My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.co…

Death before the fall?  It began when Eve decided and they both ate...or did it?  It might not be that simple.  Plus, in studying, you must have learned that man is mortal, but what about animals?  If they weren't immortal, then how could creation have been a paradise?  Why do we suddenly get "permission" to eat meat after the flood of all places?  (Hint: it's not new.)  Debunking common "certainties" and giving a look at Joshua John Van Ee's disseration, Death in the Garden:  An Examinatin of Original Immortality, Vegetarianism, and Animal Peace in the Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamia.  We may not be able to find out who is right, but we can have fun thinking about it.**https://www.genesismarksthespot.com/blog/is-all-creation-cursed/  My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "M…

BONUS questions this week: is Jesus Yahweh and what is the filioque?  Because I had some extra time on my hands after not finishing last week's episode properly, those seemed some fun additions to the conversation.  Talking about the divine economy before digging into the pronunciation of the name YHWH, when it stopped being pronounced, what does it mean that God is the Lord of Hosts, did the patriarchs know the name Yahweh, and why do Genesis 1 and 2 have different names for God?**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

A survey on the names, titles, and designations of God in the Old Testament.  What do they mean?  What do they reveal about the character and nature of God?  In particular, why is God called The Fear of Isaac?**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Genesis 3, the Passover, the exile, and Jesus.  How do these relate to the wilderness, Babylon, Assyria, and why one always goes "down" to Egypt?  Each of us can relate to the theme of exile in some way, and yet the prevalence of this concept might escape us when we read our Bibles. Understanding exile can help us understand Jesus and our lives today.  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Exile, An Annotated Bibliography: https://www.genesismarksthespot.com/blog/exile-an-annotated-bibliography/ Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Part two of the conversation from episode 70, we discuss the theodicies that Job's friends provide, the idea of Job as a member of the divine council, the structure of the book of Job, and a caution about structuring Scripture without a full knowledge of the language originally used. Also, some information about what I'm up to beyond this podcast and some thoughts on how you can support me, and why.  A big thank you to those of you who do!!  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot This week's episode of Pilgrims in a Holy Land: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydBkKII_nR0&ab_channel=FaithUnaltered  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine vide…

If Job is a second Adam, then the satan in Job must be the serpent from the Garden, right?  In our previous conversation about Job as a second Adam, we didn't get into nearly enough talk about the satan reflecting or being the serpent from the garden, after all.  Is it an I-told-you-so moment??  Exploring that further in this episode, we come to some surprising reflections on Leviathan and chaos in general. **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Comparing translations of passages that touch on the Divine Council Worldview.  Why do some Bible translations have "sons of God" in Deut. 32:8 and others have "sons of Israel"?  Can humans be elohim?  What's with the "so-called gods" in 1 Cor. 8:5?  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

We hear it, and it's true: we are made to be kings on the earth, and then we lost our dominion, exiled from our true home.  But there is hope in our Messianic King who sets all to right!  But being reconciled to our true home is not all there is to the concept of exile.  Reviewing biblical theology books on exile, talking about the Deuteronomistic history, and discussing the formation of the nation of Israel helps us see exile in the scope of both narrative and history.  Are you being transformed in exile?  My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Bibliography: https://www.genesismarksthespot.com/blog/exile-an-annotated-bibliography/  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/  Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Win…

A conversation with Dr. Lois Tverberg about reading the Bible in Jesus' Jewish context: haftara, the importance of the prophetic literature, and the theme of kingship in the Bible. **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Links from Dr. Tverberg's blogs:Can We Call Jesus Rabbi?: https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/can-we-call-jesus-rabbi/Reading the Bible in Synagogue: https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/triennial-reading/ What It Means to Fulfill the Law: https://engediresourcecenter.com/2018/11/09/what-it-means-to-fulfill-the-law-parts-1-2/ Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus: https://tinyurl.com/45pt22s2Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/  Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble…