Episodes
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…
Aug. 11, 2023
Genealogies and How to Cram More Into a Story - Episode 035
Genesis 4 is our first action-packed genealogy in the Bible! And seriously! It's action packed! Cindy Beaver and I read through the second half of Genesis chapter 4 and talk about what we see. She reads from the Lexham English Septuagint (LES) and I read from the English Standard Version (ESV).…
Aug. 4, 2023
Who Doesn't Love a Good Science Book? (Views of Creation, Part 3) - Episode 034
Science and the Bible: how do they intersect? Can we read the Bible and come away with a solid view of creation? Should we fight it out as believers? Reading the "literal" or "plain" six-day creation in the text seems a given for many of us. We have been told by people we may trust that this is…
July 28, 2023
Cain: Allegory and Mercy - Reading Genesis 4 with Cindy Beaver - Episode 033
Special guest Cindy Beaver joins me for a public reading of Scripture where we begin reading Genesis 4 from two translations: The English Standard Version (ESV) and the Lexham English Septuagint (LES). We talk about the ancient Near East, sacrifices and offerings as shared meals (yep, that likely…
July 21, 2023
Chaos and Glory: The Story of Salvation - Episode 032
Did God create chaos? What is it? What purpose does it serve in the biblical narrative? In this episode, we reexaminie the traditional idea that "the fall" is best seen as an introduction of sin which caused all of creation to fall alongside humanity. We talk about another view where "the fall"…
July 14, 2023
Nachash, Why'd It Hafta Be Nachash? - Episode 031
I'm joined by Michael Norton for a reading of Genesis 3 and talk about the serpent figure in the garden, the nachash. We read from two translations: the New English Translation (NET) and the New King James Version. Michael is a seminary student, a certificate holder from the AWKNG School of Theol…
July 7, 2023
Reading Genesis 2 with Geoff Johnson - Episode 030
Geoff Johnson joins me again for reading and discussing Genesis 2 from two translations: the New King James Version and the Lexham English Bible. Public readings of Scripture ought to be common practice, and reading from multiple translations provides an excellent way to delve into the original lan…
June 30, 2023
Theodicy (Curses, Part 3) - Episode 029
Theodicy: if there is a good God, then why is there evil and suffering? I explore this question beginning from the ancient Near Eastern perspective and continue to what it means for us and creation.
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June 23, 2023
Reading Genesis 1 with Geoff Johnson - Episode 028
Special guest Geoff Johnson joins me for reading and discussing Genesis 1 from two translations: the New King James Version and the Lexham English Bible. Public readings of Scripture ought to be common practice, and reading from multiple translations provides an excellent way to delve into the orig…
June 16, 2023
Jordan Peterson, Archetypes, and Rule 8 - Episode 027
I went to see Jordan Peterson live, and so here are some thoughts on that and his life and work, including a response to that nosy question: what is Jordan Peterson’s relationship with God?
I get into archetypes and rule number 8 from 12 Rules for Life, which is: Always tell the truth, or at least …
June 9, 2023
Q&A #2 - Dinosaurs, Procreation, and Original Sin - Episode 026
Welcome to the podcast’s second Q&A! Some fun and interesting topics…but warning: possibly NSFW or listening with kids around (not explicit, but I do talk about reproduction; yes, even dinos reproduced!).
Timestamps:
(0:58) - Where do we find dinosaurs in the Bible?
(26:43) - How would Adam and Eve…
June 2, 2023
White Fang: the gods and Believing Loyalty - Episode 025
Using the story of White Fang to illustrate some points of biblical theology. What does the Hebrew term “elohim” mean? How does that map onto the English word “god,” and how do we understand what a god is? If other “gods” are real, then what about the Most High God? What does it mean to have faith …
May 26, 2023
Image and Idol - “Show Me the Money!” with Joshua Sherman (Image Series, Part 5) - Episode 024
Continuing the image of God series with Joshua Sherman, we delve into Scripture to see that this concept is deeply embedded everywhere, and in places that you might not expect!
Being God’s Image by Carmen Imes: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Gods-Image-Creation-Matters-ebook/dp/B0BLD43TVC/ref=tmm_ki…
May 19, 2023
Gen X isn’t Cursed, I Hope (Curses, Part 2) - Episode 023
Digging into the concept of generational cursing—is it a biblical concept? What do we do about generational curses? Also, responding to the book, Free at Last: Breaking Generational Curses by Larry Huch and Benny Hinn.
Why the Gospel? by Matthew Bates https://www.amazon.com/Why-Gospel-Living-Jesus…
May 12, 2023
Wave It at Anything that Slithers - Episode 022
Was light created? A study in biblical theology on the theme of light and what it means.
Bonus material: https://genesis-marks-the-spot.castos.com/
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Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan
Link to Wintergatan’…
May 5, 2023
Image Embodied: Verb or Noun? with Joshua Sherman (Image Series, Part 4) - Episode 021
Continuing the discussion about the embodied image of God, Joshua Sherman and I talk about the ancient Near East context of the image and also ethical and philosophical implications of it. Is the image ontological or is it functional? It is a noun or is a verb--or can we see it as both?
Carmen Jo…
April 28, 2023
Curses, Foiled Again (Curses, Part 1) - Episode 020
Discussing the concept of curses in the ancient world, exploring some of the ways we see them in the Bible, looking at their impact through the NT, and seeding a few questions along the way for further exploration.
Bonus material: https://genesis-marks-the-spot.castos.com/
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April 21, 2023
Documentary Hypothesis and JEDP: May the Priest be With You - Episode 019
What is the “documentary hypothesis”? Also known as the four-source hypothesis, or JEDP, is there any good basis for this theory of higher criticism? These are questions we look at, ending up focusing on some of the “priestly” texts of the Bible.
Bonus material: https://genesis-marks-the-spot.cast…
April 14, 2023
Too Much LDS: My Journey into Biblical Theology - Episode 018
How did I go from strong LDS belief to believing in Christianity as formulated in biblical theology? This is my story and a little bit of exposition as to what I think it all means. Do you know what faith is? What is “believing loyalty,” anyway?
Bonus material: https://genesis-marks-the-spot.cas…
April 7, 2023
The Embodied Image with Joshua Sherman (Image Series, Part 3) - Episode 017
Continuing with the series on the image of God, in this episode I talk to Joshua Sherman about the important aspect of the image being embodied in both Christ as well as in us as individual humans and the church as the body of Christ.
Book recommendations:Bearing God’s Name by Carmen Imes https://…
March 31, 2023
A Postoperative Examination of the Cosmic Temple - Episode 016
The theme of the cosmic temple is a popular one in the halls of biblical theology—how solid of an idea is it, though? Here we are going to talk about temples, including touching on the purposes of the temple in LDS theology to compare that with the temple in the Bible, and I’m going to discuss Dani…
March 24, 2023
Literature and How to Love and Date Genesis - (Views of Creation, Part 2) - Episode 015
Exploring two views of creation: the analogical view (the days of creation are analogically similar to the workweek of the Israelite, but the days are not necessarily 24-hour days) and the literary view (Genesis 1 is literarily designed to give us theological truth). Both of these views ask the que…
March 17, 2023
Being Treeish with Jon Dillon - Episode 014
Discussion with Jon Dillon (of the Two Trees Podcast) centered on the theme of trees, fruitfulness, and multiplication. What does it mean to be fruitful? Why trees? Is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil a “bad” tree?
Bonus material: https://genesis-marks-the-spot.castos.com/
Genesis Marks…