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Genesis Marks the Spot

Raiding the ivory tower of biblical theology without ransacking our faith.

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June 13, 2025

Covenant Theology, Baptism, and Biblical Imagery - Episode 131

What connects wine, wrath, baptism, and the flood? This powerful bridge episode toes out into the deep waters of systematic theology that will lead to biblical theology in order to explore how God's covenantal signs—from the ...
June 6, 2025

The Cups of the Cross: Cana, Gethsemane, and Golgotha - Episode 130

What does it mean that Jesus drank the cup—and said he would not drink again until the kingdom came? What is that mysterious cup that Jesus didn't want to drink? In this final episode on alcohol in Scripture and with the help...
May 30, 2025

The Cup of Wisdom: Drinking in Creation’s Order - Episode 129

In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey uncorks the surprising biblical connection between wine and wisdom. What begins as a reflection on the interconnection of John Walton’s New Explorations and a survey of wisdom...
May 23, 2025

Goodnight, Adam. Goodnight, Eve. Goodnight, Functional Ontology. - Episode 128

Reviewing John Walton’s newest entry in the Lost World series: New Explorations in the Lost World of Genesis . With clarity and candor, Carey explores Walton’s theological evolution—particularly the move from “functional” to ...
May 16, 2025

Wrath and the gods: Deut. 32 and the Mirror of Judgment - Episode 127

What does it mean when the Bible speaks of gods being judged? Is wrath just God's angry impulse, or is it the just consequence of misplaced allegiance? In this episode, Carey dives deep into Deuteronomy 32 , reading it not ju...
May 9, 2025

The Cup of Wrath: Inheriting Your Desire at the Banquet - Episode 126

What does it mean to drink the cup of wrath ? And why does Scripture use the language of vineyards, vintage, and wine to describe divine judgment? In this richly layered episode, Carey walks us through the biblical vineyard—f...

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June 11, 2025

The Sethite View: A Case Study in Misguided Exegesis

“The sons of God without a shadow of a doubt were the Sethites.” — H.C. Leupold Let’s be honest:  when someone firmly establishes their argument with “without a shadow of a doubt,” it’s a bit of a red …

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June 9, 2025

Which Bible Translation Should I Use? And Where Did It Come From?

So Many Bibles—Which One Do I Trust? For many people just beginning to take their study of the Bible seriously, whether through formal biblical studies or personal theological growth, one of the first and possibly most disorienting questions …

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June 7, 2025

Five Surprising Things the Bible Says About Wine

From Joy to Judgment and from Wisdom to the Wedding Feast  "What does it mean to receive joy as a sacred act?" -- The Cup of Joy: Wine, Blessing, and Sacred Celebration - Episode 124 Wine in the Bible is quite the metaphor when you really loo…

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Carey Griffel

Carey Griffel has a Masters of Biblical Studies with Redemption Seminary and is passionate about teaching about the Bible from a biblical theology perspective with a healthy dose of creative thinking thrown in to the mix.
Carey can be found on Instagram and Facebook. She has her own Facebook discussion group for her podcast and is an administrator and moderator of several other FB groups, such as Reading Genesis 50 Times and Divine Council Worldview, official group of Dr. Michael Heiser.

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