The Cup, Wine, And Alcohol Episodes
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 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...
May 2, 2025
Between the Vines: Soil, Symbol, and the Cups of Consequence - Episode 125
In this mid-series episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey takes a step between the Cup of Joy and the Cup of Wrath—into the vineyard itself. With the help of Mark Scarlata’s Wine, Soil, and Salvation in the Hebrew Bible an...
April 25, 2025
The Cup of Joy: Wine, Blessing, and Sacred Celebration - Episode 124
In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , we trace the theme of wine as joy in Scripture—what it means to share in divine abundance, and how the vine tells a story of provision, blessing, and worship. This is the first of (...
April 18, 2025
Wine, Judgment, and the Second Adam: Rethinking Noah’s Fall - Episode 123
In this compelling follow-up to our discussion on Noah and the relief of the cursed ground, we examine the puzzling aftermath: Noah’s drunkenness. Was it a relapse into chaos—or something else entirely?
Come walk through the deep theological and symbolic threads tied to wine in Scripture. Dra…