Episodes
Dec. 12, 2025
Noah and the Nephilim: Violence, Corruption, and Idolatry in Genesis 6 - Episode 157
In this episode we head back into Genesis 6 and ask what it means that Noah was “blameless in his generations.” Is this about genetic purity and Nephilim DNA… or about covenant faithfulness in a violently corrupt world? Worki...
Dec. 5, 2025
Between Glory and Ashes 4: Refined, Not Consumed - Episode 156
In this episode, Carey continues the fire in Scripture series by following the holy fire of God into the furnace—where His presence purifies without consuming. We trace how Isaiah and Daniel picture God’s burning holiness as ...
Nov. 28, 2025
Between Glory and Ashes 3: Authorized Fire vs. Zeal - Episode 155
What if fire really does fall from heaven…and the nation still doesn’t change? In this episode, Carey walks through Elijah’s showdown with Baal, the prophetic lawsuit pattern, Psalm 82, and how Jesus redirects our zeal so we ...
Nov. 21, 2025
Between Glory and Ashes 2: God Is a Consuming Fire - Episode 154
In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey continues tracing the theme of fire through Scripture—this time by pairing it with the biblical theme of glory and the language of God as a “consuming fire” and “jealous God.”...
Nov. 14, 2025
Between Glory and Ashes: Fire at the Boundary - Episode 153
This episode launches a new mini-series on the theme of fire in Scripture and how it works as more than just a judgment or “end times” metaphor. Fire marks boundaries, tests fitness for nearness, guards holy space, and signal...
Nov. 7, 2025
From Magic to Presence: Prayer, Baptism, and Protection - Episode 152
In this sweeping synthesis episode, Carey zooms out from Mesopotamian exorcism texts to contrast ancient magic/technique with the Bible’s holiness/presence frame. We explore how Scripture attributes sickness and calamity to G...
Oct. 31, 2025
Purity before Sinai 3: One Goat to Clean Them All - Episode 151
Concluding the mini-series reading from Udug-hul (Udug-hul) Tablet 12 , a Mesopotamian exorcism/purification text, and tracing how a single goat in this ritual ends up doing several jobs—substitute, container of breath, apotr...
Oct. 24, 2025
Purity before Sinai 2: Sacred Technology of Cosmic Repair - Episode 150
This episode continues last week’s deep dive (Ep. 149) into Udug-hul Tablet 12 , exploring how ancient Mesopotamians understood purity, sacred space, demons, and ritual —and how that compares (and collides) with the Bible’s w...
Oct. 17, 2025
Purity Before Sinai: Subverting Storm Demons - Episode 149
Today we step before Leviticus into Sumerian and Akkadian worlds to see how ancient people thought about purity, danger, and the sacred—and how Israel both echoes and upends that world. We sample Udug-hul exorcism tablets (in...
Oct. 10, 2025
Unseen Realm Expanded with Mike Chu — A Heiser-ish Conversation - Episode 148
Carey sits down with Mike Chu to talk through the new Unseen Realm — Expanded Edition , how Heiser clarified his stance on creeds , why frame semantics and ancient contexts matter, and why a Christotelic reading (aimed at the...
Oct. 3, 2025
Purity Before Holiness: Reading Toward Christ - Episode 147
Continuing the water series by framing purification and holiness through an ancient Near Eastern lens and a Christotelic (telos-aimed) reading of Scripture. We contrast Christocentric “reading back” with Christotelic “reading...
Sept. 26, 2025
Baptism and Ritual: Symbol, Reality, and Identity - Episode 146
This episode of Genesis Marks the Spot explores the meaning and function of ritual with a special focus on baptism. From Jewish mikvahs and Qumran practices to Greco-Roman mystery rites and John the Baptist’s wilderness call,...
Sept. 19, 2025
Living Water vs. Rain: Toil, Covenant, & Spirit - Episode 145
This episode continues our deep dive into the biblical theme of water. From Genesis to the prophets, from Eden’s rivers to Israel’s covenant rain, water frames the story of God’s presence, judgment, and renewal. Along the way...
Sept. 12, 2025
The Butcher, the Book, and the Bloody Good Theology - Episode 144
In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey sits down with Phil Bray—author of Leviticus on the Butcher’s Block and creator of the YouTube channel Leviticus is Fun —for a wide-ranging conversation on sacrifice, atonemen...
Sept. 5, 2025
Living Water & Covenant Union: Hospitality & Power Struggles - Episode 143
Water flows through Scripture as far more than a backdrop — it carries covenant, hospitality, conflict, and even divine judgment. This episode of Genesis Marks the Spot traces how the Bible uses water as a sign of both intima...
Aug. 29, 2025
Allegiance, Baptism, and the King Jesus Gospel with Matthew Bates - Episode 142
In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey Griffel sits down with Dr. Matthew Bates—New Testament scholar and author of Salvation by Allegiance Alone , Gospel Allegiance , and Beyond the Salvation Wars . Together, they...
Aug. 22, 2025
Adam, Christ, and the Fragile Order - Episode 141
In this follow-up to the discussion of J. Harvey Walton’s dissertation, let’s look closer into his reframing of Eden—not as a perfect paradise but as fragile divine order. Carey pushes back on Walton’s rejection of covenant i...
Aug. 15, 2025
Myth of a Perfect Eden: Chaos, Order, and Divine Space - Episode 140
Was Eden ever the perfect paradise we imagine? Exploring J. Harvey Walton’s groundbreaking dissertation on Genesis 2–4. Walton challenges the familiar Eden–Fall–Redemption narrative, arguing that the text’s original audience ...
Aug. 8, 2025
On This Rock: A Christ-Centered Biblical Theology Community - Episode 139
In this special episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey shares the heart and vision behind her new online community— On This Rock —a distraction-free space for deep Bible study, discipleship, and ministry growth. From the b...
Aug. 1, 2025
Zero Female Nephilim: Violence, Symbolism, and Covenant - Episode 138
Did female Nephilim exist? It's a fascinating question—and one that seems straightforward from a modern lens. But this episode takes you deep into the symbolic, theological, and cultural frameworks of the ancient world to exp...
July 25, 2025
This One Goes to 11: Rethinking Referent and Affirmation - Episode 137
What if the Bible talks about things it doesn’t actually affirm? That’s the question John and J. Harvey Walton explore in their referent/affirmation hermeneutic—a method that seeks to distinguish between what Scripture uses c...
July 17, 2025
Our Interpretive Toolkit: Framing How We Read Scripture - Episode 136
Venturing deep into the world of biblical interpretation—exploring the methods that shape how we read Scripture, how we understand righteousness, holiness, and obedience, and why John Walton's work continues to spark both adm...
July 11, 2025
Torah and the Two Ways: Wisdom unto Life, Not Legal Death - Episode 135
This episode of Genesis Marks the Spot centers on an example of biblical theology, reframing how we understand law—not as rigid legislation, but as wisdom anchored in covenant relationship. Drawing from The Lost World of the ...
July 4, 2025
Torah on Trial: Rethinking Law in Ancient Israel - Episode 134
This illuminating episode of Genesis Marks the Spot dives deep into the nature of biblical law—just in time for the Fourth of July. What is law, really? Is the Torah a legislative code or a curated teaching tool for ethical f...