Episodes
March 10, 2023
Q&A #1 - Deconstruction, Polytheism, Resources, Eschatology - Episode 013
Our first Q&A! Timestamps: (1:11) - What do we do when we grew up Christian, or have been in a particular Christian tradition or church for a while, and…we start thinking in terms of biblical theology, of studying the Bible in its ancient context? (18:00) - In college years ago, I heard about the i…
March 3, 2023
The Image of Christ through Biblical Theology, with Joshua Sherman (Image Series, Part 2) - Episode 012
Joshua Sherman joins the podcast to talk about the image of Christ. We discuss how we can trace the image of God through the Bible forward into its ultimate picture in the incarnation of Jesus and how we ought to think of both the image of God and the image of Christ in relationship to who we are …
Feb. 24, 2023
What is the Image of God? (Image Series, Part 1) - Episode 011
This episode takes a bit of a diversion from biblical theology into the question of “What is the image of God?” Does God have a physical aspect that we copy (could the LDS church be right about us becoming gods)? Is the image of God proof against evolution? Is the image of God the soul of man? What…
Feb. 16, 2023
The Lost and Found World of Creation Texts (Views of Creation Series, Part 1) - Episode 010
Several views of creation are introduced and in particular John Walton’s “functional” or “identity” view of creation is discussed. We look at how that fits into the Bible and explore whether or not this is the likeliest way the ancient person would have thought regarding the creation of the cosmos …
Feb. 10, 2023
Fingerprints of the Journalist: Graham Hancock and Ancient Apocalypse - Episode 009
Who is Graham Hancock and is his Netflix show, Ancient Apocalypse supposed to mirror the History Channel show, Ancient Aliens? Do his ideas have any basis in reality or the Bible? What does his work have to do with the study of the ancient Near East? And who are the apkallu and why should we care?
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Feb. 3, 2023
Enuma Elish: Babylonian Creation (ANE Literature, Part 1) - Episode 008
Reading ancient literature can help us understand the Bible. Following on from the conversation in episode 7 about how to read myth in relation to the Bible, this episode includes a reading of the Babylonian creation account known as Enuma Elish.
A bonus question at the beginning of the episode: …
Jan. 27, 2023
The Myth of Mythology - Episode 007
What is mythology and why should the student of the Bible be interested in it? Isn’t mythology just a bunch of made up stories? Or, can mythology actually relate directly to history? In this episode, the concept of mythology is explored along with the field of form criticism, which is a fancy of wa…
Jan. 20, 2023
Biblical Context: The Divine Council (The Spiritual Realm, Part 3) - Episode 006
Did the Bible steal all its ideas from its neighbors? Was Israelite religion merely an off-shoot of Canaanite religion? How do we understand ancient literature that is similar to the Bible? These questions and more are explored, focusing in on how the Bible describes God having a divine council tha…
Jan. 13, 2023
It is the Trinity: Two Powers in Heaven (Spiritual Realm, Part 2) - Episode 005
As Christians, we may have a difficult time in seeing the connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament and early Christian belief, especially when it comes to understanding the divinity of Christ. How would a Jew of the first century understand a man living amongst them as God? Many C…
Jan. 6, 2023
It’s Not the Trinity: Gen 1:26 (Spiritual Realm, Part 1) - Episode 004
Most Christians have an image of the heavenly realm that contains more than just God. We believe in angels and we might even have an idea that there are strange creatures with a lot of eyes and wings and heads...well, once we...
Dec. 30, 2022
Did the Gods Return? (A Book Review of "The Return of the Gods" by Jonathan Cahn) - Episode 003
Who is Jonathan Cahn and what is the “explosive mystery” that he reveals in his book The Return of the Gods? Though he suggests that you need to read the entire book to uncover the mystery because it can’t be pared down to a short description, I actually found it quite easy to summarize the mystery…
Dec. 23, 2022
Design: It's More than DNA - Episode 002
How do we understand the days of creation in Genesis 1? That question can only be answered after exploring what the Bible is and how it is a book written by ancient people in a specific time and place. The Bible, science, cosmic temples, a flat earth, and would an ancient person have used a DeLorea…
Dec. 17, 2022
Genesis: Raiding the Ivory Tower - Episode 001
An introduction to the show, discussing why critical thinking is essential to our pursuit of the study of the Bible and how questioning our assumptions about the text doesn’t need to break our faith. A “scientific” reading of Genesis chapter one is compared and contrasted with a more contextual rea…