What do you mean God speaks?
112 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA series that reconstrues and retells key ideas, insights, and stories in Christianity for the skeptics who want to understand religion, Christians with questions about their own beliefs, and everyone in between. I am Paul Seungoh Chung, the author of God at the Crossroads of Worldviews, a university lecturer, and a pastor. I invite you to explore with me the world shared by 2.4 billion people--one that inspired our ideals, imaginations, and intellect, for better or for worse. (Note: I recommend listening to the episodes in order--from the first to the latest.)
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S4E4: How Moses learns God is speaking with him step-by-step
March 24, 2024 02:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBGod that spoke to Moses is "Yahweh," unfolding everything around him. But, the question was: will reality unfold what this voice spoke to him? What if things go wrong? What if Moses was deluded, or mistaken, or deceived? How Moses, and people who hear God speak to them, find out whether what they hear is true--whether God really is speaking with them--is actually a step-by-step process. Rarely do we make some heroic leap of faith, at least at the start. We embark on that journey, one step a...
S4E3: What does the name "YHWH" mean, and why it matters
February 24, 2024 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBConsider what it means for things to have names. Names point to things, and at least to some extent, tells us what they are. But, what could possibly be the name of God? After all, it would need to "point to" all of reality as a whole. According to the Bible, the name of God spoken to Moses is "I am that I am," which in turn is presented as the meaning of the Hebrew name of God, "Yahweh." This passage has fascinated theologians and philosophers, because of the concept of "Being" and "exist...
S4E2: Why Moses heard God from a burning bush
January 29, 2024 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIt is an iconic scene in the Bible: God calls Moses from the burning bush. But, why the burning bush? After all, God can speak through an immeasurable number of things. It is because the bush that does not burn up, and the flame that blazes, yet will not burn itself out, means something to Moses--and to us--which connects us to how God, speaking all of reality, can speak to human individuals in a powerful and personal way. We'll explore what that is in this episode. (edit: Jan 30, added ...
S4E1: Who were they before they were "Israel"?
January 12, 2024 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBThe fourth Season opens to explore the question of the people of Israel described in Exodus. Who were they? What is the significance of their story, regarding their oppression and slavery? What remnants or echoes, if any, remain of their story in the records and memory of ancient history, and what are their significance? And where are we headed from here? 2:21 Biblical stories as "Myth that has become History" 14:43 Opening of Exodus and the oppression of Israel ...
S4 Prologue: They were born in the desert
December 25, 2023 09:00 - 3 minutes - 2.29 MBMerry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! To celebrate(?), here is the trailer for Season 4 of "What do you mean, God speaks?" God awaits in the desert The prologue, "They were born in the desert" Music : "Exodus" by Tenacious Orchestra - Licensed from PremiumBeat.com ---------------------------------------- Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: http...
S3Post4: What I believe, and the stories we didn't cover
December 17, 2023 21:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBThe final 3rd Season’s post-season episode returns to some issues to wrap up before we move on to Season 4. First, part of this Season wrestled with the question that historians today has raised regarding the historicity of the life-stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their family—as they are recounted in the book of Genesis. But, what do I personally believe regarding the position held by most historians today? Here’s why the answer to that is somewhat complicated (and oddly, why it is ...
S3Post3: Vote for a person, not party (some Biblical reasons why)
December 07, 2023 20:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThere’s this adage that says, “Don’t talk about religion or politics unless you want to get in trouble.” Well, this series is all about religion, so we might as well go the rest of the way this episode, and talk about politics! Now, politics is not what we usually explore in this series. But, it might be good to listen to me thinking aloud on topics outside my area, especially if these ideas are based on some of the insights and ideas this series has examined in the main episodes. In this...
S3Post3: Vote for a person, not a party (some Biblical reasons why)
December 07, 2023 20:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThere’s this adage that says, “Don’t talk about religion or politics unless you want to get in trouble.” Well, this series is all about religion, so we might as well go the rest of the way this episode, and talk about politics! Now, politics is not what we usually explore in this series. But, it might be good to listen to me thinking aloud on topics outside my area, especially if these ideas are based on some of the insights and ideas this series has examined in the main episodes. In this...
S3Post2: Renounce racism, but overcome prejudice
November 27, 2023 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBIt seems, at least from popular conversations in the News, opinion articles, or the constant postings on SNS, we are labeling more or more things or people as racist. Now, racism does remain a significant problem even in countries and societies that have made significant progress against it, and strands of it do seem to have been woven into the societies and institutions we have inherited. But, I also think that we have been too indiscriminate in labeling things or people simply as "racism...
S3Post1: What do I mean, "Thank you for Listening?" My experiences with this series
November 14, 2023 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBThank you for listening and following this series! But, what does it mean for me to tell you this? These simple words mean much more than you may know. It has to do with what I've experienced, the fears I've faced and the encouragements I received in doing this series. To a very important extent, it has to do with, like the rest of this series, what God seems to speak and how that moves me to write what you hear. So, thank you for listening to what it means for me to say those words. Wh...
S3Finale: Frozen between faith and fear - How our Journey continues
September 30, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBWe have finally arrived at the final main episode of the third season. Here, we will survey what it means to believe in God, formed and expanded through the journeys of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and then Joseph. However, this account reveals that there will be times when those who are on this journey, become suspended between belief and unbelief, fear and faith. That was how it was for Jacob—who had been named Israel. After he lost his son, Joseph, and likely even earlier, his life and his jou...
S3E17.17: So, what -is- God's part in a famine or whatever else?
September 04, 2023 03:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBWhat began as a supplemental episode has become a rather long and hefty discussion about the question of suffering or evil in a world spoken forth by God. This is far from a complete answer. What this episode is doing is to outline a larger framework, along with a set of prior questions and considerations in order to really understand this question. Too many of us today think this question in terms of whether we can still believe that there exists a benevolent, super-powerful entity, if he...
S3E17: Is God the 'Author' of our suffering? Yes... and No (Joseph Pt. 3)
August 10, 2023 23:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBThe series is back again, as it nears (steadily and slowly) the completion of Season 3! Thank you everyone for waiting! This episode will explore, as we conclude the life of Joseph, this perplexing question. If everything that happens is what God speaks forth, could God not have spoken something else? Could God not have brought about different happenings, different things, different life, a different world? If our reality unfolds like a story, and God is like the Author, is God also the ...
S3E16: Who God forms you into in the pit (Joseph)
June 17, 2023 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBWe are often faced with the question of ambiguity in our wrestling with God. That was the question Joseph faced alone in prison. What was God speaking to him? Had God ever really spoken to him? God spoke to him insights into dreams and wisdom to lead people. Yet, he was in prison, seemingly forsaken and forgotten by God. However, God was doing something during those years, which would prepare him to be the kind of person he would need to be. For the dreams in his youth where his brothers w...
S3E15: When listening to God throws you into a pit (Joseph)
May 15, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBWe’ve now started the final set of episodes of the 3rd season, as we explore the life-story of Joseph, and the question he confronted: what happens when what God has spoken to you, seems to have been proven false? What do you do when listening to God seems to have thrown you into a pit? How does your journey with God continue from there? What can you still hold on to? Also, I was recently interviewed by Dr. John D Wise in his podcast, “The Christian Atheist”. You can check out the podcast h...
S3E15: When listening to God throws you into a pit
May 15, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBWe’ve now started the final set of episodes of the 3rd season, as we explore the life-story of Joseph, and the question he confronted: what happens when what God has spoken to you, seems to have been proven false? What do you do when listening to God seems to have thrown you into a pit? How does your journey with God continue from there? What can you still hold on to? Also, I was recently interviewed by Dr. John D Wise in his podcast, “The Christian Atheist”. You can check out the podcast h...
S3E14: Questioning the Bible (Wrestling with God today Pt.2)
April 07, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBFull title: "Questioning the Bible, and Risking Belief for Faith" Thank you for the loooong wait! We continue from the previous episode, which followed the trail of questions that begin when I thought to myself years ago, “Maybe there is no God.” In the previous episode, we followed how I wrestled with the questions about what we really mean by “God,” what it is to try to understand all of reality as a whole, and how this eventually led me to a book, written by those very people who came...
S3E13: Maybe there is no God (Wrestling with God today Pt.1)
February 18, 2023 02:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBWe’re back for 2023. This is the first part of a two-part episode, which explores how today, in our modern, secular society, we wrestle with our belief in God. These two episodes will detail how I’ve thought through the questions and issues years ago when I seriously asked myself, “Maybe there is no God.” Because of that, these two episodes are a kind of alternative overview of this series so far, because this entire series was borne out of a journey that began with that very question. S...
S3E13: Maybe there is no God - Wrestling with God today Pt.1
February 18, 2023 02:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBWe’re back for 2023. This is the first part of a two-part episode, which explores how today, in our modern, secular society, we wrestle with our belief in God. These two episodes will detail how I’ve thought through the questions and issues years ago when I seriously asked myself, “Maybe there is no God.” Because of that, these two episodes are a kind of alternative overview of this series so far, because this entire series was borne out of a journey that began with that very question. S...
S3Extra3: Update - Search for Publishers, Book Proposals, & the Upcoming Season
February 03, 2023 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBI'm back for 2023, and here is an extra episode to update what is being worked on. Next episode, "Risking belief to keep your faith" will air around mid-February. In the meanwhile, you can listen to this unscripted episode--if are so inclined--as I bemoan my troubles, trying to figure out which publisher would be appropriate for my book, and figure out how to write up a proposal that'd get them interested. I'll also comment about the next episode, and what is coming up next season, slate...
S3E12: People of God are those who wrestle with God
January 01, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBMany people are surprised that the name of the people of God, "Israel," means to "wrestle with God". But, that was the name God gives to Jacob, who is a character full of faults and failures, and that became the name of everyone who are called God's people in the Bible ( Christians are called "new Israel" in the New Testament). So, in this episode, we will explore how Jacob received this name and how we are to understand the relationship between humanity and God. This episode is also a mil...
S3E11: Who does God bless? (Jacob and Esau)
December 15, 2022 15:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBWe're back with part 1 of the two-episode exploration of Jacob's life. What does it mean to be blessed by God? What is it about Jacob and his life that Genesis identifies him as the spiritual ancestor and representative of the people that God personally speaks with--people who journeys with God? After all, Jacob is an unlikely figure for a hero of a story. He lies to his father, tricks his brother, and even his deceptions are not due to his wit, but his mother's. We will find out in...
S3E10: Why Isaac's life seems so (um) uneventful
November 12, 2022 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBIsaac is the promised child of Abraham and Sarah. Yet, his life as described in Genesis seems, well, uninteresting. But, there is a very interesting idea behind what happens--or rather, what doesn't happen--in Isaac's life, and it has to do with to how humanity's relation to God develops through multiple generations, according to the Bible. Coming to learn the personal character of God is a journey, and journey means each step starts from where the previous step ended. And so, each generatio...
S3Extra2: Examples from my personal experience
October 18, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBA bonus, unscripted(!) episode. We'll see how this episode turns out. So, we've been exploring "ideas, insights, and stories in Christianity." But, where am I in all this? Have I ever experienced some of the things I describe in this series, especially in the third season--God speaking personally to people, making promises, and unfolding miracles? Now that I've wrapped up the main life-story of Abraham and Sarah (and I'm in the process of moving), I decided to share a few examples from th...
S3E9: Why God called Abraham to sacrifice his son
September 28, 2022 03:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBWhy did God call Abraham to offer his son, Isaac, as a burnt offering? The story of the "Binding of Isaac," is not simply about a story of a man obeying God to the point that he will sacrifice his own son. It is about a call that everyone who speaks with God eventually hears. And we hear this call because all of humanity has been waging a one-sided Cold War with God, and to offer Isaac was to bet on peace. 2:22 Would you be at peace if God spoke to you? 7:57 Troub...
S3E9: Why God called Abraham to offer up his son
September 28, 2022 03:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBWhy did God call Abraham to offer his son, Isaac, as a burnt offering? The story of the "Binding of Isaac," is not simply about a story of a man obeying God to the point that he will sacrifice his own son. It is about a call that everyone who speaks with God eventually hears. And we hear this call because all of humanity has been waging a one-sided Cold War with God, and to offer Isaac was to bet on peace. 2:22 Would you be at peace if God spoke to you? 7:57 Trou...
S3E8: Faith in Ambiguity - Miracles, Promise, and Time
September 07, 2022 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBWhat is faith? What is a miracle? And how are the themes of promise, time, and ambiguity related to all of that? Has God truly been speaking with us? Is Reality personal? Christians believe God speaks to them and walks with them, but what we’ve explored so far still remains open to the question on whether this is merely one possible way to relate to reality, a subjective way to perceive what reality unfolds in our lives. It is only with the narratives of God’s promise and its fulfillment re...
S3E7: Why do moral views change in the Bible?
August 19, 2022 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBMoral teachings in the Bible, especially in the Hebrew portion (the Christian Old Testament) pose a problem. There are rules and regulations that do not seem very important to us, while there are practices, such as slavery, God either seems to ignore, or even condone. And we're not even getting to the laws that God commands that seem too harsh or even barbaric by our standards today. Then, to make this even more confusing, the New Testament portion of the Bible sometimes seem to present n...
S3E6: Why would you think that God is good?
August 01, 2022 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIs God good? And if God is good, why are moral laws and commands in the Bible, sometimes not so good? And of course, why do bad things happen, if God is good? But, before we can ask those questions, we should've asked this more basic question: Why would you think that God is good? What does it mean to say that God is "good"? We will begin to explore this question in this episode. Then, we can start asking what the Bible is trying to teach us about morality and goodness. [ Update: th...
S3E5: Let's start thinking about the personality of God
July 08, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBFor ages, people have ascribed personality to their deities. What was their reasoning? And what would be the personality of God that speaks forth all things? How should we start thinking about this? And what about Abram, Sarai, and their family? What was the personality of God that spoke to them? How did they begin to learn Who God was in their lives, and what did they experience? 2:12 Our cognitive predisposition to belief in gods 8:40 How we ascribe personality to gods...
S3Extra1: Where this series is headed, and what it's been doing
June 24, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBThe first extra episode for Season 3; the next main episode (S3E5) will go live early July. (update: there were more delays, so I couldn't complete the new episode by the end of June as I had originally planned. I apologize for the delay!) This episode addresses the more "meta" question about this series that I wanted to go over before releasing the next episode--what this series has been doing, how it has approached the questions and issues it has explored so far, and where this series is...
S3E4: How Abram learned Who was speaking to him
June 01, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBTo hear God speak to you, is to be presented with truth; they are the same thing. And God speaking to you often begins with uncertainty, because we don't know whether what is being presented to us really is true. Abram and Sarai hears God speak to them in how they are moved, or inspired, to follow an inner call. "Something" guides them, and that "something" unfolds events in their lives that enable them to follow the call. Because of this, they learn that what this Voice speaks, is really t...
S3E3: Why Genesis won't say -how- Abram heard God
May 10, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBThe Genesis account of Abraham, Sarah, and their children, invites its readers to follow in their path, and continue their journey toward God. There's one, big problem: it doesn't tell us how to start. Their journey begins with God speaking to Abraham (Abram), but Genesis does not describe how God first spoke to Abram, and how Abram heard God for the first time. So, can we get an answer? This episode will explore and consider what it means to say Abraham, Sarah, and their family were real ...
S3E2: Is Abraham a "historical" figure? No... and Yes.
April 21, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBAbraham, Sarah, and their family--are they "historical" figures? The simple answer? No... and Yes. (Ok, so it's not a simple answer) Another answer is the actual title of this episode: "Historical in/significance of Abraham's story" This odd title can refer to four things. 1) The "insignificance" of Abraham as a "historical figure" for historians 2) The significance of Abraham's story in history 3) The historical dimension "in the significance" of Abraham's story 4) The significance of ...
S3E1: (re) What do you mean, "There's no God"?
April 01, 2022 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWhat does it mean to say, “There’s no God?” What it means for us today, to say, “there’s no God,” is quite different from what it meant for people living just several centuries ago, to say, “there’s no God.” That's because people back then did not merely believe that God exists. They perceived God in their world. Then, some time ago, God disappeared from our perception. We forgot what it meant to hear God speak, or see God in our lives, and so, one day, ‘God’ was no longer "there.” * R...
S3E1: What do you mean, "There's no God"?
April 01, 2022 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBWhat does it mean to say, “There’s no God?” What it means for us today, to say, “there’s no God,” is quite different from what it meant for people living just several centuries ago, to say, “there’s no God.” That's because people back then did not merely believe that God exists. They perceived God in their world. Then, some time ago, God disappeared from our perception. We forgot what it meant to hear God speak, or see God in our lives, and so, one day, ‘God’ was no longer "there.” 3:0...
S3 Prologue: What is faith?
March 26, 2022 19:00 - 4 minutes - 2.85 MBA short prologue to the 3rd Season of What do you mean God speaks? - "Those who wrestle with God. 1st main episode of Season 3 is scheduled to go live next week. Music : "True Genesis" by Tenacious Orchestra - Licensed from PremiumBeat.com ---------------------------------------- Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks....
S3 Trailer: "Those who wrestle with God" - A Monologue
March 11, 2022 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.85 MBTrailer for the upcoming Season 3 of "What do you mean God speaks?" Those who wrestle with God. The trailer : "Monologue of the children of Abraham" Music : "True Genesis" by Tenacious Orchestra - Licensed from PremiumBeat.com ---------------------------------------- Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.b...
S2Extra: What was left out of Season 2, and my thoughts
March 01, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBPost-season bonus episode; here I just go over some things I thought of while writing this second season, or other things I could have put into the episodes (or thought was interesting), but didn't. I also talk about new listeners, trouble with writing for people I can't see, and stuff like that. Also: at the end of the episode, I play the full length music pieces I have used for the episodes, in their unedited glory! Season 3, "Those who struggle with God," will begin mid-March! ---------...
S2Finale: Why Babel is not a punishment and our Utopia fails
February 11, 2022 17:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBThe finale of Season 2: Genesis. Please join me for the third Season! We think the story of Babel is about God punishing people for building a tower that reaches the sky; that is why God makes them speak in different languages. But, what if it’s much more than that? What if the Tower is not really God’s primary concern, and the goal of God making people speak different languages, is simply that—that they would speak differently? (Genesis 9 ~ 11) 2:17 The logical progression of Gene...
S2Finale: Why Babel is not a punishment and our Utopia falls
February 11, 2022 17:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBThe finale of Season 2: Genesis. Please join me for the third Season! We think the story of Babel is about God punishing people for building a tower that reaches the sky; that is why God makes them speak in different languages. But, what if it’s much more than that? What if the Tower is not really God’s primary concern, and the goal of God making people speak different languages, is simply that—that they would speak differently? (Genesis 9 ~ 11) 2:17 The logical progression of Gene...
S2E12: Why the Flood won't destroy our world
January 25, 2022 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBWhat does the Flood that God speaks forth mean for those of us today? What is God speaking and promising when Noah and his family emerge from the Ark to a new world? What does it mean for God to make a covenant that the world will never unravel completely from the Flood? This is the conclusion of the second arc of this season, which spans between episodes 8 to 12. If you put the titles of these episodes together, it should read: “When Life becomes your enemy, and Death becomes your respons...
S2E11: ...what will save you from the Flood (Noah's Ark)
January 12, 2022 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWhen everything unravels into the Flood, what will save you from it? Make sure you've listened to "S2E10: ...so that Everything unravels into the Flood" before this episode. What does it mean for God to bring the Flood, while speaking to Noah to build the Ark? The Ark is more than just a means to escape destruction--God is, in a sense, telling Noah to build a small world that will not unravel into the Flood. (Genesis 6 ~ 7) 2:25 What God was speaking to Noah 11:54 No...
S2E11: ...what will save you from the Flood
January 12, 2022 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWhen everything unravels into the Flood, what will save you from it? Make sure you've listened to "S2E10: ...so that Everything unravels into the Flood" before this episode. What does it mean for God to bring the Flood, while speaking to Noah to build the Ark? The Ark is more than just a means to escape destruction--God is, in a sense, telling Noah to build a small world that will not unravel into the Flood. (Genesis 6 ~ 7) 2:25 What God was speaking to Noah 11:54 Noah's A...
S2E10: ...so that Everything unravels into the Flood
December 26, 2021 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBWhat does it mean for God to bring the Flood? Why does God bring the Flood? What is the Flood that brings an end to our world? (Genesis 4 ~ 6) Is our world unraveling into a flood? 2:16 Did the Great Flood happen? 9:53 What humanity makes of the world after Cain 16:38 How evil unravels our world into the Flood 27:05 Genesis introduces Noah ----------------------------------------- ...
S2E9: ...and Death becomes your Response
December 10, 2021 03:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBWhat would it be like to be Cain? To rage at how your life is unfolding, then somehow, in some way hear God speak to you, and recognize those words as God speaking? And then, go against it? What was going on with him? What would lead him to do this? And how would this change the world afterward? Yourself, and your descendants? When Cain murdered his little brother, he got his wish; that wish put a mark on humanity. And Death became our response to Life. (Genesis 4) 1:18 What God speak...
S2E9: ...and Death becomes your Response (Cain to Lamech)
December 10, 2021 03:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBWhat would it be like to be Cain? To rage at how your life is unfolding, then somehow, in some way hear God speak to you, and recognize those words as God speaking? And then, go against it? What was going on with him? What would lead him to do this? And how would this change the world afterward? Yourself, and your descendants? When Cain murdered his little brother, he got his wish; that wish put a mark on humanity. And Death became our response to Life. (Genesis 4) 1:18 What God speak...
S2E8: When Life becomes your Enemy (The Fall to Cain)
November 25, 2021 23:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBFrom the Fall, Exile from Eden, to the first Murder What "death" did the Fall bring upon humanity? One way to answer is, "how do we live forever?" I'm not asking how do we avoid dying forever; rather, if we don't die, how do we live? Because after the Fall, Life has become our enemy. And Cain murders his brother because of it. (Genesis 3 ~ 4) 1:48 What we lost in Eden 6:27 Religion and Philosophy seeks what we lost 13:17 What kind of death, to wh...
S2E7: Why does God smite people? And is Genesis mythical?
November 10, 2021 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBSeveral times in Genesis, God pronounces judgement and punishment on humanity, and some of those punishments seem rather strange, and some of them seem to outweigh the wrongs that were done. What's going on when God judges people? And are the accounts in Genesis 1 ~ 11 mythical? The two questions are kind of related. (Genesis 1 ~ 11) 0:52 Questions about judgment and genre 2:30 What do you mean Genesis 1-11 is mythical? 10:59 Why present truths this way? ...
S2E6: Why did humanity Fall by eating from a Tree?
October 27, 2021 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBHostile Partings - the Fall of Man What made humanity fall? What severed our relationship with God, with each other, and everything, and eventually led us into destruction? Genesis has a surprising answer; it was eating from the Tree of knowledge of good and evil. But, why would something so seemingly trivial have such dire consequences? (Genesis 3) 1:13 Humanity and the Tree of the knowledge 8:11 The Serpent's fatal accusation 14:07 Distrust of God an...