Latest Astonishment Podcast Episodes
Finding the Rainbow MAKER S1e60 Gen9:12
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 23, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Rainbows MEAN SOMETHING. They mean that there currently is Divine RESTRAINT. They mean that there is Divine RESCUE. They mean that there is an opportunity for Divine Relationship. By knowing these things, we can then FIND THE RAINBOW MAKER. Join me for a 7 minute searc...
I’m giving you rainbows S1e59 Gen9:8
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 22, 2024 08:00 - 8 minutesSend us a Text Message. We can know what God is thinking at a particular moment in time when we see a particular sign: THE RAINBOW. He tells us that when He puts His bow in the clouds, HE SEES IT and REMEMBERS His covenant with mankind. This rainbow remembering covenant is one of divine restr...
Relentless Rescuing of God S1e58 Gen 9:1
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 21, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Despite the not-so-good intentions of mankind's heart, God offers rescue and relationship. Fortunately, this depends more on the character of God than of the character of man. After getting off the Ark, Noah finds himself in the BIG ARC, the big theme of history. This i...
You Smell Good To Me S1e57 Gen8:20
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 20, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Noah gets off the boat and BUILDS AND ALTAR. This pleases God. God gets off the boat and BUILDS A COVENANT. This pleases US. Now people weren't perfected by the crucible of the Ark. When looked at critically, they are evil at the core. YET, God chooses to make a 100%...
I hope you love this earth S1e56 Gen8:13
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 19, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Nobody was happier to get off the ARK, after some 370 days, than NOAH. Just imagine the smell of living in close quarters with literally every single animal left on the planet. God gives Noah a renewed earth to live with Him. My guess is that Noah was thrilled. I hope ...
I believe in the ARK S1e55 Gen8:4
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 18, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutesSend us a Text Message. Join me to hear a real story about a guy named Noah and his birds. Also hear about his rescue vehicle, an ARK. Most importantly, hear about the Rescuer that REMEMBERS him. This is very important to you, as he is your great grandfather. No rescue of Noah = no you. Ul...
Don’t forget the REMEMBERING S1e54 Gen8:1
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 17, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutesSend us a Text Message. God REMEMBERS Noah. It's a good thing. In so doing, He too remembers all of those to come from him. That means you and me. Remembering in the Bible means He thought of us, but also that He exerted divine help on our behalf. Join me for seven minutes as we remember ...
DELIBERATELY OVERLOOKING the Flood S1e53 2Peter3:1
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 16, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Peter prophesied that after his time, people will DELIBERATELY OVERLOOK the flood. To deny the PAST helps to rationalize our denial of the FUTURE. If one says there is no previous judgment, it lends itself toward there being no future judgment. This then means I can do ...
Sometimes, God Closes a DOOR Gen7:6 s1e52
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 15, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. The safety of the rescue operation to save humanity from the flood involved 100 years of construction and God who CLOSED A DOOR. In my view, it is not remarkable that those who deserved destruction got destruction by a just God. What IS is remarkable is that some, who...
GET INTO YOUR BOAT S1e51 Gen 7:1
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 14, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Noah built the ARK in his driveway everyday for about 100 years. Then, on ONE PARTICULAR DAY, God said to him, GET INTO THE BOAT. There is a time for long obedience in a single direction. There is also a day where a specific faith; a specific obedience is required. Get...
No ark = no cross S1e50 Gen6:14
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 13, 2024 04:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. All of human history depends upon the ARK Our "Meta" thoughts about the ARK are only possible because of the real MEGA ark Think about the ark, for without it, you wouldn’t be thinking now It is the "most important object in history"*, for without it, there is no cross ...
HOW TO BUILD AN ARK S1e49 Gen6:11
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 12, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Join me for 7 minutes as we take some instructions on: How to build an ark Who to build an ark When to build an ark and WHY build an ark The parallels for what we might need to build in our world are staggering. Appreciate this massive example with me today! bewit...
Interrogating NOAH S1e48 Gen6:9
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 11, 2024 04:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Join me for 7 minutes as we ask NOAH some tough questions: Noah, were you PERFECT in character? (no) Noah, did you do everything everybody around you was doing? (no) Noah, did you PLEASE GOD? (yes) Noah, did you yourself need a rescue? (yes) Noah, what was it about ...
Why is there a boat? S1e47 Gen 6:8
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 10, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. If every intent of man's heart is "only ever evil", then the flood make perfect sense. What doesn't make sense is, "WHY IS THERE A BOAT?" Why does God save any? Why is there a rescue? You come from ADAM and EVE. So you’d know about your sin. You come from NOAH. So you...
every intent only ever evil Gen 6:5 s1e46
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 09, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Without understanding this single concept, the rest of the Bible will make no sense. It must be understood that, unfortunately, man is not good. Scripture lays it out plainly about the heart of man. His every intent is only ever evil. Yikes. It is why there is death, st...
The Nephilim S1e45 Gen6:1
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 08, 2024 08:00 - 8 minutesSend us a Text Message. What can a group of beings from another world teach us about being successful in this world? Join me for 7 minutes to explore a strange chapter in human history, when spiritual beings, probably fallen angels, intermixed with the daughters of mankind. Surprisingly, thou...
Even Methuselah died S1e44 Gen5:25
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 07, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. The point is NOT that Methuselah lived 969 years, as impressive as this is. He sets the world record for longevity. The main point is what follows the comma, "...and he died." So just like the rest of us, Methuselah dies. Then what? Well, similar to us, judgement. Lif...
Enoch walked with God S1e43 Gen 5:18
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 06, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. The God of the Bible has gone to repeated lengths for us to know about a man named ENOCH. He lived 365 years and walked with God for 300 of them. Then, he was taken. He was no more as far as those on earth could see. He did NOT pass through death, like the rest of human...
The geneology is the POINT S1e42 Gen 5:1
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 05, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. In the Bible, a genealogy should not be a DISTRACTION, they should be the POINT. It is here we see that we have a personal, attentive, interactive, and faithful God. Today we will recount a very unique period of time. Everybody lived around 900 years so there were lots ...
Inventing Worship S1e41 Gen 4:26
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 04, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Scholars say that Enosh INVENTS or at least POINEERS WORSHIP in Genesis. It is a verbal, public, directed and desperate response to the presence of a holy, good God. He decides to treat God in a certain way. Stay with me here, but Enoch's "invention" of worship does you...
Eve Saves the world S1e40 Gen3:25
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 03, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Eve saves the world in today's passage. To save the world you gotta build a boat. To build a boat you're gonna need a boat-builder. (Noah) To get to the boat-builder, you gotta go through SETH. To get to Seth, you're gonna need a faithful EVE. Here's the tricky part: T...
Polygamy = Pornography S1e39 Pr5:15
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 02, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. God designed the marriage bed to have just two people in it: a husband and a wife. Polygamy is very similar to modern day porn in that OTHER people are allowed into the marriage bed. That is, the borders of marriage become porous. In a sense, both polygamy and pornogra...
How many wives is best? s1e38 Gen4:18
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - June 01, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Seven generations into marriage, a guy named Lamech TOOK TWO WIVES. He opens a theological bees nest as to whether this is God's original INTENT. It affects all the rest of us in subsequent generations as we ask, "is polygamy ok?" The short answer is no, but. join me f...
I LOVE my MURDER s1e37 Gen4:19
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - May 31, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutesSend us a Text Message. In the 7th generation on earth, there is yet ANOTHER murder. Lamech kills a young man for wounding him. It is a disproportional response. He then BRAGS about it to his family. He is PROUD of it. We can build our cities, build our family and build our relationships w...
Spiritual Geography s1e36 Gen4:16
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - May 30, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutesSend us a Text Message. Our bad example of Cain has many chances to do things right. He can either move AWAY from the presence of the Lord or move TOWARD the presence of the Lord. It is helpful to think of this GEOGRAPHICALLY. At every turn he makes bad decisions and separates himself from the...
East Of Eden s1e35 Gen4:11
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - May 29, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutesSend us a Text Message. Cain ends up in the worst place in the world: AWAY from the PRESENCE of the LORD. Sadly, he had the choice to move TOWARD the presence of God, but decided against it. He still complained about the result, but he was not willing to make the changes necessary to move towa...
Am I my brother’s keeper? s1e35 Gen4:9
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - May 28, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. We will take our little lesson from a murderer today. Cain is the worst example, but he asks a great question: Am I my brother's keeper? First, should I even NOTICE my sisters? Second, should I be accountable to KEEP them, protect them, guard and preserve them? The ans...
You Are Being HUNTED s1e34 Gen4:7
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - May 27, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. It is a sobering thing for a human to realize that in certain circumstances, they are NOT at the top of the food chain. They may indeed be HUNTED. There are creatures out there that desire to kill and consume us. This happened to me in the Serengeti. Listen 7 minutes t...
Sin’s Early Warning Alarm S1e33 Gen4:8
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - May 26, 2024 08:00 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. Cain murders his brother. He does so with evil intent, thoughtful consideration, and violent means. We were hoping that the evil of "The Fall" in Genesis Chapter 3 would be enough for the rest of eternity. Apparently this is something we all get to deal with until we ge...
Sin STILL crouches S1e32 Gen 4:7
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder - May 25, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutesSend us a Text Message. Bad news: Sin still crouches at our door. Its' desire is still to have us. A battle line is drawn here. Good news: With the Lord, I can be lord over sin*********** Every temptation has a way out******** Every sin has a way back******* The Lord says: I WILL HELP you ...
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