Episode 30: What is God’s Will?
Before we launch into the flood story, it’s very important to understand the theology of “Creational intent” aka “God’s original purpose” aka “God’s will.” We’re…
Episode 29: Big Numbers and Big Mysteries
Genesis five is really weird. We have these people who lived really long lives but the numbers are very strange when you look closely at…
Episode 28: Praying When We Are Angry
Sometimes when we are angry, God is the last one we want to talk to but He really should be the first one we go…
Episode 27: Calling on the Name of the Lord
Adam and Eve have another baby, whom they name Seth, and during his life, people begin to “call on the Name of the Lord.” What…
Episode 26: Lamech, the First Avenger
We’re going to talk about Cain’s children and grandchildren and great-grand…you get the idea. All but one seemed to turn out pretty good, proving that…
Episode 25: Cain’s Wife and City Life
One of the age-old Bible questions is, “Who was Cain’s Wife?” and to answer that, we also have to ask, “Who did Cain think was…
Episode 24: The Mark of Cain
Oh, if only Cain had listened and made better choices! Now God has to tell Cain the consequences of his terrible actions—and Cain is going…
Episode 23: The First Murder
Cain refused to listen to God and then took out his anger on his brother Abel. Now Abel is dead and Cain is still angry…
Episode 21: The First Kids, Cain and Abel
This is one of those frustrating Bible stories where we aren’t told nearly as much as we want to know. Cain and Abel both make…
Episode 22: Jesus and the Passover
I know–I skipped archiving an episode but it will go up next week. It occurred to me how stupid it was for me to be…