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When God “Appears” to Abraham
God has a weird way of just walking up to Abraham and talking with him. But since the Bible says you can’t see God and live, what on earth is going on in these stories? In today’s podcast, we look at an answer some scholars have proposed that make sense of these strange passages. But…
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The Seven Spirits in Revelation
When I was a kid I remember being really weirded out by the seven spirits before God’s throne in Revelation. Here I was, still trying to figure out the Trinity, when all of the sudden there were now seven Holy Spirits, turning God into a Holy Nonanity? Of course, if no one tells you how a…
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Miracle Food
Many are quite familiar with the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000—but this isn’t the only time food is created supernaturally in the Bible. Learn more on today’s 1208PODCAST message. (To learn more on some of tonight’s topic, check out Brant Pitre’s book, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist.) Check out this podcast episode…
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Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Ancient World
Given today’s technology, pregnancy and childbirth are much more efficient than they once were. In today’s podcast episode, we gaze into the world of the Ancient Near East and see that miscarriages and infant deaths were commonplace. We also see the cultural reasons as to why parents wanted children—and lots of them! Learning all of…
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God the Artist
Earth Day takes on a special tone for many Christians as we find ourselves thinking about the creator of nature. This day reminds us that he put us in charge of cultivating this planet on his behalf, bringing all of it into the order found in Eden—God’s sacred space. For Earth Day 2019, I find…
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The Exaltation of the Son of Man
Today on the podcast, we start at the beginning of the Bible to show the habits of humans behaving like animals and then move into the gospels to see Jesus showing us what a true human being looks like and how the cross goes on to exalt him to the highest place. Check out this…
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Resurrection & Earth
The problem with resurrected physical bodies is that they don’t belong in the spiritual realm, for the spiritual realm is for spirits. So if Paul truly believed that we would be taking on these new imperishable bodies raised in glory and power (1 Cor 15), then how did he expect this to all work out…
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What Did Jesus Do While He Was Dead?
To answer this question, we need to take a look at 2 Peter and Jude, but a little bit of background is going to be necessary first. Some of the strange sayings in 2 Peter and Jude come from the story communicated in 1 Enoch. This means that while 1 Enoch is not a part…
