What if Eden wasn’t just a garden—but a mountain where Heaven and Earth collided? Scripture hints at a forgotten cosmic geography that reframes humanity’s purpose. From ancient mountains to the mission of Jesus, discover how Eden becomes a blueprint for renewing the entire world.
I was once in a situation where a friend of mine was so jaded towards me that they couldn’t hear any of my words in the way I intended them. Our friendship was getting worse and worse and both of our hearts were hardening toward one another. During this time, I had a dream that…
Here’s the most condensed quote I’ve come across that makes sense of all the various New Testament passages on faith, grace, works, and judgment: “Salvation is by grace, but judgment is according to works. Works are the condition of remaining ‘in,’ but they do not earn salvation.” -E.P Sanders (Quoted in John M. G. Barclay’s…
There are quite a few sacred spaces that appear throughout Genesis, and one of them is discovered by Jacob in a dream. While sleeping he sees a stairway to Heaven, complete with “angels ascending and descending it”—a phrase that Jesus himself will use in the New Testament. What’s going on here? Dive deeper with us…
When Jacob stole Esau’s blessing, Jacob was not the only deceiver at play. Given closer observation, there actually seems to be quite a bit of wider disharmony and drama within the family. How does it make sense that God chose Jacob in the midst of all of this to carry on Abraham’s blessing? After watching…
In this episode, we explore the Bible’s strange and often misunderstood language around ritual impurity, especially when it comes to menstruation. Contrary to popular assumptions, impurity wasn’t about sin—it was about symbolic death.
Esau sometimes comes across as a bit of a meathead. In today’s episode we take a deeper look at this Biblical character in attempts to understand the wider story at play in the narrative of Esau and Jacob.
When Paul tries to convince the Romans that the Gentiles can be brought into the covenant family of God without first being circumcised or being subjected to the law, he uses Abraham as his example why. By Paul’s reasoning, Abraham was the original Gentile that God brought into the covenant and God considered him righteous…
In this episode of the 1208-Bit *Nerd Church Podcast we talk about the first season of Disney+’s, “Loki.” This leads us into all kinds of conversations like free will, predestination, open theism, and even resurrection.
I’ve seen empathy manifest as a spiritual gift in several people throughout my life. Often these people will be praying for someone when all of the sudden, they just start weeping. They may not have the perfect words to pray over the person, but they “feel-all-the-feels.” Whatever emotion the person they’re praying for is feeling…
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