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Back to SearchThe Creature Crouching at the Door – Chaos Dragon E4
Episode 373
Genesis 3 is probably the most famous serpent-featuring story in the Bible—the moment we get to see humans and the nahash interact for the first time. Because the serpent lures the humans into choosi…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Ferocious Dragons and Rogue Stars – Chaos Dragon E3
Episode 372
Dragons show up on page one of the Bible, named among the beings that feature in the seven-day creation narrative in Genesis 1. God creates dragons to inhabit the chaos waters, and we meet one early …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The First Worldwide Meme – Chaos Dragon E2
Episode 371
When we read the word “myth,” often what comes to mind is a fictional story. However, a myth is a way of exploring universal concerns of human existence, using symbols for things we may or may not ha…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Dragons in the Bible – Chaos Dragon E1
Episode 370
Nahash, tanin, leviathan––the Bible is full of strange words describing a creature many modern readers can’t quite categorize. All these words are ways of referring to a monster of the deep, a drago…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
How Did Abraham Know About the City of God? – The City Q+R
Episode 369
How could Abraham have anticipated a coming City of God, like the author of Hebrews said? What’s the connection between the shame of Adam and Eve and that of their son Cain? Was Genesis first an oral…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
The Heavenly City – The City E13
Episode 368
In the Bible, cities have a bad reputation as centers of immorality and unrighteous living. First-century followers of Jesus continued to live in cities, but they lived by an other-worldly ethic set …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Jesus, the New Jerusalem – The City E12
Episode 367
As the story of the Bible unfolds, the expectation for a city of God—a new Jerusalem where Heaven and Earth will be fully united—continues to grow. Yet the gospel authors seem to think this new Jerus…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Whose Idea Was the “City of God”? – The City E11
Episode 366
Cities appear to be inherently bad in the story of the Bible. So when Jesus calls his followers a city on a hill, what does he mean? And why is the vision of the new creation a city instead of a gard…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Jesus’ Disciples Are a City – The City E10
Episode 365
The city of Jerusalem, established by David to be the home of God, is a glimpse of what a divine city could look like, but even Jerusalem becomes corrupt. Is there any kind of city we can actually pu…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Jerusalem: A Tale of Two Cities – The City E9
Episode 364
Israel was meant to be a picture of the heavenly city of God, but over time, it began to look more like Babylon, Nineveh, and Sodom and Gomorrah. In the scroll of Isaiah, the prophet announces Yahweh…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago