Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIs the Church a City? – The City Q+R 2
Episode 375
Was Cain’s city a good thing initially? If Israel was just as bad as Sodom and Gomorrah, why didn’t God destroy it too? And how will God redeem the c…
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Power Over the Dragon in Exodus – Chaos Dragon E5
Episode 374
God created humans to bear his image, but sometimes we choose our own destruction and start to look a lot more like chaos monsters instead. In this e…
2 years, 6 months ago
The 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…
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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 t…
2 years, 7 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 existe…
2 years, 7 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 w…
2 years, 7 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…
2 years, 7 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 cit…
2 years, 8 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. Y…
2 years, 8 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 v…
2 years, 8 months ago