Glad to hear that, Filepe!

Happy to provide them for you, Stu!

Thank you, Jo!

Thank you so much, John!

Hi Evan, the next episode is coming out next week, stay tuned!

As I understand it, the sea is an image of chaos and disorder. It's the default state of the world before creation week, according to the opening image of Genesis. Throughout scripture we see multiple instances of God commanding and controlling the seas, and in the new creation, scripture makes a point of stating that there is no more sea. It's pretty difficult to trace this thread through the Bible and not come to the conclusion that a major part of the biblical story has to do with God bringing order out of chaos, and eventually eliminating the source of that chaos. I don't think this conflicts with the focus on covenant either.

Perhaps this is being horribly pedantic, so sorry, but... "The twin theme of Paul is creation and covenant" Hopefully Wright isn't really as reductionistic as that sounds. Paul's writings are God breathed, but our feeble attempts to summarise them are decidedly not. There are an infinite number of human narratives we might write that attempt to glorify different aspects of the divine revelation, and none of those narratives are themselves God breathed, valuable though they may be. Paul is not reducible to creation and covenant, useful themes they may be.

@@David_Burt_Art Hello, David! I see you are an animator and visual artist! How cool is that! As I read the story of creation and the Bible, its visual language is a gift to visual artists that go far beyond painting Adam and Eve in the nude! My problem with the metaphors “chaos” and “order” is that they seem to describe an organizing of inanimate objects or elements. The term covenant, on the other hand, describes the creation of a real, lasting and faithful union between persons with a will of their own, persons who formerly were estranged or enemies. It is kind of like a man taming a wild horse in order to make it his trusting and faithful companion. In Genesis 2 God seems to “tame” one human, Adam, and through him, he transforms all humans (described as living ones of the field) into “helpers like him”. This “taming” of humans includes the removal of what is against the union, in order to rebuild and rescue the person into union with God. When we say that chaos is the problem, I feel we place the problem outside of us, into the elements somewhere. But clearly, in Genesis 3, the problem was the woman´s internal enmity toward God and her problematic trust in the serpent. The same is described in Genesis 4, where the same enmity against God causes Cain to follow and trust his internal jealousy, also called the “sin crouching at the door”, instead of looking up to God and trusting the good that God would show him. The problem was not necessarily lack of willingness, but the very serpentine nature of humans. God only can rebuild humans from untamable serpents to willing and teachable children. My take on this is that the sea is the metaphor for the part of the human inner self that, in spite it´s appearances to the opposite, really resists God's every loving approach. It is this unwilling nature that Paul calls the flesh, and that he describes as an enemy of God. Through his son, God liberates the humans who will allow him from this enmity. Then the former rebel can be born into the nature of the obedient son of God. I hope what I am saying makes sense to you! Let me know if it you find any of this unintelligible! All the best, Svein

@@happy.tulip6276 Thank you for responding! I recommend reading the book if you want to know the context! My take on it is that God did not make creation to let it run its own separate course, but in order to move into it and be its energizer, its father, its light, love and future. All the best to you! Svein

Hey, we'll take it!

The work of the Holy Spirit 😄….Had the same thought though!

There might be a boom mic over the desk, but that’s just a guess.

I was thinking the same thing 😂 My current theory is that there is a boom or booms over the desk that are either just out of frame of the wide shot OR are in the shot but have been "patched" out by a clean plate shot that doesn't have the microphones in the shot.

Wayne’s systematic theology is a brilliant book by an amazing teacher it was mentioned in this podcast kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4rWZISnadB-hZo

You can sign up for our Scripture Practice and run a group with your church! It’s free on our website. 😊

Virtual group maybe? 🤔

That's part of the beauty of it. There's so much depth to Scripture.

Thank God for some many like Tim Makie and the BP who have come before us in deep meditation and connection to scripture. They walk so we can run

😆

You and me both

Not just you

Post Bible Christian is someone who accepts Jesus but has never read the whole Bible. It is very common actually, more common than not. There are people I talk to today that have lived their whole life in the church and now in their 70s but have yet to ever read the Bible all the way through, they only read what is pointed out to them in a sermon. Another way of seeing this is when people don't have a physical Bible in their hand anymore, but a Bible app on their phone that is just another notification and not an actual relationship with Christ or The Father. It's not meant to be judgey, it's just a way to describe the difference and how a lot of people have backed away from the Book itself and knowing and loving the Book that leads to a deeper relationship with Jesus.

Ohh, Is that why there are 45,000 Christian denominations?

I relate to the black guy.

Thanks for saying that, Madonna!

@@practicingthewaywhen’s next episode out?