In this episode, I continue a multipart series in which I adapt some of the lesson plans I used as I taught the Catholic faith for 30 years. I’m not here to convert anyone. I’m just sharing my stories. In this episode, we explore how Scripture looks at historical events through God’s eyes and not from a human perspective. We will also debate how and when to use God’s Divine Name.

Links of Interest for this episode

Exodus 3:13-14 (NASB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/3?13

Tetragrammaton on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton

Exodus 6:2-3 (NASB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/6?2

Christian doctrine of the Trinity on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity

Dan McClellan on Trinity not being in the Bible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwpwMS0kyY

El Shaddai  on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Shaddai

Names of God in Judaism on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism

Exodus 20:7 (NASB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/20?7

Jehovah on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah

Jerusalem Bible on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Bible

New Jerusalem Bible on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jerusalem_Bible

Revised New Jerusalem Bible on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_New_Jerusalem_Bible

Pope Pius XII on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII

Pope Benedict XVI on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI

Dan Schutte on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Schutte

Article interviewing Schutte about the use of the Divine Name in music: https://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/you-are-near/

Original version of “You Are Near” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uge74xLmg0

Revised version of “You Are Near” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQX8ic2hsfs

The epic story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50 (NASB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/37

Climax of the Joseph epic Genesis 45:3-11 (NASB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/45?3

Musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_and_the_Amazing_Technicolor_Dreamcoat

Wisdom 6:1-9 (NASB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/wisdom/6

2000 US Presidential  Election on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election

Quotes from Spider-Man (2002): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/quotes/?item=qt0437392

John 19:10-11 (NASB): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/19?10

Contemplating Life Episode 89: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=482

Dan McClellan's book “The Bible Says So” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Says-So-Scriptures-Controversial-ebook/dp/B0D4HQXLCS/

Illustration of ancient view of the “Dome of the Sky”: https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/syllabi/g/gier/306/commoncosmos.htm

New Revised Standard Version of the Bible on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version

Genesis 1:1 (NASB 95): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201%3A1&version=NASB1995

Genesis 1:1 (NASB 2020): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/1

Genesis 1:1 (NRSVue): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201%3A1&version=NRSVUE

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