Trauma-Informed Church Kid

What is the third "fall" of humanity? Why is it so bad for people to build a tower? Does it actually reach to the heavens? Why does God confuse their language and scatter the people? And who are the gods of the nations? Do they exist at all? What is their purpose? Is there anything we can learn from the Babel narrative about what God wants for his human family?

In today's episode, we take a closer look at the Genesis 11 Babel event and its connection to the redemptive plan of God: to lovingly shepherd his children back to him, in order to unite them in their diversity, so that the unique glory each possesses can participate in his life once more. I hope you will join us on a journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction!

The Gods of the Nations | Ancient Faith Ministries

Pentecost and the Ziggurat — Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The Human Desire to Be Godlike - TheTorah.com

Language Is Baffling – The Story of the Tower of Babel - TheTorah.com

What-is-spiritual-warfare-from-Heiser-DEMONS-MS-unedited.pdf

The Angels Who Left Their Former Estate - The Whole Counsel Blog

The Unseen Realm Collection (10 book series) Paperback Edition

What the heck is happening in Noah's tent after the Flood? Why is Canaan cursed, and not Ham? What is the meaning of Ham's genealogical line? Does it mean that biological descent curses people? How much does God actually care about ethnicity, anyway? Isn't that what Israel being his chosen people is all about? What is the "table of nations", and why do the nations matter?

In this episode, we take a closer look at the relationship of the chosen seed and the sons of promise to the rest of the family of God -- the nations of the earth. We challenge the idea that ethnicity plays a major role in salvation history, and examine what the vocation of the "firstborn son" was supposed to be. Namely: to be a light to the nations. I hope you will join us on a journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction!

Naked Bible 159: Noah’s Nakedness, the Sin of Ham, and the Curse of Canaan | The Naked Bible Podcast

Sukkot's Seventy Bulls - TheTorah.com

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What does it mean to find "rest" in the Flood narrative? What does it mean for God to "remember" Noah? What about "remembering" our sins, or forgiving our sins? Does forgiveness like God forgives mean "forgive and forget"? Does Adonai need death or blood in order to forgive? What was the function of the sacrifice Noah offered after the Flood waters receded, and what is the deal with the "covenant" God makes with all flesh? Does the rainbow have a different meaning than just a pretty sign of that covenant?

Today we take a good long look at the consequences of the Flood, and what it means to search for rest in the midst of a world drowned in sin and needing purification. We explore the symbolism of the ark as a mini-cosmos and examine how the God we see in the Flood is a God whom we can trust to always bring justice -- just perhaps not in the way we think, or demand he should. I hope it is helpful for you in your process of finding resurrection on the other side of deconstruction!

Noah and God’s Rest in Hebrews 4 – Citizens & Sons

Why did God flood the world? (Bible Project)

A Cup of Wrath? (Bible Project)

Are We Really Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God? - N.T. Wright Online

Zakar: REMEMBER… and pass it on. – Hebrew Word Lessons

What Is the Rainbow Really Teaching Us? - Jewish Theological Seminary

Is Noah's Ark and the Flood a children's story? Was it a local flood, or a global one? What is the emotional response we see God give to human wickedness? Why was the Flood necessary, and how can that possibly be justice? Was there any chance for repentance or salvation? What does God require in order to offer forgiveness and purification? And what does it mean to be "saved through the waters" (1 Pet 3:20)?

This is a meditative episode, focused on the nature of God's judgment and his mercy. In it, we find a God who always deals with sin... but not always in the way we think. We also find a God who always provides a way out... but not always in the way we want. And through it all, we discover that we all must go through the waters of purification.

The Deluge as a Biblical Symbol - EARLY CHURCH HISTORY

Noah’s Ark: Josephus, Earlier Historians, & Church Fathers | Dave Armstrong

Coming to Grips with the Early Church Fathers’ Perspective on Genesis, Part 1 (of 5) - Reasons to Believe (the whole series is worth a look)

Who are the Nephilim? What is the story in the Bible about how they came to be? What is the "second Fall"? What does it mean to be a spirit in "conjugation" with the material realm? How does metallurgy, mercantilism, and music connect to the Nephilim? How does this connect to demonosis? Are there really giants as tall as the Pyramids in the Bible? And what is the connection of all of this to trauma -- spiritual or otherwise?

Here There Be Giants - The Whole Counsel Blog

The Five(ish) Falls of Angels | Ancient Faith Ministries

Herodotus' narrative of the Nephilim ritual

Etemenanki - Wikipedia

Daijosai ritual

Story of Gilgamesh (YouTube video)

Genesis Marks the Spot (episode 1 of the series on reception history of Genesis 6)

Article about Og, the Rephaiim and other giants

The Ancient Near Eastern Context for Genesis 6:1-4 - Dr. Michael Heiser

Cross-referenced posts from Dr. Michael Heiser (Nephilim)

Today, I will give you a bonus holiday episode where I will be reviewing a book I have read recently: Anthony Delgado's The Gospel Is Bigger Than You Think. In this book, Delgado examines the "gospel of Middle America" that is focused on a moment of decision and conversion, often at the expense of discipleship and spiritual transformation. He presents a (biblical) alternative to this "cultural folk religion" that is deeper, broader, more enchanting, and "bigger" than we might have thought.

(disclaimer: I was given a free copy of the Audible book for review purposes)

Amazon link to buy the book

Today we sit down for "tea" with Dr Timothy Patitsas, who quite literally wrote the book on a beauty-first approach to healing from trauma. In our discussion today, we embark on a bit of a mystical journey: attempting to grasp with words the ineffable power of beauty to heal the soul. What is beauty? How does it impact the soul? How can it undo the intra/interpersonal excommunication, schism, and heresy caused by trauma? Why is beauty the foremost of the three transcendentals (beauty, goodness, and truth)? How does the modern psychoanalytic approach to counseling fail trauma sufferers? And how can we recapture a beauty-first approach to healing?

This is an interview I have been looking forward to having for a long time, and I am delighted to share it with you now! Please forgive the audio quality issues; I hope it will not detract too much from the important information we explore here. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share this content to get the word out!

The Ethics of Beauty — St Nicholas Press

Home | beauty first films

Some emerging research on how beauty, wonder, awe, and other ventral vagal states are being recognized as essential factors in the healing process

What does it mean to be sons of the promise, or sons of perdition? Does this mean that generational curses are real? What does it mean to be "elect"? Are they always the "good guys" in the story? Why does Cain build a city, and what is the relationship of a city to "empire"? What role do divine beings (elohim) play in the descent of humanity into depravity? How does that relate to the mythos of the surrounding ANE cultures? Are things like music and dancing and makeup bad in and of themselves? And what does it mean to be a "father" to someone, in the biblical text? Is there any hope for rebellious sons?

Two Themes, Two Days, Two Goats; with Caleb Lewis - Episode 083 (Genesis Marks the Spot podcast)

Through the Waters: A biblical theology of the book of Genesis (Caleb Lewis)

Naked Bible Podcast transcript: Episode 262, Exodus 3, Part 2b (Dr Michael Heiser)

Article about the book of Enoch and the Watchers

Dr. Michael Heiser's graphic on the parallel genealogies of Seth and Cain

Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? | Smithsonian

A YouTube video about the Apkallu (Seven Sages), using AI

The Five(ish) Falls of Angels | Ancient Faith Ministries

Technology and the Story of Redemption: Being the People of God in a Mechanized World - The Symbolic World

Why was Cain's sacrifice not accepted? What even is a sacrifice, and what makes it acceptable? What does it mean to master temptation? What does it mean to be mastered by temptation? What does it mean to be cursed by God? Who needs to repent: only the oppressors, or all of us? And what does repentance look like, for both? Does God actually hear the cries of the victims, and how does he bring justice?

In this return to the text of Genesis and our walkthrough of the Scriptures, we see that each of us can at any time become either Cain or Abel. We look at the ways in which some portions of this narrative have been used to cause hurt, and we examine what it means for God to call both the innocent and the guilty to master the crouching sin-beast in at the doorway of their own hearts.

A Demon at the Door? | memoirandremains

Genesis 4 – What History’s First Criminal Report Can Teach Us - Cerebral Faith

Cain, the Sinner - The Whole Counsel Blog

What is gehenna? Is it the same as hell? What is the Age to Come? Is it only something for the far-off future, or is it something for here and now as well What is the second death? Is that the Lake of Fire? What does it mean for a human being to experience the second death? Will all be saved, or only some? Is this something we should be afraid of, and to whom are these warnings directed? Can we really trust that Adonai is merciful and gracious, when all this threat of punishment is hanging over us?

Today, we explore one of the thorniest, most shadowy, and least certain topics we've encountered so far. It is also the source of much of the pain, hurt, and loss of trust that has caused deconstruction. In this episode, I try to take a slow walk (almost double-length!) through the biblical language surrounding final judgment and the Age to Come. My hope is that you are able to hear within these stumbling words a picture of a Father who desires that none should perish, and that all should be brought to repentance.

Was “Gehenna” a Smoldering Garbage Dump? – The Baker Deep End Blog

NB 441 Transcript

What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

Hades is Embittered — Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick (ancientfaith.com)