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Matt and Josh answer your questions about what it means to be a human being, like “What does the sea represent in Revelation?” “Are human beings born ‘unrighteous ’?” “Is the Trinity in the Old Testament or was it invented later?” and much more!

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:11 Bragging about California Climate
04:24 Shout Out Josh!
05:33 Contradictions in Genesis 1 & 2
08:37 Why Doesn’t God “Nebuchadnezzar” Trump?
18:32 Can Flourishing at Another’s Expense Be Good?
28:12 What Does the Sea Symbolize?
30:29 Are We Later Rain Pentecostals?
33:47 Is the Trinity in the Old Testament?
43:33 Are all Humans Unrighteous?
49:33 Biggest Takeaways from the Series
59:37 Outro

Books or references:
America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis
Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf

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Matt and Josh interview Dr Carmen Imes. Dr. Imes explains what the image of God meant to an ancient Near Eastern people group and how the Bible gives wisdom and subverts expectations even today.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:11 Updates and Hot Yoga
04:03 Interview with Carmen Imes
05:49 What Is the Image of God?
12:43 Was Hitler the Image of God?
15:11 God’s Idol Statues
17:03 What Makes Jesus Different?
23:23 Do Humans Need Bodies?
30:09 Will AI Save Humanity?
37:10 AI Is NOT the Image of God
38:11 The Commodification of Each Other
41:04 New Hope
47:26 Outro

Books or references:
Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters by Carmen Imes’
Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters by Carmen Imes
Becoming God’s Family: Why the Church Still Matters by Carment Imes

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Matt and Josh look at the end goal of human beings by turning to the book of Revelation. They get into judgment day, hell, the divinization of humans, the materiality of the new creation, and what all human beings hope for.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:11 Backrooms Review
07:49 Magnifica Humanitas
13:25 The End-Goal of Humanity
29:15 Symbolism in Revelation
36:07 Looking Forward to Judgment
1:00:53 Outro

Books or references:
Magnifica Humanitas by Pope Leo XIV
The Final Reconciliation: Reflections on a Social Dimension of the Eschatological Transition by Miroslav Volf
Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf

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Matt and Josh tackle human anthropology. What does the Bible say about what a human being is? How do the Old and New Testaments differ? How did the early church talk about the human being? And most importantly, how do the Resurrection and Pentecost change what a human being is?

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:21 Shakespeare Adaptations
07:06 We Are Not Brains on Sticks (Christian vs. Enlightenment Anthropology)
10:51 Inspirited Bodies in the Old Testament
23:50 The Hope of Resurrected Bodies
25:22 Pentecost Anthropology
31:34 The Resurrection
26:46 Anthropology in Church History
48:23 Ethics that Flow from Anthropology
52:14 Outro

⁠Books or references:⁠ ⁠The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss by David Bentley Hart⁠
On the Incarnation by Athanasius
On the Making of Man (The Glory of God is a Human Being) by Gregory of Nyssa

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Matt and Josh take a look at the Pope’s encyclical on AI, the craze around the new movie Obsession, and how, through Pentecost, the people of God become the light and fire of God.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:21 Blessings of Horror
05:34 AI Is Not Human
20:09 Recap (Jesus)
25:50 Pentecost and Becoming God’s Fire
33:40 The New Human
42:31 Meaning of Baptism
56:36 Purification through the Fire of Community
01:01:35 Importance of Christian Anthropology
01:07:42 Outro

Books or references:
“Magnifica Humanitas” Encyclical on AI by Pope Leo XIV

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Matt and Josh explore the stories of Daniel and how they can be used to interpret Daniel's trippy LSD-like dreams. They respond to questions about humanity's ontology and discuss humanity's high calling to rule with God over the cosmos as his idol purified by fire.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:32 Josh’s Science Corner
5:00 Matt’s Addiction
12:44 Humanity’s Goodness and Distortion
17:45 Is the Food Chain Fallen?
24:38 The Context of Daniel
27:12 Walking through Fire
35:45 Humans that Act Like Beasts
37:45 Making Sense of Daniel’s Trippy Dream
47:32 Outro

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