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Story / Symbol / Spirit

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Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the stories within the Bible are often prohibitive to our engagement and learning. How can we make sense of the Scriptures. We believe that Story / Symbol / Spirit is a helpful framework to begin this journey. Story - The Bible’s truth is communicated primarily as a story or a narrative. Genesis...

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108. We Go ('We' Who?) - Ex. 12:31-50 18.11.2024 43:33

Ed.: It is ambiguous where the name "Miles" comes from; in addition to the Latin "mīles" «soldier» idea, many attest to Slavic "mil(ŭ)" «gracious, dear, favored». [It may also connect to Persian "Mylas" «brave», or even Hebrew "Michael" «who is like God?».] Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a...

107. Justice 'or' Mercy? 14.11.2024 52:48

Recommendations from the McCambrian shelves: "God has a name" by John Mark Comer, about Ex 34 6-7. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bi...

106. National Cuisine - Ex. 12:1-30 11.11.2024 48:31

Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the stories within the Bible are often prohib...

105. Thomas Merton's "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander" 07.11.2024 53:31

high-dimensional geometry is neat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_torus#/media/File:Clifford-torus.gif Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meanin...

104. A Parody of Parity (Plus Pondering Plundering) - Ex. 11 04.11.2024 40:54

Ed.: Having watched Prince of Egypt for the first time mere hours ago, no, cattle are not explicitly included in the Hevel scene. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But...

103. s c a r y q u e s t i o n s 31.10.2024 1:03:44

…keep me running! running scared… Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the stories...

102. Negotiations Have Closed - Ex. 10 28.10.2024 42:29

Ed.: The commonly accepted etymology of "pharaoh" is actually "big house" [ie palace]. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is diffi...

101. In Crosshairs 24.10.2024 1:04:39

[One of the tricks to distinguish Columbus accent from neutralized radio American is "I've got X", rather than "I have X".] Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for ma...

100. Nothing Says "Celebration" Like a Destructive Rain of Hail, Lightning, and Fire - Ex. 9 21.10.2024 42:04

99. All Lawful? 17.10.2024 51:30

"Here I go again (and next week too!)" Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the st...

98. Call Off the Frogs!; or, (Fruit) Flies: Like an Arrow - Ex. 8 14.10.2024 47:28

Ed.: Reptiles are amniotic, amphibians are not. Broadly speaking, your reptiles (dryish protective skin) are turtles, crocodiles-and-such, lizards, and snakes; amphibians (moistish breathing skin) are frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians (such as Vizzini). Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible i...

97. So Weak and Powerless 10.10.2024 1:05:22

Ed.: The Maccabean revolt started c. 167BC. Josephus mentions the Hasmoneans governed 126 years (from the treaty with Lysias in 162BC to Herod's siege in 36BC) [Ant. XIV xvi 4], though Wikipedia prefers to count the Hasmonean dynasty from when things settle down shortly after Simon Thassi becomes ethnarch c. 142 BC. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a p...

96. Woe, Plague Be Upon You - Ex. 7 07.10.2024 48:51

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-softly-and-carry-a-big-stick-you-will-go-far-ex-4-1-17/id1670192933?i=1000668903548 https://open.spotify.com/episode/74gIwUH3SyrT0wDt6HVO23 Ed.: Myself, I start observing autumn in early August. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from...

95. a discussion on delight (with t'jai miller!) 03.10.2024 1:14:49

hosted by john mccambridge and jackie mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the stories within the Bible are often prohib...

94. Who Am I, Who Are You, Who Is That Guy in Particular? - Ex. 6 30.09.2024 59:09

93. Obey and Be Free 26.09.2024 1:09:57

92. How to Use Death and Death to Make The Tower Again - Ex. 5 23.09.2024 51:55

Nirpiym! Nirpiym! Get back to work! The Pharaoh Is Magnificent Complex isn't going to build itself, now, is it? Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, r...

91. "Why can't we be utilitrads?" 19.09.2024 1:09:55

Say as I do, not as I say? Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the stories within...

90. Moses' Second Exodus - Ex. 4:18-31 16.09.2024 43:14

Or second Second Genesis, as it were. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the sto...

89. Noöne's an Atheist 12.09.2024 1:10:24

Surely the sequel* to SSS should be TTT. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the...

88. Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick; You Will Go Far - Ex. 4:1-17 09.09.2024 54:03

why the long nose? Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient and confusing nature of the stories within the Bib...

87. God Doesn't "Exist" [and Water Isn't "H₂O"] 05.09.2024 1:07:12

Ed.: Another successful attack against mereology! Despair of (then rejoice in) the Münchhausen trilemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_trilemma On proofs, cf.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitch%27s_paradox_of_knowability Also consider in light of the implications of divine simplicity in a neoBerkeleyan relational ontology! …None of that will be on the test, don't worry. Hosted b...

86. Hi, I'm I'M. (You know my friend Abe, right?) – Ex. 3:10-22 02.09.2024 55:37

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_snowflake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Ship_fractal https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agential https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agentic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agentive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agentlike https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agentry https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arenic Hosted by John McCambr...

85. Does God answer poorly addressed mail? 29.08.2024 1:10:15

Story / Symbol / Spirit in the eighty fourth and a halfth episode! Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is a podcast about how to make sense of Scripture. The Bible is a beautiful gift from God with the power to help us know God and better understand our lives, identity, meaning, and purpose. But for many people, reading the Bible is difficult. The ancient an...

84. Moses and The Burning Bush - Ex. 3:1-9 26.08.2024 51:11

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