The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming

In honor of the 2023 Launch of the Tru316 Foundation, Sheila Wray Gregoire sent this greeting! Thanks Sheila! "Thank you for your hard work and ground-breaking research into the true meaning of a passage that has been weaponized against women for millennia. It is time for freedom -- freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom for real love and intimacy to grow with God and with each other without...

First she read Dr. Joy Fleming's book on Eden. Eventually she helped get the message out to tens of thousands. The opportunity is there for you to make an outsized impact on getting the message of God's Word to the world. Become a Tru Partner. Give monthly, pray regularly, volunteer strategically. Start here: Tru316.com/partner  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden...

Launch of the Tru316 Foundation on March 16 will be available at 7:30 Central here: YouTube.com/@tru316 NIV Update Committee Member , Dr, Jeannine Brown will give the Keynote Address: "Why? Who? and How? An Inside Look at Bible Revision.” Dr. Joy Fleming will present the reasons for the Tru316 ministry, to "true" the verse of Genesis 3:16 and the related passages. Join in the work. Become a Tru Pa...

I started from Genesis to understand the egaliltarian / complementarian issues and do my research. The insights of Dr. Joy and Rev. Bruce C. E. Fleming really made a difference. Over in Genesis 3 there was talk about Eve and Adam being cursed but I wanted more research scholars. I came across the work of Dr. Joy Fleming and it really made a big difference in how we interpret the text. It changed h...

"The transformative research by Joy and Bruce Fleming will benefit marriages, male-female relationships of any type. It will model to children how a man and a woman are to interact in a family or in relationships in general. It will help reduce and optimally eradicate domestic violence and much more." Nystrom is co-Founder, along with his wife Mary Ann Nystrom, of NAI Counseling Centers which numb...

Upon learning the Tru316 insights my response included relief, disbelief and amazement! As a result of what I learned of the Bible from Joy and Bruce I really felt free to use my gifts and desires to the full. (Sadly, up to that point she had been given to believe she couldn't use her gifts because she was a woman.) I feel the Tru316 insights are really, really important for many reasons. Here are...

Many people think Eve was struck by God with severe punishments. Dr. Joy Fleming reveals that is not what the 11 Hebrew words say in Genesis 3:16. In her dissertation she points out the good news / bad news pattern present in Gods' words to the woman and man. This reflects the good / bad result from eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil .  Go Deeper? Join the Tru316 Foundation as...

 There is MUCH in Genesis 3:16 we don't see in the English translations of Genesis 3:16. You can start with our blog on Tru316.com/blog HERE . To go deeper read Dr. Joy Fleming's book Man and Woman in Biblical Unity, Theology from Genesis 2-3 on Kindle HERE . Help spread this news to others. Become a Tru Partner with us through the Tru316 Foundation HERE Here's the full link to that blog post: htt...

God noticed parallels in the rebellious acts of the serpent-tempter and the man. Strikingly the text of Genesis 3 is written out in 6 parallel points as God addresses each one of them. The way the passage is written reinforces the meaning of what is told us in these verses. The woman did not share in any of these 6 parallels yet many people lump her in with the other two. This is sloppy exegesis....

It was all "very good" until the rebellious angel launched his attack at the Tree. Each human responded differently. But the main punishment applied to them both. "In the day you eat from it you will die." Some claim the woman was really The Temptress. They treat pagan ideas like Pandora and the box as the true truth of the Garden of Eden when the opposite is true. Read the important details in Dr...

Taken from Man and Woman in Biblical Unity   by Joy Fleming, PhD, PsyD. This is a condensation of her 407-page doctoral dissertation which is available at Tru316.com/shop  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any wa...

Here is Part 1 of our serialization of Dr. Joy Fleming's book Man and Woman in Biblical Unity, Theology from Genesis 2-3 . The human race was and is God's delight. This early part of Genesis tells of two human beings, each specially "handmade" by God. It speaks of how they related to their Creator's care and command. Because two people were created, societal interplay is observed between them. And...

Joy and Bruce each did their doctoral studies at the University of Strasbourg in France. Hear how Joy hesitantly raised her hand at the end of a weekend retreat in the mountains along the Rhine River and what surprises came next.  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is th...

KEY IDEA. The husbands first referred to in 1 Peter 3:1 need to be "won" to Christ. Then in verse 7 Peter begins with the Greek word for "Likewise." Their wives needed to be won to Christ as well. There has been much speculation about the meaning of these verses. Most of it misses the mark. Much of it espouses incorrrect theology. It is time to recognize this is simply the longest passage on unequ...

There were women in ministry who were preferred over men in the Old and New Testaments. Do you know their names? We look into this and more.  What example does the Bible give us when we ask about women in ministry? Men will look seriously on women in ministry. Women will be encouraged to practice their gifts. Want to go deeper? We encourage you make sure your beliefs well grounded. Make sure you k...

Place quotation marks around verses 34 and 35 in 1 Corinthians 14. This shows that these words came from others, not Paul. Our Bible translators should have been doing this all along. But those who get Genesis 3:16 wrong miss the meaning in the other key passages on women and men like this one. Once Genesis 3:16 becomes clear the other passages become clear too. Paul vigorously responds to those w...

Women are free to follow Paul's liberating traditions! In 1 Cor 11:10-16 Paul appeals to the church as a whole and to the Greek subgroup of believers. The plain Greek in verse 10 simply says a woman is in charge of her own head. There should be no restrictions placed on women in church or at home. GO DEEPER? Get the volumes in The Eden Book Series. Book Three on 1 Timothy is now available. It is B...

In 1 Corinthians 11:4-6 Paul quotes the counterproposal he received from the Jewish legalists. In verses 3 and 7-16 he refutes them and restates his teaching. Go Deeper? Tru316.com  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in a...

Our Public Launch will be on Tru316 Day March 16, 2023. But already the baby Foundation is on the way. You can jump start our launch. Mail a donation to Tru316 Foundation, 6122 Elliot Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55417. Read the full TruNews blogpost here: https://tru316.com/blog/f/october-tru-news-would-you-say-we-are-true-to-our-calling  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The...

Does Head mean "boss" here? No. Does Head mean "source" here? I don't see why. The head-body metaphor points to one-ness. It illustrates unity in Christ. See Ephesians 5:31-32 and our book Beyond Eden, Ephesians 5-6 . GO DEEPER  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that...

Five keys unlock the meaning of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. They help us see clearly that Paul didn't limit women in church in any way. Here's one of the keys. Place quotation marks around verses 4-6 because these words are not Paul's. He is quoting the contentious ones in the church at Corinth and then goes on to refute their words. Study The Eden Book Series! Season 9 of The Eden Podcast is built on...

Starts September 12! The Eden Workshop We’ve just completed 8 Seasons on The Eden Podcast. Have you listened to our core content in Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4? Take a listen. They’re right there for you.  Checking our statistics report - we’ve had listeners download our episodes from more than 100 countries around the world! Thanks to all of you as we focus on the true message of Genesis 3:16, “that Go...

People stumble over several points in this passage. Here are two quick notes taken from this episode. "One wife/husband" in the Greek of 3:2 is an idiom meaning "a faithful spouse" whether male or female. "If anyone manages his or her own household well" in Greek in 3:5-6 includes both men and women. Go deeper with the book Back to Eden, 1 Timothy 2-3 by Bruce C. E. Fleming, available soon. What i...

Pistos ho logos - Jesus the Faithful Word - restores the wayward overseers being corrected in Ephesus by Timothy according to 1 Timothy 3:1. Jesus can do so for wayward servants today.  Most people come to this verse looking for Paul to repeat the pun he made in 1 Timothy 1:15. There he first used the words pistos ho logos . First he gave glory to Jesus for being "the Faithful Logos" or Word in hi...

Paul and Eve were not first-degree rebels. Each was a second-degree sinner. Eve had to be deceived into eating. Paul acted ignorantly and in unbelief. Each came to understand this and turned to God.  God confirmed Eve as Satan's Eden Adversary when he said I will put enmity between you two (Genesis 3:14). God confirmed Paul as an apostle by appointing him to his service (1 Timothy 1:12). With this...