The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming

She was in meetings where more than a million people trusted in Christ as Savior. She accepted Christ at home. How have you come to know Christ? Here is Part One of Pastor Stephanie's thrilling story. Learn her full faith story, her ministry story and her Tru316 story! Pastor Stephanie Williams O’Brien is the Lead Pastor at  Mill City Church  in Northeast Minneapolis. She is also a professor of mi...

No! God Did NOT Talk to Eve about Pain in Childbirth. God talked to Eve about (1) toil in fieldwork because of the coming curse on the ground and about (2) conception in fulfillment of God's promise of offspring who would crush the serpent's head! Neither of these had to do with what you'll find in most English versions that talk about "pain in childbearing." Let's "true" the verse and let God's a...

Eden Insight #3. God's SIX-POINT Parallel Word Pattern to the Serpent and to the Man. Why this pattern? They were both first-degree rebels. Each merited a curse. Yet not one point is found in God's words to the woman! Have you noticed?  Go deeper! Make sure to listen to Season One of The Eden Podcast where we go through Genesis 2-3 step by step. Even deeper? Purchase Dr. Joy Fleming's dissertation...

The Fall is not a biblical word! They were attacked! Each ate. Each died. But each acted from different motivations. The woman was deceived. She ate for good reasons. He ate rebelliously joining the serpent in rejecting God's words. Getting this clearly in mind prepares us for reading what happened next when God spoke to the serpent and to the man using the same six point pattern. Go deeper? You c...

Is it enough to study the word meanings in a Bible passage? Not in a passage like Genesis 2-3! Both the word patterns and the word definitions convey meaning. Perhaps missing these patterns is why there are so many contradictory interpretations of Genesis 2-3. Here we look at Eden Insight #1 and introduce the complex chiasm of Genesis 2-3. Go deeper? Join us for our small group study called "The E...

2024 Summary Report! 1,001 donations! Listeners in 136 countries! A quarter million downloads and views on our Tru316 Channels! A grant made to launch Tabitha Center #316 in the DR Congo to provide the Good News and job training to at-risk women and men! Groundwork laid for the coming year Including our 316 Day Celebration, March 16 in Orlando at Cru HQ with our keynote speaker from The American B...

Do we learn of Christmas in just one verse on Eden or in two?? It is time to see Line 1 of Genesis 3:16 for what it is - the completion of God's Good News of the coming Messiah in the words of promise to Eve in Eden!  We go into detail in " The Book of Eden " and in our small group sessions of The Eden Workshop on Genesis 2-3 . Please visit tru316.com/workshop .  The Tru316 Foundation (www. T...

Paul tells Spirit-filled believers to teach and correct one another in Ephesians 5:19b and 20. Then, in verse 21, he tells them to submit to the teaching and correction they are receiving from one another.  In verse 24a he refers to the church as it submits to the teaching and correction it receives from Christ. And in 24b he refers to the mutual ministry and mutual submission of the Christian cou...

"Study the Bible in the original language line by line." "Make sure your preaching respects the word patterns in the text." These are key lessons learned from Dr. Walter C. Kaiser, Old Testament scholar and Seminary President, author of 95 books and counting! This is Part 2 of our interview for The Eden Podcast. His brand new book is preaching and teaching outlines on the Books of Ruth And Esther...

Dr. Kaiser is author of "The Promise Plan of God," "Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics" and more than 90 other books. He is President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, MA. Dr. Kaiser personally encouraged Joy Fleming to continue in her theological studies and later endorsed her book, "Man and Woman in Biblical Un...

What about the history of Scandinavian women in ministry? This is Part 2 of "A Woman of Her Times" by Della Olson, read by Dr. Joy Fleming. This historic book from 1977 is available for download here: https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/tiu_efcalit/id/28312    The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true”...

How did Cru go from little visible participation for women in leadership to now having women serving as 3 of the 7 Global Vice Presidents? This is the Remarkable Judy Douglass Story on this BEST OF episode of The Eden Podcast! Hear her Faith Story, her Ministry Story and her Tru316 Story! Judy is an in-the-book endorser of The Book of Eden by Bruce C. E. Fleming and a welcome advisor to the Tru316...

"Headship" isn't taught in the Bible and all the arguments in favor of it turn out to be weak arguments. So let's focus on what the Bible IS teaching us. At first, Zach returns to "headship" theories but Bruce redirects the discussion to the word patterns in Ephesians 5-6.  Bruce takes Zach to Ephesians 6:1-4. There they discuss not only the parallels with the Ten Commandments (Honor your father a...

Della Olson, First Lady of the Evangelical Free Church published her support for women and ministry. Ruth Kantzer, First Lady of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School heartily agreed! Dr. Joy Fleming reads from Della's book and adds her personal reminiscences. Should women lead in ministry? YES! And here is documentation that they did so across Scandinavia and North America in recent times.  Dr. Joy...

THESE ARE THE PAGES straight from her dissertation! This SPECIAL episode is from the INTRODUCTION to the 407-page dissertation titled: "A Rhetorical Analysis of Genesis 2-3." Learn what she presented to the jury at the University of Strasbourg, France, on why to think again about the Hebrew words and word patterns in Genesis 2-3. Get a copy? Go to Tru316.com and select the Resources tab.  The...

Zach proposed what so many say about headship in marriage. Bruce answered, "I don't buy any of that." BUT, Bruce says Paul gives three “in the church“ and three “in the family” illustrations in the Jump, Jump, High Jump Pattern of Ephesians 5:15-6:9!  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...

Paul did not require wives to submit to husbands in an over/under way. Paul used Word Patterns, back then, like we use Chapter Headings, today. What patterns? 1) THE PATTERN OF FOURS. 2) THE PARALLEL PATTERN. 3) THE OVERARCHING JUMP, JUMP, HIGH JUMP PATTERN. Go deeper? Get the book Beyond Eden by Bruce C. E. Fleming on Ephesians 5:15-6:9.  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home o...

This Bonus episode of The Eden Podcast is about Tabitha Center #316 – reaching and disciplemaking among at-risk women through vocational training based on the positive insights from Eden. Claudine Selenga and her husband Nubako Selenga founded and direct this ministry to 7,000 at-risk women in Kinshasa, DRCongo and beyond. The story: Claudine and her husband Nubako had served as the leaders of the...

How does the Ephesians 5 passage relate to Genesis 2-3? What if people have misunderstood the positive message of the Garden of Eden? How does their interpretation of Ephesians 5 become twisted? Zach Miller, host of "What Your Pastor Didn't Tell You" interviews Bruce C. E. Fleming. Part 1. See the video with Graphics on our Tru316 YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/wOHaEaXKBs8  The Tru316...

Are women weaker in any way? Is that what 1 Peter 3 teaches? Do they have roles that can be described as weaker? Based on insights from Genesis 3:16 Bruce responds to Lauren's questions in Part 2 of this replay from her livestream to her 20,000 followers. Bruce is interviewed by Lauren who was a Jane Doe in the Bill Gothard lawsuit. Based on a recent survey she asks, How mistranslations and misint...

Bruce is interviewed by Lauren who was a Jane Doe in the Bill Gothard lawsuit. She asks penetrating questions revealing how mistranslations and misinterpretations of the key passages on women and men have been weaponized. Should these passages be mistrusted or should those wayward teachings and their proponents by mistrusted? In less than an hour Lauren and Bruce cover multiple passages. Go Deeper...

Because she was a female, Kristine Johnson was told in her private school that upper level math was not her place. Following God's call she persevered. Now she is a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace technologies. This is her story on The Eden Podcast! Kristine Johnson is a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies leading the hardware team and quali...

She was one of the plaintiffs covered in the blockbuster video series "SHINY Happy People" on Prime. After coming out of a cult she finally heard the Good News of Jesus! She was also helped by The Eden Podcast and we're so glad we could help. This is the Emily Elizabeth Anderson Story. Her website is ThrivingForward.org  The Tru316 Foundation (www. Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast...

Channeling a violent spirit? A church mocking a woman called by God? Bob Edwards recalls dramatic moments in his life story on this "Best Of" episode of The Eden Podcast. He and his wife Helga have co-produced a gentle podcast and written a resource covering multiple passages in Genesis. Bob was struggling with Long COVID weakness but agreed to this interview. Here is their website: http://www.awa...

Genesis 3:16 has been polluted! Church and family life have been polluted by the negative theology that has resulted from the mistranslation of Genesis 3:16. We look into this problem in our replay of our very first episode (this is the raw audio - editing flaws and all). Since then we have shared 250 more episodes on The Eden Podcast as we work to "true" the verse of Genesis 3:16! We invite you t...