Episodes
(Genesis 34:1-12) You can't really understand the crime that has taken place here unless you first understand how the characters understood the concept of "Nakedness of your Father"
Published 05/21/24
(Genesis 34:1-12) There's wacky, there's crazy, there's ill-advised, and there's foolish. But then, there's outrageous. As we discover, it's a word with strong meaning.
Published 05/14/24
(Genesis 34:1-12) Jacob may be done running from Esau, but his troubles are far from over. A terrible thing is done to his family, and we look at the question of: "Who is to blame?"
Published 05/07/24
(Genesis 33:12-20) For all their wisdom and knowledge, Matt and Nathan demonstrate that they don't know about Biblical geography.
Published 04/30/24
(Genesis 33:12-18) We look back at a curious verse and ponder it's meaning. Is really it true that God hates baby Esau?
Published 04/23/24
(Genesis 33:12-18) When you are traveling through a land named literally after your brother, it helps to have his name to back you up. Too bad Jacob does the exact opposite of that.
Published 04/16/24
(Genesis 33: 4-11) Thing are not going the way Jacob had planned, but in a good way.
Published 04/09/24
(Genesis 33:1-4) Dread it, Run from it, Esau arrives all the same.
Published 04/02/24
(Genesis 32:22-32) Jacob is alone on the other side of the water, and is out of options. Will he run away, or will he be forced to move forward?
Published 03/26/24
(Genesis 31:22-55) Good ol' uncle Laban the Aramean bow out of the story, but not before getting up to one last self-serving scheme.
Published 03/19/24
(Genesis 31:22-42) Who do you think is the biggest villain in the old testament, well you're wrong. We talk about evil uncles, Politicians , and Emperor Palpatine.
Published 03/12/24
We pause the story to talk about the how weird the Bible is, or rather how weird we are...
Published 03/05/24
Published 02/27/24
(Genesis 31:1-3) Jacob is fleeing Laban, just like we are fleeing chapter 30. In both cases, God is with us.
Published 02/20/24
(Genesis 30:25-43) Nathan Vanhorn has an epiphany and blows his own mind, and Laban's role in the story becomes clear.
Published 02/13/24
(Genesis 37-43) It takes one to know one, and Laban is about to find out why you don't trick the trickster.
Published 02/06/24
(Genesis 30:25-43) Laban is up to his old tricks. He knows that Jacob has God's Blessing and he wants a slice of that pie! How does he know that he can get the blessing? Well, let's say he has friends on the other side...
Published 01/30/24
(Genesis 30:13-24) The world's most dangerous sibling rivalry (right now) is in full swing. Mandrake hunting, backroom deals, and hurt hearts.
Published 01/23/24
(Genesis 1 - 29) A snowy day in North Mississippi leaves Gandalf with no other choice but to do an episode on his own. https://www.bibliotheca.co/ https://therawkingjames.wordpress.com/genesis-with-chapters/
Published 01/16/24
(Genesis 30:1-24) Gandalf and Nathan VanHorn find out the hard way that trying to cover a whole chapter in a single episode is a bad idea. Also, a battle of babies, JFK, Lt.Dan, and Mandrakes.
Published 01/09/24
(Genesis 29:31-35) Matt is out. You know what that means; Gandalf and Nathan have control over the podcast!
Published 01/02/24
(Genesis 29:15-30) The story moves on to quite possibly the greatest bamboozle in human history.
Published 12/19/23
(Genesis 29:13-20) Imagine getting to be included in the Bible, one of only a handful of individuals who are mentioned by name. Now imagine that you are introduced into the story with a description that just says that you are not a pretty as your sister. Well, if you're Leah you do not have to imagine.
Published 12/12/23
(Genesis 29:1-13) We move onto chapter 29 and Jacob moves on to Paddan Aram. There he has a moment, or at least he tries to.
Published 12/05/23