472 - To Be Human - Part Twenty: Snakebitten

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🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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To Be Human - Part Twenty: Snakebitten. Today, we explore the origin story of the powers in Genesis, focusing on the serpent and the choice between following Yahweh's wisdom or defining good and evil for oneself. We look at the story of Cain and Abel as an example of the ongoing conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. Further, we look at the theme of the serpent and its influence throughout biblical narratives. It begins with the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis, where sin enters the world through the serpent's temptation. This theme continues in Genesis 6 with the Nephilim, who are the offspring of the sons of God and the daughters of humans. The conversation then highlights how this pattern of succumbing to the serpent's temptation repeats throughout biblical history, with figures like Cain, Solomon, and even David. However, Jesus breaks this pattern by resisting the serpent's temptation in the wilderness.

Spiritual warfare! The importance of resisting social behaviors that dehumanize and divide! The need to redefine our roles and resist in a way that promotes human flourishing and breaks destructive cycles!

First, we spend time lamenting and discussing the recent school shooting in Atlanta and our frustration with the lack of action on gun violence. We question the Christian position on guns and lament the normalization of school shootings.

00:00 - Intro

02:20 - Discussion on the School Shooting in Atlanta

13:30 - Genesis

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0:00.0	Hey folks, welcome to episode number 472 of the Voxology podcast, another entry in the To Be Human series, this one entitled Snake Bitten, which I think you can see where we're going with that.
0:13.8	But first, at about the two minute and 22nd mark, we were going to be discussing the school shooting that happened yesterday for us as we record this in
0:22.5	Georgia where four people lost their lives why does this keep happening what can we do to
0:29.3	influence culture in a different direction Mike brings up a statistic about how in higher
0:35.8	in areas with higher concentration of churchgoers there seems to be
0:38.8	more gun violence why is it not the opposite what are we doing wrong how do we change the narrative
0:47.3	and then at the 13 minute and 32nd mark we begin the content for today looking at how the snake
0:53.7	has influenced culture throughout history at how the snake has influenced culture throughout history
0:57.2	and how the Bible has a cycle that we are all caught in and how do we break that cycle.
1:01.8	Here we go. Hello fellow sojourners, fellow travelers, Mike, Tim, and you here today on the Voxology podcast.
1:29.0	So we're delighted that you're tuning in.
1:31.7	Again, we're always pleasantly surprised that people other than our direct relatives,
1:36.6	even they don't listen.
1:38.1	But although you have a couple, you have a couple relatives that listen.
1:42.4	My dad listens from time to time.
1:43.9	Yeah, my brother,
1:44.8	my brother listens. But that's it. I think I've, I've joked before Hannah, my daughter said, hey, I'll listen to them when you're dead. And it'll be great to hear your voice. So, there you go. That'll be awesome. So we're just storing up. Hannah, if you make it this far, just know that I love you.
1:42.1	All right.
1:42.8	Always.
1:43.5	Always and forever.
1:44.8	How are you? up. Hannah, if you make it this far, just know that I love you. All right. Always. Always and forever.
2:04.1	How are you today? Blade Runner 2049 era. I'm doing great. How are you?
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