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What do you mean God speaks?

Paul Seungoh Chung

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Send us a text We’ve now returned to start the second half of Season Four. We’ve closed the first half at a key point, exploring the meaning of the blood of the Lamb in the final plague of Exodus, and now begin by the parting of the Sea. Both, it turns out, are closely connected with the ideas weaved through the accounts of Creation and the Flood Genesis, which in turn points to that of the salvation in Christ. And the key to understanding that is found in what the Sea and its waters meant fo...

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Send us a text We’ve now returned to start the second half of Season Four. We’ve closed the first half at a key point, exploring the meaning of the blood of the Lamb in the final plague of Exodus, and now begin by the parting of the Sea. Both, it turns out, are closely connected with the ideas weaved through the accounts of Creation and the Flood Genesis, which in turn points to that of the salvation in Christ. And the key to understanding that is found in what the Sea and its waters meant fo...

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What do you mean God speaks?

S4Extra3: Book is finished! About its place in this series, and its preface

Send us a text The manuscript of the book is complete and is now in the hands of the editors. It will still be around the end of this year at the earliest for it to be published, but my work--the writing part--is more or less finished! Thank you for your continued support! This series will return to the main episodes in June, covering the second half of Season Four, "God awaits you in the desert." But here, I wanted to first discuss something about the book, now that it's complete...

1 week ago

40 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4Extra2: Bathroom thoughts on science, belief, Galileo, prophecy, etc.

Send us a text I'll be working on the book until end of April, and so in the meanwhile, more extra episodes! This episode, I discuss material that did not quite make it into a main episode. One is from Season Three on science and belief-corrections in regard to God. One is from Season Four on Galileo's example of science vs religion. And one that actually doesn't fit anywhere yet. I call this the "bathroom thoughts," because of how many of these ideas start from idle thoughts in a...

3 months ago

30 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4Extra1: "God is no more believable than UFOs?" - Publication Offer

Send us a text We’re back! Sort of. First, this bonus episode is to announce an update and news. The first season of this series is being re-adapted(?) / rewritten as a book and will be published next year. If everything goes as scheduled. So, what with the title of this episode? “A World where God seems no more believable than UFOs” is the catch-phrase of the book, or rather its starting point. It asks—as this series as asked—what “God” really means, when for many of us, God seems “no...

4 months ago

28 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E8: Why would a Lamb's blood save you? Plague and the Lamb II

Send us a text What do we need to make a better world? In a world filled with the news of wars, injustices, human-made catastrophes, what do we need? In a world where our future seem so uncertain and bleak at times, even with all of the marvels we accomplished and progress we’ve made, what will lead us to tomorrow? And the Christian Bible poses an answer in the form of a symbolic act; long ago, God’s judgment came upon a land, upon every family and every living thing there, to strike down its...

7 months ago

49 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E7: Why God strikes every firstborn of Egypt - Plague and the Lamb 1

Send us a text We’re back again for another episode! This is a kind of milestone for the series, as we cover a key narrative in Exodus—that of the final tenth plague, which connects to the Gospel account of Jesus Christ. And the question we must first wrestle with is: why does God strike down every firstborn in Egypt? The plague horrifies with us with the image of dead children, though according to Exodus, it’d have struck down both young and old, and even the animals—but that of course only ...

8 months ago

45 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E6: Divine Intervention or Natural Events? What the Plagues Meant

Send us a text Were the plagues that struck Egypt in Exodus Divine intervention or natural events? This is a question that is raised by those who present natural explanation for these plagues. But, things that follow laws of nature are God speaking, just as things that do not seem to. The real question is: what distinguishes these events in Exodus from just any other things that happen? Because the difference will not be found in whether they are natural or not. And there is a difference in...

11 months ago

40 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E5: Why God hardened Pharaoh's heart and then punished him for it

Send us a text One of the more perplexing and disturbing part of the Exodus account is when God hardens Pharaoh's heart so that he does not listen to Moses and let the people of Israel go. But then, God punishes him it by unfolding disasters--the plagues--upon Egypt. But, this seems profoundly unjust! What is the idea that the Bible is presenting about God? That nothing we do matters? However, it turns out that the message is in fact the exact opposite. There is something far more that...

1 year ago

45 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E4: How Moses learns God is speaking with him step-by-step

Send us a text God that spoke to Moses is "Yahweh," unfolding everything around him. But, the question was: will reality unfold what this voice spoke to him? What if things go wrong? What if Moses was deluded, or mistaken, or deceived? How Moses, and people who hear God speak to them, find out whether what they hear is true--whether God really is speaking with them--is actually a step-by-step process. Rarely do we make some heroic leap of faith, at least at the start. We embark on that journ...

1 year ago

40 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E3: What does the name "YHWH" mean, and why it matters

Send us a text Consider what it means for things to have names. Names point to things, and at least to some extent, tells us what they are. But, what could possibly be the name of God? After all, it would need to "point to" all of reality as a whole. According to the Bible, the name of God spoken to Moses is "I am that I am," which in turn is presented as the meaning of the Hebrew name of God, "Yahweh." This passage has fascinated theologians and philosophers, because of the concept of "Bei...

1 year ago

45 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E2: Why Moses heard God from a burning bush

Send us a text It is an iconic scene in the Bible: God calls Moses from the burning bush. But, why the burning bush? After all, God can speak through an immeasurable number of things. It is because the bush that does not burn up, and the flame that blazes, yet will not burn itself out, means something to Moses--and to us--which connects us to how God, speaking all of reality, can speak to human individuals in a powerful and personal way. We'll explore what that is in this episode. (edit: ...

1 year ago

40 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4E1: Who were they before they were "Israel"?

Send us a text The fourth Season opens to explore the question of the people of Israel described in Exodus. Who were they? What is the significance of their story, regarding their oppression and slavery? What remnants or echoes, if any, remain of their story in the records and memory of ancient history, and what are their significance? And where are we headed from here? 2:21 Biblical stories as "Myth that has become History" ...

1 year ago

40 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S4 Prologue: They were born in the desert

Send us a text Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! To celebrate(?), here is the trailer for Season 4 of "What do you mean, God speaks?" God awaits in the desert The prologue, "They were born in the desert" Music : "Exodus" by Tenacious Orchestra - Licensed from PremiumBeat.com ---------------------------------------- Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/ Twitter: https://twitt...

1 year ago

3 minutes

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S3Post4: What I believe, and the stories we didn't cover

Send us a text The final 3rd Season’s post-season episode returns to some issues to wrap up before we move on to Season 4. First, part of this Season wrestled with the question that historians today has raised regarding the historicity of the life-stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their family—as they are recounted in the book of Genesis. But, what do I personally believe regarding the position held by most historians today? Here’s why the answer to that is somewhat complicated (and...

1 year ago

39 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S3Post3: Vote for a person, not a party (some Biblical reasons why)

Send us a text There’s this adage that says, “Don’t talk about religion or politics unless you want to get in trouble.” Well, this series is all about religion, so we might as well go the rest of the way this episode, and talk about politics! Now, politics is not what we usually explore in this series. But, it might be good to listen to me thinking aloud on topics outside my area, especially if these ideas are based on some of the insights and ideas this series has examined in the main episo...

1 year ago

30 minutes

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S3Post2: Renounce racism, but overcome prejudice

Send us a text It seems, at least from popular conversations in the News, opinion articles, or the constant postings on SNS, we are labeling more or more things or people as racist. Now, racism does remain a significant problem even in countries and societies that have made significant progress against it, and strands of it do seem to have been woven into the societies and institutions we have inherited. But, I also think that we have been too indiscriminate in labeling things or ...

1 year ago

37 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S3Post1: What do I mean, "Thank you for Listening?" My experiences with this series

Send us a text Thank you for listening and following this series! But, what does it mean for me to tell you this? These simple words mean much more than you may know. It has to do with what I've experienced, the fears I've faced and the encouragements I received in doing this series. To a very important extent, it has to do with, like the rest of this series, what God seems to speak and how that moves me to write what you hear. So, thank you for listening to what it means ...

1 year ago

39 minutes

What do you mean God speaks?

S3Finale: Frozen between faith and fear - How our Journey continues

Send us a text We have finally arrived at the final main episode of the third season. Here, we will survey what it means to believe in God, formed and expanded through the journeys of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and then Joseph. However, this account reveals that there will be times when those who are on this journey, become suspended between belief and unbelief, fear and faith. That was how it was for Jacob—who had been named Israel. After he lost his son, Joseph, and likely even earlier, his li...

1 year ago

41 minutes

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S3E17.17: So, what -is- God's part in a famine or whatever else?

Send us a text What began as a supplemental episode has become a rather long and hefty discussion about the question of suffering or evil in a world spoken forth by God. This is far from a complete answer. What this episode is doing is to outline a larger framework, along with a set of prior questions and considerations in order to really understand this question. Too many of us today think this question in terms of whether we can still believe that there exists a benevolent, super-powe...

1 year ago

41 minutes

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S3E17: Is God the 'Author' of our suffering? Yes... and No (Joseph Pt. 3)

Send us a text The series is back again, as it nears (steadily and slowly) the completion of Season 3! Thank you everyone for waiting! This episode will explore, as we conclude the life of Joseph, this perplexing question. If everything that happens is what God speaks forth, could God not have spoken something else? Could God not have brought about different happenings, different things, different life, a different world? If our reality unfolds like a story, and God is like ...

1 year ago

41 minutes

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S3E16: Who God forms you into in the pit (Joseph)

Send us a text We are often faced with the question of ambiguity in our wrestling with God. That was the question Joseph faced alone in prison. What was God speaking to him? Had God ever really spoken to him? God spoke to him insights into dreams and wisdom to lead people. Yet, he was in prison, seemingly forsaken and forgotten by God. However, God was doing something during those years, which would prepare him to be the kind of person he would need to be. For the dreams in his youth where ...

1 year ago

39 minutes