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Genesis Marks the Spot

Raiding the ivory tower of biblical theology without ransacking our faith.

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Aug. 8, 2025

On This Rock: A Christ-Centered Biblical Theology Community - Episode 139

In this special episode of Genesis Marks the Spot , Carey shares the heart and vision behind her new online community— On This Rock —a distraction-free space for deep Bible study, discipleship, and ministry growth. From the b...
Aug. 1, 2025

Zero Female Nephilim: Violence, Symbolism, and Covenant - Episode 138

Did female Nephilim exist? It's a fascinating question—and one that seems straightforward from a modern lens. But this episode takes you deep into the symbolic, theological, and cultural frameworks of the ancient world to exp...
July 25, 2025

This One Goes to 11: Rethinking Referent and Affirmation - Episode 137

What if the Bible talks about things it doesn’t actually affirm? That’s the question John and J. Harvey Walton explore in their referent/affirmation hermeneutic—a method that seeks to distinguish between what Scripture uses c...
July 17, 2025

Our Interpretive Toolkit: Framing How We Read Scripture - Episode 136

Venturing deep into the world of biblical interpretation—exploring the methods that shape how we read Scripture, how we understand righteousness, holiness, and obedience, and why John Walton's work continues to spark both adm...
July 11, 2025

Torah and the Two Ways: Wisdom unto Life, Not Legal Death - Episode 135

This episode of Genesis Marks the Spot centers on an example of biblical theology, reframing how we understand law—not as rigid legislation, but as wisdom anchored in covenant relationship. Drawing from The Lost World of the ...
July 4, 2025

Torah on Trial: Rethinking Law in Ancient Israel - Episode 134

This illuminating episode of Genesis Marks the Spot dives deep into the nature of biblical law—just in time for the Fourth of July. What is law, really? Is the Torah a legislative code or a curated teaching tool for ethical f...

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July 31, 2025

Why 1 Enoch Is Not in the Canon of Scripture

So here's a common question from people who follow Dr. Michael Heiser's work, or really any of the current flurry of interest in 1 Enoch: Why isn’t 1 Enoch in our Bibles? I mean, after all...you've found out that it's quoted in the Bible and…

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July 29, 2025

Stop Ruining Numbers: A Theological Lament

This is just a general rumination (and frankly, lament) because I was led to go on a bit of a research side-trail today due to an interesting question about the Babylonian base-60 number system and if the Bible has anything to do with that.  (Q…

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July 28, 2025

What Does the Bible Affirm? Turning Up the Dial on Walton’s Hermeneut…

Being in the space I’m in—biblical theology podcasting, moderating the DCW (Divine Council Worldview FB group), and spending time in the strange crossroads of hermeneutics, canon, and spiritual imagination—I see some patterns. One…

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Carey Griffel

Carey Griffel has a Masters of Biblical Studies with Redemption Seminary and is passionate about teaching about the Bible from a biblical theology perspective with a healthy dose of creative thinking thrown in to the mix.
Carey can be found on Instagram and Facebook. She has her own Facebook discussion group for her podcast and is an administrator and moderator of several other FB groups, such as Reading Genesis 50 Times and Divine Council Worldview, official group of Dr. Michael Heiser.

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