What do you mean God speaks?
A series that reconstrues and retells key ideas, insights, and stories in Christianity for the skeptics who want to understand religion, Christians with questions about their own beliefs, and everyone in between. I am Paul Seungoh Chung, the author of God at the Crossroads of Worldviews, a university lecturer, and a pastor. I invite you to explore with me the world shared by 2.4 billion people--one that inspired our ideals, imaginations, and intellect, for better or for worse. (Note: I recommend listening to the episodes in order--from the first to the latest.)
Podcasting since 2020 • 79 episodes
What do you mean God speaks?
Latest Episodes
S4E7: Why God strikes every firstborn of Egypt - Plague and the Lamb 1
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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S4E6: Divine Intervention or Natural Events? What the Plagues Meant
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 t...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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S4E5: Why God hardened Pharaoh's heart and then punished him for it
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 plague...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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45:00
S4E4: How Moses learns God is speaking with him step-by-step
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 Mos...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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S4E3: What does the name "YHWH" mean, and why it matters
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 <...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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