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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.)
Episodes
80 episodes
S4E8: Why would a Lamb's blood save you? Plague and the Lamb II
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 accomplishe...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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49:11
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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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45:23
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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40:06
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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40:50
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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45:10
S4E2: Why Moses heard God from a burning bush
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 flam...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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40:05
S4E1: Who were they before they were "Israel"?
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 ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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40:33
S4 Prologue: They were born in the desert
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 desertThe prologue, "They were born in the desert"...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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3:15
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S3Post4: What I believe, and the stories we didn't cover
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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39:00
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S3Post3: Vote for a person, not a party (some Biblical reasons why)
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!...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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30:00
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S3Post2: Renounce racism, but overcome prejudice
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 countrie...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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37:35
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S3Post1: What do I mean, "Thank you for Listening?" My experiences with this series
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 encourage...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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39:09
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S3Finale: Frozen between faith and fear - How our Journey continues
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 t...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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41:30
S3E17.17: So, what -is- God's part in a famine or whatever else?
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 l...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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41:43
S3E17: Is God the 'Author' of our suffering? Yes... and No (Joseph Pt. 3)
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 tha...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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41:55
S3E16: Who God forms you into in the pit (Joseph)
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 t...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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39:33
S3E15: When listening to God throws you into a pit (Joseph)
We’ve now started the final set of episodes of the 3rd season, as we explore the life-story of Joseph, and the question he confronted: what happens when what God has spoken to you, seems to have been proven false? What do you do when listening ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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36:33
S3E14: Questioning the Bible (Wrestling with God today Pt.2)
Full title: "Questioning the Bible, and Risking Belief for Faith" Thank you for the loooong wait! We continue from the previous episode, which followed the trail of questions that begin when I thought to myself years ag...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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45:30
S3E13: Maybe there is no God (Wrestling with God today Pt.1)
We’re back for 2023. This is the first part of a two-part episode, which explores how today, in our modern, secular society, we wrestle with our belief in God. These two episodes will detail how I’ve thought through the questions and i...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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37:00
S3Extra3: Update - Search for Publishers, Book Proposals, & the Upcoming Season
I'm back for 2023, and here is an extra episode to update what is being worked on. Next episode, "Risking belief to keep your faith" will air around mid-February. In the meanwhile, you can listen to this unscripted episode--i...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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38:23
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S3E12: People of God are those who wrestle with God
Many people are surprised that the name of the people of God, "Israel," means to "wrestle with God". But, that was the name God gives to Jacob, who is a character full of faults and failures, and that became the name of everyone who ar...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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44:11
S3E11: Who does God bless? (Jacob and Esau)
We're back with part 1 of the two-episode exploration of Jacob's life. What does it mean to be blessed by God? What is it about Jacob and his life that Genesis identifies him as the spiritual ancestor...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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36:14
S3E10: Why Isaac's life seems so (um) uneventful
Isaac is the promised child of Abraham and Sarah. Yet, his life as described in Genesis seems, well, uninteresting. But, there is a very interesting idea behind what happens--or rather, what doesn't happen--in Isaac's life, and it has to do wit...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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33:33
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