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Today, we go over salmon recipes, Documentary Hypothesis, J's and G's in German, our new farming unit at homeschool with the 4 year old, and the tragic story of Cain and Abel and the Mark of Cain. Where did Cain's wife come from?? Listen and let's find out.

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• Sam Harrelson (@sambharrelson) • Gen 4:1-16
• oremus Bible Browser : Genesis 4:1-16
• Documentary hypothesis
• Julius Wellhausen – Wikipedia
• Pan Seared Salmon – Kent Rollins
• Eric Vanden Eykel on Twitter: “If you actually read Genesis 3, the “hierarchy of the home” is a **consequence** of what the <checks notes> snake convinces the people to do. It’s not “God’s good design.” God’s good design is equality. Do better. Putz.” / Twitter

Q&A and follow up from Gen 3:20-24 post

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• Sam Harrelson on Instagram: “Today in Thinking About The Bible After Midnight: Genesis 3:20-24… East of Eden. James Dean. For us late Gen X’ers (Xennials?), James…” — Genesis 3:20-24 Reflection on Instagram
• Eden sanctuary – creation.com — Do not approve…
• Pre-Adamite – Wikipedia
• Who Was the Wife of Cain? – Biblical Archaeology Society — BAR is always a “fun” read.

This week we take a look back on a fascinating week of religion news and discuss how to talk to people who don't think the same way you do before closing out with a little history lesson on Acts 4-5.

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• Loving Enemies Is Hard at Post-Impeachment Prayer Breakfas…… | News & Reporting | Christianity Today
• The Family | Netflix Official Site
• Joe: Trump mocked the words of Jesus Christ and he got away with it
• How Mitt Romney’s impeachment vote was influenced by his Mormon faith
• oremus Bible Browser : Acts of the Apostles 5
• Gamaliel – Wikipedia

Merianna and Sam discuss church schedules, life of the pastor's spouse, missing Sunday morning worship, Micah 6:8, and high church baptists.

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• The Aviator (2004) – IMDb
• John Roderick (musician) – Wikipedia
• oremus Bible Browser : Micah 6
• What is a High Church Baptist? – Sam Harrelson

This week, Revs. Merianna Neely Harrelson and Sam Harrelson discuss canonization, the politics of commentaries, Jonah's Whale, interpretation history, Doomsday Clock, Harrowing of Hell, and masturbation lessons from Sunday School.

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• Did Jonah Really Get Swallowed by a Whale? | The Institute for Creation Research — Yikes… quite the hot take here (spoiler: no, it wasn’t a whale in the text).
• Doomsday Clock – Wikipedia
• Biblical hermeneutics – Wikipedia
• Harrowing Of Hell
• What Does the Bible Say about Masturbation? — Yikes… “In a sense, it becomes a substitute god.”
• Masturbation in the Bible – Scripture Quotes about it’s Sinfulness — In case you wanted to prooftext it…
• 5 Biblical Ways to Overcome Masturbation | ApplyGodsWord.com — No words…
• Sex and the American Teenager: Seeing through the Myths and Confronting the … – R. Murray Thomas – Google Books

Bonus episode here as the main show will be coming out a little later this week. This is audio from Sam's sermon on John 1:29-42 this past Sunday at Garden of Grace UCC in Columbia, SC about sin, community, identity, and why he started going to church.

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Sam is joined by The Rev. Merianna Neely Harrelson to discuss how she approaches Acts in church Bible studies, canonization, ascension vs resurrection vs transfiguration, the problem with a seminary education, and 4 listener questions.

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Ancient Rite" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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• The Minister and The Mystic
• Apocryphal Acts – Biblical Studies – Oxford Bibliographies

Sam is joined by Matthew Klippenstein this week to discuss fracturing of denominations, late dating of biblical texts, what an American has to learn from a Canadian, why the Dalai Lama might want to consider the lilies, and why ACTS might be the best book in the New Testament.

Special Guest: Matthew Klippenstein.

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• Christianity in Canada – Wikipedia
• Search | National Observer
• David Trobisch – Wikipedia
• Who Published the New Testament – David Trobisch
• Demographics of British Columbia – Wikipedia
• 2017 British Columbia general election – Wikipedia

Big news in this one… we’re coming back weekly for 2020! Starting around New Year’s Day, we’ll be back with all new guests and voices (and voices of guests) as well as some fun book giveaways, and a number of insider downloads drawing from the show’s past (and present and future).

Merry Christmas from Merianna, Sam, and the Harrelson family and more soon!

(We also have an exciting new podcast studio that we'll be discussing)…

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