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Episode 185
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June 26, 2026
Death Cannot Stop New Creation: Galatians 3 and the Curse - Episode 185
What does Paul mean when he says that Christ “became a curse for us” in Galatians 3:13? This passage is often pulled into atonement...
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Episode 184
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June 19, 2026
The Divine Council Without the gods: Atonement and Glorification - Episode 184
What is atonement actually for? After several episodes working through substitution, penalty, wrath, ransom, and sin-bearing, this episode steps back to ask the larger...
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Episode 183
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June 12, 2026
Bearing Sin: Burden, Forgiveness, and Collapsing Frames - Episode 183
What does it mean to “bear sin”? Many Christians hear the whole doctrine of penal substitution inside that phrase, but the biblical language is...
01:02:07
Episode 182
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June 05, 2026
Ransom as Release: Redemption Beyond Payment - Episode 182
When we hear the word ransom, we often think first of payment. But is payment really the center of the biblical frame? Continuing the...
01:11:16
Episode 181
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May 29, 2026
Take Me Instead: The Limits of Substitution-Replacement - Episode 181
Last week, we began collecting biblical data for substitution-replacement: one person, animal, object, payment, or group taking the place of another. This week, we...
01:08:45
Episode 180
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May 22, 2026
Instead of Isaac: The Ram and the Logic of Replacement - Episode 180
We begin a focused exploration of substitution-replacement: the idea that one person, animal, object, payment, or group takes the place of another so that...
01:06:46