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Genesis Marks the Spot

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

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Episode 154

November 21, 2025

Between Glory and Ashes 2: God Is a Consuming Fire - Episode 154

In this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot, Carey continues tracing the theme of fire through Scripture—this time by pairing it with the biblical...

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Episode 153

November 14, 2025

Between Glory and Ashes: Fire at the Boundary - Episode 153

This episode launches a new mini-series on the theme of fire in Scripture and how it works as more than just a judgment or...

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Episode 152

November 07, 2025

From Magic to Presence: Prayer, Baptism, and Protection - Episode 152

In this sweeping synthesis episode, Carey zooms out from Mesopotamian exorcism texts to contrast ancient magic/technique with the Bible’s holiness/presence frame. We explore how...

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Episode 151

October 31, 2025

Purity before Sinai 3: One Goat to Clean Them All - Episode 151

Concluding the mini-series reading from Udug-hul (Udug-hul) Tablet 12, a Mesopotamian exorcism/purification text, and tracing how a single goat in this ritual ends up...

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Episode 150

October 24, 2025

Purity before Sinai 2: Sacred Technology of Cosmic Repair - Episode 150

This episode continues last week’s deep dive (Ep. 149) into Udug-hul Tablet 12, exploring how ancient Mesopotamians understood purity, sacred space, demons, and ritual—and...

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Episode 149

October 17, 2025

Purity Before Sinai: Subverting Storm Demons - Episode 149

Today we step before Leviticus into Sumerian and Akkadian worlds to see how ancient people thought about purity, danger, and the sacred—and how Israel...

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