Category: Genesis

Transcript for The Family of Abraham: Part 2—A Dead Brother and a Barren Wife

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This transcription of the second part of my series on the story of the family of Abraham was transcribed by Lorraine O’Neal. If you would be interested in her transcription services—for sermons, lectures, talks, or something else—you can contact her here.

I would very much like to provide transcripts for all of my videos, but I will require more support for this to be affordable. If you would like to help to make this possible, please consider supporting or donating using my Patreon or PayPal accounts. New sponsorship and donations are being earmarked for this specific purpose.

If you would like to volunteer to transcribe some videos yourself, please contact me using the page above.You can see a complete list of my videos and transcripts here.

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Transcript for The Family of Abraham: Part 1—Introduction

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This transcription of the first part of my series on the story of the family of Abraham was transcribed by Lorraine O’Neal. If you would be interested in her transcription services—for sermons, lectures, talks, or something else—you can contact her here.

I would very much like to provide transcripts for all of my videos, but I will require more support for this to be affordable. If you would like to help to make this possible, please consider supporting or donating using my Patreon or PayPal accounts. New sponsorship and donations are being earmarked for this specific purpose.

If you would like to volunteer to transcribe some videos yourself, please contact me using the page above.You can see a complete list of my videos and transcripts here.

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Why Did David Take Five Smooth Stones?

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In your video on numerology, you said that we should pay attention to the presence of very specific numbers in surprising places. One possible example I’d like for you to discuss is the five smooth stones of 1 Samuel 17:40. Why be so specific about FIVE stones, when he only ended up using one? And is there any point to the other peculiarly specific details here?

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Theopolis Podcast: Q&A with Peter Leithart, Alastair Roberts, & David Field (Laughter, Temple, Preaching)

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The Theopolis podcast recently started a Curious Cat account, where listeners can leave their questions. This week, Peter Leithart and I were joined by Dr David Field, to answer a selection of the questions we had received.

You can follow the Theopolis podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, and on most podcast apps. You can read show notes over on the Theopolis podcast website. You can also see past episodes I have contributed to by clicking the ‘Theopolis Podcast’ link in the bar above. If you would like to leave a question for us to answer, please do so on our Curious Cat page.