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    <title>A Bigger Conversation - Episodes Tagged with “Faith”</title>
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    <description>The Bible was written by Eastern authors inspired by God.  We read it and understand it through the lens of a Western  culture,  missing the imagery, humor and underlying assumptions.  What are the things we might be missing?  What lies underneath, the things that are felt but not spoken? How can we restore some of the Hebrew/Jewish culture that we have stripped from the Biblical text in our Western world?
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    <itunes:subtitle>Reading the Bible in a fresh light</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Tom Neyhart</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>The Bible was written by Eastern authors inspired by God.  We read it and understand it through the lens of a Western  culture,  missing the imagery, humor and underlying assumptions.  What are the things we might be missing?  What lies underneath, the things that are felt but not spoken? How can we restore some of the Hebrew/Jewish culture that we have stripped from the Biblical text in our Western world?
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  <title>Episode 3: Ezer Kenegdo - Help that Opposes</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>A look at Genesis 2 and the creation of woman out of man as a helper that opposes.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>In episode 3 we are digging into the 2nd chapter of Genesis and taking a look at the creation of woman.  Some incorrectly view women as second to man but the text in Genesis 2 suggests otherwise.  This is the first time God pronounces something isn't good, and so we have woman taken out of man to be an equal part, a help that opposes.  Listen in as we dig deeper into this idea! 
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  <title>Episode 2: The Greatest Beginning</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Join us for the first story in the Bible as we look at creation from a fresh perspective.  </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>In this episode we want to dive in to the creation account with a fresh perspective.  Humankind is created with the likeness of God in us and before we could even work or produce, God looks at all he created and says "it is very good".  This is one of the most ignored stories of the Bible yet this is what is chosen as the beginning of the narrative about God and his invitation to join the story. 
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  <title>Episode 1: Introduction: Thinking Differently </title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Have you ever wondered why the Bible says weird and sometimes troubling things?  Maybe you have had questions but never felt like you were allowed to ask them?</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>In this episode, we want to tackle the way we think in our western world and compare it with the thoughts and ideas of the middles east.  Can the differences in thought and viewpoints give a differnet perspective on the biblical text?  Will it help us to understand the imagery, humor, language and even geography of a world that is different than ours?   
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