Unschooled Theology

Derick and Evan discuss what we should take from the description of the four rivers that split in the garden in Eden.

Derick and Evan discuss the importance and meaning behind the two trees in the center of the garden of Eden.

Derick and Evan expand on the significance of trees and why humans are meant to tend to them.

Derick and Evan discuss the significance of the Garden being at the eastern edge of Eden.

Derick and Evan discuss the significance of God placing man within a garden.

Derick and Evan discuss the significance of God breathing through man’s nostrils in Genesis 2:7.

Derick and Evan discuss the reality of humanity being a hybrid creature and the dusty portion of that hybrid.

Derick and Evan discuss the significance of an absence of rain prior to the introduction of man inside the Garden of Eden.

Derick and Evan discuss Genesis 2:4 as the opening of the Adam and Eve narrative.

Derick and Evan discuss a couple of small notes on their approach to Biblical study.

Derick and Evan discuss the idea of seeing the story of Adam and Eve as not so much containing insight into gender but rather the masculine and feminine perspectives.

Derick and Evan debate whether or not referring to the story of Adam and Eve as ‘The Fall of Man’ has negative implications for interpretation of the story.

Derick and Evan examine the Doctrine of Original Sin and question whether it really makes sense, as well as offering an alternative way to understand the story of Eden. There is also some discussion of Superman and Batman.

Derick and Evan discuss the relationship between the first and second stories in the Bible.

Derick and Evan discuss just what kind of a story the story of Adam and Eve is and how that might influence interpretation.