What do you mean God speaks?

First trailer for the series, "What do you mean, God speaks?"Music from: "Road to Perfection" by Little Red Church - PremiumBeat.com----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

Second trailer for the series, "What do you mean, God speaks?"Music from: "Road to Perfection" by Little Red Church - PremiumBeat.com---------------------------------------- Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

What does it mean to believe in God, especially in a world where God seems nowhere to be found? That depends on what we mean by God. Yet, most of us no longer seem to really understand the idea God, as we try and often fail to find God in our modern, scientific, and secular world. But, this is because the actual idea of God is more about how we relate to Reality as a whole. So, let's begin our journey from this starting point.00:00    Belief in God in a world God seems nowhere to be found      01:45    Is there no job left for God?      08:18    Our misunderstanding: God is not an entity     10:06   God as the "Author" to the Story of everything     13:45   "Translating" the idea of God for non-Theists     15:00   Comparison between the idea of God, and of Reality     20:12   The real question on whether to believe in God     Music from: "Road to Perfection" by Little Red Church - PremiumBeat.com ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

Our societies are becoming more polarized, and increasingly less able to hold fruitful conversations with people with different views. Simply put, we don't know how to disagree properly about things important to us. A look at why this series is for the skeptics who want to understand religious viewpoints, Christians with questions about their own beliefs, and everyone in between. ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

In this extra episode, I talk about the series, what I'm hoping to do through it, my background, and why I pronounce my name "Jung" instead of "Chung." An informal episode. Episode 3 will go live as scheduled next week.  ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

Why is Christmas on December 25th, when it's not actually the historical birthday of Jesus? Because it expresses an important aspect of what the day means; the Christian story of Jesus Christ starts from despair. It begins from a deep sense that we are not where we should be and where we could have been, a sense of loss and being lost. In a year when Christmas has arrived during a global pandemic, political, social, and religious strife, with the news of tyranny and oppression, all of which have us wondering where we've gone wrong, we're actually a step closer to the original setting to which the story of hope that Christmas represents. ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

If science can explain how the universe began and evolves through the Laws of Nature, does that make the idea of a Creator about as superfluous as the Flying Spaghetti Monster? That depends on what we mean by God. How Christians understand what it means to say, "God created the world," is very diverse and complex. But, what is core to all their understanding is an idea found in the Gospel of John--an idea that is also core to philosophy and foundational to science--that there is a rational principle that underlie everything that happens and how everything comes to be. What does this mean for science and Christianity?- An episode that asks, "What do you mean 'God created the universe?'" 1:33 Flying Spaghetti Monster3:15 Is science incompatible with the Creation account?5:47 Russell's Teapot and its problems9:35  Does the universe need God?  12:19 The idea of the Logos in Philosophy, Science,16:24 Christian idea of Creation and the Logos, and its relation to Science ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

Christians disagree among themselves about what Christians believe. Some support certain political leaders and policies fanatically, while others are very critical of them. Some believe modern science goes against the belief in God, while others think it enriches their understanding of God. There are different branches of Christianity, and different denominations. And there is also the fact what the Christian churches taught about a number of things have changed throughout history. So which is the "real" Christianity? This episode explores what "Christianity" is supposed to be when there seems to be so many versions of them. 00:00   Introduction01:26   The diversity of Christian positions04:18   Who is a "real" Christian?07:48   Insufficient answers to what is the "real" Christianity?10:08   Beliefs are interconnected into a configuration!13:31   Core beliefs and "encasing" beliefs15:46   Example of "core" and "encasing" beliefs at work19:03   Christianity is on a journey  ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

A mob has stormed the U.S. Capitol. If anything kills the nation, this will kill it. Not the protest, nor the storming itself, but what motivated it. And if what motivated them motivate most people in that country, that country is on its deathbed. And if the Church cannot be (and has not been) a counter-example, then....[Edit note: expanded by 2 minutes, to explain a few points I was trying to convey.]----------------------------------------Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

What are we doing when we think or speak about God? Is it even possible that human words or concepts can truly describe the "Infinite Reality," which is God? More to the point, isn't Christian description of God anthropomorphism, wrongly attributing human characteristic to Reality that is beyond us? The classical Christian answer is that everything we say of God comes with this caveat; everything we humans can say of God is necessarily inadequate. But, they are nevertheless true--true as "analogies."  What does that mean?The answer to this is what we would need to keep in mind whenever we talk about God as we go forward in this series. 00:00   Introduction02:47   Dao de Jing and the Bible on Reality beyond words07:42   All talk of God is "analogical"10:43   When do we need to use analogies?  14:55   Analogies to describe Reality & God16:50   How we discover the "appropriate" names of God        ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

The episodes for this series builds from the previous episodes, -and- the first season especially cover the more complicated ideas. So, periodically, I will release an extra episode that has a summary review for the previous episodes.  This bonus episode will discuss what the first season is doing, and what each episode is about.         0:00 Introduction         0:27 What the 1st Season is about          2:19 On Episode 1          6:57 On Episode 2          9:39 On Episode 3          11:46 On Episode 4          15:26 On Episode 5          19:20 On Bonus episode 2  25:03 On Episode 6         ----------------------------------------Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

It is common to nowadays for people to think that God of Christianity is just another god--even if a very popular one that's supposedly all-powerful and all-knowing. Some may even say that Christians insist on the capital "G," for their "God" because they just want their god to be unique among others. But, that's not quite right. Christians would in fact insist that other peoples and nations across the world do know their "God" too in their own way.  It's just that the Christian idea of "God" is a very different idea from that of gods. "God" is not "god."00:00   Early Christians were called the "atheists"?!?  02:13   Is Isaac Asimov's supercomputer, "God"?   05:58   From early Israel's belief in "god" to "God"  12:50   "God" and "Yahweh" is a very odd name for a god  16:14   The idea of "God" that is not a god  18:42   Christian search for "God" in beliefs of other peoples            ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

This extra episode addresses a few points that may have been raised in the seventh episode: Why "God" is not "god."1) If ancient Israelites weren't "monotheists" as we understand them today, does that mean their oldest religious beliefs (or oldest beliefs in general) were polytheistic?  [ Short answer: Not really. ]2) So, is the belief in "God" with the capital "G" something the Jews and the Christians arrived at just by thinking it through? [ Short answer: No. ]3) How could Jews / Christians argue from Greek philosophy that there is One God, when Greek philosophers themselves would have been polytheists?  [ Short answer: It's complicated ... and check out Hinduism for comparison? ]00:00   Why this addendum?00:26   Am I saying the oldest religious belief is polytheistic?03:04   Is the idea of "God" just philosophical insight?04:12   My (speculative) talk about Greek and Hindu parallels07:26   About the next episode               ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

The Christian idea of sin and judgment is more than just an idea that our moral wrong will be punished by God. It points to something more basic, of that relentless question in our hearts why our world, and our lives, are not better than what they are now, and the part we've played in it. And whether we answer the question or ignore it, there will be a cost. That's why even today, the idea of sin and judgment is still relevant, and it still haunts us.   00:00   Sin and why there's no world peace01:54   Some caricatures  03:40   Sin is more than a moral wrong  08:13   Sin as missing the mark  10:06   How "love" defines "better"  12:38   The questions that reveal sin  16:59   Inheriting sin  18:27   Basic idea of repentance  20:09   Basic idea of the Judgment of God            ----------------------------------------     Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

What do you mean God speaks?What is it like to "hear" God speak? What did figures like Abraham, Moses, the prophets, the apostles experience when God spoke to them?Before we can answer this, we must first understand what it means for God to speak in general. In this episode, we will explore what it means to say that "God speaks," and how every human being"hears" God speak, even if we don't call it that. Only then, can we explore what more was happening in the Bible.01:12   Many threads of the question04:20   Thread 1 - "God speaks" and Truth06:43   "Every" truth is God speaking?08:44   Reality is "Speech"?11:42   Thread 2 - Truth-seeking, and God speaking15:02   Person who manifests God who speaks20:01   How we may, or fail to, manifest God who speaks              ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

According to Christianity, every truth is God speaking. But, there is a difference between God speaking and God speaking to you. God is Reality; but, for Christians Reality is Who, not a what. And Reality is Who, because this Reality speaks to them personally.  But, what is it like to experience God speaking to you? What would it have been like for those like Abraham, or Moses?01:31   God speaking vs God speaking to you04:19   Voices that speak to us from within08:40   Voices are more than just part of you13:45   The most important question is?16:17   The voice can hold a conversation22:17   The role of miracles when God speaks              ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

 “Who am I? One name you might have for me is The World. Or you might call me the Universe. Or, perhaps God. Or the Truth. I am All, and I am One. And this also means that I am you.”   Truth, from Full Metal Alchemist                                                                                           This is an extra episode that examines the question in episode 9 and episode 10 in greater depth. If God can speak from within, where is the line between you and God? To understand our preliminary answer to this, we need to think about the relation between Reality, Truth, God, and ourselves in how we experience them.Also, my interview at Christian Esports League:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHooF-oh-N4              ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

a.k.a. How nightmare plagues every dream of God's Kingdom                                  -                       Many evils have been perpetrated in the name of Christianity; even now, there seems to be many individuals who justify their bigotry, hatred, or violence, by appealing to Christianity. The same, of course, happens with other religions, and even non-religious and anti-religious ideologies. But, the real question is, why?    This episode explores one key vector of such evil, and it begins with this point: evil is parasitical to the good. And just before Jesus began his mission to save the world, the devil offers him three temptations; each was an attempt to ensure that evil could feed off from what Jesus would accomplish. Jesus rejected these temptations; we usually did not.        00:00 - The pressing question about evils of (ir)religion   /04:17 - Evil as absence of good  /07:34 - Evil as parasitical to the good   /11:53 - Good as a mask for evil  /14:18 - Self-righteous evil, then and now  /19:07 - Three temptations of Jesus  /25:13 - What Jesus rejected and why we don’t  /              ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

What does it mean to say that the Bible is the “word of God”?  For Christianity, the “Word of God,” refers to much more than just the Bible; literally everything that unfolds in History is God speaking, the Logos--the rational principle of the universe, is God speaking--every truth is God speaking, and Jesus Christ is the Word of God who became a human being. So, where does the Bible fit? Why is a book about people who lived long ago, the “word of God,” and in what ways?   The Bible… is a map made out of people. So, that we won’t get lost trying to hear God in everything.               ----------------------------------------  Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.

The entire series is written as a whole, like a single book that is broken up into sequential episodes, with each building upon the previous ones. So, periodically, I release an extra episode that has a summary review for the previous episodes.  This episode will explain what the first season was aiming for, and what episodes 7 to 12 is about.                      0:00 Introduction                       0:54 What the 1st Season was aiming for                       4:08 On Episode 7                       7:28 On Episode 8                       10:07 On Episode 9                       12:55 On Episode 10                       17:14 On Episode 10.10                       20:20 On Episode 11                       24:08 On Episode 12                       27:25 Future plans                      ----------------------------------------Support the show ---------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatdoyoumeangodspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_Seungoh website: https://whatdoyoumeangodspeaks.buzzsprout.com/ * Please review or rate this series on Apple Podcast and other platforms! * You can financially support this show by clicking the "Support the Show" line above.