The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming

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Back to Eden! 1 Timothy 2-3. The Big Picture May 22, 2022

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Let’s focus on 1 Timothy 2:8-3:16 because this is the heart of Paul’s instructions to Timothy on how to correct wayward overseers at Ephesus and even today. Misinterpretation of this passage is the source of much bad teaching and practice regarding women in ministry and in the Christian home.

Did Paul teach that women are to be silent in church? Did Paul teach that Adam and all men have priority over Eve and all women?

Did Paul teach that only men can be pastors? No, no and no! Not here in 1 Timothy 2:8-3:16 he didn’t!

People have gone astray because they have taken smaller pieces of this long passage out of context. This passage that focuses on one thing is made out to be about some other thing.

This is a big problem! Can we successfully study verse 2:12 without looking at where it fits in with the larger context? No. How about verse 3:2? No again.

In this overview we discover the important parts of 1 Timothy and where the verses fit in to the big picture.

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The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.” Once Genesis 3:16 is made clear the other passages on women and men become clear too. You are encouraged to access the episodes of Seasons 1-11 of The Eden Podcast for teaching on the seven key passages on women and men. Are you a reader? We invite you to get from Amazon the four books by Bruce C. E. Fleming in The Eden Book Series (Tru316.com/trubooks). Would you like to support the work of the Tru316 Foundation? You can become a Tru Partner here: www.Tru316.com/partner

Discoveries in "The Eden Course"! May 08, 2022

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Here are some of the insights from The Eden Course Jessica is excited about:

1. God created Equal Partners from Creation on!

2. Kidnap marriages? Arranged marriages? What is God's original design for marriage?

3. Was it The Fall? No. This is one of Jessica's favorite parts. We call it The Attack!

4. Was the woman the Temptress? Was there combat between the man and woman? No and No. What really happened?

5. Was the woman cursed? The man? No and No. God didn't curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.

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A Different Look at Eden with Pastor Gene Apr 24, 2022

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TheEdenCourse.com gives you eight great digital lessons with videos, quizzes plus audio resources and more!

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"THE EDEN BIBLE STUDY" with guest Dr. Bill Rudd Apr 10, 2022

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This discussion uses the 2-page Eden Bible Study. Use it when you meet with a friend, as you discuss Genesis 3 with the family, in a group study at your church! To get a copy email Bruce@Tru316.com with the word STUDY

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Natalie and Bruce do "THE EDEN BIBLE STUDY" Mar 27, 2022

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What happens when people teach something the Bible doesn't say? When we try to apply principles that do NOT line up with the inspired Hebrew and Greek words of the Bible what problems arise?

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NEW for Tru316 Day - The Eden Course! Mar 16, 2022

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Too many people have thought Eve was struck by some kind of Eden curse. That belief is based on MIStranslations and MISinterpretations of the Hebrew text of Genesis 3:16. To make clear what the Bible really says take The Eden Course!

This online course costs just $49 and has 8 great video lessons, quizzes and additional resources. Jessica Nagy shot the videos that walk you through Genesis chapters 2 and 3. You’ll come across important points you’ve already learned and you’ll make new discoveries along the way.

In The Eden Course walk step by step through the Garden of Eden and fall deeply in love with the Creator of us all! You'll marvel at God’s grace and powerful partnership with the woman in the Garden!

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Sheila and Bruce for 316 Day 2022! Mar 13, 2022

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From the interview on The Eden Podcast:

Sheila: “When you create a situation where men’s opinions matter more, and where his having leadership means that she is not to question him, it creates a situation where she can’t bring up marriage issues that she sees. Or she can’t be ‘iron sharpening iron’ with him which the Bible calls us to be. That slowly becomes an entitlement on his part, and I believe what we’re seeing is a lot of men are raised to be entitled and spiritually lazy. … I think that this whole theology [they’re raised on] does men such a disservice. And I’m so glad to see men speaking up about it, because more men need to.”

“Bad theology leads to a 7-fold increase in divorce” according to Sheila Gregoire. “The church is teaching us to live in ways that stifle intimacy. Worse still, church leaders are blacklisting her teaching on intimacy in marriage.”

Sheila: “Imposing a hierarchy on spouses is not following the Bible’s teaching. Bruce: As Dr. Joy Fleming revealed in her research God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.

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Eph 5:33-6:9 "It's Mutual!" Feb 27, 2022

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IT'S MUTUAL! This was Paul's BIG IDEA based on the revelation of the Great Mystery in Ephesians 5:32.

In Ephesians 5:33-6:9 Paul presents Part 2 of his illustrative passage on How to be filled with the Spirit (5:18).

In verses 19a and 21 he explained that believers teach and correct one another through their speaking and their submitting.

Then starting with verse 22 all the way through 6:9 he illustrates how this is done.

Christ is the supreme example. As Christ LOVED the church and GAVE Himself for the church (5:25b).

Similarly, Christian wives and husbands live like Christ (see the link in Greek with the word "fear" in verse 21 and in 33.

There is no hierarchy in the Christian couple living this way. And we would see that easily if we were not influenced by the mistranslation and misinterpretation of Genesis 3:16. This is why we need to true the verse in 3:16 because the Hebrew message is clear: God didn't curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way (see Tru316.com).

GO DEEPER in the book Beyond Eden, Ephesians 5:15-6:9 by Bruce C. E. Fleming

Eph 5:25-32 Christ's Example. Feb 13, 2022

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Are these verses teaching us primarily about marriage? Are they not rather teaching us primarily about Christ and the church?

Jesus is one with the church in a joint-body. Jesus is the Savior who gave himself for the church. Jesus loves the church with agape love.

Examples of Christ's care are brought up by Paul using other word pictures. For example the way wives and husbands care for and love one another. For example the way a person cares for his or her own body.

In this passage we learn how Christ cares for and loves the church. And we learn how we are to care for one another in the church.

The discussion in this Episode based on the Study Guide questions that go with Chapter 5 in the book Beyond Eden, Ephesians 5:15-6:9.

GO DEEPER

Beyond Eden. Spouses Submitting Jan 30, 2022

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The meaning of Ephesians 5:22 is discovered in the matrix it is found in. Briefly, Paul turns to the relationship of married Spirit-filled believers to demonstrate how all members of the church build up one another.

Christian wives submit to the teaching and admonition they receive from their Spirit-filled husbands. And reciprocally, Christian husbands submit to the teaching and admonition they receive from their Spirit-filled wives.

The discussion in this Episode draws from the book Beyond Eden, Ephesians 5:15-6:9.

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