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What's going on with all these lists of names? Join us as we explore Genesis 5 and how it connects with the larger themes of scripture.

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Why do cultures around the world preserve stories of a great flood, divine beings, giant heroes, and a forgotten age before history? In this episode of The Two Trees Podcast, we explore the ancient world behind Genesis and the shared cultural memory that flowed through the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent. Drawing on the concept of the "cultural river," we'll examine how Genesis engages the myths and traditions of the ancient world—not by borrowing from them, but by correcting them. Rather than celebrating the mighty figures of old as heroes, Scripture exposes a story of rebellion, spiritual corruption, and God's judgment. Join us as we consider a biblical alternative to modern theories of Atlantis, ancient aliens, and lost civilizations, and discover how Genesis reveals what was really happening behind the stories the nations remembered.

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In this episode, we explore the meaning in the genealogy of Genesis 4, and how Scripture traces two competing ways of being human: one built on self-preservation, power, and vengeance, and another built on forgiveness, service, and self-giving love. Most surprisingly, we discover that when Jesus tells Peter to forgive “seventy-seven times,” He is answering the song of Lamech with a better song—one that calls humanity back to bearing the image of God.