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A 16-Part Biblical Audiobook Video Series
The complete book, read and illustrated in sixteen episodes — about 158 minutes in all. Begin with Part 1, or step in wherever a theme draws you.
“There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.” — Revelation 4:5
16 episodes
Each episode has its own page with the video, Scripture references, key themes, and links to related articles and studies.
Part 1of 16
One God. Three Persons. The series opens by distinguishing the ontological and economic study of the Trinity and introducing the Nicene Creed.
Scripture: Exodus 3:14Isaiah 46:9Revelation 4:8
Begotten and Born: Reading the Nicene Creed Closely
Part 2of 16
Four phrases from the Nicene Creed — one baptism, catholic and apostolic, proceeding from the Father, and born of the Father — examined against Scripture.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:131 Corinthians 1:12–13Romans 8:2–13
Begotten and Born: Reading the Nicene Creed Closely
Part 3of 16
The Word of God born of the Breath of God — and four ways the Father and the Spirit may be understood as Heavenly Parents.
Scripture: Colossians 1:12–15John 1:1–3Hebrews 13:8
Begotten and Born: Reading the Nicene Creed Closely
Part 4of 16
Why did the Spirit descend as a dove? An eleven-point biblical questionnaire on the identity of the Holy Spirit within the Trinity.
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3John 3:5–7Matthew 3:16
Who Is the Holy Spirit? Eleven Questions from Scripture
Part 5of 16
Wind, breath, womb, water and baptism — Jesus' words to Nicodemus and historical witnesses who described the Spirit in maternal terms.
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:17–18John 3:3–8Ecclesiastes 11:5
Who Is the Holy Spirit? Eleven Questions from Scripture
Part 6of 16
Adam, Eve and Cain as the first human family — and what being made in God's image reveals about the Father, the Spirit and the Son.
Scripture: Genesis 1:26Genesis 2:7–4:1Romans 1:19–20
Made in Our Image: The First Family and the Family of God
Part 7of 16
Why does the New Testament use "He" for the Spirit in John 14–16? Paracletos, pneuma, ruah — and the difference between grammatical gender and identity.
Scripture: John 14:26John 15:26John 16:7–8
The Pronoun Problem: Paracletos, Pneuma and Ruach
Part 8of 16
Jerome, Origen and the Old Syriac Gospels; the comforting mother, the sheltering hen, the mothering eagle; and Sarah, the free woman of Galatians 4.
Scripture: John 14:26Isaiah 66:13Luke 13:34
The Dove, the Hen and the Eagle
Part 9of 16
Sarah and Hagar as two covenants, two cities and two mountains — Sinai and Zion, earthly Jerusalem and the Jerusalem which is above.
Scripture: Galatians 4:22–31Galatians 4:26Galatians 4:28
Jerusalem Above: The Mother of Us All
Part 10of 16
The sevenfold Spirit of Isaiah 11:2, the seven lamps of Revelation 4:5, the menorah — and the seven attributes in the words of Lady Wisdom.
Scripture: Revelation 4:5Isaiah 11:2Proverbs 8:1–23
Seven Lamps Before the Throne: The Sevenfold Spirit of God
Part 11of 16
Was Wisdom present before creation? The Hebrew behind Proverbs 8 — nasak, hul, amon — Ezekiel's whirlwind and the Spirit brooding over the waters.
Scripture: Proverbs 8:22–35Ezekiel 1:4Genesis 1:2
Lady Wisdom in Proverbs 8: The Architect at the Father's Side
Part 12of 16
Wisdom in 2 Esdras and the Book of Wisdom; seven lamps around the Father and seven candlesticks around the Son. Like Mother, like daughter.
Scripture: 2 Esdras 13:55–56Wisdom of Solomon 7:7–9:17John 14:26
The Bride of Christ: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Part 13of 16
The marriage supper of the Lamb, New Jerusalem prepared as a bride, and the Jerusalem which is above — then the turn toward the Tree of Life.
Scripture: Revelation 19:6–8Revelation 21:1–2Galatians 4:26
Part 14of 16
One of Scripture's oldest symbols — the Tree of Life as giver of eternal life and fruit, linked with Lady Wisdom, the menorah and the burning bush.
Scripture: Revelation 22:1–2Proverbs 3:13–18Proverbs 11:30
The Tree of Life and the Holy Spirit
Part 15of 16
The flaming sword that turns every way, the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God, and the way to eternal life through Jesus Christ.
Scripture: Genesis 3:22–24Ephesians 6:17John 1:1–17
The Flaming Sword and the Sword of the Spirit
Part 16of 16
The final episode — the lost sheep, the lost coin and the prodigal son as three seekers, and the invitation of Revelation 22.
Scripture: Luke 15:1–32Romans 3:22–24Revelation 22:1–21
The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Lost Son
Playlist
Play every episode in order on YouTube. The playlist continues automatically from one part to the next.
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Seven chapters on the Holy Spirit in Scripture, symbolism and history — in ebook and audiobook.
Explore the BookSixteen audiobook video episodes of about ten minutes each, free on YouTube.
Watch the SeriesStudy hubs on the Trinity, Lady Wisdom, the Tree of Life, New Jerusalem and more.
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Read the book
Honoring the Feminine Nature of the Holy Spirit
by Jason Turner & Michael Ogden
