This is the sermon delivered by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of the Unfinished Community on October 6,, 2024.

Today's sermon is drawn from Genesis 2:18-24 and Mark 10:2-16, and involves some very deliberate re-evaluating of some of the frankly ridiculous ways in which we have interpreted the Bible over generations. Is woman meant to be subservient to man, or is she a straight-up improvement? Does God have IT training, since the divine solution to an annoying arrogance was to turn the whole man off and back on again? And what about divorce; what in God's name is up with Jesus' sudden pivot to right-wing talking points and quiverful-adjacent BS? Listen in, and find out!

(Manuscript available at the website below!)

Scripture links are below!

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LINKS:

This sermon is also available as a video on YouTube, if you're ever interested in what a sermon filmed on a potato actually looks like!

First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202%3A18-24&version=NRSVUE

Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2010%3A2-16&version=NRSVUE

Unfinished Community Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible one story at a time - with additional Micah for effect - starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!

Welcome back as we dive in to the anti-imperialistic madness of Exodus, Chapter 5. Who is doing the screwing here; Moses, Pharaoh, or God? How, and why, does the hardening of hearts happen, and can Pastor Don successfully explain it before the end of the episode? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!

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LINKS:

This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!

Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley - with an additional Micah/Llama this time - explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!

Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the 4th chapter of Exodus as we throw up our hands to form a full-on genki dama of snark! Foreskins are back on the men as everything goes creepily off the rails. Where did all these weird blood rituals come from? Is any of this even supposed to make sense? How many confused faces can Courtney make, anyways? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!

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LINKS:

This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!

Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!

Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, now with a bonus special guest! Join us as we discuss the terrifying, miraculous events of Exodus 4 with an atypically elevated level of snark! Does this confirm the presence of Solid Snake in the Biblical canon? Does God really give a crap about any of our limitations? Did you know that being white is apparently a disease? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!

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LINKS:

This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!

Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!

Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us as we go at the second part of Chapter 3, and explore God's revelation of the Divine name to Moses. How do you pronounce a word that has no vowels? How long have we been trying to do that anyways? Did God seriously pick a word/phrase for the Divine name that could basically mean anything? Can it be pronounced "Yiffy?" Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!

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LINKS:

This video is also available as video on YouTube (link on the church website below) if silly videos are more your thing!

Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!

Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us as we settle in for the first part of Chapter 3, and our discussion of Moses' encounter with the burning bush. Is this a euphemism for an STD? Why, exactly, does the Bible kinda forget who Moses' father-in-law was? Isn't it interesting that God chooses an expression of nature for the Divine self-revelation? And does our personal revelation in God's presence automatically turn us against the Empire? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!

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LINKS:

This video is also available as a video on our YouTube channel, if crazy facial expressions and visual humor is more your thing!

Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!

After a much-deserved break following our dramatic finish of Genesis, and our big Exodus 1 livestream event, we are BACK with our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us as we continue our dive int Chapter 2, and our much-longer-than-expected discussions on the origin of the first great Biblical super-hero. How ominous can God really be, when it comes to it? What happens when we take the oppression of our imperial society as a given, America? How great and marvelous is the infinite of God's creation, and how easily can Pastor Don get pissed off at young-earth creationists? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!

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LINKS:

This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!

Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity

Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!

After a much-deserved break following our dramatic finish of Genesis, and our big Exodus 1 livestream event, we are BACK with our continuing coverage of the book of Exodus, already in progress! Join us this week as we dig into chapter 2, and the beginning of the story of Moses. How awesome are Hebrew midwives? How linguistically NUTS is Moses' name? And perhaps...murder? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!

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LINKS:

This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!

Website: www.unfinisihed.love

Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC

Instagram: @PastorKuma

Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c

Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity