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EPISODE · Sep 6, 2024 · 26 MIN

10-Jacob: A Deal With God

from Redemption Arc · host Caleb Howard

Jacob tries his best to make amends, but he's backed up into a corner and ends up getting jumped by a stranger in the middle of the night. As he fights, he realizes that his attacker is not an ordinary man, but God Himself. God gives Jacob a dramatic new name as his family derives a new cultural practice from comparing Jacob's body to a cut of meat. In light of Jacob's fistfight with God, we examine the idea that we need to "wrestle with God" in order for him to answer our requests. CONTENT WARNING: Violence: 3/5 Consensual Sexual Contact: 0/5 Sexual Assault: 0/5 Discrimination: 1/5 THEME MUSIC CREDITS: "Elektronomia - Elektronomia - Collide" is free to use on YouTube with credits. Watch: ⁠https://youtu.be/bWGhAfN9PAs⁠ Stream: ⁠https://spoti.fi/3nZ4A3y⁠. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: ⁠https://youtu.be/QQXmUEuaVQg. Intro Theme Music is "Carnival" by Roa. "Roa - Carnival" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/c/RoaMusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Closing Theme Music is "Joy of Travel" by Zakhar Valaha. OTHER MUSIC CREDITS: "Roa - Carnival" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/c/RoaMusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Jacob tries his best to make amends, but he's backed up into a corner and ends up getting jumped by a stranger in the middle of the night. As he fights, he realizes that his attacker is not an ordinary man, but God Himself. God gives Jacob a dramatic new name as his family derives a new cultural practice from comparing Jacob's body to a cut of meat. In light of Jacob's fistfight with God, we examine the idea that we need to "wrestle with God" in order for him to answer our requests. CONTENT WARNING: Violence: 3/5 Consensual Sexual Contact: 0/5 Sexual Assault: 0/5 Discrimination: 1/5 THEME MUSIC CREDITS: "Elektronomia - Elektronomia - Collide" is free to use on YouTube with credits. Watch: ⁠https://youtu.be/bWGhAfN9PAs⁠ Stream: ⁠https://spoti.fi/3nZ4A3y⁠. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: ⁠https://youtu.be/QQXmUEuaVQg. Intro Theme Music is "Carnival" by Roa. "Roa - Carnival" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/c/RoaMusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Closing Theme Music is "Joy of Travel" by Zakhar Valaha. OTHER MUSIC CREDITS: "Roa - Carnival" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/c/RoaMusic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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