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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 12 MIN

Episode 4: The First Whisper of the Gospel

from Sparked by Promise · host Karena Cruse and Matt Bennett

What if the gospel didn’t start in the New Testament? In this episode, we go back to Genesis 3:15, a verse that’s easy to miss, especially in the middle of everything that just went wrong. But tucked inside the curse…there’s a promise. A line about conflict.A reference to a future offspring.And a moment that some people call the first whisper of the gospel. We didn’t even realize this was there until we slowed down and really looked at it. Then we start connecting it forward, into Galatians 4, where the idea of being “born of a woman” shows up again, and Hebrews 2, where there’s this powerful picture of defeating death itself. Which makes you wonder:Was this pointing somewhere… all along? We’re not theologians. We didn’t go to seminary.We’re just asking questions, noticing patterns, and trying to understand what’s been there from the very beginning. Some of this might feel new.Some of it might shift how you see familiar verses.But it all points to something we’re starting to notice more and more: The story of redemption didn’t come later.It was already being spoken. Come explore it with us. Genesis 3:14–15Galatians 4:4Hebrews 2:14

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