The Holy Wonder Podcast

Neal Mathis
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The Holy Wonder Podcast is for people of faith who aren’t content with easy answers. We believe that the deepest truths often emerge in the questions we’re brave enough to ask. Here, we explore the terrain where scripture and lived experience intersect, where theology meets the texture of ordinary days, where art and beauty reveal what words sometimes cannot. This is a place for the curious and those who understand that wonder is not the opposite of understanding but often its beginning.

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  1. 1d ago

    Episode 001 - Welcome to the Holy Wonder Podcast

    In the first episode of the Holy Wonder Podcast, Neal Mathis and co-host Andy Yant lay out what the show is for: a space where the sacred meets the everyday, where ancient wisdom meets modern questions, and where wonder is the defining characteristic of the world around us. They then turn to the name itself. In modern English, "I wonder" usually signals doubt. Biblical wonder is the opposite: the overflow of knowing something too big to hold. Neal and Andy trace it through the Old Testament, from the Song of Moses in Exodus 15, to the Psalmist's remembering in Psalm 77, to Isaiah's praise of God's plans "faithful and sure" in Isaiah 25. They then move to the Gospels, where words like thaumazo, thambos, and ekstasis describe crowds, disciples, and parents who are amazed by Jesus. The episode's central observation is that wonder often comes before full understanding. It is the doorway to understanding, not the reward at the end of it. Chapters (00:00:01) - Podcast Introduction and Mission(00:02:44) - Meeting Andy and Podcast Origins(00:03:29) - Standing in Wonder: Personal Experiences(00:05:21) - Defining Biblical Wonder vs Modern Usage(00:07:05) - Wonder in the Old Testament: God's Mighty Acts(00:11:22) - Wonder in the New Testament: Jesus and Marveling Crowds(00:16:18) - Living in Holy Wonder Today(00:17:48) - Introducing the Top 3 Awe-Inspiring Moments Countdown(00:19:52) - Number Three Picks: Job's Endurance and Pentecost(00:21:54) - Number Two Picks: Noah's Ark and Elijah's Mountains(00:25:58) - Number One Picks: The Fall and the Fiery Furnace(00:30:01) - Wrap-up, Homework Assignment, and Farewell

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The Holy Wonder Podcast is for people of faith who aren’t content with easy answers. We believe that the deepest truths often emerge in the questions we’re brave enough to ask. Here, we explore the terrain where scripture and lived experience intersect, where theology meets the texture of ordinary days, where art and beauty reveal what words sometimes cannot. This is a place for the curious and those who understand that wonder is not the opposite of understanding but often its beginning.

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