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  We are celebrating our arrival at the end of Season Three on The Eden Podcast. I’ve started getting messages from some letting me know you have listened to all of the episodes up to this point. Congratulations! You have just completed a major achievement! We...

  What is Mother’s Day? A time to think about the very best mothers? About yourself? About your own mother? How about our very first mother - Eve!!  Our research that went into the Book of Eden, Genesis 2-3 revealed the following: 1. Eve welcomed God’s blessing...

  The Book of Eden: Genesis 2–3 by Bruce C. E. Fleming (based on the work of Joy Fleming, PhD, PsyD), is an excellent addition to the field of biblical gender studies.  Accustomed to 300+ page, in-depth works on the subject, I was happily  surprised to see that a...

  What does Genesis 3:16 say? Reason for the Tru316 Project! by Bruce C. E. Fleming Some facts on the ground Soon  after we arrived in Africa we learned of a young woman who was taking a  long time to deliver her first child. Local women rubbed hot peppers  into...

  What Dr. Joy Fleming found in Eden, by Bruce C. E. Fleming African church leaders asked us to come teach as graduate school seminary professors in French-speaking Africa. Before we came they advised us to focus our doctoral research not on obscure Bible...

  God lovingly spoke to the womanin the Garden of Eden as recorded in Genesis 3:16. Sadly poor translations hide this and even make it look like God was vindictive and unfair toward her! There are 4 Lines of loving information in this verse according to Dr. Joy...

  To our Patreon Partners! Tru316 Day 2021 is a big day! And I want to thank YOU for being a big part as a MEMBER of the Tru316 Project through www.patreon.com/tru316project Today is much bigger than 316 Day 2019! But that was the start. Two years and two days...

  Why Tru316? Until every translator knows better ... Do you want to ask Why? Why should you correct Genesis 3:16 in your own Bible? Why should translators do better in every new language translation that comes out around the world? Why should existing...

  “While most readers will be familiar with John 3:16, the Flemings throw open a window of fresh air on another vital  “3:16” text. In a captivating style that blends diligent study of several relevant biblical passages with gutsy personal stories, this couple...

  Can you tell others the answers to these questions? What did God really say in Eden to the woman - about her offspring? - about the cursed earth? - about the woman herself? - about the man? Do you know? Is the version of the Bible you are using misleading you -...

  Many people hope to get an answer right away when they rush to certain verses in Ephesians 5. But they can miss the starting point of their answer in doing so. As a result, they can end up getting a wrong “answer” because it is taken out of context. For...

  I’ve spent a significant portion of my ministry life advocating on behalf of women in our organization, and beyond, to comprehend that they are created in the image of God, purposely formed for fellowship with Him, to reflect Him to the world and to fulfill the...

  Here's what you'll hear on Season 1 of The Eden Podcast!! 1. ONE MISTRANSLATED VERSE is the source of patriarchal beliefs. Episode 1. 2. God’s own statement on gender equality – “equal partners.” Episode 2. 3. What is God’s plan for marriage? Episode 3. 4. Did...

  The Book of Eden will be coming out soon. It is based on the first eight episodes of The Eden Podcast (TheEdenPodcast.com) and covers Genesis 2:4-3:24. Here's an endorsement! I'm profoundly grateful for the Flemings' work--indeed, their lifetime of work--which...

  If you picture life back in the beginning in the Garden of Eden as something wonderful did you know there is something for you right now that is even better! Sound interesting? Of course it does! Just how great was life in the Garden of Eden? To begin with...

  (Study Guides 1-8 by Joanne G.Hagemeyer) Listen to Episode 8 HERE Don’t think “Genesis Chapter 3 - The Fall” but rather “Chapter 3 - The Attack.” The man and woman didn’t just fall in the Garden like some over ripe fruit that reaches a point where it separates...

  Listen to Episode 7 HERE   It was no surprise the French books Joy and I read for childbirth emphasized breathing exercises. This was France, the country of Dr. Lamaze! Joy was 6 months pregnant when we arrived in hot steamy Africa. Then, she finally gave birth...

Listen to Episode 6 HERE   As with a missionary plane, searching for a gap in the clouds,  the meaning of some verses in the Bible has been clouded as well. For me, insight came when my wife, Dr. Joy Fleming, told me she had unlocked God’s words to the woman in the...

  Listen to Episode 5 HERE Genesis 3:14-15. God's words to the Serpent Tempter.   Sometimes others can see something about us better than we can see ourselves. This was certainly true of the man in the Garden of Eden and his Creator. When the man rebelled against...

  The Desirable Desire vs. a Wrongful Rule in Genesis 3:16 by Dr. Joy Fleming excerpted from her book: Man and Woman in Biblical Unity - Theology from Genesis 2-3 Genesis 3:16, Lines c and d. Having spoken of God’s action upon her life (“I will greatly multiply...