Best Matthew Christian Ashley Podcasts (2025)

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SE Radio 670: Matthias Endler on Prototype in Rust 1:01:01

1d ago1:01:01

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Matthias Endler, Rust developer, open-source maintainer, and consultant through his company Corrode, speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about prototyping in Rust. They discuss prototyping and why Rust is excellent for prototyping, and Matthias recommends a workflow for it, including what parts of Rust to use, and what parts to avoid at this stag…

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Deuteronomy 22 & 23 1:24:44

7d ago1:24:44

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What is the sin of inaction? Why does God say transvestism and wishing to be transsexual are sins? How are we to care for the environment wisely? How can homeowners be more responsible? Why does God forbid two kinds of things being together? How are Christians to be in the world, but not of the world? What laws did God make about sexual assault and…

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SE Radio 669: Will McGugan on Text-Based User Interfaces 50:54

10d ago50:54

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Will McGugan, the CEO and founder of Textualize, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about how to use packages such as Rich and Textual to build text-based user interfaces (TUIs) and command-line interfaces (CLIs) in Python. Along with discussing the design idioms that enable developers to create TUIs in Python, they consider practical strategie…

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Deuteronomy 18, 19, 20, & 21 1:42:31

14d ago1:42:31

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Why were the Levites only to work as priests? How were they provided for? What does this have to do with tithing? Why is magic evil? Is there a righteous way to use it? If superpowers existed, what would separate them from magic and could they be used for good? What is magic and sorcery? Is talking to and raising the dead evil? Can a Christian get …

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SE Radio 668: Steve Summers on Securing Test and Measurement Equipment 54:32

19d ago54:32

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Steve Summers speaks with SE Radio host Sam Taggart about securing test and measurement equipment. They start by differentiating between IT and OT (Operational Technology) and then discuss the threat model and how security has evolved in the OT space, including a look some of the key drivers. They then examine security challenges associated with a …

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Deuteronomy 15, 16, & 17 1:10:25

21d ago1:10:25

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Why were debts to be canceled? How were the Israelites to treat their slaves? Why could Israel lend to nations but not borrow from them? How can God say that there will be no poor in the land, but that there will also always be poor in the land? What was the purpose of the firstborn animals? What is the significance of Passover? Why does God have H…

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SE Radio 667: Ashley Peacock on Cloudflare 1:04:31

26d ago1:04:31

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Ashley Peacock, the author of Serverless Apps on Cloudflare, speaks with host Jeremy Jung about content delivery networks (CDNs). Along the way, they examine dependency injection with bindings, local development, serverless, cold starts, the V8 runtime, AWS Lambda vs Cloudflare workers, WebAssembly limitations, and core services such as R2, D1, KV,…

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Deuteronomy 13 & 14 1:16:34

28d ago1:16:34

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Christian is joined once more by Joshua Noel of the Whole Church Podcast and Dummy for Theology Podcast to discuss Deuteronomy 13 and 14. Is the Pentateuch law, suggestion, or legal wisdom? What makes a false prophet false? How can they be false even if they produce magical miracles? How are we to treat false prophets? What makes something heresy? …

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SE Radio 666: Eran Yahav on the Tabnine AI Coding Assistant 1:02:05

1M ago1:02:05

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Eran Yahav, Professor of Computer Science at Technion, Israel, and CTO of Tabnine, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about the Tabnine AI coding assistant. They discuss how the design and implementation allows software engineers to use code completion and perform tasks such as automated code review while still maintaining developer privacy. Er…

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Deuteronomy 10, 11, & 12 1:03:33

1M ago1:03:33

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Why did God remake the stone tablets? How did this show His faithfulness to the Israelites and Moses? Why does God repeat Himself in these chapters? What does it mean to fear the Lord? How can we walk in obedience to Him? What does it mean to love God? How do we serve Him well? What does it mean to circumcise your heart? Why is it wrong to add some…

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SE Radio 665: Malcolm Matalka on Developing in OCaml with Zero Frameworks 56:10

1M ago56:10

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Malcolm Matalka, founder of Terrateam, joins host Giovanni Asproni to talk about the reasoning behind choosing a not-so-widespread language (OCaml) and (almost) totally avoiding frameworks for the development of Terrateam. While discussing the reasons for choosing this specific programming language and the advantages and disadvantages of using exte…

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Deuteronomy 7, 8, & 9 1:00:17

1M ago1:00:17

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Why did God tell Israel to wipe out the Canaanites? How can this be righteous? What does it mean that the Canaanites were not wiped out and how is this an example of God's mercy and love? Why did Israel need to pay attention to the law? Why does God repeat Himself? What did God promise if Israel kept the law? What does it mean to not live by bread …

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SE Radio 664: Emre Baran and Alex Olivier on Stateless Decoupled Authorization Frameworks 51:54

2M ago51:54

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Emre Baran, CEO and co-founder of Cerbos, and Alex Olivier, CPO and co-founder, join SE Radio host Priyanka Raghavan to explore “stateless decoupled authorization frameworks. The discussion begins with an introduction to key terms, including authorization, authorization models, and decoupled frameworks. They dive into the challenges of building dec…

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Deuteronomy 5 & 6 1:40:07

2M ago1:40:07

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Why are the Ten Commandments talked about again? What can we glean from them that we didn't before? How important is it to follow God's law? What is the difference between God's moral, civil, and priestly laws? Did Jesus abolish the law or fulfill it? How then do we know what sin is? Why is it important to teach young people well? What is the great…

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SE Radio 663: Tyler Flint on Managing External APIs 52:27

2M ago52:27

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Tyler Flint, CEO of qpoint.io, joins host Robert Blumen for a conversation about managing external vendor dependencies, including several best practices for adoption. They start with a look at internal versus external services, including details such as the footprint of external services within a micro-services application, and difficulties organiz…

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Deuteronomy 1, 2, 3, & 4 1:06:47

2M ago1:06:47

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What is the Book of Deuteronomy about? Why is there so much repetition in it? Did Moses write the Book of Deuteronomy? How does God ordain him to write it? Why is Moses about to die and why does God refused to let him see the Promised Land? How is Joshua to be encouraged by Moses? Why can Israel attack the Amorites and Canaanites, but not the Edomi…

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SE Radio 662: Vlad Khononov on Balancing Coupling in Software Design 56:19

2M ago56:19

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Software architect and author Vlad Khononov joins host Jeff Doolittle for a discussion on balancing coupling in software design. They start by examining coupling and its relationship to complexity and modularity. Vlad explains the historical models for assessing coupling and introduces his updated approach, integration strength, which aims to simpl…

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Numbers 34, 35, & 36 41:20

2M ago41:20

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How does Numbers end? How is Canaan Israel's inheritance? How did the Canaanites lose their inheritance? How big was the Promised Land supposed to be? Why did God have Moses use Joshua and Eleazar to establish the boundaries for the tribes? Where were the Levites to live? How are the cities of refuge meant to stop violence? Do laws like these matte…

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SE Radio 661: Sunil Mallya on Small Language Models 59:28

2M ago59:28

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Sunil Mallya, co-founder and CTO of Flip AI, discusses small language models with host Brijesh Ammanath. They begin by considering the technical distinctions between SLMs and large language models. LLMs excel in generating complex outputs across various natural language processing tasks, leveraging extensive training datasets on with massive GPU cl…

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Numbers 31, 32, & 33 56:44

2M ago56:44

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Why is Israel righteous to destroy the people of Midian? How does this relate to our ability to follow God well? When do the ends justify the means? How does the spoils of war get treated in relation to God's providence? Why would Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh want to settle outside the boundaries of the Promised Land? How was God fai…

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SE Radio 660: Pete Warden on TinyML 55:04

2M ago55:04

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Pete Warden, CEO of Useful Sensors and a founding member of the TensorFlow team at Google, discusses TinyML, the technology enabling machine learning on low-power, small-footprint devices. This innovation opens up applications such as voice-controlled devices, offline translation tools, and smarter embedded systems, which are crucial for privacy an…

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Numbers 28, 29, & 30 33:32

3M ago33:32

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What is the purpose of the daily offerings? Why did animals need to die in order for the sacrifices to be done correctly? Were the priests to work on the Sabbath? How was the Passover to be observed? What was the point of the festivals and holidays that the Israelites were told by God to follow and enjoy? Why is making a vow okay? Is there a wrong …

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SE Radio 659: Brenden Matthews on Idiomatic Rust 53:54

3M ago53:54

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Brenden Matthews, a seasoned software engineer, entrepreneur, and author of the Idiomatic Rust and Code Like a Pro in Rust books (both from Manning), speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about Idiomatic Rust. They start with a look at what "idiomatic" means, and then discuss Generics, Traits, common design patterns you'll see in well written Rust …

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Numbers 25, 26, & 27 30:15

3M ago30:15

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How did Moab and Midian get Israel to curse themselves? Does the Bible justify racism and denying interracial marriages? How did Phineas show his righteousness with his killing of the sinners? Why does God order another census of the people? Did any of Korah's family survive his rebellion? Who are Zelophehad's daughters and why are they important? …

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SE Radio 658: Tanya Janca on Secure Coding 1:11:40

3M ago1:11:40

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Tanya Janca, author of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding, discusses secure coding and secure software development life cycle with SE Radio host Brijesh Ammanath. This session explores how integrating security into every phase of the SDLC helps prevent vulnerabilities from slipping into production. Tanya strongly recommends defining security require…

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Numbers 22, 23, & 24 1:16:12

3M ago1:16:12

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Who is Balaam and how does he know God? Who is Balak and why does he want to curse Israel? Are curses real? Is magic real? Should Christians believe in magic or be more rational? Why would God use someone who didn't believe in Him to bless Israel? Why is it wrong to syncretize other gods and beliefs into Christianity? Why did God let a donkey speak…

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SE Radio 657: Hong Minhee on ActivityPub and the Fediverse 40:09

3M ago40:09

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Hong Minhee, an open source developer and creator of the Fedify ActivityPub library, discusses the ActivityPub protocol and the fediverse with SE Radio's Jeremy Jung. They explore ActivityPub use cases, including microblogging applications such as Mastodon and Misskey, as well as activities built into the specification such as Like, Follow, and Acc…

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Numbers 20 & 21 59:38

3M ago59:38

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What is the significance of Miriam's death? How are the new generation of Israelites just like their forefathers? Why is Moses resentful of them? How is Aaron complicit in Moses' sin? Why is God angry at Moses and banish him from the Promised Land? How is the rock symbolizing Jesus? Why didn't Israel attack Edom? How was this an example of turning …

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SE Radio 656: Ivett Ördög on Rewrite versus Refactor 49:43

3M ago49:43

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Ivett Ördög speaks with host Sam Taggart about rewrite versus refactor -- a choice that many projects face as they grow. It's a topic that inspires a lot of dogmatic feelings. They discuss how companies and projects end up at this crossroads and consider some strategies to try to avoid it. Ivett challenges the myth that you should never rewrite but…

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Numbers 18 & 19 59:31

3M ago59:31

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Why was it important for Aaron and his sons to lead well? What was expected of the Levites as a whole? What does it mean for God to establish a covenant of salt with them? How are we to compensate pastors for their work? Is tithing a biblical command? What was the point of sacrificing a red heifer? How does this foreshadow Jesus? Why was it necessa…

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SE Radio 655: Charles Humble on Professional Skills for Software Engineers 55:20

4M ago55:20

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In this episode, Charles Humble speaks withhost Brijesh Ammanath about skills that can provide developers a grounding in systems thinking. Charles is a 30-year veteran of the IT industry, including as a former software engineer, architect, and CTO, as well as former editor in chief of InfoQ and chief editor for Container Solutions. He has published…

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Numbers 15, 16, & 17 1:17:18

4M ago1:17:18

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Why does God make additions to the sacrificial system? Why is it important that God brings these rules up after Israel's rebellions? Did God always plan for Gentiles to be His people too? What is an unintentional sin and how can we avoid them? How many people are enslaved in the world today? Why is God righteous to allow Israel to stone a Sabbath b…

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SE Radio 654: Chris Patterson on MassTransit and Event-Driven Systems 1:09:06

4M ago1:09:06

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Chris Patterson, founder and principal architect of MassTransit, joins host Jeff Doolittle to discuss MassTransit, a message bus framework for building distributed systems. The conversation begins with an exploration of message buses, their role in asynchronous and durable application design, and how frameworks like MassTransit simplify event-drive…

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Numbers 14 53:02

4M ago53:02

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Why did the Israelites rebel again? How can we deliver good news better? How were Moses, Aaron, Joshua, and Caleb righteous and humble? Would it have been wrong for God to start over with Moses? Who is being tested in this moment? How do the Israelites who rebelled end up doing exactly what they complained they wouldn't? How is God merciful and wra…

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SE Radio 653: Asanka Abeysinghe on Cell-Based Architecture 1:00:06

4M ago1:00:06

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Asanka Abeysinghe, CTO at WSO2, joins host Giovanni Asproni to discuss cell-based architecture -- a style that's intended to combine application, deployment, and team architecture to help organizations respond quickly to changes in the business environment, customer requirements, or enterprise strategy. Cell-based architecture is aimed at creating …

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Numbers 13 19:50

4M ago19:50

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Why did God not reveal all of Canaan to Israel and Moses? Why would Moses send spies into Canaan? How did the Israelites fail to follow God and trust Him again? How are the Nephilim involved? Why does Moses change Joshua's name?By Matthew Christian Ashley

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SE Radio 652: Christian Mesh on OpenTofu 51:50

4M ago51:50

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Christian Mesh, tech lead of the OpenTofu project, speaks with host Robert Blumen about OpenTofu. They start with the history of terraform, terraform providers, license changes to open source projects, the origin of OpenTofu as a fork of terraform, and the structure of the OpenTofu organization. They further explore compatibility issues for HCL, pr…

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Numbers 11 & 12 47:14

4M ago47:14

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Does it matter what our motives are when we sin? What is so wrong about complaining? Why does it offend God when we complain? How did God react to Israel's complaining about leaving Mt. Sinai and their unvaried diets? How did Moses respond to Israel's concerns? How can the church avoid fighting itself? Is God righteous when He causes death in the w…

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SE Radio 651: Paul Frazee on Bluesky and the AT Protocol 1:08:24

5M ago1:08:24

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Paul Frazee, CTO of Bluesky, speaks with SE Radio's Jeremy Jung about the Authenticated Transfer Protocol (ATProto) used by the Bluesky decentralized social network. They discuss why ATProto was created, as well as how it differs from the ActivityPub open standard, the scaling limitations of peer-to-peer solutions, cryptographic decentralized ident…

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SE Radio 650: Robert Seacord on What's New in the C Programming Language 50:02

5M ago50:02

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Robert Seacord, the Standardization Lead at Woven by Toyota, the convenor of the C standards committee, and author of The CERT® C Coding Standard, Effective C, and Secure Coding in C and C++, speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about What's New in the C Programming Language. They start with a review of the history of C and why it has a standard, …

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Numbers 9 & 10 55:04

5M ago55:04

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Why was the second Passover so important? Why did God allow certain events to happen when He could have just made contingencies for them earlier? How were the unclean men righteous when they spoke to Moses to intercede for them? How should we respond to unconventional events that we aren't prepared for? Why was it important that God said that Genti…

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SE Radio 647: Praveen Gujar on Gen AI for Digital Ad Tech Platforms 52:01

5M ago52:01

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Praveen Gujar, Director of Product at LinkedIn, joins SE Radio host Kanchan Shringi for a discussion on how generative AI (GenAI) is transforming digital advertising technology platforms. The conversation starts with a look at how GenAI facilitates scalable ad content creation, using self-attention mechanisms for customized ad generation. They expl…

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Numbers 5, 6, 7, & 8 1:24:14

5M ago1:24:14

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Why did God order the clean to be separated from the unclean? How could one make restitution for wrongdoing? Does Numbers 5 advocate for abortion? How were women protected from jealous husbands? What was the purpose of the Nazirite vow? Why did the Nazirites have to abstain from wine, cutting their hair, and touching dead bodies? Should we praise o…

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SE Radio 649: Lukas Gentele on Kubernetes vClusters 58:14

5M ago58:14

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Lukas Gentele, CEO of Loft Labs, joins host Robert Blumen for a discussion of kubernetes vclusters (virtual clusters). A vcluster is a kubernetes cluster that runs kubernetes application on a host kubernetes cluster. The conversation covers: vcluster basics; sharing models; what is owned by the vcluster and what is shared with the host; attached no…

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Numbers 1, 2, 3, & 4 49:07

5M ago49:07

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What is the book of Numbers? Why would God ask Moses to have a census of Israel done? How were the tribes separated? Why was Levi exempt from the rules when it came to warfare? How can we better build and organize the church? How do we know what we're good at? How many Israelites were alive at the time of the census? https://zencastr.com/?via=chris…

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SE Radio 648: Matthew Adams on AI Threat Modeling and Stride GPT 46:56

5M ago46:56

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Matthew Adams, Head of Security Enablement at Citi, joins SE Radio host Priyanka Raghavan to explore the use of large language models in threat modeling, with a special focus on Matthew's work, Stride GPT. The episode kicks off with an overview of threat modeling, its applications, and the stages of the development life cycle where it fits in. They…

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Leviticus 27 1:18:55

5M ago1:18:55

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Christian is joined once more by Joshua Noel to discuss Leviticus 27. (GoFundMe for Joshua's dog's recovery: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-coppers-recovery-from-gunshot-wound?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet_ai&utm_content=amp8_t4&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link) Why would people be sold in Israel? How many times was Jubilee actually practi…

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The Life of Adam and Eve & The Book of Giants (Pseudepigrapha) 1:40:56

6M ago1:40:56

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There's another slip-up in the schedule and you know what that means: it's time to head into the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha! This time discussing the Life of Adam and Eve and the Book of Giants! Who wrote these different stories? How do they correlate to the Genesis historical narrative? How does Gilgamesh come into play? Why did the animals talk…

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SE Radio 646: Matthew Skelton on Team Topologies 57:08

6M ago57:08

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Matthew Skelton joins host Giovanni Asproni to talk about team topologies—an approach to organizing teams for fast flow of value. The episode starts with a description of the underlying principles before exploring the approach in more detail. From there, they discuss when to consider implementing the approach; keys to a successful implementation; a…

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Leviticus 25 & 26 55:06

6M ago55:06

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What does it mean to have a Sabbath? Why does God repeat these commands to His people? When is it our fault when we sin? Why did God make the Year of Jubilee? How does this showcase His love? Are usury and collecting interest sins? Did God condone slavery? What happens when the Israelites served God? What did God promise to happen when they didn't?…

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