The Spiritual Wisdom of Genesis with Michael McPadden

Author Michael McPadden and host Johnny Guidry discuss the Spiritual Wisdom of Genesis. Pulling from his book, “Genesis to Revelation,” Michael shares his insights on how the stories in the book of Genesis are layered through with spiritual and metaphysical significance. He discusses his perspectives on heaven and hell, the creation story, Abraham, and more. He then weaves connecting threads through the Gospels and the book of Revelation. Join Refractive for an enlightening episode that encourages listeners to look closer at some of humanity’s most treasured stories in order to uncover rich guidance for spiritual growth.

Learn more about Michael McPadden and his book “Genesis to Revelation” at www.Michael-McPadden.com. To contact host Johnny Guidry for spiritual coaching or to book him for speaking events, send a message to Re***************@***il.com or visit www.refractivecoaching.com.

Episode Transcript:

Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Refractive. I’m your host, Johnny G. Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Michael McPadden to the show. He’s the author of Genesis to Revelation, Abraham’s Promise, finding Christ, and seeing God. Growing up in Virginia, Michael Dreamt one day of becoming a naval aviator. He reached that goal, eventually became a commercial pilot, and spent a satisfying career doing that.

As he approached retirement, Michael decided to spend his time doing something that was a bit more of a passion project, and he turned to researching not only the Bible and stories of Christianity, but also mythology in general.

Through this study and research, Michael published his first book, Genesis to Revelation. We’re here today to discuss some of his views on the messaging that is contained within the Bible and how it relates to a wider spiritual path of growth. This is an exciting conversation we’re going to have about what wealth there is in the Bible for those of us who are christian or non Christian and how we can apply this to living a better life, feeling a little more fulfilled in our time on this planet, and connecting in a deeper way, not only to our creator, but to each other. So I’m happy to have you here. Michael, thank you so much for joining me on the show.

[00:02:10] Speaker B: John, it’s a real honor to be here with you. I really appreciate you having me on, and let’s have a really good discussion today. Let’s provide a benefit for your audience. I’m really looking forward to it.

[00:02:21] Speaker A: I love it. When you and I first started to speak about how, I don’t know about your views, your understandings, the way you’ve absorbed the messaging of the Bible, I found that it really harmonized with how I see things. And one of the most exciting things for me that I’ve experienced over the course of this spiritual path that I’ve been on for the last, I don’t know, six or seven years, is that when I look at the mystical roots of almost any faith, they never argue with each other. When I look at the mystical roots of Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Zen. Right. When I look at Taoism they don’t argue with each other. They’re all saying the same things. And this has been something so comforting to me.

Having grown...