Category: Biblical Studies
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Celebrating 300 Episodes (Podcast)
Read more: Celebrating 300 Episodes (Podcast)In this episode, we’re celebrating our 300th episode, which means that this episode is full of listener comments and questions, our responses to those questions, several examples of bloopers over the past two years, new music for the next 100 episodes, some exciting announcements and updates from the team, and the names of the winners…
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The Mountains Shall Drip Sweet Wine with Dr. John Anthony Dunne (Podcast)
Read more: The Mountains Shall Drip Sweet Wine with Dr. John Anthony Dunne (Podcast)In this episode, we celebrate the release of John’s new book on wine in the Bible as we conclude our series on alcohol in the Bible and Jewish/Christian traditions. As we talk about the topic of wine and beer in the Bible, John shares many stories with us about his interests in wine and beer,…
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How Do We Reconcile the Requirement of Good Works and the Need for Perseverance in Our Faith With the Doctrine of Salvation by Faith Alone? The Answer is Christ.
Read more: How Do We Reconcile the Requirement of Good Works and the Need for Perseverance in Our Faith With the Doctrine of Salvation by Faith Alone? The Answer is Christ.Photo credit: “003/366 – Erste Schritt / First steps” by Boris Thaser is licensed under CC BY 2.0. I recently heard it preached on the topic of perseverance. The preacher started by noting that we are saved by faith alone, citing among other passages Eph. 2:8-9 (NIV): “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and…
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An Expanded Reappraisal of Christ’s Judgment Seat (2 Cor. 5:10)
Read more: An Expanded Reappraisal of Christ’s Judgment Seat (2 Cor. 5:10)Photo credit: “Dark Creepy” by Chad Madden is marked with CC0 1.0. Those readers who have followed my series of posts on this blog know that my rendering of the Judgment Seat of Christ passage from 2 Cor. 5:10 is at odds with the conventional view. My reading would go something like this: “For we must all appear before the…
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Wine & Christian Spirituality with Dr. Gisela Kreglinger
Read more: Wine & Christian Spirituality with Dr. Gisela KreglingerIn this episode we’re joined by Dr. Gisela Kreglinger, who is the author of several books on wine, namely, The Spirituality of Wine (with Eerdmans), The Soul of Wine (with IVP), and most recently, Cup Overflowing: Wine’s Place in Faith, Feasting, and Fellowship (with Zondervan Reflective). In this conversation we discuss the nature of wine…
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Ascetic Eucharists with the Very Rev’d Dr. Andrew McGowan
Read more: Ascetic Eucharists with the Very Rev’d Dr. Andrew McGowanIn this episode we’re joined by the Very Rev’d Dr. Andrew McGowan, an Anglican priest, Dean and President of the Berkeley Divinity School of Yale University and the McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology, and he’s the author of Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (with Oxford University Press).…
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Sober Spirituality with Rev. Erin Jean Warde (Podcast)
Read more: Sober Spirituality with Rev. Erin Jean Warde (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Rev. Erin Jean Warde, who is an episcopal priest and recovery coach, as well as the author of the book we’re excited to discuss in this episode, Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol (published by Brazos). Over the course of our conversation, Rev. Warde shares…
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Wine & the Mishnah with Rabbi Drew Kaplan (Podcast)
Read more: Wine & the Mishnah with Rabbi Drew Kaplan (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Rabbi Drew Kaplan, who is Campus Rabbi for Cincinnati Hillel, hosts The Jewish Drinking Show podcast (over 175 episodes and counting), and publishes a weekly newsletter and Torah portion sheet on drinking that covers the Tanakh, Rabbinic Literature, Jewish history, Jewish practice, and more. In our conversation we talk…
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Dionysus & the New Testament with Professor Courtney Friesen (Podcast)
Read more: Dionysus & the New Testament with Professor Courtney Friesen (Podcast)In this conversation, we’re joined by Professor Courtney Friesen, who is Professor of Classics and the Director of Graduate Studies in Classics at the University of Arizona and the author of Reading Dionysus: Euripides’ Bacchae and the Cultural Contestations of Greeks, Jews, Romans, and Christians (published by Mohr Siebeck). In our conversation we talk about the Bacchae…
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Drunkenness in the Old Testament with Dr. Rebekah Welton (Podcast)
Read more: Drunkenness in the Old Testament with Dr. Rebekah Welton (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Rebekah Welton, who is Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Exeter and the author of ‘He Is A Glutton and a Drunkard’: Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible (Published by Brill). In our discussion we talk about broader conceptions in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible of feasting,…
