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The Genre Studies Gap with Professor Jeannine Brown and Dr. Andy Judd (Podcast)
Read more: The Genre Studies Gap with Professor Jeannine Brown and Dr. Andy Judd (Podcast)This episode is a Live recording with audience of a discussion about genre with Professor Jeannine Brown and Dr. Andy Judd. The event was sponsored by Bethel Seminary, Ridley College (Melbourne), and The Two Cities podcast. Following up on our episodes on genre with each of them, we answer audience questions and dig deeper into…
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The Eschatologies of 1–2 Thessalonians with Dr. Sydney Tooth (Podcast)
Read more: The Eschatologies of 1–2 Thessalonians with Dr. Sydney Tooth (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Sydney Tooth, who is Director of Postgraduate Studies & Lecturer in New Testament and Greek at Oak Hill College in the UK, a beloved co-host of this here Two Cities podcast, and the author of the book that we’re excited to discuss in this episode, Suddenness and Signs:…
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The Bottom Line: What does a correct understanding of 2 Cor. 5:10 mean for each of us in particular, and for the spread of the Good News of the Gospel generally?
Read more: The Bottom Line: What does a correct understanding of 2 Cor. 5:10 mean for each of us in particular, and for the spread of the Good News of the Gospel generally?Psalm 143:10 (ESV): Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! Has the Gospel message over the years been delivered on smooth and level ground? In other words, has the message been simple, understandable, and direct? I would suggest that it has become overly complicated and jumbled, full of unnecessary twists and turns and rough…
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A Revolutionary Jesus with Dr. Jesse Nickel (Podcast)
Read more: A Revolutionary Jesus with Dr. Jesse Nickel (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Jesse Nickel, who is a member of the Faculty of Biblical Studies at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, British Columbia and the author of the new book, A Revolutionary Jesus: Violence and Peacemaking in the Kingdom of God (published by Fortress). Over the course of our conversation, we…
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Reclaiming Hope After the Election with Kaitlyn Schiess (Podcast)
Read more: Reclaiming Hope After the Election with Kaitlyn Schiess (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Kaitlyn Schiess, who is a Doctoral Student at Duke Divinity School, the Co-host of the Holy Post podcast and host of the Curiously Kaitlyn podcast, and the author of The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from…
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A Suggestion for Future Commentators on 2 Corinthians
Read more: A Suggestion for Future Commentators on 2 CorinthiansPhoto credit: “inside the library (1)” by Joelk75 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Some scholars currently working on new commentaries to 2 Corinthians and others updating older ones have expressed some interest in the series of articles I have posted on this blog concerning the proper translation of 2 Cor. 5:10, namely the subordinate clause. Since the…
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Debriefing Election Day (USA)
Read more: Debriefing Election Day (USA)In this episode we react in real time to the results of the US Elections at the end of Election Day on November 5th. We use this time to debrief openly and honestly, as well as pray and read Scripture together as we reflect on what the results mean for us, for America, and for…
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Christian Nationalism with Professor Sam Perry (Podcast)
Read more: Christian Nationalism with Professor Sam Perry (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Sam Perry, who is Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma is the Department of Sociology and the author of several books, including two on the topic of Christian Nationalism, Taking America Back for God (with Andrew Whitehead, published by Oxford University Press), and The Flag and…
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Immigration and Apocalypse with Dr. Yii-Jan Lin (Podcast)
Read more: Immigration and Apocalypse with Dr. Yii-Jan Lin (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Yii-Jan Lin, who is Associate Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School and the author of the forthcoming book, Immigration and Apocalypse: How the Book of Revelation Shaped American Immigration (with Yale University Press). Over the course of our conversation we discuss the conflation of America with…
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Beyond the Current Confusion toward a Coherent and Scripturally Sound View of the Final Judgment
Read more: Beyond the Current Confusion toward a Coherent and Scripturally Sound View of the Final JudgmentThis note contends that telescoping all final judgment of both believers and non-believers alike before one final apocalyptic tribunal at the end of the age following Christ’s return has yielded a number of unfortunate consequences, which include: (1) creating an unnecessary tension between the doctrines of judgment according to works and salvation by faith; (2)…