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A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia with Dr. Tate Paulette (Podcast)
Read more: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia with Dr. Tate Paulette (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Tate Paulette, who is an Archeologist and Associate Professor of History at NC State University and the author of In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia (published by Oxford University Press). Kicking off our series on ancient wine and beer in biblical literature…
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“The Things Through the Body”—Judgment as Transformation
Read more: “The Things Through the Body”—Judgment as TransformationPhoto credit: “The Last Judgement – Stefan Lochner – Wallraf-Richartz Museum – Cologne – Germany 2017” by José Luiz is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. I recently heard it preached on the topic of perseverance. The preacher started by noting that we are saved by faith alone. This is correct. In Acts 13:39 (NLV) we read:…
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Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Communities with Dr. Mark Glanville (Podcast)
Read more: Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Communities with Dr. Mark Glanville (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Mark Glanville, who is an Old Testament scholar and jazz pianist, the Director of The Center of Mission and Leadership at St. Andrews Hall at the University of British Columbia, the host of the podcast, Blue Note Theology, and the author of Preaching in a New Key: Crafting…
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Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)
Read more: Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)Spoiler alert and content warning! In this episode we review the third season of the smash hit Korean show on Netflix, Squid Game. As we debrief our experience watching the third season, we talk about the crazy ending, what surprised us the most about what the third season did and didn’t do, what we appreciated…
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Reviewing Black Mirror Season 7
Read more: Reviewing Black Mirror Season 7In this episode we review and debrief the seventh season of Black Mirror, the technologically-dystopian anthology series on Netflix (on which Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne produced a collection of essays). We talk about key themes and new emphases that appear this season as we work through each of the six episodes in detail.…
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Reviewing Severance Season 2 with Dr. Nick Fox (Podcast)
Read more: Reviewing Severance Season 2 with Dr. Nick Fox (Podcast)In this episode we review season 2 of the hit streaming show on Apple+ called Severance. We’re joined by Dr. Nick Fox, who is Assistant Professor of Christian Studies and the Chair of the Biblical, Theological, and Ministry Studies at Crown College, and the editor of the forthcoming volume, Theology, Philosophy, and Severance (published by…
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Bearing Witness with Dr. Daniel Hill (Podcast)
Read more: Bearing Witness with Dr. Daniel Hill (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Daniel Hill, assistant professor of Christian Theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and the author of Bearing Witness: What the Church Can Learn from Early Abolitionists (published by Baker Academic). In our conversation Dr. Hill helps us to think about the…
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Interpreting Jesus with Professor Dale Allison (Podcast)
Read more: Interpreting Jesus with Professor Dale Allison (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Professor Dale C. Allison Jr., who is the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of Interpreting Jesus (published by Eerdmans). Over the course of our conversation we talked about why Prof. Allison chose to write this book as a collection of…
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Ancient Slavery with Dr. Christy Cobb and Dr. Katherine Shaner (Podcast)
Read more: Ancient Slavery with Dr. Christy Cobb and Dr. Katherine Shaner (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Christy Cobb and Dr. Katherine Shaner to talk about their new edited volume, Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (published by Eerdmans). Dr. Christy Cobb is Associate Professor of Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver, and Dr. Katherine Shaner is Associate…
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Saving Face with Aimee Byrd (Podcast)
Read more: Saving Face with Aimee Byrd (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Aimee Byrd, who is the author of eight books, including the new one that we discuss in this episode, Saving Face: Finding My Self, God, and One Another Outside a Defaced Church (published by Zondervan). Over the course of our conversation we talk about the rich value of faces,…