Tag: Old Testament
Carmen Imes – Becoming God’s Family
Episode: Matt L. talks with Carmen about the third in her “Bearing” > “Being” > “Becoming” series with IVP. Her subtitle, “Why the Church Still Matters” explains the (ambitious) goal of […]
Brent Strawn – Honest to God Preaching
Episode: Strawn argues that keeping secrets makes us sick, and the Old Testament offers a way to speak honestly about the BIG things like sin, suffering, and violence. Guest: Brent Strawn […]
Jenny Matheny – The Violence of Judges and Ruth’s Response
Episode: What happens if you read Ruth and Judges together? What might Ruth say to the violence against women in Judges? Jenny Matheny discusses these questions and more (like how not […]
Brent Strawn – The Incomparable God
Episode: Brent Strawn is back for the 4th time, to discuss his new book The Incomparable God. This book is rich, rangey, and full of biblical-theological insight. The discussion is also rangey, […]
Gary Schnittjer – Torah Story
Episode: This episode covers a wide swathe of the Torah’s terrain, including reading the Torah as a story (even Leviticus), reading laws that come into conflict with each other, The Cat […]
Jerry Hwang – Contextualization and the Old Testament
Episode: This wide-ranging conversation follows this wide-ranging book, covering topics such as the “is God the same as Allah” question to Filipino views of reciprocity to Thai philosophical views informing aniconism. From the publisher: “Christianity is […]
Christian Eberhart – The Sacrifice of Jesus
Episode: What was the sacrifice of Jesus for the NT Jewish authors? A barbaric execution? A violent bloodletting of a scapegoat? Christian Eberhart claims that the NT authors did not conceive […]
Reed Carlson – Possession and the Spirit in the Hebrew Bible
Episode: Matt talks with Reed Carlson about conceptions of the person in the Old Testament and Second Temple literature, and specifically, the significance of the spirit/Spirit when thinking about the […]
Lawson Younger – Arameans and Assyrians
Episode: In this episode Mark and Chris talk with Dr. K. Lawson Younger (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) about the Contextual Approach and its benefits for interpreting Scripture with caution […]