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Episode: Though Peter was the rock of the early church, why has Paul dominated New Testament scholarship? Part of the answer lies in the controversies surrounding the Gospels’ portrayals of […] The post Gene Green – Peter, The Lost Theologian first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: I was leaving the South to fling myself into the unknown… I was taking a part of the South to transplant in alien soil, to see if it could […] The post M. Daniel Carroll Rodas – The Bible and Borders first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Christians in the West go to great lengths to avoid direct contact with death, and as a result of this death avoidance, we avoid the hope and fullness of […] The post J. Todd Billings – The End of the Christian Life first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Trees are people too! While this claim may come as a surprise to many listeners, it’s familiar territory for biblical authors. Trees, mountains, skies, plants … all of these bear […] The post Mari Joerstad – The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Generativity over usefulness and efficiency. Making versus fixing. The “new newness” of Redemption and New Creation. In this episode artist, writer, and speaker Makoto Fujimura joins co-host Amy Hughes to discuss his […] The post Makoto Fujimura – Art + Faith: A Theology of Making first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Paul’s missionary travels stopped in Rome, but is that where they should end? Dr. Ervine Sheblatzm is back on the show to give a firm “Nein!” Listen to a fascinating […] The post Ervine Sheblatzm – Paul’s Theology of Universalism first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: What happens when Dallas Willard, Wendell Berry, and James K. A. Smith walk into a bar to discuss Paul and the Good Life? Join Julien C. H. Smith and […] The post Julien C. H. Smith – Paul and the Good Life first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Dru Johnson talks with Clinton Bailey about how he ended up living with Bedouins in the Negev, their law, gender practices, and poetry. His most recent book, Bedouin Culture […] The post Clinton Bailey – Bedouin Culture in the Bible first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Was there death and violence before the Fall? Was there cancer before? Did lions go after gazelles before the Fall? Bethany Sollereder says yes, yes, and yes. So what, […] The post Bethany Sollereder – God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Returning to the theme of interviewing young and upcoming scholars, the cutting edge of the cutting edge, in this episode Chris Tilling talks with Andrew Rillera, a PhD candidate […] The post Andrew Rillera – Quotations, Atonement, and Wrath in Paul first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: This episode covers Paul, m/f, hermeneutics, theology, and all the things. Lucy Peppiatt helps us think through the challenging issues at play in 1 Corinthians 11, territory we covered […] The post Lucy Peppiatt – Paul on Women’s Subordination (1 Cor 11) first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Was Jesus opposed to the purity system? Was he a revolutionary who challenged religious anxieties over uncleanness? Matthew Thiessen joins us to discuss these questions, and to help us rethink […] The post Matthew Thiessen – Jesus and the Forces of Death first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: In this episode, Jason A. Myers and Ben Witherington III will help orient you to some of the major perspectives on Paul within contemporary New Testament scholarship. Tune in for […] The post Ben Witherington III & Jason Myers – Views on Paul first appeared on OnScript .

What is salvation? What does it mean that Christ frees us? What is liberation theology? Why is there such a fuss about liberation theology anyway? In this episode, Dr. Jules Martinez-Olivieri joins co-host Amy Hughes to talk about his work on Christology and liberation and participation. The post Jules Martinez-Olivieri – Christology, Liberation, Participation first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Mark and Luke Glanville bring their unique areas of expertise in biblical studies and international relations to bear on the pressing global refugee crisis. This episode covers everything from […] The post Mark and Luke Glanville – Refuge Reimagined first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: While there is nothing new drama over the Trinity, there has been quite the kerfuffle in evangelical circles about the subordination of the Son in recent years. In this […] The post Mike Bird & Scott Harrower – Trinity Without Hierarchy first appeared on OnScript .

There are 111 named women in the Old Testament. But they're often unknown and ignored. In this episode Wil Gafney reintroduces us to women we thought we knew and introduces those we never knew. We discuss the sanctified imagination, Midrashic interpretation, womanist approaches to scripture, Queen mothers, army chaplaincy, and much more from her book Womanist Midrash (WJK Press). The post Wil Gafn...

Live from Nashotah House, WI (3rd year running), here's part 2 of our interview with Fr John Behr. Amy Brown Hughes talks with Fr John Behr about Origen and all things Patristic. In addition to more of the interview, we've got some Q&A in this episode. If you missed Part 1, visit HERE. This is a re-broadcast from 2019.  The post John Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt 2 first appeared on OnScr...

Live from Nashotah House, WI (3rd year running), we've got a two-part interview. Amy Brown Hughes talks with Fr John Behr about Origen and all things Patristic. This episode requires theological safety gear, helmet, orange cones, ... everything. This is a rebroadcast from 2019. The post John Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt 1 first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Dru Johnson talks with Garrick Allen about his ongoing research project to investigate the paratexts of biblical manuscripts, how these help us to understand reception and biblical theologies, and […] The post Garrick Allen – Manuscripts and All that other Stuff on the Page (Paratexts) first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: In this episode Erin hosts Jemar Tisby, who is the founder and CEO of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective (thewitnessbcc.com) and author of the New York Times bestseller […] The post Jemar Tisby – The Color of Compromise first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Biblical Samson offered a powerful way of focusing and communicating the struggle, opportunities, and challenge of life for African Americans throughout U.S. history. From the prophesies of his parents […] The post Jeremy Schipper – Black Samson first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: The upstart theological movement called open theism is coming of age. It’s time to reassess its possibilities, promises, and perils. One of the founders of open theism, Richard Rice, […] The post Richard Rice – The Future of Open Theism first appeared on OnScript .

The debate as to whether the phrase πίστiς Χριστοῦ should be translated as "faith in Christ" (objective genitive) or the faithfulness of the Christ (subjective genitive) seems interminable. In an important new journal article, Kevin Grasso claims to have entirely disproven the viability of the objective genitive as traditionally understood. Meanwhile, he claims that a third-way solution ("Christ-f...

Episode: Conversations on sanctification can often leave Christians feeling spiritually inadequate and discouraged about their lack of spiritual growth and maturity, but Don J. Payne insists that this arises from […] The post Don J. Payne – Already Sanctified first appeared on OnScript .