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R. Alan Streett returns as our guest in this episode discussing his book Exploring the Paranormal: Miracles, Magic, and the Mysterious (Eerdmans, 2024). Streett is senior research professor emeritus of biblical theology at Criswell College in Dallas, TX.  The book's website description: A personal exploration of questions surrounding psychic healing, séances, astral projection, and more. After an injury threatened his chances of signing a professional baseball contract, R. Alan Streett sought help from Olga Worrall, a world-famous psychic healer. This encounter set in motion his lifelong search for the origin and nature of psychic phenomena. Were they natural or supernatural? From God, or from the devil? Were they mentalists' tricks, or feats of the subconscious mind? Streett invites us to join him in real time as he explores the fascinating world of the paranormal, offering insights into healing, magic, trance channeling, yogic meditation, alternative medicine, astral projection, and the brain's ability to produce spiritual and mystical experiences. Ultimately Streett enables readers to draw some time-tested and cutting-edge conclusions. Exploring the Paranormal is a helpful guide for all who wish to understand the varied forms of spirituality that are so popular today. R. Alan Streett: https://www.criswell.edu/directory/r-alan-streett/   Exploring the Paranormal: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Paranormal-Miracles-Magic-Mysterious/dp/0802884539/ You can listen to Multifaith Matters on your favorite podcast platform, including Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio. Learn more about our work at https://www.multifaithmatters.org. Support this work: One-time donation: https://multifaithmatters.org/donate Become my patron: https://patron.podbean.com/johnwmorehead #paranormal #AlanStreett

We're back with our third annual Halloween episode! This year we tackle the strange world of mediums, psychics, telepathy, and beyond as we interview R. Alan Streett, a professor of theology at Criswell College and author of the new book Exploring the Paranormal: Miracles, Magic, and the Mysterious. Streett has been a believer and practitioner of mediumship, an ardent skeptic, and everything in-between. Join us as he gives his life story and helps us come to a conclusion of what Christians should believe about these perplexing phenomena

When Alan Streett found himself sitting around a circle with friends of his listening to a man in a trance embody the voice of a dead loved one, the fact that he was doing so “in Jesus' name” didn't seem strange to him… until it did.In Alan's newest book (Exploring The Paranormal, from Eerdman's Publishing), he walks us through several jaw-dropping phases of his own life & personal experience with the paranormal, building to a climactic opportunity to share his own current understanding of these phenomena (one I am admittedly uncomfortable with… though I can't yet fully articulate why). In this conversation Alan generously walks us through the highlights of his story, and teases out why you might want to explore more of this paranormal treatment for yourself.Chapters:00:00 Introduction06:53 Exploring the Paranormal: A Journey Begins10:00 From Baseball Dreams to Spiritual Exploration12:46 The Shift to Seminary and Psychic Phenomena16:02 The Encounter with God and Transformation19:05 The Charismatic Movement and Its Influence21:56 The Evolution of Beliefs: From Acceptance to Rejection24:52 The Role of Mentalism in Understanding Psychic Phenomena27:57 The Third Stage: Magic Tricks vs. Genuine Psychic Abilities31:01 The Final Stage: A New Perspective on Psychic Phenomena37:03 The Healing Power of Meditation40:35 Understanding Brain Waves and Consciousness43:09 Exploring Altered States of Consciousness47:29 The Subconscious Mind and Its Powers53:24 Faith, Miracles, and the Power of Belief56:45 Distinguishing Between Spiritual Experiences1:00:43 The Nature of Phenomena and Their OriginsKeywords:paranormal, spirituality, psychic phenomena, Christianity, miracles, faith, subconscious mind, Alan Streett, Jolly Thoughts podcast, spiritual experiences Get full access to Marc Jolicoeur (aka Jolly Thoughts) at marcjolicoeur.substack.com/subscribe

Alan Streett, an emeritus professor of biblical theology at Criswell College, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Songs of Resistance: Challenging Caesar and Empire. He also discusses songs in the Christmas biblical texts, public and private resistance, and the demands of Caesar.  Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that helps you make sense of faith, culture, and politics.

I have been looking forward to this conversation with Dr Alan Streett for a looooong time now. Streett's book on baptism (Caesar And The Sacrament) almost literally blew my mind while reading it. So much so that I ordered his prequel (Subversive Meals) and the newly-released followup (Songs Of Resistance) as soon as I could. In this conversation, we get a little window into Streett's own background, as well as wrestle a little with some of the tensions that his masterful work presents. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marcjolicoeur.substack.com

Note - I mentioned Julius Caesar a few times in this episode. I was intending to talk about Caesar Augustus with those comments, as he is the more immediate, contemporary example of emperors seeing themselves as divine, declaring their own "gospel", etc.NotesThe OnScript podcast hosted R. Alan Streett recently, where they talked about baptism as a loyalty oath - comparing the oath that Roman soldiers would take, with the way the church approached baptism in the 1st-Century. This was a great discussion!

In this conversation with Alan Streett, Senior Research Professor of Biblical Theology at Criswell College, we discuss the thesis of his book Subversive Meals: An Analysis of the Lord's Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century. Dr. Streett talks about the Roman form of the meal that the early church adopted, the subversive and anti-imperial nature of the meal, its radical egalitarian aspects, and how this applies the to the American church in the twenty-first century in a time of pandemic and the church's close alliance with empire. If you find this helpful, please consider supporting this podcast with your Patronage for just a few dollars a month.

Was baptism spiritual, political, or both? And to what degree was baptism seen as saving in the New Testament and early Christianity? Why? In his provocative and important new book Caesar and the Sacrament, R. Alan Streett shows that baptism was a politically subversive action that involved swearing an oath of allegiance to a new king. Co-hosted by Matt Bates. The post R. Alan Streett – Caesar and the Sacrament first appeared on OnScript.

Was baptism spiritual, political, or both? And to what degree was baptism seen as saving in the New Testament and early Christianity? Why? In his provocative and important new book Caesar and the Sacrament, R. Alan Streett shows that baptism was a politically subversive action that involved swearing an oath of allegiance to a new king. Co-hosted by Matt Bates. The post R. Alan Streett - Caesar and the Sacrament first appeared on OnScript.

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