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The first witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ were some of his female disciples. Mary Magdalene witnessed the empty tomb and was the first to encounter the risen Savior. Additionally, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and other unnamed women, who had come to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus, saw the empty tomb and reported it to the apostles. In this episode, Professor Gaye Strathearn explores the profound impact of the Easter events through the experiences of the women who witnessed the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. She explains how Luke's narrative, with support from the other Gospels, connects these women to Jesus's ministry in Galilee and portrays them as dedicated disciples who ministered to Jesus and followed him to Jerusalem. Further, the discussion underscores the women's loyalty and sacrifice, emphasizing their presence at the Crucifixion and their discovery of the empty tomb. In exploring these narratives, we can increase our knowledge of the enduring hope and faith that the Easter events inspire and add our own witness that “he is risen” (Mark 16:6). Publications: “Women Witnesses of the Easter Events” in He Was Seen: Witnessing the Risen Christ, David M. Calabro and George A. Pierce, ed., Religious Studies Center, 2024. "The Chosen's Amplification of Women's Voices in Scripture," in Watching The Chosen: History, Faith, and Biblical Interpretation, Robert K. Gtarcia, Paul Gondreau, Patrick Gray, and Douglas F. Huffman, ed., Eerdmans, 2025. “Experiencing the Doctrine of Christ,” Religious Educator, 25.3, 2024. Sacred Time: The Sabbath as a Perpetual Covenant, Religious Studies Center, 2023. “Discipleship in the Olivet Discourse in Mark's Gospel,” in “Behold the Lamb of God”: An Easter Celebration, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Frank F. Judd Jr. , and Thomas A. Wayment, ed., Religious Studies Center, 2008. “‘Holiness to the Lord' and Personal Temple Worship,” Religious Educator, 23.1, 2022. Click here to learn more about Gaye Strathearn
Spring Lake ChurchApr 13 – 15, 2025==========Spring Lake Church - Bellevue==========Sermon: InseparableTeacher: Ryan GroshekConfidence in God's PLANRomans 8:28-30And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.Confidence in God's PLANConfidence in God's SONRomans 8:31-34What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.“It is a consoling thought that Christ is praying for us, even when we are negligent in our prayer life; that He is presenting to the Father those spiritual needs which were not present to our minds and which we often neglect to include in our prayers; and that He prays for our protection against the dangers of which we are not even conscious, and against the enemies which threaten us, though we do not notice it.” - Louis Berkhof Berkhof, L. Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans publishing co., 1938.Confidence in God's PLANConfidence in God's SONConfidence in God's LOVERomans 8:35-39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Spring Lake Church WebsiteFind out more about Spring Lake Church at our website.https://www.springlakechurch.org/Financially Support Spring Lake ChurchGiving financially is simple. Use the link below to connect with online giving.https://slcgroups.churchcenter.com/givingNeed Prayer?We would love to join with you in prayer. Please click the link below to share a prayer request or for more information on the Care Ministries at Spring Lake Church.https://slcgroups.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91040
Hij zou het geheim zijn van het ‘extraparlementaire programkabinet'. Een partijloze premier die alle coulissen van Den Haag kende, gepokt en gemazeld dankzij decennia opereren in de schaduw van krachtfiguren - een man die het vak kon leren van leiders als Ruud Lubbers en Mark Rutte. Wat bleek? Juist Dick Schoofs kabinet werd een achtbaan van incidenten, chaotische onderlinge verhoudingen en kettingbotsingen. Schoof krijgt zijn ploeg niet aan het werk. Haagse ambtenaren kijken wanhopig naar 'hun' premier. Angstig wachten ze af welke 22% van hen ontslagen gaat worden door NSC-minister Judith Uitermark (Binnenlandse Zaken). Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger zien 'lintjesgate' en de lotgevallen van PVV-minister Marjolein Faber als een fenomeen in een vast patroon. Onder Schoof coherentie noch regie, tenzij PVV-leider Geert Wilders die naar zich toetrekt. Ook bij dit nieuwste '1 april- debat'. ***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst plus linkjes en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***De premier 'baalt', kreunt 'tsjongejonge', 'dit gebeurt niet nog eens', 'dit is niet goed'. Hoewel hij keer op keer belooft de regie te pakken, lijkt bijna niets te slagen. Het vaak om advies bellen met oud-formateur Richard van Zwol helpt ook al niet. De coalitie leeft van burgeroorlog naar burgeroorlog, met af en toe een wapenstilstand. De 'vier pizzapunten' staan vol argwaan in permanente campagnestand. Een gezamenlijk perspectief dat zorgt voor een gunfactor naar politieke partners is er nooit geweest.Burgeroorlog 1 is het raison d'être van dit verbond: migratie. Zelfs bij vijf lintjes spat de ploeg uiteen. BBB-minister Mona Keijzer botst met collega Faber. Deze beschimpt daarop de premier straffeloos, waarna VVD en NSC toch weer een wapenstilstand slikken. Maar de strijd in de loopgraven woedt voort. Burgeroorlog 2 betreft de echte oorlog, die in Oekraïne. De scheuring van de coalitie rond de motie-Eerdmans dendert nog na. EU en NAVO beseffen nu dat Dick Schoof een solist is zonder achterban of gezag. Burgeroorlog 3 wordt uitgevochten in Boedapest. De VVD pikt in Europa niet langer de schofferingen door Viktor Orbán en kornuiten. Wilders Europese partner moet hard aangepakt worden. Een confrontatie op de Haagse poesta. Burgeroorlog 4 draait - heel passend- om het defensiebeleid. Aankomend bondskanselier Friedrich Merz heeft de Haagse politiek volledig overrompeld met zijn € 500 miljard 'Sondervermögen' daarvoor. De coalitie schiet alle kanten op. Dit doet vrezen voor een deconfiture op de NAVO-top in juni.Burgeroorlog 5 betreft nog meer miljarden. Klimaat en energie - en het overvolle stroomnet - vergen daadkracht en investeringen. De industrie dreigt ons land de rug te keren. Dat is iets dat juist de VVD niet kan of zal meemaken. PVV en BBB keren zich intussen tegen VVD-minister Sophie Hermans. Burgeroorlog 6 verlamt alle activiteiten die ons land vooruit moeten brengen, zoals de huizenbouw. Stikstofperikelen worden niet opgelost. Ze wantrouwen BBB-minister Femke Wiersma. Kabinet en coalitie verlammen daarbij vooral zichzelf. Burgeroorlog 7 gaat om geld, de wortel van alle kwaad immers. NSC beweert 10 miljard te hebben getoverd, BBB en PVV geven die enthousiast uit voor hun clientèle, maar VVD-minister Eelco Heinen en de premier weigeren de staatsschuld als cadeautjes rond te strooien. En de BTW-problemen hangen als een zwaard van Damokles boven het kabinet. Daarbij komt dat ons land geen 'Sondervermögen' kent en schulden oplieren is geen investeren. Holland wordt Hellas.De extraparlementaire fictie geeft de vier fracties intussen alle mogelijkheden zich te profileren tegen elkaar en de dilemma's, veto's, kostbare wensen en eisen bij elkaar over de heg te gooien. Regeren wordt zo: oppositie voeren tegen de eigen partners. De premier staat alleen, zijn ministers negeren hem en de coalitiefracties nog meer. Als marathonloper rent hij tussen de loopgraven van zijn zeven burgeroorlogen, wapperend met een witte vlag: "Niet schieten!"***Verder luisteren428 – Dick Schoof, de 'premier van buiten', is de ultieme insider448 - Premier zonder kompas470 - Het kabinet bestaat niet, het is een virtuele machine466 - Behandeling Onderwijsbegroting werd parcours vol struikelpartijen en miskleunen463 - De eerste honderd dagen. Lessen in daadkracht voor het kabinet-Schoof456 - De zeven crises van het kabinet-Schoof452 - Wie is de baas in de coalitie?438 –Het nieuwe kabinet als kleuterklas. De koning kun je niet spelen426 - Een doodgewoon meerderheidskabinet met een allesbepalende financiële plaat425 - Een oprecht akkoord493 - Het belastingkaartenhuis wankelt490 – Duitslands grote draai. Friedrich Merz, Europa en Nederland435 - Klimaat en Groene Groei: Sophie Hermans heeft grote ambities, maar wordt het haar mogelijk gemaakt?491 - De voortdurende twijfels van Nieuw Sociaal Contract477 - De VVD staat sterk, maar zit ook klem372 - Nieuwe partijen als Nederlandse traditie - en de afgrond die altijd weer dreigt420 - Wilders formeert in Boedapest, niet Den Haag***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:28:16 – Deel 201:03:29 – Deel 301:11:41 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this episode we're joined by Professor Tzvi Novick, who is Abrams Jewish Thought and Culture Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and the author of the book that we're discussing in this episode, Judaism: A Guide for Christians (published by Eerdmans). Over the course of our conversation we talk about why Professor Novick wrote this book to correct misconceptions and misrepresentations of Judaism for a Christian audience. Along the way we discuss such topics such as supersessionism, Zionism, and philojudaism. Team members on the episode from The Two Cities include: Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Dr. Logan Williams. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode I talk to Dr. James Ware, scholar of New Testament and Ancient Christianity and professor emeritus at the University of Evansville, about his brand-new The Final Triumph of God: Jesus, the Eyewitnesses, and the Resurrection of the Body in 1 Corinthians 15, out now on Eerdmans, which is a line-by-line commentary of Paul's most iconic statement of the resurrection at the end of the first Corinthian epistle. We look at the significance and centrality of the resurrection for Christian faith, the wider context of 1 Corinthians, and then engage in a passage-by-passage review of 1 Corinthians 15, dealing with all the complex exegetical questions it poses. The resurrection is the heart of the Christian hope, and this lengthy chapter needs to be taken seriously! Media Referenced:The Final Triumph of God: https://a.co/d/8zHHXFr James Ware Amazon page https://www.amazon.com/stores/James-P.-Ware/author/B001JXUOPS?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1742654742&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=3bfa1604-b6e2-4c27-bb83-5236f2524088The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com. You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show's profile! Thanks!
The First Letter to the Corinthians begins with an admonishment of the church over their internal division and reliance on human wisdom. What exactly occasioned Paul's advice has perennially troubled New Testament scholars. Many scholars have asserted that Paul disapproved of the Corinthians' infatuation with rhetoric. Yet careful exegesis of the epistle problematizes this consensus. In Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Corinthians (Eerdmans, 2024), Timothy A. Brookins unsettles common assumptions about the Corinthian conflict in this innovative monograph. His close reading of 1 Corinthians 1–4 presents evidence that the Corinthian problem had roots in Stoicism. The wisdom Paul alludes to is not sophistry, but a Stoic-inspired understanding of natural hierarchy, in which the wise put themselves above believers they considered spiritually underdeveloped. Moreover, Paul's followers saw themselves as a philosophical school in rivalry with other Christians, engendering divisions in the church. Combining scriptural exegesis and investigation of Greco-Roman philosophical culture, Brookins reconstructs the social sphere of Corinth that Paul addresses in his letter. His masterful analysis provides much needed clarity on the context of a major epistle and on Pauline theology more broadly. Timothy A. Brookins is Professor of Early Christianity at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research interests include the Pauline epistles and the Greco-Roman philosophical and rhetorical traditions. He is the author of Reading 1 Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary and Ancient Rhetoric and the Style of Paul's Letters. Jonathon Lookadoo is Associate Professor at the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea. While his interests range widely over the world of early Christianity, he is the author of books on the Epistle of Barnabas, Ignatius of Antioch, and the Shepherd of Hermas, including The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch (Cascade, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The First Letter to the Corinthians begins with an admonishment of the church over their internal division and reliance on human wisdom. What exactly occasioned Paul's advice has perennially troubled New Testament scholars. Many scholars have asserted that Paul disapproved of the Corinthians' infatuation with rhetoric. Yet careful exegesis of the epistle problematizes this consensus. In Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Corinthians (Eerdmans, 2024), Timothy A. Brookins unsettles common assumptions about the Corinthian conflict in this innovative monograph. His close reading of 1 Corinthians 1–4 presents evidence that the Corinthian problem had roots in Stoicism. The wisdom Paul alludes to is not sophistry, but a Stoic-inspired understanding of natural hierarchy, in which the wise put themselves above believers they considered spiritually underdeveloped. Moreover, Paul's followers saw themselves as a philosophical school in rivalry with other Christians, engendering divisions in the church. Combining scriptural exegesis and investigation of Greco-Roman philosophical culture, Brookins reconstructs the social sphere of Corinth that Paul addresses in his letter. His masterful analysis provides much needed clarity on the context of a major epistle and on Pauline theology more broadly. Timothy A. Brookins is Professor of Early Christianity at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research interests include the Pauline epistles and the Greco-Roman philosophical and rhetorical traditions. He is the author of Reading 1 Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary and Ancient Rhetoric and the Style of Paul's Letters. Jonathon Lookadoo is Associate Professor at the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea. While his interests range widely over the world of early Christianity, he is the author of books on the Epistle of Barnabas, Ignatius of Antioch, and the Shepherd of Hermas, including The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch (Cascade, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biblical-studies
The First Letter to the Corinthians begins with an admonishment of the church over their internal division and reliance on human wisdom. What exactly occasioned Paul's advice has perennially troubled New Testament scholars. Many scholars have asserted that Paul disapproved of the Corinthians' infatuation with rhetoric. Yet careful exegesis of the epistle problematizes this consensus. In Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Corinthians (Eerdmans, 2024), Timothy A. Brookins unsettles common assumptions about the Corinthian conflict in this innovative monograph. His close reading of 1 Corinthians 1–4 presents evidence that the Corinthian problem had roots in Stoicism. The wisdom Paul alludes to is not sophistry, but a Stoic-inspired understanding of natural hierarchy, in which the wise put themselves above believers they considered spiritually underdeveloped. Moreover, Paul's followers saw themselves as a philosophical school in rivalry with other Christians, engendering divisions in the church. Combining scriptural exegesis and investigation of Greco-Roman philosophical culture, Brookins reconstructs the social sphere of Corinth that Paul addresses in his letter. His masterful analysis provides much needed clarity on the context of a major epistle and on Pauline theology more broadly. Timothy A. Brookins is Professor of Early Christianity at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research interests include the Pauline epistles and the Greco-Roman philosophical and rhetorical traditions. He is the author of Reading 1 Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary and Ancient Rhetoric and the Style of Paul's Letters. Jonathon Lookadoo is Associate Professor at the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea. While his interests range widely over the world of early Christianity, he is the author of books on the Epistle of Barnabas, Ignatius of Antioch, and the Shepherd of Hermas, including The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch (Cascade, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies
Een Europees kernwapen? Die vraag is actueler dan ooit nu Europa zich niet meer veilig waant onder de Amerikaanse atoomparaplu. Bondskanselier Friedrich Merz, de Poolse premier Donald Tusk en andere Europese leiders voeren plotsklaps een dialoog met de chef van de Franse kernwapens, president Emmanuel Macron. En die reikt hen de hand. Dat doet hij niet voor het eerst, maar nu blijkt zijn gebaar uiterst relevant.Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger duiken in de uitzonderlijke historie van de 'Force de Frappe', waarin de Fransen keer op keer een eigenwijze, lastige positie innamen en soms jaren later gelijk kregen. Gaat dat nu weer zo? En wat doet Nederland?***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst plus linkjes en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***De Franse nucleaire ambitie is ongeveer de oudste in Europa. Wetenschappelijk liepen ze voor op bijna iedereen. Toch blokkeerde president Roosevelt deelname van Frankrijk aan het Manhattan-project. Dat trauma werkt door tot vandaag.Na 1945 was Frankrijk arm, maar ambitieus. Net als zijn geheime bondgenoot, de nieuwe en bedreigde staat Israël. Zij bundelden hun innovatief vernuft. De linkse premier Pierre Mendès France nam in 1954 het besluit een eigen kernwapen te bouwen. Dat zou van Frankrijk het leidende land in de nieuwe Europese Defensie Gemeenschap maken en het Duitsland van Konrad Adenauers Wirtschaftswunder overtreffen.In 1958 werd Charles de Gaulle president in een diepe nationale crisis. Hij pakte aan, strategisch en eigenzinnig. Ook met dat kernwapen, de 'Force de Frappe'. Zijn markante koerswending blijkt in 2025 bijna profetisch.Wat Macron nu aanbiedt is ondenkbaar zonder wat De Gaulle op eigen kracht realiseerde. De 'dissuasion' - afschrikking - van 'La Russie' en diepe argwaan naar Amerika vormden samen de kern van De Gaulles visie op Franse macht en capaciteiten.Jaap en PG vertellen over opmerkelijke momenten in deze historie. Van kernproeven in de Sahara, de Jupiter-bunker in hartje Parijs en de export van wapens en kennis naar tirannen als Saddam Hussein. En hoe dát afliep.Een verrassende rol speelde president François Mitterrand. Hij was links, maar geopolitiek een ijskoude realist. Hij verrukte Ronald Reagan. In de Bondsdag gaf-ie een spijkerhard college machtspolitiek. En hij zorgde dat het Franse kernwapen gemoderniseerd werd, juist omdát de Muur viel. Want Amerika zou na de Koude Oorlog de Europeanen meer op zichzelf gaan laten.Nu, in 2025, bouwt Macron hier onmiskenbaar op voort. Hij wil de gesneefde Europese Defensie Gemeenschap van Mendès France in nieuwe vorm laten herrijzen en deze zelfs verbinden met de veel bredere Europese Politieke Gemeenschap. Dan worden ook landen als Oekraïne, Moldavië, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Noorwegen deel van een nieuwe 'veiligheidsarchitectuur' in Europa. Met de Franse kernmacht als een stevige garantie. Tegen 'La Russie'. En Amerika, zo nodig. Helemaal De Gaulle!In Nederland reikt het denken nog niet zo ver. Verwarring heerst. De motie-Eerdmans werkt funest door en verlamt de coalitie van premier Dick Schoof. De kans dat Nederland zichzelf marginaliseert is reëel. En verontrustend.***Verder lezenEurope thinks the unthinkable on a nuclear bomb (Economist, 12 maart 2025)Claire Mills - The French Nuclear Deterrent (House of Commons, 20 november 2020)Europese Commissie publiceert Witboek over Europese defensie en ReArm Europe / Readiness 2030***Verder luisteren490 – Duitslands grote draai. Friedrich Merz, Europa en Nederland484 - Hoe Trump chaos veroorzaakt en de Europeanen in elkaars armen drijft469 – Nieuwe kruisraketten in Europa? In de jaren '70 en '80 zat topdiplomaat Boudewijn van Eenennaam in het brandpunt van de besluitvorming461 - Ruud Lubbers zag het een slag anders447 - Als Trump wint staat Europa er alleen voor419 - Europa kán sterven - Emmanuel Macrons visie op onze toekomst378 - Dertig jaar na 'Maastricht' is Europa toe aan een nieuwe sprong voorwaarts333 - Een 'bromance' tussen Rishi Sunak en Emmanuel Macron. De haat-liefdeverhouding van Britten en Fransen272 - Dankzij Poetin: nu écht intensief debat over de toekomst van Europa45 – De liefdesbrieven van Francois Mitterrand35 - Charles De Gaulle32 - Churchill en Europa: biografen Andrew Roberts en Felix Klos (vanaf 1 uur 3)28 - De relatie Nederland-Frankrijk***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:29:22 – Deel 200:57:26 – Deel 301:21:48 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Na de veelbesproken 'motie Eerdmans' werd vandaag ook de opvolger daarvan – zeg 'motie Eerdmans 2.0' – aangenomen in de Tweede Kamer. Een meerderheid geeft hiermee aan niet warm te worden van gezamenlijke defensieleningen met andere Europese landen. Ook vinden ze dat de Europese begrotingsregels strikt nageleefd moeten worden. Morgen gaat minister-president Dick Schoof naar Brussel om onder andere te praten over het ReArm-plan van de Europese Commissie. Wat betekent de aangenomen motie voor zijn positie op de EU-top? Presentatrice Margje Fikse gaat hierover praten met: * Joost Eerdmans van JA21 * Jan Paternotte van D66
ReArm Europe betekent een geopolitieke doorbraak voor de EU. Er wordt in de komende jaren ter waarde van €800 miljard méér geïnvesteerd in Defensie. Daarmee hoopt de EU een duidelijk signaal af te geven aan Rusland en Amerika. Het kabinet Schoof I stemde hiermee in, maar een motie van Eerdmans tegen verruiming van de begrotingsregels en 'eurobonds' haalde een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer. Het leidde afgelopen dagen tot een kabinetscrisis. In deze aflevering gaan Lachmipersad en onze analist Europa Michaloliákos in gesprek over de betekenis van ReArm Europe. Ook bespreken zij waarom belangrijkste tegenargumenten vervallen in deze geopolitieke nijpende situatie. 1️⃣ Wat is "ReArm Europe" en waarom is er tegenstand in de Tweede Kamer? (00:00)2️⃣ Het "eindelijke" geopolitiek voortschrijdend inzicht bij de VVD en de Duitse Union (08:49)3️⃣ Zijn gezamenlijke leningen en lossere begrotingsregels nodig? (13:55)4️⃣ Noodgedwongen anticiperen op het einde van de NAVO (22:27)5️⃣ Regimebelang van Poetin is het ontmantelen van de NAVO, de EU en de Democratie (28:29)6️⃣ Kan je strategische geopolitieke compromissen sluiten met het Poetin-regime? (33:42)
s7e7In this episode, Marinus, Cory, and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week they discuss Lecture 4 on Calvinism and Science.Sources mentioned in this episode:Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).Seb Falk, The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery (London: Penguin Books, 2021).Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommonOur theme music is Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) CC BY-NC 4.0
Text: 1 Peter 5:12–14Preacher: Scott Byers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
Meer dan ooit is Duitsland nu het cruciale buurland van Nederland en de essentiële lidstaat in de Europese Unie en onder de Europese NAVO-partners. De nieuwe coalitie van CDU-CSU en SPD en de komende nieuwe bondskanselier Friedrich Merz beseffen dat ze voor een enorme opgave staan; de grootste sinds 1990 na de val van de Berlijnse Muur.De Duitse kabinetsformatie verloopt voorspoedig. CDU-CSU en SPD nemen drastische besluiten. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger over de gevolgen voor Duitsland, Europa en Nederland.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst plus linkjes en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***De nieuwe coalitie van de krimpende oude volkspartijen van christendemocraten en sociaaldemocraten - spottend meer Kleine Koalition dan Grosse Koalition genoemd - kreeg plotseling hulp van twee mensen die een uitweg boden om een adembenemend andere koers in te slaan dan de kiezers was beloofd. De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump en Europese Commissie-president Urlsula von der Leyen zorgden voor een 180 graden omwenteling.Jaap en PG schetsen de heftige botsingen waarmee de verkenningsfase van de coalitie begon en de ingrijpende conclusies waarmee die eindigde. "Das wird ein heisser Ritt", zuchtte Friedrich Merz.Door in de komende tien jaar € 1.000 miljard te reserveren voor investeringen in defensie, Oekraïne en achterstallig onderhoud in de infrastructuur wil de coalitie leiderschap in Europa en bij de transformatie van de economie tonen.Merz weet dat hij een nieuwe Helmut Kohl moet worden, in een minstens zo verbluffende 'Wende' als toen, in 1990. En bij de SPD zijn het de strategische lessen van Helmut Schmidt die getrokken worden.De opluchting in Europa is groot. De Franse president Emmanuel Macron ziet de as Parijs-Berlijn eindelijk herleven en laat geen traan om Olaf Scholz. De alliantie van politieke families rond het midden blijkt in het Europees Parlement al zichtbaar verstevigd.In Berlijn ondervindt Merz meer problemen. De jongerenclubs van zijn Union en de SPD zijn negatief, want zij vinden de eerste afspraken een ‘Boomerakkoord' ten koste van hun toekomst. En voor een snelle hervorming van de 'Schuldenbremse' – de strenge Duitse begrotingsregels – heeft Merz De Groenen nodig, maar zij zijn terughoudend; ze willen hun huid duur verkopen. Intussen moet de SPD haar aangeslagen leiderschap vernieuwen. Lars Klingbeil en Saskia Esken leiden de onderhandelingen. Maar let ook op de populaire minister van Defensie Olaf Pistorius. En op Bärbel Bas, nu nog Bondsdagpresident maar klaar voor de top van haar partij, gonst het door Berlijn. De consequenties van deze politieke omwenteling voor Den Haag zijn nauwelijks te overzien. Met de motie-Eerdmans tegen de EU-defensieplannen is Nederland politiek gecastreerd. Ook de industrie krijgt hiermee grote klappen.Voor NAVO-chef Mark Rutte is het beschamende vertoning dat zijn land in Europa nu alleen staat. Liever dan met Dick Schoof praat Merz met Henri Bontenbal van ‘splinterpartij' CDA, bleek in Brussel. Ondertussen poogt VVD-leider Dilan Yesilgöz in Kyiv president Volodymyr Zelensky te verzekeren dat Nederland Oekraïne volledig blijft steunen.Zou Schoof zwichten voor Omtzigts boekhoudkundige bezwaren dan is de premier volledig gemarginaliseerd. Maar wat Schoof ook doet, het is altijd verkeerd. Als hij afstand neemt van drie van de vier coalitiepartijen, dan is hij pas echt 'van niemand' en zijn positie onhoudbaar. Het was immers formateur Van Zwol die benadrukte dat hij premier werd ‘namens de vier fractieleiders' en dat eigenlijk alleen daarop zijn gezag zou berusten.***Verder luisteren484 - Hoe Trump chaos veroorzaakt en de Europeanen in elkaars armen drijft483 - Friedrich Merz, eerzuchtig en onbesuisd465 – Nederland en Duitsland, labiel en leiderloos. En: de opmerkelijke overeenkomsten met Noordrijn-Westfalen451 - 75 jaar Duitse Democratie421 - Bewonderd en gevreesd. De memoires van Wolfgang Schäuble399 - Politieke problemen in Duitsland, Nederland en Europa: de grote zorgen van Bondsdaglid Otto Fricke366 - De zieke man van Europa: hoe komt Duitsland uit de economische verlamming?331 – De Groenen 40 jaar in de Bondsdag: van ‘narrenschip' naar solide regeringspartij321 - Umwertung aller Werte - Parijs en Berlijn van elkaar vervreemd op hun eigen feest302 - De Frans-Duitse motor hapert. Gesprek met Bondsdaglid Otto Fricke290 - Bondskanselier Olaf Scholz en de razendsnelle ontwikkeling van de EU248 - Oekraïne en de eeuwenoude vriendschap tussen Duitsland en Rusland233 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Otto Fricke over de Europese ambities van de nieuwe Duitse regering***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:29:45 – Deel 200:56:02 – Deel 301:25:26 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Are school struggles leaving you feeling defeated and overwhelmed as an Autism parent? You're not alone. In this episode, I talk with Rachel, an Autism mom and my coaching client, who transformed her own experience of her child's school challenges in just a few weeks. By changing how she thought and felt about behavior struggles, bus issues, and meltdowns, she went from feeling ashamed and exhausted to confident and in control—without changing her son or his school.What You'll Learn in This Episode:The biggest mindset shift that helped Rachel stop feeling ashamed of her son's behaviorHow she built confidence as an Autism parent and became a stronger advocate for her childSimple but powerful strategies that helped her navigate school struggles with less stressIf you've ever wondered:How do I handle my child's school challenges without feeling defeated?Why do school struggles impact me so much?What can I do to support my autistic child and take care of myself?This episode is for you! Tune in now.
In this episode, Marinus, Gray, and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week they continue their discussion of Lecture 3 on Calvinism, Politics, and the Church.Sources mentioned in this episode:Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds., Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021).Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommonOur theme music is Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) CC BY-NC 4.0
Text: 1 Peter 5:8–11Preacher: Scott Byers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
In this episode, Caleb is joined by Richard Phillips (DDiv, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary) senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC to discuss lapsarian views. Together they discuss how theologians seek to understand the mind of God as revealed in Scripture with respect to the logical or conceptual relationships between God's eternal decrees.Resources Lapsarian Views by Richard Phillips Theological Primer: Supralapsarianism and Infralapsarianism by Kevin DeYoung Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology, 3 vols., trans. George Musgrave Giger (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1992), 1:417. Benjamin B. Warfield, The Plan of Salvation (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1955), 23. Robert L. Reymond, A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1998), 476. Geerhardus Vos, Reformed Dogmatics, 4 vols., trans. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014), 1:154. Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, 4 vols., trans. John Vriend (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2004), 2:391.
Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore; He is the award-winning author of The Love that is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith on Eerdmans press. He has written extensively on St. Thomas Aquinas, and you can find his most recent book Thinking Through Aquinas, through Word on Fire Academic.Maureen A. Sweeney is Law School Professor and founding director of the Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice at Maryland Carey School of Law.They join us to talk about their recent Church Life Journal article, Ordo Amoris: Wisely Extending Love.
Frederick C. Bauerschmidt is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore; He is the award-winning author of The Love that is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith on Eerdmans press. He has written extensively on St. Thomas Aquinas, and you can find his most recent book Thinking Through Aquinas, through Word on Fire Academic. Maureen A. Sweeney is Law School Professor and founding director of the Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice at Maryland Carey School of Law. They join us to talk about their recent Church Life Journal article, Ordo Amoris: Wisely Extending Love.
In this episode, Gray, Cory, and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week they discuss lecture 3 on Calvinism and Politics focusing on the topic of the state.Sources mentioned in this episode:Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).Abraham Kuyper, Common Grace (Volume 3): God's Gifts for a Fallen World, 1st ed, Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology Series (Bellingham: Faithlife Corporation, 2020).H. M. Kuitert, Everything Is Politics but Politics Is Not Everything: A Theological Perspective on Faith and Politics (Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 1986).Luke Bretherton, Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019).Matthew Kaemingk, Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018).David T. Koyzis, Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement, 1st ed (Westmont: InterVarsity Press, 2024).Jonathan Chaplin, Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity (La Vergne: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 2021).David Brooks Awarded 2020 Kuyper Prize, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6iCz8w90x4.Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommonOur theme music is Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) CC BY-NC 4.0
Text: 1 Peter 5:5–7Preacher: Scott Byers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
Welcome to Madang Podcast.Madang is the outdoor living room of the world. Here, we invite you to sit and tune into unreserved, remarkable conversations with renown authors, leaders, public figures and scholars on religion, culture and everything in-between. This has been a dream of mine for many years and now it is a reality. Please join me at Madang Podcast hosted by the Christian Century.This is the 45th Episode with Dr. Munther Isaac on his book, Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza (Eerdmans, 2025). Dr. Isaac is a Palestinian Christiantheologian who serves as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. He served as the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College and is now the Director of the BethlehemInstitute of Peace and Justice. He is the author of several books, From Land to Lands, from Eden to the RenewedEarth, The Other Side of the Wall and Christ in the Rubble. Today, he is with us today to share his latest book, genocide, nakba, settler colonialism, theology of empire, theology of genocide and so much more.I am grateful to Homebrewed Christianity, Eerdmans and PANAAWTM for sponsoring this episode. Please join Homebrewed Christianity's online class, Rise of Bonhoeffer. Please read some of the latest Eerdmans Books that are impacting the world. Please attend and support PANAAWTM.Please check out their websites for their work, and events and to donate. Please reach out to me if you would like to sponsor the next episode of Madang podcast. Or simply support me on my substack.
Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D., is Professor of Christian Theology & Theology & Culture, Multnomah Biblical Seminary/Jessup University, Director of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins, and author and editor of numerous works, including Evangelical Zen: A Christian's Spiritual Travels with a Buddhist Friend(2nd ed., Cascade, 2024),More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture(IVP Academic, 2023), Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths (Thomas Nelson, 2012), and A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (co-editor, Eerdmans, 2011). PODCAST LINKS:-Evangelical Zen(book):https://wipfandstock.com/9781666768411/evangelical-zen-second-edition/- Paul's Patheos Blog: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/uncommongodcommongood/- Paul's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.l.metzger/- Paul's website:https://paullouismetzger.com/- New Wine, New Wineskins: https://www.new-wineskins.org/CONNECT:Website: https://wipfandstock.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstockFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstockInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/OUTLINE:(00:00) – Introduction(03:44) – Roundtable: Kyogen Carlson, Augustine, Dogen, MLK, Steinbeck(06:12) – Initial interest in Buddhism and Japanese culture(10:35) – Where evangelical and Zen meet(15:35) – Permanence vs. impermanence(19:47) – Living with ambiguity(23:22) – Holy envy(26:55) – Buddhism and the culture wars(35:40) – The life and poetry of Kobayashi Issa(40:55) – Nirvana in Kanazawa(44:54) – Inhabiting a tradition(49:10) – The object of (this) multi-faith friendship(51:25) – Book projects in the works*The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank Luca Di Alessandro for making their song “A Celestial Keyboard” available for use as the podcast's transition music. Link to license: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/.
Text: 1 Peter 5:1–5Preacher: Scott Byers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church's mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (Eerdmans, 2024) will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology. Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website. New Books in Syriac Studies is presented by Kristian Heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church's mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (Eerdmans, 2024) will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology. Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website. New Books in Syriac Studies is presented by Kristian Heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church's mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (Eerdmans, 2024) will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology. Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website. New Books in Syriac Studies is presented by Kristian Heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church's mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (Eerdmans, 2024) will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology. Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website. New Books in Syriac Studies is presented by Kristian Heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies
Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church's mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (Eerdmans, 2024) will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology. Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website. New Books in Syriac Studies is presented by Kristian Heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church's mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (Eerdmans, 2024) will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology. Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website. New Books in Syriac Studies is presented by Kristian Heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies
Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church's mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (Eerdmans, 2024) will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology. Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website. New Books in Syriac Studies is presented by Kristian Heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day
When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. That terrifying experience dramatically changed his ideas about death and the hereafter. In Night Comes: Death, Imagination, and the Last Things (Eerdmans, 2016) Allison wrestles with a number of difficult questions concerning the last things -- such questions as What happens to us after we die? and Why does death so often frighten us? Armed with his acknowledged scholarly expertise, Allison offers an engaging, personal exploration of such themes as death and fear, resurrection and judgment, hell and heaven, in light of science, Scripture, and his own experience. As he ponders and creatively imagines -- engaging throughout with biblical texts, church fathers, rabbinic scholars, poets, and philosophers -- Allison offers fascinating fare that will captivate many a reader's heart and soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. That terrifying experience dramatically changed his ideas about death and the hereafter. In Night Comes: Death, Imagination, and the Last Things (Eerdmans, 2016) Allison wrestles with a number of difficult questions concerning the last things -- such questions as What happens to us after we die? and Why does death so often frighten us? Armed with his acknowledged scholarly expertise, Allison offers an engaging, personal exploration of such themes as death and fear, resurrection and judgment, hell and heaven, in light of science, Scripture, and his own experience. As he ponders and creatively imagines -- engaging throughout with biblical texts, church fathers, rabbinic scholars, poets, and philosophers -- Allison offers fascinating fare that will captivate many a reader's heart and soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion
When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. That terrifying experience dramatically changed his ideas about death and the hereafter. In Night Comes: Death, Imagination, and the Last Things (Eerdmans, 2016) Allison wrestles with a number of difficult questions concerning the last things -- such questions as What happens to us after we die? and Why does death so often frighten us? Armed with his acknowledged scholarly expertise, Allison offers an engaging, personal exploration of such themes as death and fear, resurrection and judgment, hell and heaven, in light of science, Scripture, and his own experience. As he ponders and creatively imagines -- engaging throughout with biblical texts, church fathers, rabbinic scholars, poets, and philosophers -- Allison offers fascinating fare that will captivate many a reader's heart and soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies
In this episode I talk with Dr. James Barker, associate professor of New Testament at Western Kentucky University, who authored the brand-new book Writing and Rewriting the Gospels: John and the Synoptics, out now on Eerdmans. In this book Dr. Barker discusses the synoptic problem, the question of the literary relationship between Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and offers a defense of the Farrer hypothesis, which argues Mark was the first gospel to be written, Matthew used Mark, and Luke used both. He discusses ancient rhetorical techniques, writings styles and media, and the ‘trajectory' of editing. He then proposes that John both knew and used the synoptics, and that the development of early Christology helpfully illustrates the literary development of the gospels. Media Referenced:Writing and Rewriting the Gospels: https://a.co/d/aQAdPq4James Barker Academia: https://wku.academia.edu/JamesBarker The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com. Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com. You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the shows profile! Thanks!
In this episode, Cory and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper'sLectures on Calvinism.Sources mentioned in this episode:Abraham Kuyper,Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt,Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998).Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds.,Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021).Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommonOur theme music is Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) CC BY-NC 4.0
Today, I am excited to welcome you to this conversation with Charlie Peacock. Charlie is a gifted musician, producer, and storyteller whose life and art intertwine in the most captivating way. In this episode, we're going to dive deep into the roots and rhythms that have shaped Charlie's remarkable journey. We'll uncover the hidden history of his family's racial identity, explore the formative experiences that forged his singular musical talent, and trace the sacred dance between his spirituality and artistry. This is a winding, improvisational odyssey - filled with moments of reckoning, redemption, and the irrepressible drive to create. And in sharing it with us, Charlie invites us to reflect on our own roots, to listen for the rhythms that course through our veins, and to consider how the very things that make us who we are might also be the wellspring of our most profound expressions. So get ready because we're about to embark on a journey through the landscape of a life fully, beautifully lived. So join us as we discover roots and rhythm.Charlie Peacock is a 6x Grammy Award–winning, Billboard Chart–topping music producer, composer, and recording artist. He is responsible for developing and producing the Americana-Folk duo The Civil Wars and the bands Switchfoot and The Lone Bellow. Charlie is a co-founder of the Art House, Wedgwood Circle, and founder/director Emeritus of the Commercial Music Program at Lipscomb University. He has produced music for film and television, including A Walk to Remember, Chris Cornell's "Misery Chain" from the soundtrack of 12 Years a Slave, and "Hush," the title theme to the AMC drama Turn: Washington's Spies. Named by Billboard's Encyclopedia of Record Producers as one of the 500 most important producers in music history, Charlie is also a three-time recipient of the Gospel Music Award for Producer of the Year. His songwriter credits include two multiplatinum evergreen songs, “Every Heartbeat” (Amy Grant) and “In the Light” (DC Talk). His books include Why Everything That Doesn't Matter, Matters So Much, New Way to Be Human, At the Crossroads, and a contribution to It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God. Charlie is the Sr. Music Editor for Christianity Today and host of the Christianity Today Podcast, Music and Meaning. Notably, Charlie's songs and productions exceed 25 million sales. Eerdmans will publish his memoir, Roots & Rhythm, on February 4, 2025. He has been married to author Andi Ashworth for nearly fifty years and they have two grown, married children and four grandchildren.Charlie's Book:Roots and RhythmSubscribe to Our Substack: Shifting CultureConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@allnations.usGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Threads, Bluesky or YouTubeConsider Giving to the podcast and to the ministry that my wife and I do around the world. Just click on the support the show link belowEmail jjohnson@allnations.us, so we can get your creative project off the ground! Support the show
Dr. Holly Carey is the author of Women Who Do: Female Disciples in the Gospels (Eerdmans, 2023). Dr. Cary is the Professor of Biblical Studies and Department Chair of Biblical Studies at Point University (West Point, GA). A graduate of Point and of Asbury Theological Seminary, she earned her Ph.D. in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. She serves as a contributing editor to the Stone-Campbell Journal, is a member of the SBL Mark Seminar and its Passion Narrative steering committee, and lectures and preaches at conferences, workshops, and churches around the country. Dr. Carey is married to Warren, and they have four children. She likes to read, swim, hike, preach, and is a 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo. In this conversation, we talk about the content of her book Women Who Do. Register for the Exiles in Babylon conference (Minneapolis, April 3-5, 2025) at theologyintheraw.com -- If you've enjoyed this content, please subscribe to my channel! Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw Or you can support me directly through Venmo: @Preston-Sprinkle-1 Visit my personal website: https://www.prestonsprinkle.com For questions about faith, sexuality & gender: https://www.centerforfaith.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Text: 1 Peter 4:12–19Preacher: Matthew Holmes***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
In this episode we're joined by Professor James McGrath, who is Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, and the author of the book that we're discussing in this episode: John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer (published by Eerdmans). In our conversation we talk about the differences between this book with Christmaker and delve more deeply into various historical matters surrounding John the Baptist, including connections with Qumran, the relationship between baptism and ritual purity, what we can learn about John the Baptist from Mandaean sources, and the portrayal of John the Baptist in film. Team members on the episode from The Two Cities include: Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Dr. Logan Williams. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Cory and James begin a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. Sources mentioned in this episode: Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002). Abraham Kuyper and James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans ; Paternoster Press, 1998). Jessica Renee Joustra and Robert Joustra, eds., Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2021). Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit https://donorbox.org/graceincommon Our theme music is Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) CC BY-NC 4.0
Text: 1 Peter 4:7–11Preacher: Scott Byers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
Text: 1 Peter 4:1–6Preacher: Scott Byers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
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In this episode I talk with Dr. Rafael Rodriguez, who teaches New Testament at Pittsburg Theological Seminary. We discuss his chapter in The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus (out now on Eerdmans), where he explains what ancient media tells us about the historical Jesus. While our primary sources are the gospels as written texts, in antiquity these were not the only ways in which people were exposed to Jesus. Dr. Rodriguez explains the nature of oral tradition, and what we can know about the period between the life of Jesus and the composition of the gospels. He explains both the failures and valuable insights of form criticism, which treats each individual unit of the gospels as an isolated tradition, and argues that the methodology of the Next Quest must move beyond the assumptions of form criticism. Based on the standards of ancient media, there were no ‘original' versions of the events recorded in the gospels, and we can't reconstruct exactly which words Jesus did and did not say. Rodriguez makes the compelling case that the diversity and divergences between the synoptic gospels are a necessary product of the ancient media environment, and do not present an obstacle to our faith. Taking these historical insights into consideration will give us a more nuanced impression of who Jesus was. Media Referenced:The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus: https://a.co/d/6nQxo23Rafael Rodriguez Academia: https://pts.academia.edu/RafaelRodriguezHelen Bond interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-167-the-gospels-as-biography-with-helen-bond/James Crossley interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-169-the-next-quest-for-the-historical-jesus-with-james-crossley/Adele Reinhartz interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-173-the-jewishness-of-jesus-with-adele-reinhartz/Chris Keith video interview: https://youtu.be/B96XmTRQ3jo?si=MG_A0hpqT_-_s4NV The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com. You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and Youtube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the shows profile! Thanks!
Text: 1 Peter 3:18–22Preacher: Scott Byers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
In this episode I talk with Dr. Chris Keith, research professor of New Testament and early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society. He is the co-editor of The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus, out now on Eerdmans press, and he contributes a chapter to the volume entitled ‘Beyond What is Behind'. In this chapter he proposes that historical Jesus research needs to move beyond the idea that we can somehow ‘get behind' the texts of the gospels and find unvarnished, uninterpreted historical information about Jesus. He discusses the rich legacy of form criticism, influenced by legendary scholars like Rudolf Bultmann, and examines how the operating assumption in Jesus scholarship has been that some individual units in the gospel tradition may give us perfect glimpses into the life of Jesus himself. Keith argues that the so-called ‘criteria of authenticity' have failed to produce this result, and that all of our sources about Jesus are, by definition, interpretations of his life. We should instead try to look at the impact that Jesus had on his followers which gave rise to the sources we have, and explore the wider social, political, and historical contexts in which Jesus lived to get a sense of who he was. All we can every really know about Jesus is the ‘gist' of his life, ministry and teaching. Keith stresses the need for humility when doing historical research and the important role that imagination plays in reconstructing the past. Media Referenced:The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus: https://a.co/d/3cjjthLChris Keith on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Chris-Keith/author/B0028OM79S?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueJames Crossley Interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-169-the-next-quest-for-the-historical-jesus-with-james-crossley/Helen Bond Interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-167-the-gospels-as-biography-with-helen-bond/Adele Reinhartz Interview: https://youtu.be/LeypHVQVMF8 The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com. You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and Youtube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the shows profile! Thanks!
Text: 1 Peter 3:13–17Preacher: Justin Wevers***1 Peter Series Resources***Primary Commentaries:Davids, Peter H, The First Epistle of Peter (NICNT. Eerdmans, 1990)Jobes, Karen H, 1 Peter (BECNT. Baker Academic, 2005)Devotional/Further Study:Clark, Elliot, Evangelism aas ExilesSanchez, Juan, 1 Peter For You (God's Word for You)Grudem, Wayne, 1 Peter (Rev. ed.) (TNTC. IVP Academic)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
“I think my hope is that by this time next year, we would have survived this. … The hope is to survive. … It's really hard to think beyond that.” “We need to repent from apathy. We need to fight this normalization of a genocide.” —Rev. Dr. Munther Issac, from the episode In the long history of conflict in the Middle East, both Jews and Palestinians have felt and continue to feel the existential threat of genocide. There remains so much to be spoken and heard about the experience of each side of this conflict. Today we're exploring a Palestinian perspective. Ministering in present-day Bethlehem, pastor, theologian, author, and advocate Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac joins Mark Labberton to reflect on the state of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, now a year following Isaac's bracing and sobering Christmas sermon, which was graphically represented in a sculptural manger scene of “Christ in the Rubble”—a crèche depicting the newborn Jesus amid the debris of Palestinian concrete, wood, and rebar. Together they discuss the experience, emotions, and response of Palestinians after fourteen months of war; the Christian responsibility to speak against injustice of all kinds as an act of faith; the contours of loving God, loving neighbours, and loving enemies in the Sermon on the Mount; what theology can bring comfort in the midst of suffering; just war theory versus the justice of God; the hope for survival; and the Advent hope that emerges from darkness. A Message from Mark Labberton Since October 7 of 2023, the world has been gripped by the affairs that have been unfolding in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine. And the world is eager, anxious, fearful, angry, and divided over these affairs. All of this is extremely complicated. And yet, as a friend said to me once about apartheid (I'm paraphrasing): It's not just that it's complicated (which it is), it's actually also very simple: that we refuse to live as Christian people. By that, he was not trying to form any sort of reductionism. He was simply trying to say, Are we willing to live our faith? Are we willing to live out the identity of the people of God in the context of places of great division and violence and evil? The Middle East is fraught historically with these debates, and certainly since the of the nation-state of Israel in 1947, there has been this ongoing anguish and understandable existential crisis that Jews have experienced both inside Israel and around the world because of the ongoing anti-Semitic hatred that seems to exist in so many places and over such a long, long period of time. Today we have the privilege of hearing from one of the most outstanding Christian voices, a Palestinian Christian pastor, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, who is the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. He is also academic dean of the Bethlehem Bible College and a director of the highly acclaimed and influential conference called Christ at the Checkpoint. Munther in this last year has been the voice of Christian pleading. Pleading for an end to the war, pleading for the end to violence, pleading for the end to all of the militarism that has decimated parts of Israel, but also, and even more profoundly, the decimation that has leveled approximately 70 percent of all Palestinian homes in Gaza. This kind of devastation, the loss of forty-five thousand lives and more in Palestine, has riveted the world's attention. And Munther has been a person who has consistently spoken out in places all around the United States and in various parts of the world, trying to call for an end to the war and for a practice of Christian identity that would seek to love our neighbours, as Jesus taught us in the Sermon on the Mount, including sometimes also loving our enemies. The reason for the interview with Munther today is because of the one-year anniversary of Something that occurred in their church in Bethlehem, a crèche with a small baby lying in the Palestinian rubble. Seeing and understanding and looking at Christmas through the lens of that great collision between the bringer of peace, Jesus Christ, and the reality of war. In the meantime, we have a great chance to welcome a brother in Christ ministering with many suffering people in the Middle East, Jew and Gentile, and certainly Palestinian Christians. About Munther Isaac Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac is a Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian. He now pastors the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. He is also the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College, and is the director of the highly acclaimed and influential Christ at the Checkpoint conferences. Munther is passionate about issues related to Palestinian theology. He speaks locally and internationally and has published numerous articles on issues related to the theology of the land, Palestinian Christians and Palestinian theology, holistic mission, and reconciliation. His latest book, Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza (get your copy via Amazon or Eerdmans), will appear in March 2025. He is also the author of The Other Side of the Wall, From Land to Lands, from Eden to the Renewed Earth, An Introduction to Palestinian Theology (in Arabic), a commentary on the book of Daniel (in Arabic), and more recently he has published a book on women's ordination in the church, also in Arabic. He is involved in many reconciliation and interfaith forums. He is also a Kairos Palestine board member. Munther originally studied civil engineering in Birzeit University in Palestine. He then obtained a master in biblical studies from Westminster Theological Seminary and then a PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Munther is married to Rudaina, an architect, and together they have two boys: Karam and Zaid. Follow him on X @muntherisaac. Show Notes The complexity of conflict in Palestine, Israel, and the Middle East “It's very simple: We refuse to live as Christian people.” Get your copy of Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza via Amazon or Eerdmans “Christ in the Rubble”—the one-year anniversary Munther Isaac's Christmas sermon, “Christ Under the Rubble” Video A Letter from all churches in Bethlehem: “No war” “ I can't believe how used we got to the idea of children being killed.” “We need to repent from apathy. We need to fight this normalization of a genocide that's taking place in front of the whole world to see.” Fourteen months of non-stop bombing “We're still feeling the anger.” ”We're still feeling the pain. We're still feeling the anger. And in a strange way, even more fearful of what is to come, given that it seems that to the world, Palestinians are less human.” “We couldn't go to church as normal.” “ It's our calling to continue as people of faith. To call for a change, and to call for things to be different in our world, even to call for accountability. And of course, I feel that my message should be first to the church, because I'm a Christian minister. I don't like to lecture other religions about how they should respond. And I feel that the church could have done more.” Freedom to speak out: “You can't say these things in public.” Anti-Semitism and hatred toward Jews “ This kind of hatred and prejudice toward the Jews, which led to the horrors of the Holocaust, to me, it stems from the idea of ‘we're superior, we're better, we're entitled,' and blaming someone else. It comes from a position of righteousness and lack of humility. And certainly Jews have always been the victim of such hatred and blame.” “ At the same time, we as Palestinians cannot but wonder why is it us that we're paying the price for what happened on someone else's land? We're paying the price.” Loving God, loving neighbours, and loving enemies Jesus's politically charged environment Violence, just wWar theory, and “the justice of God” Using children as human shields for militants “ We cannot again bypass what Jesus was challenging us to do, even if it's not easy at all. It was Jesus who confirmed that loving God and loving neighbour summarizes everything. It wasn't like I came up with this novel thing, but I think we somehow found other ways to define what it means to be a Christian.” “What theology would bring comfort?” Matthew 25, judgment, and ministering to Jesus through “the least of these” “ ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake.' So he's clearly talking about victims of unjust structures, those who are thirsty for justice, those who are hungry.” Hopes for peace “I'm going to be very real, Mark. I think my hope is that by this time next year, we would have survived this.” “They estimate that 70 percent of the homes of two million people are destroyed.” Violence and destruction connected to a biblical argument about the legitimacy of Palestinian genocide The vulnerability of Israel and the vulnerability of Palestine “ And it's important to say these things. Because if we don't say them, then we … leave the task of imagination to those who are radical—to the extremists and exclusivists.” Munther Isaac's thoughts on the Zionist movement Advent reflections on the darkness at the centre, from which hope and life might emerge Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment magazine and Fuller Seminary.
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