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The institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

The institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. 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 institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

The institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. 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 institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

The institution of slavery permeated the ancient world, such that the realities of slavery and its long shadows pervade the New Testament and other early Christian texts. Yet enslavement remains an under-taught aspect of the context of the New Testament and early Christianity, leaving pastors, laypersons, and neophyte college students alike to fill knowledge gaps about enslaved persons, enslavers, living and laboring conditions, and much more with partial information, assumptions, or a range of highly technical and specialized monographs.  Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans, 2025), co-edited by Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, takes on these issues, introducing readers to the textures, complexities, and material realities of slavery in the Greco-Roman world. International scholars with a range of expertise, from New Testament and early Christian studies to classics, theology, ethics, and more, contribute to a tapestry of introductory themes, topics, and interpretive frameworks with a wealth of literary, inscriptional, pictorial, and theoretical evidence from the material culture of Roman antiquity in this significant volume. Dr. Cobb and Dr. Shaner joined the New Books Network to initiate important conversations that they hope will continue in religious studies classrooms, schools of theology and divinity, and local church small group settings. Christy Cobb (Ph.D., Drew University, 2016) is Associate Professor of Christianity at the University of Denver. She is the author of Slavery, Gender, Truth and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has also co-edited a volume entitled Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2022). Dr. Cobb is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, sexuality, Acts, and Apocryphal Acts. In her recreational time, Christy enjoys reading novels, crafts, and spending time with her nine-year-old son in Denver. Katherine A. Shaner (Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School, 2012) is Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. She is the author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2018) as well as numerous articles on slavery in the New Testament. Dr. Shaner is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and regularly preaches and teaches in churches around the United States. In her free time, Katherine enjoys hiking in the mountains, reading historical fiction, cooking dinner for friends and spending time with snuggly dogs. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. 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

The Exodus Way E10 — The Exodus story was core to the identity of ancient Israel. Inspired by the prophet Isaiah's words, 1st-century Israelites were awaiting a new exodus, where a new Moses-like figure would deliver them from Roman oppression. The gospels present Jesus as that figure, who saves people from sickness, hunger, spiritual oppression, and even death itself. And following Jesus' resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit, the early Jesus movement became known as “The Way,” carrying a message of salvation for all nations. In this episode, Jon and Tim explore how the new exodus people in the book of Acts embody the prophet Isaiah's vision.CHAPTERSRecap and Acts as an “Isaianic” New Exodus (0:00-9:44)Isaiah's New Exodus Language in Luke-Acts (9:44-26:18)Exodus and Acts' Shared Theme of the Victorious Creator God (26:18-35:03)A New Exodus for All Nations (35:03-45:24)OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPTView this episode's official transcript.REFERENCED RESOURCESActs and the Isaianic New Exodus by David W. PaoYou can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.Check out Tim's extensive collection of recommended books here.SHOW MUSIC“Nimbus” by Toonorth“Silk” by El Train“Wistful” by ToonorthBibleProject theme song by TENTSSHOW CREDITSProduction of today's episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer. Frank Garza and Aaron Olsen edited today's episode. Aaron Olsen and Tyler Bailey provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

“What Luke has set up is that the ordinary people are not only not complicit in the death of Jesus, but they repent of what has been done to him,” says Luke Timothy Johnson, a renowned Scripture scholar, particularly in Luke-Acts, and Woodruff Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Distinguished from other Palm Sunday Gospels for its unique portrait of repentance, Luke's Passion portrays a great crowd of people turning their backs toward the city following Jesus' death and beating their breasts, the “classic body language of repentance.” “Luke thereby sets up the conversion of the people in the story of Acts, where thousands of faithful Jews hear the word of the resurrection and join the Jesus movement in Acts,” Professor Johnson argues. “[It's] a much more positive view of the people of Israel.”  In this episode, released ahead of Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, Year C, “Preach” host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., invites Professor Johnson back to discuss the Passion Narratives in the Gospels of Luke and John to help us prepare to celebrate Holy Week. The liturgies of this most meaningful time of our Christian year demand long stretches of attention from people in the pews, so Ricardo and Professor Johnson also share preaching tips to remain brief and point back to the meaning of the liturgy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rescued, Transferred, Redeemed and Forgiven, Part 12 - True Messianic Salvation, presented by Bob DeWaay and Barb Gretch. We show that Messianic salvation in Luke/Acts means release from sins. We defend the deity of Christ as we clarify the message of the gospel, and remind listeners of Christ's once-for-all sacrifice for our sins. We close with a discussion of repentance. (duration 00:29:35) Click here to play

In this episode, I am joined by renowned biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan for an exploration of the relationship between Paul and Luke in early Christian texts. Crossan provocatively challenges traditional understandings by arguing that Luke-Acts presents a deliberately modified version of Paul's mission to make Christianity more palatable to Roman authorities. Through detailed textual analysis, Crossan reveals how Luke downplays Paul's apostleship, reimagines his conversion, and strategically portrays Jews as hostile while depicting Romans as receptive. The discussion weaves through complex topics, including the Jerusalem Council, Paul's missionary strategy targeting "God worshipers," and the broader political implications of religious accommodation to the empire. With his characteristic blend of historical insight and contemporary relevance, Crossan ultimately suggests these ancient dynamics remain instructive today, as the merging of religion and politics continues to threaten not just democracy but "our soul." Perfect for listeners interested in biblical criticism, early Christianity, and the intersection of faith and power. To access all 5 of Crossan's lectures, submit questions, and join future live streams, head here to join the class. You can WATCH the conversation on YouTube John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at DePaul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian, God and Empire, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Greatest Prayer, The Last Week, and The Power of Parable. He lives in Minneola, Florida. Previous Podcast Episodes with Dom & Tripp Paul & Thecla Ask JC Anything Diana Butler Bass & John Dominic Crossan: The Resurrection of Jesus Brian McLaren & John Dominic Crossan: The Message of Jesus & the Judgement of Civilization Brian Zahnd & John Dominic Crossan: God, Violence, Empire, & Salvation Why the Biblical Paul is Awesome Christian Resurrection & Human Evolution The Cross & the Crisis of Civilization The Coming Kingdom & the Risen Christ The Parables of Jesus & the Parable of God How to think about Jesus like a Historian the Last Week of Jesus' Life Jesus, Paul, & Bible Questions Saving the Biblical Christmas Stories the most important discovery for understanding Jesus The Bible, Violence, & Our Future Resurrecting Easter on the First Christmas   From Jesus' Parables to Parables of God  Render Unto Caesar on God & Empire Join Dom Crossan at ...Theology Beer Camp | St. Paul, MN | October 16-18, 2025 3 Days of Craft Nerdiness with 50+ Theologians & God-Pods and 600 new friends. A Five-Week Online Lenten Class w/ John Dominic Crossan Join us for a transformative 5-week Lenten journey on "Paul the Pharisee: Faith and Politics in a Divided World."This course examines the Apostle Paul as a Pharisee deeply engaged with the turbulent political and religious landscape of his time. For details and to sign-up for any donation, including 0, head over here. _____________________ Hang with 40+ Scholars & Podcasts and 600 people at Theology Beer Camp 2025 (Oct. 16-18) in St. Paul, MN. This podcast is a Homebrewed Christianity production. Follow the Homebrewed Christianity, Theology Nerd Throwdown, & The Rise of Bonhoeffer podcasts for more theological goodness for your earbuds. Join over 80,000 other people by joining our Substack - Process This! Get instant access to over 45 classes at www.TheologyClass.com Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“What does it mean to be a prophet?” This is the challenge preachers must wrestle with and present to their congregations over and over, says Luke Timothy Johnson, a renowned Scripture scholar, particularly in Luke-Acts, and Woodruff Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Christian prophetic witness lies at the heart of Luke's Gospel. “The prophet is led by the Spirit of God; speaks God's word; embodies God's word; enacts God's word; and bears witness even through persecution for God's word,” Professor Johnson says. “And so in each of those categories, the church has room to examine itself.” In this episode, released ahead of the First Sunday of Lent, Year C, “Preach” host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., first invites Professor Johnson to explore key themes in Luke's Gospel. Then, they discuss the Gospel readings for the first four weeks of Lent—The Temptation of Jesus, The Transfiguration, and the parables of the barren fig tree and the prodigal son—and reflect on how these passages illuminate Jesus's prophetic journey to Jerusalem and the church's call to embody this same prophetic mission today. Support Preach with a digital subscription to America Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textBook beginnings are often very important in understanding what follows in the book. I think this is especially true of the writings, the books, in the Bible. We began a several week reading study of the book of Acts. The opening paragraph of Acts connects to the gospel of Luke. By careful reading of the opening paragraphs we learn the method, the structure and the purpose of Luke's writing his two volume work on the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth in order to establish a believer name Theophilus in the certainty of the teaching he had received as a believer. A challenge is for us to read carefully in a few settings all of Luke-Acts. Let the Word impact you and study the Scriptures. This is a way of loving God with your mind.   Bible Insights with Wayne ConradContact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Dallas, Texas 75228email: Att. Bible Insights Wayne Conradgsccdallas@gmail.com (Good Shepherd Church) Donation https://gsccdallas.orghttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTZX6qasIrPmC1wQpben9ghttps://www.facebook.com/waconrad or gscchttps://www.sermonaudio.com/gsccSpirit, Truth and Grace MinistriesPhone # 214-324-9915 leave message with number for call backPsalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Book beginnings are often very important in understanding what follows in the book. I think this is especially true of the writings, the books, in the Bible. We began a several week reading study of the book of Acts. The opening paragraph of Acts connects to the gospel of Luke. By careful reading of the opening paragraphs we learn the method, the structure and the purpose of Luke's writing his two volume work on the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth in order to establish a believer name Theophilus in the certainty of the teaching he had received as a believer. A challenge is for us to read carefully in a few settings all of Luke-Acts. Let the Word impact you and study the Scriptures. This is a way of loving God with your mind.

Mo opens up the night giving her amazing testimony tonight and a guest speaker from South Beach Church in Newport, Oregon, Pastor Luke comes to lead us through Acts 16. Thanks for listening!

Today, Sean McDowell responds to some TikToks. So I respond to his responses. Will he respond to my responses of his responses? Probably not, that would be ridiculous.Cards:Proof of Not God? An Atheist Claims to Falsify God:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LszC4yJa1X0The Self Debunker Strikes Again!:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDQjGE1c8oOriginal Video: https://tinyurl.com/2cl2takeSources:Was Resurrection a Zoroastrian Idea?: https://tinyurl.com/2avlw9arThe Divergent Views of Christ in John: https://tinyurl.com/2262mjfaEncyclopedia of Indo-European culture: https://tinyurl.com/24k3hvfzLinguistic Clues as to the Date of the Book of Job: A Mediating Position: https://tinyurl.com/2774zp4bWhen Was Judaism Founded?: https://tinyurl.com/256yd4qlCreation Accounts in the Ancient Near East and in the Bible: https://tinyurl.com/244e8lfaEhrman, Bart. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife.Lexicon - Strong's G3495 - neaniskos: https://tinyurl.com/2cyk8e4hThe Acts of Peter: https://tinyurl.com/kpxw7r5Minimal Facts on the Resurrection that Even Skeptics Accept: https://tinyurl.com/yatjzvgwActs of Impropriety: The Imbalance of History and Theology in Luke-Acts: https://tinyurl.com/242cjam7Who is generous and to whom? Generosity among Christians, Muslims, and atheists in the USA, Sweden, Egypt, and Lebanon: https://tinyurl.com/249hdal2Eternally Damned, Yet Socially Conscious? The Volunteerism of Canadian Atheists: https://tinyurl.com/26e56zhaNational Study of Congregations' Economic Practices: https://tinyurl.com/2bztuvqrAre Happiness and Life Satisfaction Different Across Religious groups? Exploring Determinants of Happiness and Life Satisfaction: https://tinyurl.com/2cfongc6Pew Religious Landscape Study - Marital Status: https://tinyurl.com/28umzgfvAll my various links can be found here:http://links.vicedrhino.comThis content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.orgBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/viced-rhino-the-podcast--4623273/support.

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you'd like us to reply)In which John and David discuss Paul's arrival in Jerusalem and the tensions that immediately confront him in Acts 21. We explore themes of isolation, accusations, and the challenges of bridging the gap between law and grace.What are the broader implications of Paul's ministry, the gospel's disruptive nature, and the perennial human struggle to control the movement of the Spirit?Listen to David's conversation with Luke-Acts scholar Martin Mittlestadt on Chris Green's Speakeasy TheologyEpisode 177 of the Two Texts Podcast | Disruptive Presence 120If you want to get in touch about something in the podcast you can reach out on podcast@twotexts.com or by liking and following the Two Texts podcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you enjoy the podcast, we'd love it if you left a review or comment where you're listening from – and if you really enjoyed it, why not share it with a friend?Music by Woodford Music (c) 2021________Help us keep Two Texts free for everyone by becoming a supporter of the show John and David want to ensure that Two Texts always remains free content for everyone. We don't want to create a paywall or have premium content that would exclude others. However, Two Texts costs us around £60 per month (US$75; CAD$100) to make. If you'd like to support the show with even just a small monthly donation it would help ensure we can continue to produce the content that you love. Thank you so much.Support the show

David+ and I talk with Marty about his decades-long love affair with Luke-Acts, the benefits of studying with believers formed in other traditions, and marvel together at Luke's originality, the intricate complexity of his work, and the sheer expansiveness of his vision. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cewgreen.substack.com/subscribe

Introduction to Luke & Acts

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke's Good News-Part 16-The Scandal Of Christ's Cross Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

This week, Pastor Zach Pinkerton concludes our series on the Book of Luke. We discuss the conversation that Jesus had with his Disciples following his death, taking them from a mindset of fear and hopelessness, instructing them to spend the rest of their lives building his Church by spreading the word of God and his message to anyone and everyone they encounter.

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

The Gospel of Luke, or simply Luke, tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts and together they account for 27.5% of the New Testament. Most modern scholars agree that the traditional view is that it was Luke, the Evangelist and companion of Paul who was the author of the Gospel of Luke. Written to a Greek-speaking audience, but directing his attention specifically to Christian concerns rather than to the Greco-Roman world at large.

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

A new MP3 sermon from Cornerstone Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Sin's Impenetrable Darkness and Insatiable Hatred Subtitle: Luke - Acts Speaker: Dr. Matthew Clark Broadcaster: Cornerstone Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/14/2024 Bible: Acts 22:1-24 Length: 61 min.

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."  

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts. This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others. You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus. Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Today we start a new series on the Book of Acts. We'll cover the first five verses and answer the question: How should we act on the message of Jesus?--The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples – whether you're looking for resources to lead a family devotional, a small group at church, or a one-on-one mentoring relationship. Join us for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Find resources to talk about these episodes at pursueGOD.org.Help others go "full circle" as a follower of Jesus through our 12-week Pursuit series.Click here to learn more about how to use these resources at home, with a small group, or in a one-on-one discipleship relationship.Got questions or want to leave a note? Email us at podcast@pursueGOD.org.Donate Now --A lot of people view Christianity as merely an ideology or a set of beliefs.I just need intellectual assent to the right ideas, believe the right thingsI go to church, read the Bible (occasionally) to learn these ideasThis is how a recent article struck me: Why I am now a ChristianAyaan Hirsi AliGrew up Muslim in Kenya“The most striking quality of the Muslim Brotherhood was their ability to transform me and my fellow teenagers from passive believers into activists, almost overnight. We didn't just say things or pray for things: we did things. As girls we donned the burka and swore off Western fashion and make-up. The boys cultivated their facial hair to the greatest extent possible.”Then became an atheist“You can see why, to someone who had been through such a religious schooling, atheism seemed so appealing. Bertrand Russell offered a simple, zero-cost escape from an unbearable life of self-denial and harassment of other people.”Eventually became a Christian. But why?Because only Christianity has “an elaborate set of ideas and institutions designed to safeguard human life, freedom and dignity….”This is true, but is this all there is?For many “Christians,” yesIt's a better ideology than atheism, IslamBut it's more than ideology - it should cause us to act.Acts 1:1-2Acts 1:1-2 (NLT) "In my first book I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit."In my first bookActs is Part 2 of the Luke-Acts volume(Expositor's Bible Commentary: Abridged Edition (2 Volumes)) Luke-Acts being originally one work in two volumes, which sometime during the last part of the first century or very early in the second began to circulate as two separate works(Expositor's Bible Commentary: Abridged Edition (2 Volumes)) The Acts of the Apostles was originally written as the second part of a two-volume work, and its inseparable relation to Luke's gospel must be kept in mind if we are to understand the work.Luke 1:1-4 (NLT) 1 Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us. 2 They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples. 3 Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, 4 so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.So the author was obviously Luke (the doctor)Colossians 4:14...

This week, guest speakers and Antioch Ann Arbor board members, Pastors Chris and Blair Mirabito from Antioch Fort Collins, joined us to share how the local church is to embody Jesus on earth.  ********************************************  This message is from Antioch Community Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Follow Antioch Ann Arbor on Instagram Follow Antioch Ann Arbor on Facebook Follow Antioch Ann Arbor on Youtube   ******************************************* Music Credits: The Ground After A Summer Rain By At The End Of Times, Nothing

This week, our former worship leader and one of Antioch's original church planters, Ian Boyd, continues our series, Enthralled by Jesus, continuing our focus on the book of Acts (2:42-47) titled Enthralled with Church Planting. This message is from our service on Sunday, April 21, 2024. ********************************************  This message is from Antioch Community Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Follow Antioch Ann Arbor on Instagram Follow Antioch Ann Arbor on Facebook Follow Antioch Ann Arbor on Youtube   ******************************************* Music Credits: The Ground After A Summer Rain By At The End Of Times, Nothing

Why should you be baptized? To respond to the gospel call of Jesus as your brothers and sisters have in the stream of church history, as the book of Acts indicates.The sermon today is titled "Swim With The Stream." It is the third installment in our series "Washed Anew: The Power & Promise of Baptism." The Scripture reading is from Acts 2:36-41 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on Sunday, April 28, 2024. All lessons fit under one of 5 broad categories: Begin, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under BEGIN: A Joyful Response.Click here if you would like to watch the sermon or read a transcript.Sources of Inspiration for the Lesson Used in Today's Podcast:Peter Leithart, Baptism: A Guide From Life To Death (Lexham Press).G. R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament (1962)Charalambos Bakirtzis, “Paul and Philippi: The Archaeological Evidence,” in Philippi at the Time of Paul and after His Death.Craig Keener, Acts, Volume 1.H. Wayne House, “An Evangelical Response to Baird & Weatherly,” in Evangelicalism and the Stone-Campbell Movement, p. 188.Robert H. Stein, “Baptism and Becoming a Christian in the New Testament,” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 2.1. (1998), pp. 6-17.I. Howard Marshall, Acts, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries.Joel B. Green, “From ‘John's Baptism' to ‘Baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus': The Significance of Baptism in Luke-Acts,” in Baptism, the New Testament and the Church: Historical and Contemporary Studies in Honour of R. E. O. White, p. 161.E. O. White, The Biblical Doctrine of Initiation (London: Hodder & Stoughton), 1960.M. J. Walker, “Baptist Worship in the Twentieth Century,” in Baptists in the Twentieth Century, ed. K. W. Clements (London: Baptist Histoical Society, 1983), pp. 24-25.David Wenham, “Paradigms and Possibilities in the Study of John's Gospel,” Challenging Perspectives on the Gospel of John, ed. John Lierman,  pp. 8-9.Robert H. Stein, “Baptism and Becoming A Christian in the New Testament,” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 2/1 (Spring 1998): 6-17.William S. Kurz, Acts of the Apostles

Discovered and published in 1740 by the Ambrosian librarian Ludovico Muratori, the so-called “Muratorian Fragment” has long featured for New Testament scholars as a piece of second-century evidence for a canonical impulse in early Christianity. Challengers to this second-century dating in recent decades have done little to shake a popular conception that the Fragment authentically reflects a remarkably early and idiosyncratic view on Christian scriptural collections that do not seem to have been meaningfully codified, by other means, until the late fourth century.  Stepping into this impasse with The Muratorian Fragment: Text, Translation, Commentary (Mohr Siebeck, 2022), Clare K. Rothschild freshly evaluates the text of the singly attested eighth-century manuscript and its wider context in situ within the “Muratorian Codex,” offering both a neutral presentation of the evidence as well as a novel argument attributing its composition to the orbit of the fourth-century treatise writer Ambrosiaster. The result is a true “critical edition” for the Muratorian Fragment, advancing scholarship and allowing fellow academics who marshal its data to confront the manuscript's unparalleled oddity within the landscape of early Christian writ. Rothschild joined the New Books Network to discuss her conscientious handling of this “lightning rod in biblical studies,” its limited comparative material from prologues and early apologetics, and especially the ways that scholarship might progress beyond deeply held commitments to the Muratorian Fragment's relevance to the question of the New Testament canon. Clare K. Rothschild (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2003) is Professor of Scripture Studies at Lewis University. Her research interests range throughout the textual landscape of the New Testament and other early Christian texts, from Luke-Acts to Pauline texts and from the Apostolic Fathers to the Muratorian Fragment, and her other major publications with Mohr Siebeck have included Hebrews as Pseudepigraphon: The History and Significance of Pauline Attribution of Hebrews (2009) and The Benedictine Prologue: A Contribution to the Early History of the Latin Prologues to the Pauline Epistles (2023, with Jeremy C. Thompson). She is currently preparing a commentary on the Epistle of Barnabas for Fortress Press's Hermeneia series and serves as General Editor of the journal Early Christianity and the Society of Biblical Literature series Writings from the Greco-Roman World. In her spare time, Rothschild enjoys yoga and playing cello in various small orchestras and ensembles. Rob Heaton (Ph.D., University of Denver, 2019) hosts Biblical Studies conversations for New Books in Religion and teaches New Testament, Christian origins, and early Christianity at Anderson University in Indiana. He recently authored The Shepherd of Hermas as Scriptura Non Grata: From Popularity in Early Christianity to Exclusion from the New Testament Canon (Lexington Books, 2023). For more about Rob and his work, or to offer feedback related to this episode, please visit his website at https://www.robheaton.com. 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

book of luke | book of acts | michael bird | bible luke | bible acts | bible luke explained | bible acts explained | social issues and the bible | current events and the bible | what does the bible teach usEver wondered what the books of Luke and Acts teach us about God, Jesus, and the early church? How do they relate to each other, and what do they mean for us today? Michael Bird dives deep into these questions, providing an accessible and compelling introduction to the narrative of Luke-Acts in his book: A Bird's-Eye View of Luke and Acts: Context, Story, and Themes. We'll chat with Michael and discuss his insights.In his book, Bird unfolds the cohesive narrative about Jesus, the Church, and the mission of God, offering insights with implications for our lives today. Situating both books in their historical and literary context, Bird explores their central theological themes and concludes with reflections on their relevance for contemporary social issues. Don't miss this insightful conversation that goes beyond the pages and brings ancient wisdom into our modern world.Michael Bird's YouTube Channel:  @earlychristianhistorywithm8684  A Bird's View of Luke and Acts: https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Eye-View-Luke-Acts-Context/dp/1514008092#remnantradio #bookofluke #bookofacts #christianbooks #theology #theologypodcast #theologydiscussion