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Gary responds to a recent video and emails he has received that were critical of his views on Matthew 24. Gary points out (again) that the these critical views are 1) nothing new, and 2) have been refuted hundreds of times by commentators writing centuries and centuries ago. Preterism is not new as some claim, and more importantly, it allows the Bible to interpret the Bible, rather than current events.

Scripture is easily and often abused and manipulated to support agendas that run the gamut from silly to downright evil. In this episode, we explore some of the history of this abuse and what lies at its root: a “plain meaning” reading that adopts principles from the Bible while ignoring the methods of interpretation that Scripture itself champions. By adopting the developmental methodology which Scripture demonstrates, we can transcend narrow, rigid, or fundamentalist readings and see the transformative brilliance embedded within the biblical tradition.

From its roots in the first half of the twentieth century, evangelicalism has become a powerful political force within American society. This new series—A Critique of Evangelical Christianity—explores what has gone wrong with evangelicalism as a movement, in order to point to new paths forward: both to vibrant spiritual life and the renewal of our body politic. In this first episode, we explore how hyper-individualism has infected evangelical theology, crowding out essential  parts of the biblical tradition.

Do Christians have a responsibility to obey the government in every and all situations? What about the jab and the hot-button topic of pandemic response? Gary responds to recent comments made on the "Ask N.T. Wright Anything" podcast about the shot and civil response. Safety, trust, and authority all factor into this huge political, cultural, and health issue.

Is Hell just? Does it exist? Do Christians get judged after death? It's been a hard year so we're keeping it light.

We're also answering questions like: do fundamentalist churches have anything to offer in brimstone preaching, and can we really take comfort in the idea of ceasing to exist rather than eternal conscious torment? What would Tom Wright six years ago say about it? And what kind of voicenotes would Laura and Jonty exchange on it? What does Jonty's microwave really sound like?

This is the Hell-ish episode. It's a little longer than usual, but not as long as ECT. 

Malky talks about his Calvinist background, Jonty talks about hating the idea of Hell and the problem that poses regarding people he loves and Laura discovers annihilationism and is well pleased.

We also break out an old interview Jonty did with NT Wright on God’s judgement and the coming resurrection.

It REALLY gets going around 58 minutes.

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We don't really want to preach at you, but some people like to know what we believe. It's this: Jesus Christ is the Son of God and came to teach us a better way to be while reconciling us to God and each other in a way we could never do without Him. He also changed water into wine. Nice. 

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In this episode of Theology Curator podcast, Kurt Willems interviews N.T. Wright about his latest book, Broken Signposts: How Christianity Makes Sense of the World. Order Broken Signposts, here: https://amzn.to/3eLMSdK

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Welcome to another edition of our “conversations” series with Adam and Heather Russell! In this episode they answer your most burning questions, from Adam’s dream guest to advice on raising pastor’s kids, their thoughts on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the church and, most importantly: Is Adam getting a face tattoo?? You’ll have to listen to find out! Also, be sure to join us next week for our 100th episode, featuring both new and returning guests discussing fermentation as a metaphor for personal transformation.

“What’s happened in 2020 can’t unresurrect Jesus.” Dr. Esau McCaulley

Dr. Esau McCaulley is an author, priest, and New Testament scholar whose work has been featured in outlets such the New York Times, Christianity Today, and the Washington Post. He completed his doctoral studies under the direction of N.T. Wright, and recently released his book “Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope”. 

In this second episode of Season 4, Esau and Robby chat about:
• Why voting can be a profoundly Christian act
• How Christianity addresses the brokenness of the world
• Why we must articulate Christian beliefs in public conversations

Each week on the Praise Hands Podcast, join Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists at the American intersection of church, race, music, and economics. Support the show at http://praisehands.com/donate.

Dr. Flowers plays a clip from NT Wright (https://youtu.be/6osLhKM4XKw) talking about Romans 9 teaching on God's sovereign election of Israel to serve His purpose in bringing redemption for the world by which anyone can be saved by grace through faith, rather than the common misconception of some theologians who take this chapter to teach that God literally hates and rejects most of humanity before they are born and only sovereignly elects to save a select few by a unilateral and effectual work of grace (i.e. Calvinism). Dr. Flowers also engages with a sermon posted by Dr. James White which was preached by Derek Melton on Romans 9 titled "Unconditional Election" (https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/grac...)

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