• < 1 Minute Read In Getting to Know the Real Paul, we explore various issues about Paul’s own identity. From questioning whether or not the letters attributed to him are authentic, to wondering out loud about his posture toward the Roman Empire, this series attempts to give an overview of the important questions …
Michael Bird on Paul, the Mafia, & Integrating Old and New Perspectives (EP-11)
• < 1 Minute Read An interview with Dr. Michael Bird on Paul and the way he integrates insights from multiple schools of thought.
Freestyle Galatians 1.1-5 (EP-10)
• < 1 Minute Read In this ongoing series, Kurt walks through Paul’s letter to the Galatians chunk by chunk. This is a freestyle, which means that although it is informed by scholarship, it is mostly focused on diving into the text and processing it out loud. It is designed to be a resource …
Scot McKnight on Paul, Anabaptism and New Perspectives (EP-9)
• < 1 Minute Read In this episode, I interview Scot McKnight on his interests in Pauline studies.
Entering the Convo #6 – Radical New Perspective & Tying it all Together (EP-8)
• < 1 Minute Read For 2,000 years, people have tried to understand Paul’s writings. His influence on love and hate can’t be overestimated. How we read and interpret Paul matters. In this series, Kurt Willems lays out the ‘big picture’ of Pauline scholarship. This is a series of podcasts to listen to in order …
Greg Boyd on Paul and Pacifism (EP-7)
• < 1 Minute Read In this episode, we jump into our first interview ever. This one is with Pastor and Theologian, Greg Boyd. Kurt chats with him about how he (Greg) reconciles Paul with Jesus and nonviolence versus common “just war” approaches. They even spend some time chatting about the ‘problem’ of violence in …
Entering the Convo #5 – Wright and Dunn’s New Perspectives on Paul (EP-6)
• < 1 Minute Read For 2,000 years, people have tried to understand Paul’s writings. His influence on love and hate can’t be overestimated. How we read and interpret Paul matters. In this series, Kurt Willems lays out the ‘big picture’ of Pauline scholarship. This is a series of podcasts to listen to in order …
Entering the Convo #4 – A New Perspective is Born (EP-5)
• < 1 Minute Read For 2,000 years, people have tried to understand Paul’s writings. His influence on love and hate can’t be overestimated. How we read and interpret Paul matters. In this series, Kurt Willems lays out the ‘big picture’ of Pauline scholarship. This is a series of podcasts to listen to in order …
Entering the Convo #3 – Augustine, Luther & Reformers Continued (EP-4)
• < 1 Minute Read For 2,000 years, people have tried to understand Paul’s writings. His influence on love and hate can’t be overestimated. How we read and interpret Paul matters. In this series, Kurt Willems lays out the ‘big picture’ of Pauline scholarship. This is a series of podcasts to listen to in order …
Entering the Convo #2 – Paul via Augustine, Luther & Reformers (EP-3)
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Entering the world of Augustine and Reformers.
Entering the Convo #1 – Intro & Auschwitz (EP-2)
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When Paul leads to Auschwitz.
Introductions: Surprised By Paul (EP-1)
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The first episode of The Paulcast, ever!
Jesus was Born in Bethlehem, NOT Rome: Choosing to Lose the “War for Christmas”
• 4 Minute Read Each year Christmas comes along and so do various controversies. Yesterday, my friend Jeff Clarke wrote: However, when we post on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram our demand for people toKeep Christ in Christmas, we are in that moment displaying a degree of arrogance, not humility. Instead of pointing people to the humble …
Mourning the Death of Osama Bin Laden… and the Loss of Every Other Life
• 3 Minute Read (The following post was written in the hours after Osama Bin Laden was killed. It is a post that rings true today, as I add it to this updated blog website, as it did all those years back when I wrote it. This single blog post changed quite a bit …
(EPISODE 100!!!!!) The Bible #5: The Movement Continues [EP-100]
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