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Newsletter Archives | Kurt Willems
  • N.T. Wright Talks about Paul’s Biography (Judaism, Empire, Anabaptists, and Jesus) | S1 E1 (EP-59)

    Kurt Willems Interview, Theology Curator Podcast March 19, 2018
  • Paul Didn’t Believe in the Rapture. Neither Did Jesus. Neither Should You.

    Kurt Willems Theology May 9, 2017
  • Best Commentaries on Revelation (without all that blood moon stuff)

    Kurt Willems Revelation April 8, 2017
  • Christian Podcast Hacks: Best Beginner Mic is Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB

    Kurt Willems Podcasting April 8, 2017
  • The Roman Empire During the Time of Jesus (Background of Luke’s Gospel)

    Kurt Willems Jesus April 8, 2017

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We Start with What’s Wrong, but God Starts with Goodness

In Newsletter, Spiritual Growth, Theology, Uncategorized by Kurt WillemsMay 26, 2021Leave a Comment

• 4 Minute Read You’ve been told that human life is rooted in the story of Genesis 3; God says that your true identity is found in Genesis 1. Understandably, we often relate more to the Genesis 3 (“the fall”) part of the story. Look at your newsfeed. Look at your hurts. Look at …

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Back Surgery & Echoing Hope Book Clubs (I’ll join too)

In Newsletter by Kurt WillemsMay 5, 2021Leave a Comment

• 3 Minute Read Hi Friends! First, thank you to all of you who have prayed for or supported me as I have recovered from spinal fusion surgery. It hasn’t been easy. I’ve had some complications that have slowed me down, but I’m definitely making progress. Things have been crazy….. I found out I …

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4 Clichés about Suffering Christians Need to Stop Saying

In Newsletter, Spiritual Growth, Theology, Uncategorized by Kurt WillemsMarch 23, 2021Leave a Comment

• 7 Minute Read I recently released a book where I look at the topic of pain, joy, and Jesus. Writing Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain pushed me to reflect on the nature of suffering and how our narratives about God can sometimes create more harm than good. I’m …

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Brian Zahnd: “Divine Love has the Final Say”

In Newsletter, Spiritual Growth, Theology by Kurt WillemsMarch 6, 2021Leave a Comment

• 3 Minute Read Hello friends! Today we get to hear from my friend Brian Zahnd. He’s been a huge influence over the years and I was honored to have him as the “Afterword” for Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain. “Does God hurt with us?” This is a deeply …

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Scot McKnight: “I Grew Up Without Jesus the Person”

In Newsletter, Spiritual Growth by Kurt WillemsMarch 2, 2021Leave a Comment

• 3 Minute Read Hello friends, Today I want to share Scot McKnight’s words from the forward of my book Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain. Not only was it an honor to have Scot write a foreword for me, but it reads like a good newsletter/blog post. So, here …

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Let’s Stop Under-Humanizing Jesus

In Newsletter, Spiritual Growth, Theology by Kurt WillemsFebruary 24, 2021Leave a Comment

• 3 Minute Read Hi friends, Today I want to share something that is a major theme in Echoing Hope. In the church, although not in any “official sense,” we have an experiential tendency to minimize Jesus’ human nature. Let me explain…. Underhumanizing Jesus While overdeifying Jesus isn’t possible, since as a Christ follower …

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Give Up Hopelessness for Lent

In Newsletter, Spiritual Growth by Kurt WillemsFebruary 15, 2021Leave a Comment

• 5 Minute Read Hello friends, It’s our first full season of Lent since the pandemic. Just think about it. Pandemic. That’s a term I used to categorize neatly for history books or “over there.” Never did I imagine that a full on pandemic would come upon us like this. I mean, aren’t we …

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🔥 N.T. Wright, Shane Claiborne, and My First Book

In Newsletter by Kurt WillemsNovember 18, 2020Leave a Comment

• 2 Minute Read I wrote a book! No doubt: Shane Claiborne and NT Wright are huge influences on what I wrote. I also interviewed them….

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Trump’s Got Covid: I’m Not his Biggest Fan, But … I’m Called to Pray

In Newsletter by Kurt WillemsOctober 1, 2020Leave a Comment

• < 1 Minute Read Even if I disagree with President Trump, I am a fan of life….

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The Bible #6: Church gets a Sword … and a Bible [EP-102]

In Newsletter, Theology Curator Podcast by Kurt WillemsSeptember 29, 2020Leave a Comment

• 3 Minute Read From Tribulation to Peaceful Compromise…

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N.T. Wright & Sarah Bessey 🔥

In Newsletter, Spiritual Growth, Theology by Kurt WillemsJanuary 16, 2020Leave a Comment

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The Bible #4: ‘Til Death [EP-79]

In Newsletter, The Bible Series, Theology Curator Podcast by Kurt WillemsNovember 4, 2019Leave a Comment

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The Bible #3: Not a Book Club [EP-78]

In Newsletter, The Bible Series, Theology Curator Podcast by Kurt WillemsOctober 21, 2019Leave a Comment

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The Bible #2: Why the Bible? [EP-77]

In Newsletter, The Bible Series, Theology Curator Podcast by Kurt WillemsOctober 17, 2019Leave a Comment

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The Bible #1: A Movement, Not a Book [EP-76]

In Newsletter, The Bible Series, Theology Curator Podcast by Kurt WillemsOctober 16, 2019Leave a Comment

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Kurt Willems is a pastor, author, and spiritual director. His first book, Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems our Pain, releases in March 2021. Kurt is also the host of the Theology Curator podcast. He has a master of divinity degree from Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary and a master of arts in comparative religion from the University of Washington.
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