• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher Kurt chats with Jared Byas about his new book, Love Matters More. Love, not “truth” is what matters as we seek to follow Jesus, Jared persuasively argues. Listen along! Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3duPU5D GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so kind to hop on …
Deconstruct and Regenerate w/ Tony Scarcello [EP-101]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google Tony Scarcello shares about his new book, Regenerate: Following Jesus after Deconstruction. Kurt Willems wrote the forward, so this is a personal episode you won’t want to miss! Kurt said the following about this book: “In Regenerate, you not only get Tony’s tragically hope-filled story, but …
N.T. Wright on Jesus, History, Miracles, and Writing [EP-82]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google In this episode of Theology Curator, Kurt Willems has a conversation with bishop and professor, N.T. Wright about his latest book. Co-authored with Michael Bird, The New Testament in Its World is a larger volume that brings together many of Wright’s works in a volume designed for students. …
Sarah Bessey on Miracles & Pain [EP-81]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Sarah Bessey chats with Kurt Willems about her latest book, Miracles and Other Reasonable Things: A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God. It is the book she never expected to write but is the outpouring of God’s love and work in her very difficult past few years. Listen …
From Atheism to Apologist (Mary Jo Sharp) [EP-80]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Mary Jo Sharp talks to us about her journey from atheism to Christianity. She brings insight to how to have the apologetics dialogue and why as Christians we have good reasons to trust the God of the Bible. Her new book is called, Why I Still Believe: …
Scot McKnight Reads Romans Backwards [EP-75]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Scot McKnight talks about his book, Reading Romans Backwards: A Gospel of Peace in the Midst of Empire. He says “The operative terms for Paul … are Welcome one another to the table as siblings! The whole letter is found in that imperative.” He also says “Ethnicity …
Gospel Allegiance with Matthew Bates [EP-74]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Matthew Bates discusses his new book, Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ with Kurt. They talk about what the word “gospel” would have meant for the earliest Christians and the many problems we have in explaining this word in the church today. Gospel is, …
VeggieTales Creator Interview – Pain, Joy, and Vegetables [EP-73]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Phil Vischer, creator of VeggieTales, talks with Kurt about his spiritual journey as it pertains to creating, bankrupting, and coming back to his beloved show. This conversation is full of wisdom and fun. Here’s a few resources from Phil to check out: THE LAUGH AND LEARN BIBLE FOR …
Ronald Herms on Apocrypha and Second Temple Literature | S1 E10 (EP-68) – Paulcast
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 10 (Spring Season, 2018) In the last episode of the season, Kurt chats with Ronald Herms, co-editor of Early Jewish Literature: An Anthology. They talk apocrypha, second temple Judaism, and Jesus. This is a conversation that will help orient us towards the world and narratives …
Craig Keener on Acts, Paul, and Miracles | S1 E9 (EP-67) – Paulcast
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 9 (Spring Season, 2018) In this episode, Kurt chats with biblical scholar and classicist Craig Keener. He has done extensive research on the book of Acts including producing a massive four volume commentary, which some have said may be the largest commentary ever produced on …
Rachel Held Evans on the Inspired Book | S1 E8 (E66) – Paulcast
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 8 (Spring Season, 2018) In this episode, Kurt chats with Rachel Held Evans. She has written numerous books on faith and her latest is called: Inspired – Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again. It is a fun conversation full of great …
Are Men Really in Charge? Women and Headship with Lucy Peppiatt | S1 E6 (EP-64)
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 6 (Spring Season, 2018) The idea of headship is odd to modern readers of the New Testament. Paul’s view of women in the church and home is one of the most challenging teachings to understand. In this interview, Lucy Peppiatt helps us to demystify 1 …
Paul the Pagans’ Apostle with Paula Fredriksen | S1 E5 (EP-63)
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 5 (Spring Season, 2018) This conversation is with Prof. Paula Fredriksen. She is a well-known scholar of early Christianity and Judaism. She discusses themes from her latest book, Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle. GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so kind to …
Paul within Judaism with Mark Nanos | S1 E4 (EP-62)
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 4 (Spring Season, 2018) This conversation with Mark D. Nanos explores some of the broad themes of Paul within Judaism. How does it contrast with the New Perspective on Paul? What do they share in common? Why is it important for Paul to remain …
Paul Movie with Director/Writer Andrew Hyatt | S1 E3 (EP-61)
• 2 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Season 1, Episode 3 (Spring Season, 2018) This is a conversation with Andrew Hyatt, writer and director of Paul, Apostle of Christ, a new film from Sony. We talk about the background of the film, major themes, and why he was compelled to tell part of Paul’s …