• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google Did Paul remain Jewish after his transforming experience of the resurrected Jesus? Scholars disagree about how best to think about the nature of Paul’s Judaism after Jesus. There are several approaches. Kurt briefly outlines the traditional, new perspective, and Paul within Judaism approaches. GIVE THE SHOW …
A.I. and the Future of Humanity (Jason Thacker interview) [EP-91]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google Kurt Willems chats with Jason Thacker about all things faith and artificial intelligence. His new book, The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, is available now. Order it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cDshG0 GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so …
Romans 13 and Protests [EP-90] (a podcast on biblical context and racial justice)
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google Must we follow governing policies? Kurt Willems gives reflections on how to interpret Romans 13 in light of the current season of protests after the unjust murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery (and others). GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so …
Jay Kim: Analog vs. Digital Church (and pandemics) [EP-89]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Jay Kim, pastor and author, chats with Kurt Willems about his book, Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age. Jay’s book looks at the importance of incarnation and human to human engagement in church communities. He then, after the first interview …
Dan Kent: Confident Humility [EP-88]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Dan Kent, the host of Apologies and Explanations with Greg Boyd, talks about his book, Confident Humility. Beyond the podcast and authorship, Dan is the editor at ReKnew.org, and a teaching pastor at Woodland Hills Church. Get it at Amazon: https://amzn.to/2SzWJtc GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If …
Dennis Edwards: What is the Bible? [EP-87]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google This interview with Dennis Edwards about his new book, What is the Bible and How Do We Understand it?, was fun. It is a short, helpful, and comprehensive guide for how to step wisely into the study of the Scriptures. Also check out his Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/RevDrDre …
Cara Meredith: Racial Justice and Love [EP-86]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Cara Meredith joins the show to discuss her book, The Color of Life: A Journey Toward Love and Racial Justice. This book explores her journey of falling in love with the son of a civil rights icon, as well as expanding her awareness of what it means to …
Walter Brueggemann: Materiality as Resistance [EP-85]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Scholar Walter Brueggemann joins Kurt to discuss his new book, Materiality as Resistance. Here’s what Kurt said in his endorsement: “Materiality as Resistance, if we put into practice its wise and radical vision of human flourishing, has the power to transform persons, churches, communities, and our world.” Get …
Paul’s “Faith” Language w/ Nijay Gupta [EP-84]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google Prolific author and biblical scholar, Nijay Gupta, joins Kurt to discuss his book, Paul and the Language of Faith. Check out Nijay Gupta’s blog here! GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so kind to hop on iTunes (or your feed of choice) and …
The End: Doom, Gloom, & Jesus #1 [EP-83]
• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes or Google In this episode of Theology Curator, Kurt Willems begins a two part series on Jesus’ prediction that the Temple would be destroyed and End Times stuff. GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so kind to hop on iTunes (or your feed of choice) and …
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: …
The Bible #4: ‘Til Death [EP-79]
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The Bible #3: Not a Book Club [EP-78]
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