I’ve invited 4 different New Testament scholars on the podcast to talk about the Christmas story. In this opening episode, I talk with world renown NT scholar Dr. Craig Keener about Luke 1-2, the politics and sociological scandal of Christ’s birth, his earthly vocation (as a tekton...woodworker? mason? None of the above?), the location of Christ’s birth, Matthew 1-2 (and the differences between Luke and Matthew), the problem of genealogies, and much, much more.
Dr. Keener did his Ph.D. work in New Testament and Christian Origins at Duke University and is known for his work as a New Testament scholar on Bible background (commentaries on the New Testament in its early Jewish and Greco-Roman settings). Well over a million of his thirty-plus books are in circulation and have won thirteen national and international awards. His award-winning, popular-level IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (now in its second edition [2014], and available in a number of languages) has sold over half a million copies.
Craig is married to Médine Moussounga Keener, who holds a Ph.D. from University of Paris 7. She was a refugee for 18 months in her nation of Congo, and together Craig and Médine work for ethnic reconciliation in the U.S. and Africa. Craig is ordained by the National Baptist Convention, an African-American denomination, and for roughly a decade was one of the associate ministers at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Craig and Médine’s story together is Impossible Love: The True Story of an African Civil War, Miracles, and Hope Against All Odds (Chosen Books, 2016).
Theology in the Raw Conference - Exiles in Babylon
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#910 - One Christian’s Change in Perspective on Racism: Kimi Katiti
#909 - Pastoring People through Politics, Polarization, and Pandemics: Matt Chandler
#908 - Disability and the Church: Dr. Lamar Hardwick
#907 - How Should Christians Respond to Racism? Rasool Berry and Samuel Sey
#906 - Getting to Know My New Transwoman Friend: Seda Collier
#905 - The Gospel of Multiethnic Reconciliation: Dr. Bryan Loritts
#904 - Theology, Film, and the Idolatry of Marriage: Dr. Kutter Callaway
#903 - The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill: Mike Cosper
#902 - The Historically Christian View of Marriage: Part 2
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#899 - The Dark World of Sex Trafficking: Tyler Schwab
#898 - Jesus, the Bible, and Finding Christ through Deconstruction: Brian Zhand
#897 - Netflix’s “Pray Away” and the Ex-Gay Movement: Tony Scarcello
#896 - Engaging the LGBTQ Conversation with Messy Grace and Truth: Dr. Caleb Kaltenbach
#895 - Asylum Seekers, Undocumented Immigrants, and the Gospel: Dr. Rebecca Poe Hays and John Garland
#894 - A Theology of Disability: Dr. Brian Brock
#893 - Why Christians Need to Read the Apocrypha: Dr. Joey Dodson
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