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
At the Theology in the Raw conference, we will be challenged to think like exiles about race, sexuality, gender, critical race theory, hell, transgender identities, climate change, creation care, American politics, and what it means to love your democratic or republican neighbor as yourself. Different views will be presented. No question is off limits. No political party will be praised. Everyone will be challenged to think. And Jesus will be upheld as supreme.
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Old Testament in the Raw Week 4: Genesis 3:15
#780 - Born Again This Way: Rachel Gilson
#779 - Is Technology Enslaving Us? Jay Kim
#778 - Annihilation View of Hell: Q & A
Old Testament in the Raw Week 3: Genesis 2-3
#777 - Kanye, White Evangelicalism, and Racial Reconciliation: Steve Patton
Old Testament in the Raw Dive: Week 2
#776 - Effective Communication, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and Politics: Dr. Heather Thompson Day
#775 - The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: John Mark Comer
Old Testament in the Raw: Week 1
#774 - Israel Trip, Global Generosity, and Becoming More than Christians: Addison Bevere
#773 - The Annihilation View of Hell. Part 2
#772 - The Annihilation View of Hell. Part 1
#771 - Acts, the Church, and Women in Ministry: Kristen and Osvaldo Padilla
#770 Life of a Pastor’s Kid: Barnabas Piper
#769 - Beating Guns and Killing Death: Shane Claiborne
#768 - Where Should Trans Students Sleep at Summer Camp? And Other Questions
#767 - Politics & the Bible, Hell and Nonviolence, Learning from Morally Compromised Christians
#766 - The Cultural and Moral Significance of Joker
#765 - How to Raise Anti-Fragile Kids: Dr. Leonard Sax
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