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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#798 - From a Gay Designer in Hollywood to a Radical Follower of Christ: Becket Cook
# 797 - The Future of Christian Education: Spencer MacCuish
#796 - I Finally Discovered My Enneagram Number! A Convo with Enneagram Guru Jeff Cook
#795 - A Christian Response to the Death of George Floyd: A Conversation with Justin Giboney
#794 - What If Church Centered on the Table Not the Stage? Chris Wienand
#793 - Covid-19 and the Politicalization of a Pandemic: Another Conversation with John C. Bivona
#792 - On Being a Woman Pastor-Theologian: A Conversation with Dr. Sharon Hodde Miller
#791 - What’s Wrong with Calling it the “Chinese Virus,” and Other Controversial Topics: Eugene Cho
#790 - White Evangelicalism, Anti-Trumpism, Dialoging across the Divide, and Mitch Claiborne (you'll see).
#789 - Church in a Post-Covid-19 World: Hugh Halter
#788 - The Truth about Covid-19: John C. Bivona
#787 - Sex, Female Sexuality, and 50 Shades of Grey: Dr. Juli Slattery
#786 - Pride Parades, Vaccines, Corporal Punishment, and More
#785 - Rethinking Church: A Conversation with Dr. John Whittaker
#784 - Still a Christian: A Conversation with Justin Brierley
#783 - Trinitarianism Versus Unitarianism? A Conversation with Chris Date and Sam Adams
Old Testament in the Raw Week 6: Genesis 12-22
#782 - Gay Christian, Celibacy, and the Lord's Prayer: Dr. Wesley Hill
Old Testament in the Raw Week 5: Genesis 6-9
#781 - People of Color and Women in Evangelicalism: Nijay Gupta
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