Context Matters

Dr. Jill Firth joins me to talk about the prophet Jeremiah. We discuss how the book of Jeremiah is complicated and also that the person Jeremiah was complicated. Did he go through ...

Ruth Naomi Floyd explains how the very essence of jazz allows for her to bring creative disruption to the norm. We also talk about her project in which she takes the words of Frede...

Join us as Ruth Naomi Floyd joins us for some good theology mixed with jazz. We talk about her upbringing with her creative extremist parents and end on a jazz-full note for Holy W...

Lament and hope are present simultaneously in the Blues. Dr. Glanville helps us hear these sounds and then match them to the biblical narrative....

Dr. Mark Glanville sits at his piano and talks with us about what the history of Jazz and the Blues has to do with biblical law. He teaches us how to listen for "the Blues Moan and...

Dr. Linford Stutzman joins us for the second part of the conversation about his book Sailing Acts. We discuss Paul's use of the sea routes over land routes, and the mostly hidden n...

We know how valuable the study of the land is to understand the Bible, but what about the study of the Mediterranean Sea? This week we join Dr. Linford Stutzman on his boat in the ...

Dr. Sandy Richter talks to us about her new book The Stewards of Eden. We discuss Israelite law codes and how they differentiate God's people from surrounding nations by forbidding...

Should Christians have a specific view about the environment? What does the Bible say? This week Dr. Sandy Richter joins me to talk about her book Stewards of Eden and to untangle ...

Dr. Elaine Phillips joins us to discuss Israelite Wisdom Literature with a focus on Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs. What do we do with all this emotion?...

Dr. Elaine Phillips joins us to discuss what Israelite wisdom texts are and why we need them in the Bible. We get into the book of Proverbs and discuss who the Proverbs 31 woman re...

Dr. Sarah Harris from Carey Baptist College joins us to talk about why telling the stories of the women in Luke is important for understanding the theology of Luke. We start with E...