Theology in the Raw

Dr. Jeannine Brown is The David Price Professor of Biblical and Theological Foundations at Bethel Seminary, where she has taught for 26 years. She focuses her research on the New Testament, hermeneutics, and integration. She’s written a bunch of books and commentaries, including Scripture as Communication, Becoming Whole and Holy, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (editor), commentaries on Matthew, Philippians, and 1 Peter (forthcoming), and a couple books most pertinent to our conversation: Gospels as Stories and The Greatest Story Ever Retold (with John Anthony Dunne). Jeannine is a member of the NIV translation committee. In this podcast conversation, we talk about reading the gospels as narratives versus harmonizing the 4 Gospels, and we also talk about the portrayal of Jesus in film, including the popular The Chosen series.

Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:57 Why Read the Gospels as Narrative?
07:36 Are the Gospel Differences Contradictions?
11:45 Ancient Biography and the Gospels
21:45 Why John's Gospel Is Different
33:44 How Each Gospel Presents Jesus
39:15 How to Read the Gospels Well
44:15 Bible Movies and Portraying Jesus
54:20 The Chosen: Creative License and Biblical Faithfulness
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Andrew Bunt is the Content Director at Living Out, a UK based ministry that equips the church in matters related to sexuality and gender from biblical perspective. (living out.org). Andrew is a pastor, speaker, and author who’s written several books including his latest book: Getting God’s Perspective: A Short Christian Introduction to Worldviews, Sexuality & Gender. In this conversation, we discuss questions about the Christian sexual ethic—is it beautiful or oppressive and harmful? Why a Christian worldview is essential for understanding the Christian sexuality ethic. How a Christian view of freedom and progress are important for understanding sexuality. And then, in our "extra innings" portion of this conversation, we discuss, once again, whether Christians should “identify” as gay (and what the term “identity” even means).

Time Stamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:12 The Beauty of Christian Sexuality & God's Design
00:06:33 Why the Secular Story About Sexuality Falls Short
00:14:17 Talking with Young People About LGBTQ Friends & Biblical Boundaries
00:22:58 Living with Unmet Sexual Desires and Spiritual Growth
00:27:15 Singleness, Loneliness, and the Community Jesus Envisioned
00:34:30 The Importance of Deep Friendship and Belonging in the Church
00:45:00 Why Worldview Matters for Conversations About Sexuality & Gender
00:55:00 A Christian Worldview of Progress and Living Faithfully in a Changing Culture
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Dr. Ellie Paley received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where she studied the book of Job, and she’s currently pursuing a post-doc at Bar-Illan University in Israel. Ellie literally memorized the entire book—in Hebrew…in 6 months! Job is her gig and she knows more about the book than anyone I know. In this episode, Ellie gives a master class on the book of Job, discussing its date, the setting, the meaning of “The Adversary” (hasatan, or Satan?), the purpose of the prologue (Job 1-2), the content of purpose of the dialogue cycle of Job’s 3 friends, the purpose of the transitionary wisdom poem of Job 28, the role and function of Elihu’s speech and why she thinks he’s a rather presumptuous young buck who thinks he knows better than he really does, God’s response to Job, and how the book resolves in the latter chapters. We end by reflecting on Job’s contribution to the question of theodicy and the problem of evil. To follow Ellie’s work, check out her Substack “Compulsively Contemplative.”

Time Stamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:05 Why Memorize the Book of Job? (Hebrew, Theology & Spiritual Formation)
00:12:30 Who Wrote Job? Date, Setting & Historical Background
00:24:28 Is Job Historical? Debating the Origins of the Book of Job
00:28:10 Satan in Job: Understanding the Divine Adversary
00:38:42 God's Speeches & the Meaning of Suffering in Job
00:43:57 What’s up with Job’s friends? Retribution Theology Explained
00:55:14 Who Is Elihu? His Role in the Book of Job
01:01:05 God Answers Job from the Whirlwind
01:06:41 Job's Repentance, Restoration & the Ending Explained
01:16:05 Theodicy: Job on the Problem of Evil, Suffering, and Trusting God
01:23:17 Ellie Paley's Ministry, Writing & Substack.
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Dr. Ellie Paley received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where she studied the book of Job, and she’s currently pursuing a post-doc at Bar-Illan University in Israel. Ellie literally memorized the entire book—in Hebrew…in 6 months! Job is her gig and she knows more about the book than anyone I know. In this episode, Ellie gives a master class on the book of Job, discussing its date, the setting, the meaning of “The Adversary” (hasatan, or Satan?), the purpose of the prologue (Job 1-2), the content of purpose of the dialogue cycle of Job’s 3 friends, the purpose of the transitionary wisdom poem of Job 28, the role and function of Elihu’s speech and why she thinks he’s a rather presumptuous young buck who thinks he knows better than he really does, God’s response to Job, and how the book resolves in the latter chapters. We end by reflecting on Job’s contribution to the question of theodicy and the problem of evil. To follow Ellie’s work, check out her Substack “Compulsively Contemplative” here.

Time Stamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:05 Why Memorize the Book of Job? (Hebrew, Theology & Spiritual Formation)
00:12:30 Who Wrote Job? Date, Setting & Historical Background
00:24:28 Is Job Historical? Debating the Origins of the Book of Job
00:28:10 Satan in Job: Understanding the Divine Adversary
00:38:42 God's Speeches & the Meaning of Suffering in Job
00:43:57 What’s up with Job’s friends? Retribution Theology Explained
00:55:14 Who Is Elihu? His Role in the Book of Job
01:01:05 God Answers Job from the Whirlwind
01:06:41 Job's Repentance, Restoration & the Ending Explained
01:16:05 Theodicy: Job on the Problem of Evil, Suffering, and Trusting God
01:23:17 Ellie Paley's Ministry, Writing & Substack.

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In today’s episode, I’m working through some of the top upvoted questions from my conversation with Sandy Richter at Exiles 26 about women in leadership and my new book, From Genesis to Junia. If you haven’t listened to that conversation yet, I’d encourage you to go back and start there, since this episode really picks up where that one left off.
Thanks so much for all the thoughtful questions—and sorry it took me a month to get to them. I’m grateful for how engaged you all were in this conversation, and I hope this follow-up is helpful.
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