Context Matters
This podcast is for people who are curious about the ancient context that influenced the final shape of the Bible…AND ALSO…how our modern context influences the way we understand the Bible and God and all things spiritual.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 199
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Circular Beauty in John's Epistles
Dr. Constantine Campbell is the Professor and Associate Research Director at the Sydney College of Divinity, and also a jazz saxophonist and a visiting instructor at The Australian National Universit…
John's Epistles in All Their Strangeness
Dr. Constantine Campbell is the Professor and Associate Research Director at the Sydney College of Divinity, and also a jazz saxophonist and a visiting instructor at The Australian National Universit…
Lamentations for the Modern Church
Dr. May Young is an Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and the Program Director of Biblical Studies at Taylor University. She has written extensively on the subject of Lament. You can find out m…
Walking through Grief and Pain
Dr. May Young is an Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and the Program Director of Biblical Studies at Taylor University. She has written extensively on the subject of Lament. You can find out m…
Community, Christianity, and Slavery
Dr. Brogdon is executive director of the Institute for Black Church Studies and the Associate Professor of Preaching and of Black Church Studies at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. See his faculty page …
Philemon: Master, Host, and Christian
Dr. Brogdon is executive director of the Institute for Black Church Studies and the Associate Professor of Preaching and of Black Church Studies at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. See his faculty page …
Gems in Genealogy
Dr. Carol Kaminski is the founder and director of Casket Empty which you can find HERE.
See her profile as a Professor of Old Testament and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
Her commentary on 1-2 Ch…
Beauty in Chronicles
Dr. Carol Kaminski is the founder and director of Casket Empty which you can find HERE.
See her profile as a Professor of Old Testament and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
Her commentary on 1-2 Ch…
The Surprise Twist in Jude
How does knowing what invective speech is help us read Jude? What do we do with the apocalyptic images in Jude?
Find out more about Dr. Robinson HERE
Explore her book Jude on the Attack
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Why Jude?
Who is Jude? Why is he referencing the book of Enoch? Dr. Robinson frames the historical and cultural context that helps us understand the book of Jude.
Find out more about Dr. Robinson HERE
Explore he…
Fiery Content in Peter's Writings and the Modern Church
How do we learn about the story of the Bible if we do not preach sermons from ALL the books of the Bible? Granted, several books are challenging and non-intuitive, but they still offer great value to…
Peter's Letters, Part 1
How do we learn about the story of the Bible if we do not preach sermons from ALL the books of the Bible? Granted, several books are challenging and non-intuitive, but they still offer great value to…
Prophets and Advent?
Dr. Anna Seiges who is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Gardner-Webb University.
Find out more about her here: https://gardner-webb.edu/people/dr-anna-sieges-beal/
Read a few of her blog…
What is the Book of the Twelve?
Dr. Anna Seiges who is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Gardner-Webb University.
Find out more about her here: https://gardner-webb.edu/people/dr-anna-sieges-beal/
Read a few of her blog…
The Clash of Two Noble Struggles
If you missed Part 1, go back one episode and hear the background of how Fr. Neuhaus grew up in a Jewish family in South Africa, was drawn to Christianity through an Orthodox Russian nun, and introdu…
A Sense of Wholeness
Rabbi Moshe was on a previous episode in season 4 to talk about rabbinic text and the parables of Jesus. He is a loved professor at Jerusalem University College where he developed a course titled Th…
Accountable to All Generations
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How Does "Christian" Define "Palestinian"?
I like to send my students to talk to Zak and have a chance to listen carefully to how people grow up and what their connection to land is. Zak has a great and complicated history. He clearly tells p…