Wisdom: Solomon Got It, We Need It #LectioCast

Danielle Shroyer joins Daniel Kirk to bring some much needed pastoral insight to the running theme of wisdom. Solomon gets it—for wanting what Adam and Eve grasped after in the Garden. Where do we find the wisdom to get over our aversion to naming God as worthy of praise? Can we find the path of wisdom if we’re vague about what the will of the Lord is? And where on earth do we get the wisdom we need to understand what Jesus is going on about?

1 Kings  Does God choose to be limited to the authorized places of worship? Danielle suggests that seeking knowledge of good and evil wasn’t so bad for Adam and Eve, and it’s certainly good for Solomon.

Psalm 111  Together we plumb the psychology of our modern aversion to giving God credit. What are we afraid of and how do we get over it?

Ephesians 5  Wisdom… again! But how do we know what the will of the Lord is? Danielle tries to stick Daniel with answering what it means that the days are evil. And then she gives him the biggest guilt trip ever about watching a Facebook video.

John 6 We plumb the age old question: what on earth is Jesus talking about?!?!

 Danielle Shroyer is an author, speaker, and blogger. She serves as the Theologian-in-Residence at Journey Church, one of the first independent emerging churches in the country, where she also pastored for over eight years. Danielle is the author of Where Jesus Prayed: Illuminations on the Lord’s Prayer in the Holy Land (which will be released October 1 2015) and The Boundary Breaking God: An Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise (Jossey-Bass, 2009). A graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary, Danielle speaks often across the country on issues of theology, faith, church leadership, culture, and story. She has written for Patheos, The Hardest Question, and Immerse magazine, and she blogs often at www.danielleshroyer.com. Danielle lives with her husband and two children in Dallas, Texas.

Daniel Kirk is a writer, speaker, blogger, and New Testament professor who lives in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University and is the author of a pair of books, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God and Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? His third book A Man Attested by God: the Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, is off to the printers. He blogs regularly at StoriedTheology.com  (jrdkirk.com). You can follow him on Twitter @jrdkirk and on Facebook at Facebook.com/jrdkirk.