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Thinking Theologically
by Spencer Shaw
The podcast where we encourage you to think about your faith and Scripture theologically. Find more content at thinkingtheologically.org
Episodes
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92. Four Keys to Reading Romans
Romans is probably Paul's most well-known and read letter, but how is it supposed to be read? What is Paul's purpose for writing the letter? Have our interpretations of Romans been more influenced by Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation than by Paul and the early church? Check out...
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91. What Bible Translation Should I Use?
As Christians, we believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God. So, Bible reading is important. However, there are a multiplicity of English Bible versions from which to choose. Which version should you choose? Which is the best? Check out additional content on our website,...
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90. What To Do About Missing Verses in the Bible
Perhaps you have been reading through your Bible and noticed that a verse was missing, or seen a footnote that says that a particular verse is not in the oldest and best manuscripts, or even seen an image on social media calling out a particular Bible version for taking out verses. What are we to...
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89. The Original Ending of the Gospel of Mark
How did the Gospel of Mark originally end? What does the manuscript evidence suggest? Where do the additional endings come from? Check out additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.orgMusic:"Kid Kodi"Blue Dot Sessionswww.sessions.blue
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88. How Do We Know What the Bible Originally Said?
In biblical scholarship, the science of determining what the original books of the Bible said is textual criticism. In this episode, we dive into how that process works and why we can have confidence in our modern Bibles.Check out additional content on our website,...
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87. How Were the Books of the New Testament Chosen?
The 27 books of the New Testament became scripture through a long process of the church's recognition of these books as life-giving for God's people.Check out additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.orgMusic:"Kid Kodi"Blue Dot Sessionswww.sessions.blue
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86. Why Were the Books of the New Testament Written?
When you place the books of the New Testament in chronological order based on date of composition, you will find a snowballing theological development from one work or group of works to the next. Check out additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.org Music:"Kid Kodi"Blue Dot...
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A Conversation with Dr. Mark Goodacre - Why Are Matthew, Mark, and Luke so Similar?
A casual reader of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke notices that the stories they tell are quite similar. However, the connection goes deeper as there are entire sections that agree word for word in Greek. In this conversation, I speak with Dr. Mark Goodacre of Duke University about why the...
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85. Who Wrote the Gospel of John?
The Gospel of John is typically thought to have been written by John the Apostle, but is this the case? Who is the Beloved Disciple in the story? Did the Beloved Disciple write the Gospel or just tell the stories that became the Gospel of John?Check out our additional content,...
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84. Who Wrote the Gospel of Luke?
Was the author of Luke-Acts a traveling companion of Paul? Is there any connection between Luke-Acts and Paul's letters? What do we know about the author? Check out our additional content, thinkingtheologically.orgMusic:"Kid Kodi"Blue Dot Sessionswww.sessions.blue
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Article | The Resurrection in the Gospel of John
In John, Jesus's resurrection is the means by which God brings about new creation. Find our additional content at our website, thinkingtheologically.org.
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Article | The Resurrection in the Gospel of Luke
Luke's version of Jesus's resurrection invites all humanity to take part in a journey with Jesus on the road to redemption. Find our additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.org.
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Article | The Resurrection in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthew's Gospel presents Jesus's resurrection as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy because Jesus is Israel's Messiah. Find our additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.org.
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Article | The Resurrection in the Gospel of Mark
In the gospel of Mark, Jesus's resurrection is connected to his identity as the suffering Messiah and the importance of discipleship. Check out our additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.org
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83. Who Wrote the Gospel of Matthew?
The authorship of Mattew's Gospel raises a few interesting questions. Who was Matthew the disciple? In what language was the Gospel originally written? What is the likelihood that Matthew actually wrote it? Check out our additional content, thinkingtheologically.orgMusic:"Kid Kodi"Blue Dot...
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82. Who Wrote the Gospel of Mark?
Were the Gospels originally anonymous? Where do we get the name Mark from? What internal evidence in the Gospel might suggest an author?Find additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.orgMusic:"Kid Kodi"Blue Dot Sessionswww.sessions.blue
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Article | Did God Really Try to Give Adam a Wife from Among the Animals?
How are we to understand God passing the animals before Adam in Genesis 2:19–20? Find the written article and additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.org
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81. Reading the Bible and Understanding Christianity as Story
The best and easiest way to study and interpret the Bible, especially the problematic passages most of us don't know what to do with, is by seeing it as the story of God. Check out all of our content on our website, thinkingtheologically.orgMusic:"Kid Kodi"Blue Dot Sessionswww.sessions.blue
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Church Leadership in Shifting Times - A Conversation with Dr. Grady King
Our world/culture is shifting. This is nothing new; it is inevitably a part of the nature of culture. So, as the people of God have always been forced to do, we must figure out what it means to be God’s people in our new and shifting world. In this conversation, Dr. Grady King talks about what...
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80. How to Love Your Neighbor in Polarizing Times
Currently, it seems that our country and even many Christians are struggling to figure out how to love their neighbor. What does it look like to love the poor or the immigrant? Who is my neighbor? Is there a hierarchy of love determining whom I am to love first? Find additional content on our...
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A Conversation with Dr. John Walton - Genesis 1 and the Origins Debate
In this conversation, we discuss Dr. Walton's influential book, "The Lost World of Genesis One." In the book, he argues that Genesis 1, read in its Ancient Near Eastern Context, is not about material origins (how did everyone come to exist from nothing?) but functional origins. Genesis 1 is the...
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Article | What Does it Mean to Discern the Lord's Body During the Lord's Supper
What does Paul mean when he tells the Corinthians that they are to "discern the body" before taking the Lord's Supper or risk taking it in an "unworthy manner?" Find the article on our website, thinkingtheologically.org. Also, check out our YouTube Channel
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Article | Apocalypticism in Second Temple Judaism and the Ministry of Jesus
Apocalypticism was the worldview of Jesus, the New Testament authors, and the first Christians, which gave rise to the stories and language used to tell the story of Jesus.
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Article | Immanuel: The God of Salvation
Jesus came to earth as "the way" to the fullness of life in relationship with God. Check out the article and the rest of our content on our website thinkingtheologically.org
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Article | The Historical Shift from Open to Closed Communion
If the Lord's Supper was originally open to non-believers, as seems to be suggested in Luke's Gospel and perhaps in Paul's letters, then how did it shift to a closed communion by the time of the second century? Read the article and check out our additional content at thinkingtheologically.org
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Article | Immanuel: The God of Humanity
God coming to dwell with us in Jesus means that God suffers with us. Check out the article and additional content on our website, thinkingtheologically.org.
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Article | Immanuel: The God of Speech
Asas we celebrate the Christmas season and consider the birth and incarnation of Jesus, let’s remember that Jesus’s birth was the birth of God’s Word. Jesus is the ultimate speech-act of God that reveals God’s identity, desires, and ultimately, through which God causes amazing things to happen....
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79. Biblical Scholars are Essential for the Church's Spiritual Growth
If the church wants to keep from becoming spiritually stagnant, it must utilize the insights provided by biblical scholars. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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78. Loving God and Neighbor - Thinking Theologically About Politics
At the end of the day, followers of Jesus should approach and engage in politics in a way that loves God and loves their neighbor above themselves. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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Implications and Application of Our Theology of Politics - Conversation #3 with Jake Doberenz
What are the implications of a pollitical theology that takes a bottom-up appraoch and strives to simply live as the church in the power of the Spirit? Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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77. Political Issue or Church Issue? - Thinking Theologically About Politics
What happens when our battle against the principalities and powers moves to the political arena and becomes a part of partisan politics? Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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76. Thinking Theologically About Politics
In this episode, we introduce our series on developing a theology of how followers of Jesus should think about and engage politics. Check out the entire series, as well as additional content, on our website, thinkingtheologically.org. #christianscholar #podcast #theology #politics #jesus #bible...
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75. Us and the Spiritual Realm
Baptism and the Bible aid the Christian in our spiritual battle against the forces of evil. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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74. Cultivating Culture: Creating Spirit-Powered Churches for the Future
In this episode, we discuss Spencer's new book, "Cultivating Culture: Creating Spirit-Powered Churches for the Future." We discuss why church culture is so important and how churches can cast a vision incorporating the past, present, and future. Find the book on Amazon, our website,...
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73. Jesus and the Supernatural
The ministry of Jesus did not merely deal with the problem of sin (Genesis 3), but it was also the defeat of the spiritual powers (Genesis 4–11) and the establishment of the kingdom of the heavens. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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72. Sacred Spaces and Places
In the Old Testament, sacred spaces and places are connected to the divine. These themes appear again in the New Testament, particularly in Jesus' ministry. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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71. God Among the Gods
In this episode, we discuss how Yahweh God and his other spiritual beings interact and intersect with the gods of other nations and Ancient Near Eastern Religions. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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70. How the Nephilim Were Conquered
In this episode, we talk about the Nephilim and their role in the stories of Moses, Joshua, and David. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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69. The Importance of Christian Dialogue
In this episode, we address some recent criticisms around Spencer's "The Problem with the Bible's One Unified Voice" and talk at length about the importance of defining terms and speaking to one another. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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68. Creation Corruption Continued
How important is the Tower of Babel to the greater biblical narrative? We discuss Genesis 11, its spiritual realm backing, and why it matters to us today in this episode. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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67. Creation Corruption
Spiritual beings are involved in mankind's fall from the very beginning. In this episode, we discuss the Fall of Genesis 3, the Flood of Genesis 6, and how spiritual beings were present in bringing about rebellion against God. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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66. The "Divine Council" of God
Did you know that God has a spiritual council He converses with and even, sometimes, allows to make decisions? Jack and Spencer discuss Psalm 82 and God's Divine Council in this episode. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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Conversation #1 with Jake Doberenz - AI in Church and Ministry: Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Faith Communities
In our first every conversation, I speak with Jake Doberenz about his new book "AI in Church and Ministry: Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Faith Communities." We talk about the ethical and theological considers of AI, how ministers and churches and begin integrating AI, as well as…
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65. Why We Need to Study the Spiritual Realm
For many, the spiritual realm or "heavenlies" as Paul calls it in Ephesians 6 is an interesting, but unclear subject. On this episode, Jack and Spencer discuss, generally, what the spiritual is, and more specifically, why it's important to study it. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions...
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64. How to Interpret...Revelation
For the ancient world, the apocalyptic genre was not particularly difficult to understand. This is not the case today. In this episode, Spencer and Jack discuss Revelation, the genre of Apocalyptic literature, and how to interpret signs and symbols in Scripture. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot…
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63. How to Interpret...Paul
In this episode, Spencer and Jack discuss the writings of Paul and a few key elements present in his writing style. thinkingtheologically.org Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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62. The Synoptic Problem
In this episode, Spencer and Jack observe the differences within various narratives in the synoptic gospels, discuss why we shouldn't try to harmonize them, and offer a better way of reading through them. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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61. How to Interpret the Gospels
In this episode, Spencer and Jack discuss the differences in the synoptic gospels, explain why they might be there, and discuss how to interpret the gospels as literature. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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60. How to Interpret Wisdom Literature
In this episode, we discuss how to interpret Wisdom Literature in the Old Testament. Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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59. How to Interpret the Old Testament
In this episode, Spencer and Jack discuss what to look out for when interpreting the Old Testament. You can find the show notes on ThinkingTheologically.org Music: "Kid Kodi" Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue
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The podcast where we encourage you to think about your faith and Scripture theologically. Find more content at thinkingtheologically.org
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