Chalke Talk

Chalke Talk 81: A God Of Love, Or Megalomanic? by The Open Church Network

Chalke Talk 80: What Is The Opposite Of God's Love? by The Open Church Network

Chalke Talk 79: Was Luther's Mistake The Biggest Misreading Of The Bible Ever by The Open Church Network

Ephesians 2:8-9, argues Steve, has been at the core of both our misunderstandings but also heated debates since the reformation. Grace is a free gift, but where it gets difficult, Steve argues, is around “Grace through faith. Surely it’s about one or the other. Grace or our faith? It is either a free gift or a very big effort.”

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This week is the release of Steve’s latest book The Lost Message of Paul! As such, he asks the question in this week’s episode of Chalke Talk that the book is centred around: has the church misunderstood Paul, badly? In answer to this, he’s already received some questions as to whether this book is meant to be anti-bible or anti-church. Tune in for yourself and make sure to get a copy of the book before Thursday when the pre-order discount ends.

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Last week, Steve argued that “saved by faith alone” is possibly a “doctrine of straw.” This week, he continues to argue, in line with the message of his upcoming book “The Lost Message of Paul,” that this doctrine of straw is responsible for so much of Protestant Theology. And thus, how we’ve misunderstood Paul.



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Buy your ticket for THE LOST MESSAGE OF PAUL a one-day conference exploring the wider themes of the book here: https://bit.ly/2QIllhD

“Most informed Christians know that Luther had a problem with the New Testament book written by James. He called it an ‘epistle of straw’ and campaigned to have it removed from the Bible.” And it’s exactly why, a glossed over but important fact, that brings Steve to this week’s episode of Chalke Talk.

You can pre-order your copy of Steve's new book, Lost Message of Paul, here: http://bit.ly/2VDOhrU

RSVP for the BOOK LAUNCH with Giles Fraser on June 13th here: https://bit.ly/30S30TX

Buy your ticket for THE LOST MESSAGE OF PAUL a one-day conference exploring the wider themes of the book here: https://bit.ly/2QIllhD

Does part of our misunderstanding around Paul comes from the fact that his letters are so often used to bolster preachers’ pulpits?

As Steve puts it, in this week’s episode of Chalke Talk, “Old-time preachers could get away with yanking a couple of verses out of Paul’s overall thought (or anyone else’s for that matter) out of context, and then ‘spinning’ them as a prop to support their own pre-developed ideas. But we have a name for that now; we call it fake news.”

You can pre-order your copy of Steve's new book, Lost Message of Paul, here: http://bit.ly/2VDOhrU

RSVP for the BOOK LAUNCH with Giles Fraser on June 13th here: https://bit.ly/30S30TX

Buy your ticket for THE LOST MESSAGE OF PAUL a one-day conference exploring the wider themes of the book here: https://bit.ly/2QIllhD

“Jesus is Lord” is often viewed as a resounding imperial call, when actually it’s root is about living life radically. This week Steve takes looks back at the Roman Empire. an empire under which Jews, like Paul, were subjugated. As Steve puts it, “for Paul, to follow Jesus as King was the ultimate act of political revolution; because it was about liberation FROM the pursuit of power and self-interest rather than liberation THROUGH the pursuit of power and self-interest.” To say Jesus is Lord, therefore, in a time where Augustus had passed away a mere 20 years beforehand was extremely subversive.

You can pre-order your copy of Steve's new book, Lost Message of Paul, here: http://bit.ly/2VDOhrU

“The culture we inhabit is just like the air that we breathe." And this week, Steve argues that trying to understand the Apostle Paul without understanding his culture will fail to give us the full picture.