Context Matters

By Dr. Cyndi ParkerSociety & Culture Documentary Religion & Spirituality Christianity Education

Context Matters episodes

December 22, 2022 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?
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Explore her book Jude on the Attack
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29 min
December 15, 2022 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.
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Explore her book Jude on the Attack
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32 min
December 08, 2022 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 the modern church. How is 2 Peter different from 1 Peter? What's up with the apocalyptic imagery?
Find out more about Dr. Dennis Edwards HERE
Explore his commentary on 1 Peter HERE
Explore his book Might from the Margins HERE
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26 min
December 01, 2022 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 the modern church. What was the background for Peter's epistles? Did Peter even write these letters? How can a letter written to a specific group of people for a context-specific purpose benefit us now?
Find out more about Dr. Dennis Edwards HERE
Explore his commentary on 1 Peter HERE
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28 min
November 24, 2022 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/
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26 min
November 17, 2022 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 posts HERE
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25 min
November 10, 2022 Archaeology with Steven Ortiz
Learn more about Dr. Ortiz, his projects, and his writings HERE
Explore the Lanier Center for Archeology HERE
Learn about the Tel Burna Excavation Project (with articles, pictures and videos!) HERE
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30 min
November 03, 2022 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 introduced to Catholicism through his dear Muslim friend.
Learn more about Father David Neuhaus HERE
Read an important article recently published by Fr. Neuhaus HERE. You may need to scroll down to page 13 where his article begins.
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29 min
October 27, 2022 A Voice to All People
Learn more about Father David Neuhaus HERE
Read an important article recently published by Fr. Neuhaus HERE. You may need to scroll down to page 13 where his article begins.
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28 min
October 20, 2022 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 The Parables of Jesus and Jewish Meshalim, which became a favorite course to teach. You can hear that episode HERE.
You can listen to his talk at Spark Church about What Jews and Christians Can Learn from One Another's Texts
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28 min

About Context Matters

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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…