Disciple Dojo

In this episode we are joined by my friend (and fellow Gordon-Conwell alum!) Dr. Ben Witherington III to talk about his upcoming book on the identity of “the Beloved Disciple” in John’s Gospel…and why it’s definitely NOT John son of Zebedee!

Unmasking the Beloved Disciple is available for pre-order at: https://www.amazon.com/Unmasking-Beloved-Disciple-Eyewitness-Composition/dp/0310186692/

Other books mentioned:

What Have They Done With Jesus? - https://www.amazon.com/What-Have-They-Done-Jesus/dp/0061120022/

A Week in the Life of Corinth - https://www.amazon.com/Week-Life-Corinth-Ben-Witherington/dp/0830839623/

Rethinking Biblical and Systematic Theology - https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Biblical-Systematic-Theology-Witherington/dp/B0GM2ZXX2F/

You can find more of Ben's works as well as his blog over on Patheos at: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/bibleandculture/

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In this episode we are joined by Dr. Tony Deik, an Evangelical Christian and New Testament scholar from Bethlehem in the West Bank.

For more information on the upcoming Church at the Crossroads conferences in Atlanta and Belfast, visit https://www.churchatthecrossroads.com/

* Tony's 2025 presentation on "Jesus, Justice, and God's Chosen People" can be found at: https://youtu.be/_Nv7a_KIyBU

For more on Palestinian Christians and the situation in the West Bank check out:

* The Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice - https://www.bipj.org/

* Bethlehem Bible College - https://bethbc.edu/

Other Videos mentioned:

* Jesus As Israel - https://youtu.be/OQ2X8wOUZZ4

* The Bethlehem Wall (What Most Americans Never See) - https://youtu.be/Z1Y5HbGPjJs

* JM’s Debate with Dr. Michael Brown can be found at https://www.discipledojo.org/blog/israel-palestine

* 7 Biblical Reasons Why I am NOT a Christian Zionist (Playlist) - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4bbdsVUgfc5c-r-s8OJpd7ZcREsp6kxq&si=WyAcZ6Qx-lAq-zlf

* How Bethlehem Changes You (w/ Pastor Kevin C. Brown) - https://youtu.be/OYElAVEb4Jw

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In this series we are reading through the Psalms one by one and pointing out cool stuff along the way. The goal is to help get the Psalms into our theological landscape so that they help form our outlook as they have done for God's people for nearly 3,000 years.

Here is part 1 of our 2-part discussion with Dr. Holly Ordway, author of Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography. We talk about Tolkien, Lewis, Catholicism and Anglicanism, and some common urban legends many people have heard about Tolkien which are not actually true!

Tolkien’s Faith is available at: https://www.amazon.com/Tolkiens-Faith-Spiritual-Holly-Ordway/dp/1685789919/ Tolkien’s Modern Reading is available at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1943243727/

Dr. Ordway's essay “What Did Tolkien Really Think About Narnia?” is available freely online at - https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cslewisjournal/vol19/iss2/

For more of Dr. Ordway’s works check out her Substack at https://hollyordway.substack.com as well as hollyordway.com

Other videos mentioned:

* SuperheroSeminary: Wonder Woman explains “Helpmate” - https://youtu.be/vQUHlNJAAaQ

* Planet Narnia with Dr. Michael Ward - https://youtu.be/BWzuB5XsDWc

* Tolkien and the Apocalypse with Dr. Sean McDonough - https://youtu.be/d5xK1VTL8L4

* How to Read The Silmarillion - https://youtu.be/r3MPdOxfr1c

History of Middle-Earth box set review - https://youtu.be/up5SSa7-r4c

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In this episode we are joined once again by my good friend Dr. David DeSilva to talk about his newly-completed trilogy on New Testament Archaeology from Baker Academic. He also takes us on a virtual tour of what we will be seeing next Fall on our Disciple Dojo trip to follow in the footsteps of Paul!

Join us in Greece in 2027! - https://www.tutku.travel/tour/following-in-pauls-steps-through-greece-dsgr0927

David’s Archaeology and the New Testament 3 volume set: https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/products/9781540971258_archaeology-and-the-new-testament-set

JM’s Review of vols. 1-2 - https://youtu.be/F_htcQhPkgY

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Our favorite Ethical Hacker is back in the Dojo! Gregory Richardson (founder of @BibleHacking and 6 Levers Consulting) stopped by to take viewer questions about the ethics and use of A.I. as a Christian. Our previous discussion of Christians and A.I. can be found at: https://youtu.be/cagB-uylK_E

For more on 6 Levers, check out www.6leversconsulting.com

Check out Gregory’s A.I. app, ActaScribe at: https://www.actascribe.ai/

Be sure to subscribe to Bible Hacking! https://www.youtube.com/biblehacking

Follow Gregory on Twitter: @biblehacking

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***Dojo Donor Patches: If you are a monthly donor and would like an iron-on DiscipleDojo patch, supplies are limited so message JM directly via the contact page at https://www.discipledojo.org/contact

***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable (We also have a group for both married and unmarried Christians: www.facebook.com/groups/grownupfriends )

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Our favorite Ethical Hacker is back in the Dojo! Gregory Richardson (founder of @BibleHacking and 6 Levers Consulting) stopped by to take viewer questions about the ethics and use of A.I. as a Christian. Our previous discussion of Christians and A.I. can be found at: https://youtu.be/cagB-uylK_E

For more on 6 Levers, check out www.6leversconsulting.com

Check out Gregory’s A.I. app, ActaScribe at: https://www.actascribe.ai/

Be sure to subscribe to Bible Hacking! https://www.youtube.com/biblehacking

Follow Gregory on Twitter: @biblehacking

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***Dojo Donor Patches: If you are a monthly donor and would like an iron-on DiscipleDojo patch, supplies are limited so message JM directly via the contact page at https://www.discipledojo.org/contact

***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable (We also have a group for both married and unmarried Christians: www.facebook.com/groups/grownupfriends )

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In this episode we're joined by University of Aberdeen New Testament scholar Dr. Logan Williams to discuss what he considers to be a widespread misunderstanding in New Testament ethics!

Logan's monograph "Christology and Ethics in Galatians" can be found at https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/christology-and-ethics-in-galatians/CD1785FBD910DAEFD5EFEC49F0344807

Logan’s article on Jesus NOT “declaring all foods clean” in mark 7 can be found at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies/article/stomach-purifies-all-foods-jesus-anatomical-argument-in-mark-71819/FC869FEDFEB2425BEAC3029C21B5900A

Logan’s faculty page: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/logan.williams

Jesus and Jewish Law podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/1QCKgVOnEmtfFwRQtWlBSV?si=408b8a7b8a35407e

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In this final to our 3-part series on Pastoral Counseling, Olatunde Howard returns to discuss premarital counseling and what so many Christians struggle with regarding how they approach marriage conflicts to begin with. Olatunde is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Cary, NC. He can be reached at:

https://one-eightycounseling.com/olatunde-howard/

More episodes with Olatunde can be found in our Counseling & Therapy playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4bbdsVUgfc6Y3fPvCqWfepUlSJ-HkV3k

Olatunde's worksheets:

PDF worksheets:

* Premarital Counseling outline for Pastors - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mb78jwsx79x6br3qygebz/PREMARITAL-COUNSELING.pdf?rlkey=w9620v4j0sx2wfd9x8cbsbu6n&dl=0

* The ABCs of CBT - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/eipzf7l53jfxhvbhzn5g9/THE-ABC-S-OF-CBT.pdf?rlkey=65muk6fdv11mx42d7oecq3pip&dl=0

* The 3 C’s of CBT - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hgzrf71ltyg2mn7lemubx/THE-3-C-S-OF-CBT.pdf?rlkey=q877tq0b81g3ml0446popwx8m&dl=0

* Identifying ANTs - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lipw497v0jn425q7aykfw/AUTOMATIC-NEGATIVE-THOUGHTS-ANTs.pdf?rlkey=kn25jcy9ovcfrqs5o8g8j3vyo&dl=0

* Adjusting Negative Core Beliefs - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n6kxxv0s8epwy9cy4nyrl/Adjusting-Negative-Core-beliefs.pdf?rlkey=s7i0jkyx8rk4ti0l8b2420byn&dl=0

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In this episode we are joined by one of my all-time favorite professors Dr. Sean McDonough! Sean has taught a class called "Tolkien's Apocalyptic Imagination" at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for over 20 years now and his recent book "Truth's Consuming Ecstasy" explores Revelation in light of Tolkien and 5 other literary and philosophical voices.

See Sean's previous visit to the Dojo at: https://youtu.be/uIk8f9VfPok

Truth’s Consuming Ecstasy is available at: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Consuming-Ecstasy-Philosophical-Investigations/dp/1481323342/

Other Tolkien resources:

* DiscipleDojo's CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcS7cPUDS3pY&si=UiVpZrXTp7a7P640

* Letters of Tolkien - https://www.amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0358652987/

* The Road to Middle-Earth - https://www.amazon.com/Road-Middle-Earth-Tolkien-Created-Mythology/dp/0618257608/

* Tolkien and the Great War - https://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Great-War-Threshold-Middle-earth/dp/0618574816/

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