Echoing Hope with Kurt Willems

In this episode, Kurt talks with Mark Nanos, one of the key voices in the Paul within Judaism school of scholarship (sometimes called the "Radical New Perspective"). We chat about Paul, Amish people, Judaism, and Jesus.

In Getting to Know the Real Paul, we explore various issues about Paul's own identity. From questioning whether or not the letters attributed to him are authentic, to wondering out loud about his posture toward the Roman Empire, this series attempts to give an overview of the important questions and ideas that emerge when we look at Paul and his first century world.

This was my introduction to Chad Thornhill and I think I made a friend. His work on election sounds important and since recording this episode, I got my hands on a copy of his book! Listen in as we discuss election in Paul!

In Getting to Know the Real Paul, we explore various issues about Paul's own identity. From questioning whether or not the letters attributed to him are authentic, to wondering out loud about his posture toward the Roman Empire, this series attempts to give an overview of the important questions and ideas that emerge when we look at Paul and his first century world.

In Getting to Know the Real Paul, we explore various issues about Paul's own identity. From questioning whether or not the letters attributed to him are authentic, to wondering out loud about his posture toward the Roman Empire, this series attempts to give an overview of the important questions and ideas that emerge when we look at Paul and his first century world.

Kurt has a conversation with Michael Bird all about Paul. It is both insightful and funny, all the way through.

In this ongoing series, Kurt walks through Paul's letter tothe Galatians chunk by chunk. This is a freestyle, which means thatalthough it is informed by scholarship, it is mostly focused ondiving into the text and processing it out loud. It is designed tobe a resource for personal bible study, sermon prep, small groupdiscussion, armchair theologians, and bible nerds of allvarieties.

An interview with Scot McKnight on how he entered the world of Pauline studies.

For 2,000 years, people have tried to understand Paul's writings. His influence on love and hate can't be overestimated. How we read and interpret Paul matters. In this series, Kurt Willems lays out the 'big picture' of Pauline scholarship. This is a series of podcasts to listen to in order to become oriented and 'caught up' on the broad issues pertaining to Paul and Judaism.

In this episode, we jump into our first interview ever. This one is with Pastor and Theologian, Greg Boyd. Kurt chats with him about how he (Greg) reconciles Paul with Jesus and nonviolence versus common "just war" approaches. They even spend some time chatting about the 'problem' of violence in the Hebrew Scriptures. This one is GOOD!