PhD Candidate and Adjunct Professor Mikel Del Rosario sits down with Mark to discuss current issues in historical Jesus studies.

TRANSCRIPT

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Welcome to Jessup think I'm your host Mark Moore and our co host Rex Gurney is off traveling the world. So I'm in studio by myself, but I'm excited to be joined by actually a fellow adjunct professor. I teach in our online program now at miquel del Rosario, and he is actually in Dallas at Dallas Theological Seminary working on his PhD. He is the host of the table podcast there with Darrell Bock, coming out of the Hendricks center. And he also has his own website called apologetics guide calm, but McHale sits down with me and we discuss kind of current issues in historical Jesus studies. I think you're really going to enjoy the conversation. Well, Macau is great having you on the show. All the way from Texas. That's right. The Big D Dallas, Texas. Oh, thanks so much for having me on the show. Hey, it's it's it's a pleasure. And you have a connection with Jessup.

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Yes, that's right. I actually used to teach on campus here. Teach apologetics and world religion on campus. And before I went out to Dallas Seminary to do my th M. And now in the Ph. D. program there.

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Oh, that's great. And what year did you What year? Did you start here? Just

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2011 and 12. I was teaching on campus here and then right when I left is right when Jessup started Jessup online. Oh, right. And so there are there were a number of adjuncts to got to start courses and put together content for that. And I was one of them. So I kind of got it and right on the ground floor.

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Hey, that's great. And you're still teaching with us online? That's

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right. Yeah. I've been teaching every semester since since I left California in 2012. All the way to now. So there you go.

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That's great. And just keeping you busy while you're doing. Yep. So you did your th m, and then you're working on your dissertation and your PhD. So I heard through the grapevine that you finished coursework. Yes, that's right, which is a beautiful experience. So when you come out of that door, right, the dubs started flying. I played. I remember my last class, and it was kind of a weird experience. It was like, Okay, I think I might be done with school for my life. I have all the classes. I've taken them all. I can't I can't take any more. Like, that's what my wife tells me. I'm not allowed to take anymore. But you got a lot of things going on in Dallas to that you. So you. So you've finished up PhD work. And you're also working at the Hendricks center. Yes, they are and what is what's the role of the Hendricks center there, Dallas.

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So my title there is Cultural Engagement Manager. And we have a podcast called the table podcast. And it's a podcast that runs every week. It's a video podcast. And I produce that I get the guests on the show. And I'm also one of the hosts. We have four hosts. My mentor, Dr. Darrell Bock is one. Bill Hendricks, our executive director for leadership. And then one of my other co workers, Kimberly cook. I mostly do the apologetics shows. But I've also done faith and work kinds of shows and other shows. But that's a big part of what I do. And I also write cultural engagement and apologetics articles for our seminary journal called Bibliotheca Sacra. Nice. So those are the two major things that I do at the center.

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Okay, that's great. Yeah. So your, your podcast veteran, so yeah. So it was it was a no brainer having you on the show today. And we're glad you're just here in California for a brief time. Yeah. So happy to be here. We could sit down and, and, you know, we're kind of talking about the the focus of your dissertation looking at kind of historical Jesus studies. And, and you've been, you've started a little bit I mean, you know, when this releases, it'll be okay, you know, to share this. I know, you've already started on some chapte