Prolific author and biblical scholar Michael F. Bird joins the podcast to discuss women in ministry, the Terminator movies, Bart Ehrman, and 90's-era John Barclay. This is the conversation theology nerds would dream of having, and Andrew and James (who are theology nerds, we must admit) were incredibly blessed to have such a conversation, one that was both humorous and earnest, with this esteemed scholar and theologian. (We even have somewhat of a bloopers reel toward the end.)

Dr. Bird is the Academic Dean of Ridley College in Melbourne and holds a PhD in New Testament from University of Queensland. He writes and speaks of a variety of topics (it was difficult to select which ones we wanted to bring to him for this episode). Below are links to access literature and media from him:

Dr. Bird's Substack The Word from Bird

Dr. Bird's YouTube channel Early Christian History

Dr. Bird's blog Euangelion

Dr. Bird's books he has authored and co-authored

Dr. Bird's debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman

The article Andrew mentions from Ian Paul on Phoebe and ancient-letter carriers can be accessed here