Tripp Fuller

What if the Song of Songs is actually the least scandalous depiction of erotic love in the whole Bible? The “Dude’s Got Sex Appeal” edition of LectioCast entertains that possibility. Let that sink in for a minute. If you can’t take it, don’t worry: Daniel has a praise song that shows definitively that the whole book is about God and Israel. And then there’s Daniel’s hobbyhorse, again, with a human being identified with God in Psalm 45. But, again, don’t worry. Danielle Shroyer is on the mic and brings some serious, down-home pastoral wisdom to our discussions of anger and purity.

Song of Songs 2 Danielle doesn’t want this to be about God and Israel or Christ and the Church, but then Daniel gets all weepy about songs from his days in InterVarsity.

Psalm 45  (Dude’s Got Sex appeal, Part 2) Is this about the king or about God? Well… yes! Daniel rides his human Jesus / exalted human being hobbyhorse. To everyone’s edification, I’m sure.

James 1 Danielle thinks that we should stop trying to make excuses for our anger. Daniel tells a great story from the days of his misspent youth, when he completely threw himself under the bus.

Mark 7  Law-keeping is always better than adhering to traditions of the elders. Except when it isn’t. We explore the sorts of purity laws we still try to cling to, and what they tell us about ourselves.

Danielle Shroyer is an author, speaker, and blogger. She serves as the Theologian-in-Residence at Journey Church, one of the first independent emerging churches in the country, where she also pastored for over eight years. Danielle is the author of Where Jesus Prayed: Illuminations on the Lord’s Prayer in the Holy Land (which will be released October 1 2015) and The Boundary Breaking God: An Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise (Jossey-Bass, 2009). A graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary, Danielle speaks often across the country on issues of theology, faith, church leadership, culture, and story. She has written for Patheos, The Hardest Question, and Immerse magazine, and she blogs often at www.danielleshroyer.com. Danielle lives with her husband and two children in Dallas, Texas.

Daniel Kirk is a writer, speaker, blogger, and New Testament professor who lives in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University and is the author of a pair of books, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God and Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? His third book A Man Attested by God: the Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, is off to the printers. He blogs regularly at StoriedTheology.com  (jrdkirk.com). You can follow him on Twitter @jrdkirk and on Facebook at Facebook.com/jrdkirk.

Danielle Shroyer brings her keen eye for the boundary-breaking God to a series of texts that show us how difficult God is to contain. John 6 continues to challenge us, we try to turn our offense back around on ourselves, and we reflect on the significance of the Temple for a post-Temple people.

John 6 Danielle leads us into an exploration of offense: why are we offended so easily, and, really, what does Jesus have to do with that? Daniel tries to make Jesus’ ascension offensive. He’s not sure he pulled it off, but he gave it a good go.

1 Kings 8  The Shekinah glory comes on down—but is the Temple really an improvement over the Tabernacle? Daniel wants us to reimagine this Temple story in light of the New Testament. Jesus, the people, and persons are all described as God’s Temple.

Psalm 84   The idea that the Temple provides special access to God continues to find counterpoint in the reality that people find strength from God far and wide.

Ephesians 6 We’re putting on the full armor of God—and finding that the militaristic picture aims for an anti-militaristic goal.

 Danielle Shroyer is an author, speaker, and blogger. She serves as the Theologian-in-Residence at Journey Church, one of the first independent emerging churches in the country, where she also pastored for over eight years. Danielle is the author of Where Jesus Prayed: Illuminations on the Lord’s Prayer in the Holy Land (which will be released October 1 2015) and The Boundary Breaking God: An Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise (Jossey-Bass, 2009). A graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary, Danielle speaks often across the country on issues of theology, faith, church leadership, culture, and story. She has written for Patheos, The Hardest Question, and Immerse magazine, and she blogs often at www.danielleshroyer.com. Danielle lives with her husband and two children in Dallas, Texas.

Daniel Kirk is a writer, speaker, blogger, and New Testament professor who lives in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University and is the author of a pair of books, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God and Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? His third book A Man Attested by God: the Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, is off to the printers. He blogs regularly at StoriedTheology.com  (jrdkirk.com). You can follow him on Twitter @jrdkirk and on Facebook at Facebook.com/jrdkirk.

Danielle Shroyer joins Daniel Kirk to bring some much needed pastoral insight to the running theme of wisdom. Solomon gets it—for wanting what Adam and Eve grasped after in the Garden. Where do we find the wisdom to get over our aversion to naming God as worthy of praise? Can we find the path of wisdom if we’re vague about what the will of the Lord is? And where on earth do we get the wisdom we need to understand what Jesus is going on about?

1 Kings  Does God choose to be limited to the authorized places of worship? Danielle suggests that seeking knowledge of good and evil wasn’t so bad for Adam and Eve, and it’s certainly good for Solomon.

Psalm 111  Together we plumb the psychology of our modern aversion to giving God credit. What are we afraid of and how do we get over it?

Ephesians 5  Wisdom… again! But how do we know what the will of the Lord is? Danielle tries to stick Daniel with answering what it means that the days are evil. And then she gives him the biggest guilt trip ever about watching a Facebook video.

John 6 We plumb the age old question: what on earth is Jesus talking about?!?!

 Danielle Shroyer is an author, speaker, and blogger. She serves as the Theologian-in-Residence at Journey Church, one of the first independent emerging churches in the country, where she also pastored for over eight years. Danielle is the author of Where Jesus Prayed: Illuminations on the Lord’s Prayer in the Holy Land (which will be released October 1 2015) and The Boundary Breaking God: An Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise (Jossey-Bass, 2009). A graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary, Danielle speaks often across the country on issues of theology, faith, church leadership, culture, and story. She has written for Patheos, The Hardest Question, and Immerse magazine, and she blogs often at www.danielleshroyer.com. Danielle lives with her husband and two children in Dallas, Texas.

Daniel Kirk is a writer, speaker, blogger, and New Testament professor who lives in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University and is the author of a pair of books, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God and Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? His third book A Man Attested by God: the Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, is off to the printers. He blogs regularly at StoriedTheology.com  (jrdkirk.com). You can follow him on Twitter @jrdkirk and on Facebook at Facebook.com/jrdkirk.

Tripp Fuller joins Daniel Kirk to talk about John’s exclusive Jesus, the hard work of becoming truth tellers, and extending compassion to our heroes and ourselves.

John 6 Tripp and Daniel get all deep about naming Jesus wrongly even when we have our facts straight. Tripp breaks down how Jesus as Logos of God opens up a way for us to see how God has worked across all peoples.

Ephesians 4-5  We think through ways to trick people (in Christian love, of course!) into seeing ways that we are not the truth tellers we might like to think we are. And then there’s that pesky language of sacrifice…

2 Samuel 18 Finding compassion for David after he’s had a pretty rough month in the Lectionary. Maybe we can find compassion for ourselves as well?

Psalm 130 Assuming the posture from which we can receive forgiveness, and entrust ourselves to God. Can the church give permission for people to be in a process where they are waiting and hoping rather than all put together?

JRDK mentioned the Westminster Larger Catechism. Please don’t tell. But if you want the link, here it is.

Don’t forget to head over to Amazon and pre-order Tripp’s new Jesus book!

A contest. Another contest. And the Lectionary Commentary for Proper 13, August 2, 2015. Tripp Fuller joins the party yet again. We end up threading together a conversation about neighbor love: how can focus on God get in the way? how can sermons on unity and gifts facilitate it rather than unraveling it? how does it show itself in acceptance of people who are just finding their way to Jesus and the church?

2 Samuel 11:26 – 12:13a & Psalm 51 

Back to David’s abuse of power: Uriah’s wife and a wee ewe lamb. We remember that the Old Testament isn’t a collection of hero stories. We reflect on storytelling and awakening. Then the big question: is sin against God alone?! Tripp lays it down for us.

For more on sin check out Fall to Violence by Marjorie Suchocki. It’s epic.

Ephesians 4 Tripp shames everyone into not preaching on this text, but then provides the most epic sermon title ever when he drops, “The Kingdom of God and Retirement Plans.” Talk about a conundrum.

John 6:24-35 Linking “only believe” with John’s logos Christology. Daniel said “proceeds from the Father” like a good Nicene Christian! Tripp wants you to be nice to the people who come for shallow reasons, Daniel’s a little harder on the crowds. So you’ll have to choose: nice like Tripp or mean like Daniel?

Daniel Kirk is a writer, speaker, blogger, and New Testament professor who lives in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University and is the author of a pair of books, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God and Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? His third book A Man Attested by God: the Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, is off to the printers. He blogs regularly at StoriedTheology.com  (jrdkirk.com). You can follow him on Twitter @jrdkirk and on Facebook at Facebook.com/jrdkirk.

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