How the Gospel of Luke's story of Mary's song (the "Magnificat") portrays Mary as brilliant, bold, and deeply educated in the Jewish tradition. Along the way, we explore how the essence of Christmas is joy, and how the Bible is not just something to "think about," but also to "think through." The quote from Henri Nouwen is from The Heart of Henri Nouwen. Feel free to drop us a line at community@saltproject.org.

How the Gospel of Luke's story of Mary's song (the "Magnificat") portrays Mary as brilliant, bold, and deeply educated in the Jewish tradition. Along the way, we explore how the essence of Christmas is joy, and how the Bible is not just something to "think about," but also to "think through." The quote from Henri Nouwen is from The Heart of Henri Nouwen. Feel free to drop us a line at community@saltproject.org.

How the Gospel of Luke's story of Mary's song (the "Magnificat") portrays Mary as brilliant, bold, and deeply educated in the Jewish tradition. Along the way, we explore how the essence of Christmas is joy, and how the Bible is not just something to "think about," but also to "think through." The quote from Henri Nouwen is from The Heart of Henri Nouwen. Feel free to drop us a line at community@saltproject.org.

Understanding Christmas - Part Three

Welcome to “Strange New World,” a show about understanding the Bible, the world’s most influential, misunderstood book - a podcast tailor-made for skeptics, believers, and everybody in between.
Hosted by SALT’s own Matthew Myer Boulton, who’s spent twenty years teaching the Bible and theology to students at Harvard Divinity School and seminaries in New England and the Midwest, “Strange New World” will take a fresh look at the world’s bestselling book of all time, the ancient community library we call “the Bible.”
The show’s title, “Strange New World,” is borrowed from an essay written by a Swiss theologian a hundred years ago, in which he wrote of “the strange new world within the Bible,” a world so ancient, so different, so familiar, so strange that it presses us to think new thoughts from new points of view, “to dare and to reach,” and ultimately “to grow out beyond ourselves.”

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Welcome to “Strange New World,” a show about understanding the Bible, the world’s most influential, misunderstood book - a podcast tailor-made for skeptics, believers, and everybody in between. Hosted by SALT’s own Matthew Myer Boulton, who’s spent twenty years teaching the Bible and theology to students at Harvard Divinity School and seminaries in New England and the Midwest, “Strange New World” will take a fresh look at the world’s bestselling book of all time, the ancient community library we call “the Bible.” The show’s title, “Strange New World,” is borrowed from an essay written by a Swiss theologian a hundred years ago, in which he wrote of “the strange new world within the Bible,” a world so ancient, so different, so familiar, so strange that it presses us to think new thoughts from new points of view, “to dare and to reach,” and ultimately “to grow out beyond ourselves.”

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