Dr. Fares Abraham is a Palestinian-American born in Bethlehem and is the founder and CEO of Levant Ministries. He is passionate about reaching the next generation with the gospel, making disciples, and raising leaders in the Middle East. Fares leads multiple ministries across the region. He also serves as an adjunct faculty and online chair at Liberty University. In this conversation, Fares offers a gospel-centered perspective on the kingdom of God, reaching people for Christ, and how Christians can keep Jesus at the center of their thoughts on Israel-Palestine. Find out more about Fares and h ..read more

Dr. Sandra Richter (Ph.D. Harvard University) is the Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College and has formerly taught at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wesley Biblical Seminary, and Wheaton College. She’s the author of several books including one of my absolute favorite books on the Bible: The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament. Sandy is also coming out with a fascinating study called Deborah: Unlikely Heroes and the Book of Judges, which becomes the basis for our scintillating conversation. Register for the Austin conference on sexualtiy (Sept 17-18) he ..read more

Dr. Paul Eddy is professor of biblical and theological studies at Bethel University and is on the pastoral executive team at Woodland Hills Church (Minneapolis). Paul is the author/editor of several books and articles, including Understanding Transgender Identities: Four Views. Paul also serverd as a research assistant at The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender, where he produced the largest summary of research on transitioning, detransitioning, and transition regret, which is avaialble for free HERE. This paper is the background of our discussion.  Learn more abo ..read more

Jen Wilkin is an author and Bible teacher from Dallas, Texas. She has organized and led studies for women in home, church, and parachurch contexts. An advocate for Bible literacy, her passion is to see others become articulate and committed followers of Christ, with a clear understanding of why they believe what they believe, grounded in the Word of God. Jen just released a bible study on the book of Revelation tittled: Revelation: Eternal King; Everlasting Kingdom. You can find more of Jen's work at JenWilkin.net. In this episode, I talk to Jen about the crisis of bilbical illiterac ..read more

Dr. Miguel G. Echevarría (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Future Inheritance of Land in the Pauline Epistles, 40 Questions about the Apostle Paul, and Engaging the New Testament: A Short Introduction for Students and Ministers. In this conversation, we talk about the importance of the canonical context of the arrangement of the NT books.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Dr. Vince Bantu (B.A. Wheaton, M.Div. Gordon-Conwell, Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary, M.A. and Ph.D. in Semitic and Egyptian Languages from The Catholic University) is Assistant Professor of Church History and Black Church Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of several books including Multitude of All Peoples: Exploring the Multiethnic Roots of Christianity. Dr. Bantu is an expert in the early growth of Christianity into Africa, which is the topic of our conversation. There are so many vibrant Christian leaders in Africa that the western church has simply denounced or i ..read more

Shane Claiborne is a best-selling author, renowned activist, sought-after speaker, and self-proclaimed “recovering sinner.” Shane writes and speaks around the world about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus, and is the author of several books, including "The Irresistible Revolution," "Jesus for President," "Executing Grace," "Beating Guns," and his newest book, "Rethinking Life (released in Feb 2023)." He is the visionary leader of The Simple Way in Philadelphia and co-director of Red Letter Christians. His work has been featured in Fox News, Esquire, SPIN, TIME, the Wall Street Journal, NP ..read more

Dr. Tim Muehlhoff (Ph.D. in communication theory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is Professor of Communication at Biola University and co-director of Winsome Conviction Project, and is co-author (with Sean McDowell) of End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations, and outstanding book that forms the basis of our conversation. In this episode, we talk about how to have fruitful conversations with people whose ideas we radically disagree with. Tim's insights are absolutely fascinating and are necessary for moving past the stalemate we seem to be at ..read more

Jesse Reeves is a songwriter, musician, church planter, and father. As a songwriter, he has co-written several songs that are sung in the church around the world today including “How Great is Our God,” “I Speak Jesus,” “Our God,” “I Will Rise, “Lord, I Need You,” and more. As a musician, Jesse spent 17 years leading worship, touring and playing bass guitar in the Chris Tomlin Band. As a church planter, Jesse and his wife, Janet, have been a part of planting The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Tx and Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He and Janet have four children and live in A ..read more

Welcome to a sneak peek of the Bonus Q&A episode, part of the Theology in the Raw premium subscription. In the full episode, we discuss: 0:00 Introduction 0:11 Can you give a short explanation of the discussion surrounding the new perspective on Paul that is understandable to the layperson? 14:05 What would you say to someone saying that the Holy Spirit can guide us to violence? 17:44 Does Matthew 5:41 teach we shouldn't resist evildoers at all? 19:02. Was Eve deceived because of the order of creation or because she was not instructed by God? 26:05 Another Exiles in Babylon conference in D ..read more