The following is the audio from a talk that I recently gave at a Davenant event in Oxford. You can listen to the rest of the talks here.
Category: Audio
January 1st: Genesis 1 and John 1:1-28
I Read the Audible Version of First Volume of Hooker Modernization
I am the reader on the Audible version of the first volume of the Davenant Institute’s modernization of Richard Hooker’s Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity.
You can purchase a copy here.
Talks on Pentecost
Over this past weekend, I had the privilege of spending a few days with Cornerstone Reformed Church in Carbondale, IL, where I explored the subject of Pentecost for their 2019 Easter Conference, in preparation for the coming season. You can listen to the five talks, a sermon, and a Q&A session here:
Interpreting Pentecost
Four Lenses on Pentecost
Unworking Babel
Revisiting Sinai
Making a Prophet
Sermon: The Death of Judas and the Reign of Christ
Q&A Session
All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment
On this week’s Mere Fidelity, Derek, Andrew, and I are abandoned by Matt and joined by the greater Anderson, Hannah, to discuss her new book, All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment.
You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my blog.
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The Family of Abraham: Part 6—Hagar and a New Fall
Within this video, I explore how the story of Hagar in Genesis 16 is an anticipation of bondage in Egypt and a repetition of the Fall.
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The Family of Abraham: Part 5—Cutting a Covenant
Within this video, I discuss Genesis 15, with God’s cutting of a covenant with Abram, an unusual vision, and declaration of the future events of the Exodus. For more on this chapter, read my treatment here. For more on Exodus themes in Scripture see my book on the subject.
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Why is the Apostle Peter Called Simon Bar-Jonah?
I found it odd that Jesus would address Peter as “Simon bar-Jonah” after his declaration of Jesus as the Christ (Matthew 16:17) — not because it’s uncommon for men to be referred to as “the son of” someone in the biblical text, but because the occurrence takes place so soon (in the text) after Jesus’ declaration that the only sign that the “wicked and adulterous generation” would receive was “the sign of [what I assume to be the prophet] Jonah” (16:4). Do you see anything beyond the coincidental double appearance of the name Jonah here?
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Interview on the Forefront 360 Podcast (Scripture as Music and Christianity and the Arts)
I was recently interviewed by my friend Sean O’Hare for the Forefront 360 podcast. We discussed the musical character of Scripture and the relationship between Christianity and the arts more generally. Take a listen to the episode here. Find out more about the work of Forefront on their website.
Finding Holy in the Suburbs, with Dr Ashley Hales
On this week’s Mere Fidelity, Matt, Derek, and I are joined by Dr Ashley Hales to discuss her recent book, Finding Holy in the Suburbs.
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