Brian Chilcote
Jesus Under Construction: The Theological Christ
Are the "Christ of faith" and the "Jesus of history" in conflict? Answers vary, as expected.
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Loving God and Loving Others Fearlessly
Brian Chilcote
Apr 2922 min
Jesus Under Construction: History versus Theology
Exploring the tensions between unbiased history and theological invention in the New Testament
Brian Chilcote
Mar 112 min
Is The Bible True?
Coffee Shop, Sunday afternoon. Behind their favorite hot brewed beverages sit two people just like you and me. One of the two is...
Brian Chilcote
Jan 2613 min
Paul the Persecuted: Why did he make so many enemies?
Once upon a time in a certain town, a preacher from down south set up shop at the Free Speech Corner. His blend of traditionalism and...
Brian Chilcote
Dec 29, 202314 min
Why Can't Luke and Matthew Just Get Along?
Jesus has two baby books. No pictures like ours might have, but two written accounts of what happened, when and where it happened, to...
Brian Chilcote
Nov 7, 20239 min
The Sign of Jonah: Astrology and Early Christianity
"And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons...
Brian Chilcote
Sep 30, 202314 min
My God is Better than your god!
Imagine a world in which power struggles regularly erupt between rival factions whose tribes gather at the field of battle to pit their...
Brian Chilcote
Aug 24, 20236 min
An Invitation to Uncertainty
"Trust is the bedrock of social life at all levels, from romance and parenting to national government. Deception always undermines it....
Brian Chilcote
Aug 3, 20237 min
Homosexuality and the Bible, Part One
Data over Dogma is a popular podcast that features Bible scholar Dan McClellan and Atheist Dan Beecher interacting with biblical material...
Brian Chilcote
Jun 30, 202313 min
Bible Things That Make You Go, "Huh?"
"What is it?" Whether it's Superman, a UFO or a strange sea creature, inquiring humans want to know. We make our best guesses: A bird? A...
Brian Chilcote
Apr 13, 202311 min
Genocidal Joshua?
What about the bothersome parts of the Bible that depict God telling people to kill other people? How did these scenes make it into our...
Brian Chilcote
Mar 21, 20239 min
Can I get Your Autograph?
Thoughts on the Authorship of Scripture We cannot be dependent on the “original autographs,” not only because we do not have them, but...
Brian Chilcote
Mar 16, 20237 min
They Told Stories About Him
"… Jesus was the kind of extraordinary person who inspired people so profoundly that they told stories about him. As they did, they...
Brian Chilcote
Feb 21, 202320 min
Sources of Truth: How do we know what we know?
You've seen optical illusions- they're everywhere. In times past, decorators and artists would produce paintings called trompe l'oeil...
Brian Chilcote
Feb 16, 202322 min
Time, Text and Translation: A (very) Brief Biography of the New Testament
It's around 40 CE. Stories and sayings of Jesus are circulating around Jerusalem, other nearby urban centers and Galilee. A novel Jewish...
Brian Chilcote
Jan 26, 20239 min
Peeking Over the Wall of Certainty
Many churchgoing believers are given the impression that the Bible is totally unique among written works. We are taught that in subject...
Brian Chilcote
Dec 20, 202223 min
What's so Apocalyptic about the Gospel?
There's more than one way to see the Good News. Ever heard of an exophytic complex cyst adjacent to the splenic dome? Unless you're a...
Brian Chilcote
Nov 14, 20223 min
Where to Begin? Books and Podcasts you Should Know
There once was a book called the Bible But some people labeled it libel "Why?" you may ask It was taken to task For promoting a God who's...
Brian Chilcote
Nov 1, 20229 min
More Colors on the Hermeneutical Spectrum
Here we finish off our series on some of the different flavors of hermeneutics with a brief survey of three more major schools of...
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