Episode 22 - Jonathan Merritt - Speaking God from Scratch

03/20/19 • 47 min

Jonathan is an award-winning writer on religion, culture, and politics. Jonathan has published more than 3500 articles in respected outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. As a respected voice, he regularly contributes commentary to television, print, and radio news outlets.

Jonathan is author of several critically-acclaimed books, including Learning to Speak God from Scratch, Jesus is Better Than You Imagined, and A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. Additionally, he trains hundreds of young writers through his Write Brilliant course.

Jonathan holds a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the Wilbur Award for excellence in journalism, the Religion News Association’s columnist of the year, and the Englewood Review of Books “Book of the Year” award.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

Language confusion
Why languages die?
How can we bring them back?
Reimagining sacred words
Warning to progressives and conservatives
How to speak God
Importance of speaking God
#blessed

So much good gear in this episode.

Language confusion
Why languages die?
How can we bring them back?
Reimagining sacred words
Warning to progressives and conservatives
How to speak God
Importance of speaking God
#blessed

So much good gear in this episode.

Previous Episode

Episode 21 - Greg Boyd - Making Sense of Old Testament Violence

Greg Boyd is an internationally recognized theologian, preacher, teacher and author.

He has been featured on the front page of The New York Times, CNN and the BBC along with numerous other television and radio venues. He has authored and co-authored 22 books.

Greg comes on the show to talk through his new recent book 'Cross Vision' where he argues that it is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ which enables us to make sense of Old Testament violence.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

Moving from a place of justifying OT violence to looking for deeper meaning
Is the OT God a god of genocide?
Understanding Ancient Near Eastern context
Cruciform Hermeneutic
A missionary God
How to read the OT
The cross being simultaneously outrageously beuatiful and revoltingly ugly
How do we preach the from the Old Testament

This episode is loaded wth some pretty incredible thoughts. Strap yourselves in.

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Episode 23 - Pete Enns - How the Bible Actually Works

Peter Enns (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University. He has taught undergraduate, seminary, and doctoral courses at numerous other schools, including Princeton Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School, and Temple University. His books include Inspiration and Incarnation, The Bible Tells Me So, and The Evolution of Adam. His most recent book is called How the Bible Actually Works, which is the topic of our chat today
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

How did Pete end up doing what he's doing?
The Bible is Ancient
The Bible is Diverse
The Bible is Ambiguous... Pardon me?
Whats the deal with Wisdom
So how should we read it?
How should we teach others to read it?
Common misconceptions when coming to scripture
Bringing us to the text

The GoodCast - Episode 22 - Jonathan Merritt - Speaking God from Scratch

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:01.780

Hello . Hi Friends. Welcome back to the good cast. It's good to have you listening along. So much has changed in my life since we last had our conversation together. I am now a father. That's right. Demi gave birth to a B u truffle girl.

Speaker 100:00:24.829

Um, her name is Mircea . We love her so much and that has been a big part of my life for the last seven, nearly eight weeks. So, so gosh, there's, I'll, I'll