OnScript

Feb 27 2025 296 ep. 56 mins 66
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Engaging Conversations on Bible and Theology

  Religion & Spirituality
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“I Practice Scales to Become a Saint” - Coltrane: Christ Followers & Artists

Feb 27 2025 25 mins  
Artists and Christ followers walk a similar path, as those who discern the truth about the world. The artistic gift of intuitive discernment, of expressing reality with clarity and soul, relates to the Christian gospel. In this syndicated episode of the Blue Note Theology podcast, Mark explores a woven kinship between artists and Christ followers while playing the grand piano.

John Behr - Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God

Feb 05 2025 64 mins  
In this episode we welcome back Fr John Behr! Long-time listeners will be familiar with Fr John’s delightful live two-part episode on Origen of Alexandria (Part 1 & Part 2). In this episode co-host Amy Hughes speaks with Fr John about his new translation of Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image of God (aka On the Making of Humanity). The conversation ranges from discussing what

Blue Note Theology - Mark Glanville

Jan 22 2025 47 mins  
We’re sharing another great podcast with you this week that we hope you’ll enjoy. Blue Note Theology is hosted by Mark Glanville (visit HERE). This may be the only podcast in the world hosted from a grand piano! The Blue Note Theology podcast offers a fresh vision for the church in post-Christian neighbourhoods. Blue notes in jazz and blues music create tension and some of the

Daniela Augustine - The Spirit and the Common Good

Jan 13 2025 69 mins  
In this episode, co-host Amy Hughes talks with Daniela Augustine about her book The Spirit of the Common Good: Shared Flourishing in the Image of God. Her work is a perfect example of theology helping us parse large, complex, and weighty issues with high stakes: How do we engage with violence in our world? How do we live with one another as neighbors when terrible things divide us?

Brant Pitre - Jesus and Divine Christology

Dec 30 2024 68 mins  
Jesus did not claim to be God. That is the verdict delivered by the preponderance of historical Jesus scholarship. Meanwhile many scholars of early Christianity--including luminaries such as Larry Hurtado, Richard Bauckham, and N.T. Wright--have contended that the evidence overwhelming shows that Jesus was immediately worshipped as divine after his death. That is, they affirm an ea

Crispin Fletcher-Louis - The Divine Heartset

Dec 16 2024 61 mins  
In this episode, Chris Tilling interviews Crispin Fletcher-Louis about his new book, The Divine Heartset: Paul’s Philippians Christ Hymn, Metaphysical Affections, and Civic Virtues (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2023). This work combines keen theological insight with rigorous scholarship to explore one of the most significant questions in Christian theology—the identity of Jesus C

Shai Held - Judaism is About Love

Dec 02 2024 83 mins  
Dru and Shai have a wide-ranging conversation about the use of Jewish sages in theology, gratuitous suffering, Jesus’s interpretation of Torah, and more on love. Shai Held’s work innovatively explores non-romanticized realities of love, including the practicalities and theologies of loving the stranger.

Matt Lynch and Dru Johnson - Misunderstanding Sacrifice

Nov 07 2024 61 mins  
Matt and Dru go on a myth-busting spree of Josianic proportions. The topic? Sacrifice in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, and several ways that modern readers ”butcher” the subject. Enjoy the host-only back-and-forth discussion of sacrifice, decoding Leviticus, ritual, Girard, law, and more!

Jonny Rowlands - The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research

Oct 23 2024 69 mins  
In this episode Chris Tilling interviews Jonny Rowlands about his new book, The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research. In many ways it builds on earlier discussions with Seth Heringer, Austine Stevenson, and others here on OnScript. We dive into his fascinating thesis and his take on some big questions in historical Jesus studies, challenging secular approaches that are often ta

The New Testament in Color - Esau McCaulley and Amy Peeler

Oct 11 2024 53 mins  
We are culturally embedded and socially embodied, and this impacts how we interpret Scripture. Esau McCaulley and Amy Peeler, who form part of the editorial team for The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary, answer questions about the book’s origins, scope, and unique features. They also anticipate possible objections to the project and speak of its power to tra