25. The Strength of Mary with Tim Ralston

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this special Christmas episode, we talk to Dr. Tim Ralston of Dallas Theological Seminary about the Mother of Jesus! Mary has a center role in the story of Jesus’ birth, life, and death. But what do we know about her character and perspective as she mothered him from womb to death on the cross? Was Mary a helicopter mom? Join our conversation with Dr. Tim for a glimpse into the life of Mary.

Tim Ralston Show Notes:

Dr. Tim Ralston’s Bio: https://www.dts.edu/employee/timothy-ralston/

Vindicating the Vixens: https://www.amazon.com/Vindicating-Vixens-Revisiting-Sexualized-Marginalized/dp/0825444136

Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/

The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity,
0:08.2	value, intellect, and creativity of women.
0:12.0	I'm your host Sarah Stone Street.
0:14.1	And I'm your co-host, Erin Kunkel.
0:20.0	Okay. Okay, so today on the podcast, our guest is Dr. Tim Ralston, and Dr. Ralston is a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary.
0:34.9	And the reason we asked him to be on the podcast today was because when Sarah and I were
0:40.7	reading the book, Vindicating the Vixens, who was edited by our guest a couple weeks ago,
0:47.7	Sandra Glon, we read the chapter on Mary, the mother of Jesus, and we loved it. And we wanted to have the author of
0:57.7	that chapter on to talk to us about Mary, especially in this season of Christmas and Advent.
1:06.1	And we loved the chapter because it gave us a fresh perspective on Mary and who she is.
1:13.1	And we just thought it would be a great Christmas episode for us to have.
1:17.4	So, Dr. Ralston, thank you so much for being on.
1:21.1	And we want to hear a little bit about you before we start talking about Mary.
1:24.7	So we know you're Canadian from Canada. How did you end up in Dallas
1:31.1	teaching at a seminary? Yeah, well, I grew up in Ontario, west of Toronto, largely, and came down
1:39.4	to Dallas Seminary to do a THM after my university degree, and then went back and pastored for about five years in two different churches in the area.
1:50.3	And I was also given some teaching opportunities at two different seminaries and decided I would pursue a PhD in New Testament studies.
1:59.1	And so I came back to Dallas Seminary in January
2:02.8	of 1988. And literally, the first day on campus, I was immediately called into the Pastoral
2:09.7	Ministries Department, and the second day I was hired to teach. Wow. That's a success story
2:15.7	right there.
2:20.0	But the department chair did not know me from Adam. It was one of the faculty in the department.
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