599: Paganism Returns & a New New Testament with Scot McKnight
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
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🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
As Christianity declines in cultural influence what is taking its place? A recent article in The Atlantic written by Rabbi David Wolpe argues that paganism is on the rise, but it takes different forms on the cultural left and right. Mike Erre joins Phil and Skye to discuss the trend and why it may actually be good news for the church. Then, professor Scot McKnight returns to talk about his new translations of the New Testament called “The Second Testament.” He explains why his version uses odd language like “the Heavens’ Empire” instead of “the Kingdom of Heaven,” and why our familiarity with the Bible causes us to misread it. Also this week, scientists retract a claim about avocados, and Phil has a public service announcement about navel stones.
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0:00 - Intro
1:29 - Show Starts
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6:31 - News of the Butt Retraction
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16:16 - The Return of the Pagans
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59:05 - Interview Intro
1:03:58 - The differences in McKnight’s translation
1:15:05 - Why make the translation harder to read
1:3:28 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in the News Segment:
The Return of the Pagans
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/paganism-right-and-left/676945/
Other resources:
The Second Testament
https://amzn.to/47vD1Tp
Pivot: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church into a Tov Culture
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. As Christianity declines in cultural influence, what's taking its place? |
| 0:06.0 | A recent article in the Atlantic argues that paganism is on the rise, but it takes different forms on the cultural left and the cultural right. |
| 0:14.0 | Mike Erie joins us this week to discuss this trend and why it may actually be good news for the church. |
| 0:20.0 | Then Professor Scott McKnight returns to talk to me about his new translation of the New Testament called the Second Testament. |
| 0:26.6 | He explains why his version uses odd language like the Heaven's Empire instead of the Kingdom of Heaven, and why our familiarity with the Bible causes us to misread it. |
| 0:37.0 | Also this week, scientists retract a claim about avocados, |
| 0:41.0 | and Phil has a public service announcement about Naval Stones. |
| 0:45.5 | For our Holy Post Plus subscribers we have a bonus interview with Scott McKnight |
| 0:49.5 | about partisan Christians on YouTube who claim to be profits. |
| 0:54.0 | McKnight explains how scripture defines a prophet |
| 0:56.6 | and how to identify the real thing from the Hucksters |
| 0:59.4 | as we begin the 2024 election cycle. |
| 1:02.4 | Again, that conversation is exclusively for Holy Post Plus subscribers, |
| 1:06.0 | and next week we'll be announcing a brand new show for Holy Post Plus. |
| 1:10.0 | So sign up today for all of that, plus streams merchandise our book club tickets to live events and a whole lot more at holy post.com. |
| 1:19.4 | One last thing as you can tell my voice is kind of weird because I'm a bit under the weather, so I apologize |
| 1:24.1 | up front for my horse voice throughout this episode. |
| 1:27.0 | Okay, here is episode 599. |
| 1:30.0 | Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. |
| 1:32.0 | This is Phil Vissure. |
| 1:32.8 | I'm here with Skye. |
| 1:34.4 | Hi Sky. |
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