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Today's conversation on Back Porch Theology is the spiritual version of an all-you-can-eat buffet

with some of the world's most renowned Bible scholars and theologians who were with us for

Cregma 25, including Dr. Len Cohick,

Dr. Craig Blomberg, Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Dorian Cooper Cox, Dr. Scott McKnight, Dr. Jim Howard,

Dr. Nicole Massey Martin, Dr. Evo Bleaker, and Dr. Joel Matamale.

You know that feeling when you stand in front of a Thanksgiving table

laden with so much incredible food that you hardly know where to start? Well, today's live

conversation is kind of like that. My goodness, where do you even begin when you have the

undeserved privilege of posing questions to brilliant men and women who

studied God's word in the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, as well as in the original

socio-historical context for decades. To whet your appetite, here's a sample of just a few of the

questions they answer amazingly. What's the significance of the numerous

in Christ references throughout Paul's New Testament epistles? And how do they prove that God's love

drives his redemptive plan? Why is Augustine's famous assertion in essentials unity, in non-essentials freedom, in all things, charity,

necessary for a well-developed ecclesiology and missional focus. How can those of us who are

serious about our faith not lose our heart for Jesus and other image bears in our

quest for biblical accuracy and theological acumen? Why do we have to be careful about merging

triumphalism and exceptionalism into our faith narrative? How can we best tune our spiritual ears to the shape in which our

creator-redeemer contextualize this love letter we call the Bible? If you're a regular on the porch,

you know that one of my favorite quotes is from Francis Schaefer, who wrote,

Biblical Orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

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