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We're calling today's Conversational Backpourch Theology Controversies,

Conundrums and Redemptive Biblical Construx. And it's going to be sort of like a great big super

friendly food fight because Dr. Howard let Ali and I hurl any question we have about biblical

conundrums and controversies at him without any advanced notice. If you're new to this

Motley crew of a podcast where we're very serious about our faith, but not so much about ourselves,

Dr. Howard is one of my professors and spiritual mentors in the doctoral program at Denver

Seminary, where I have the distinction of being one of their oldest and slowest to finish my thesis

students. Furthermore, Doc H. has five earned degrees, including a PhD from Dallas the

logical seminary. So he's a brilliant academic who's well versed in both old and new testaments,

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