Episode 453: Table-Flipping Jesus & Improvising Faith with Dr. Timothy Gombis

The Holy Post

Phil Vischer

Skyejethani, Society & Culture, Philvischer, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, 226012, Christiantaylor, Atheism, Veggietales

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

There’s a popular cliche among evangelicals—“The Bible says it. I believe it. That settles it.” But is it really that simple? Not according to New Testament scholar, Dr. Timothy Gombis. Because we’re not ancient Near Eastern people living in a desert, he says it’s not possible to literally apply the Bible. Instead, any faithful Christian needs to learn how to improvise. Dr. Gombis talks with Skye about faithful improvisation, what cross-shaped cultural engagement looks like, and how idolatry destroys bodies. Also this week, Phil’s tweet about angry Christians using “table-flipping Jesus” to justify their bad behavior causes an uproar. Does the story mean it’s sometimes ok to be nasty and insult our enemies? Plus, Pat Robertson is “woke” on police violence, and a French pastry in a tree terrorizes Poland.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56757956

https://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tv/famed-broken-clock-pat-robertson-says-police-need-to-open-their-eyes-to-the-reality-of-police-brutality/

https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2021/04/bearing-witness-to-the-pain.html

https://twitter.com/philvischer/status/1381709523849773064

https://podcast.thedispatch.com/p/jesus-and-evangelical-politics/comments

https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Story-God-Bible-Commentary/dp/0310327156

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0:00.0	Hey, they're welcome back to the show. This is the Holypost podcast. I'm Phil Vischer. I am here with Skyjitani. Hi Sky.
0:06.0	I fell and Caitlyn Chess. Hi Caitlyn.
0:10.0	Hi Phil.
0:12.0	And we got stuff to talk about. We're excited to be here. I'm feeling better.
0:17.0	I had too much butt news last week and too much silly news. And I think it was because I was feeling just overwhelmed with the bad news of all the bad news.
0:28.0	And I just wanted to be goofy. So I'm feeling better, which means we can have more bad news.
0:34.0	Ironically, less butt, more bad.
0:37.0	Well, I think the world has provided. So we're all set.
0:40.0	Yeah, that's fantastic. Okay. Here's the theme song.
0:43.0	What's the news that you like the most? Who's your favorite podcast host? If it's breakfast, get your toast.
0:53.0	It's Skyjitani. Phil and the Holypost. Skyjitani. Phil and the Holypost. And sometimes Christian.
1:03.0	Caitlyn, it's been a month since you've been here with us. What have you been doing?
1:07.0	I'm trying to graduate from seminary. So that's going to happen in a couple of weeks. And that's all I've been trying to make happen.
1:16.0	And does that take any of your time? Is that a thing that takes time?
1:21.0	It turns out, yeah, it does take a lot of time.
1:26.0	Okay. Okay. That's exciting. And then, and then you've been accepted, like for, for grad school, right?
1:33.0	For a PhD program?
1:35.0	Yeah. I'm going to go do my doctorate at Duke in the fall.
1:40.0	Fun. We'll have to tag along with you and see how that goes.
1:45.0	Can you do like weekly reports from Duke just installments of, you know, what's happening and how liberal is it?
1:53.0	And now you've gone from being the progressive one on campus to being the conservative one on campus.
1:59.0	I can totally do that as long as no one asks me to do anything with sports.
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