Jesus And Greek Philosophy | Analyzing The Origins Of Biblical Christian Ethics
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Returning to the podcast is Bob Walters, a Christian writer who has spent the past decade involved in church-oriented volunteer enterprises. With a background in journalism and public relations, he uses his skills to write, edit, serve, and teach others in the Christian community.
In addition to his work in the church, Bob also writes a weekly blog entitled Common Christianity. Here, he outlines an array of Biblical subjects – from Greek philosophy to New Testament parables…
In this episode, we explore:
- What the "intertestamental" period is in the Bible, and when it occurred.
- What makes Greek philosophy such a powerful force in our perception of faith.
- How language influenced the culture in Biblical times.
How is Bob's outlook on spirituality and faith impacting others? Join the conversation now to see for yourself!
You can find a link to Bob's blog, Common Christianity, here!
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| 0:25.0 | sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast, |
| 0:41.0 | now part of the Finding Genius Foundation. |
| 0:42.8 | I've a attorney guest, Bob Walters, he's a Christianity writer, a philosopher, a |
| 0:47.1 | teacher in the Christian community. |
| 0:48.5 | I call him a philosopher even though he may not call himself that. |
| 0:51.0 | He publishes a column that comes out every week that's really, really interesting and comforting. It's called common Christianity. So he'll give an opinion, a story or a lesson from a Christian perspective. And again, it's excellent column that's free over email and at the end we'll let listeners know how they can sign up to it if they wish |
| 1:06.8 | So welcome back Bob. Thanks for coming. Thank you Rich appreciate the opportunity to talk some more |
| 1:11.9 | No problem. I know in the notes you wanted to talk some more. No problem. |
| 1:13.0 | I know in the notes you wanted to talk about maybe the intersection of Greek philosophy, the era of, |
| 1:18.1 | you know, Socrates and other philosophers and Christianity. |
| 1:21.0 | I don't know. |
| 1:22.0 | I guess I'm not familiar with the intersections of it but |
| 1:23.8 | maybe you can speak about that a little bit but yeah go ahead if you would. |
| 1:27.2 | It's one of the things that I would never portray myself as a Greek philosophical ex. |
| 1:32.0 | I know some people who are and I'm not that, but when you look at the Bible, the Old Testament, the New Testament, to me it's a fascinating aspect that where the end of the New testament is book of malachai 400 BC is everybody |
| 1:47.1 | argues about what the date is some people will even tell you that maybe Daniel |
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