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Homebrewed Christianity

Matthew Novenson: Messiah, Lord, Logos, & Other Titles

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6612 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready for some New Testament hype? My friend and colleague Dr. Matt Novenson is on the podcast. We have a bunch of fun. Matthew Novenson is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins. Check out his books: The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users Christ Among the Messiahs: Christ Language in Paul and Messiah Language in Ancient Judaism Paul, Then and Now Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody. I'm Aaron Simmons. I'm a professor of philosophy and the president of the Soaring Kirkigard Society USA. I am here to ask you a few questions. Do you ever find yourself struggling with who you're

0:26.2

becoming, wrestling with how to be a Christian in the context of a church that is really, really hard to

0:34.0

navigate? Do you find yourself trying your best to live faithfully and yet struggling with

0:40.7

a world that says all that really matters is external success? Well, if you say yes to any of those

0:47.1

questions, then I've got the class for you. Tripp Fuller and I are going to be doing a six-week

0:53.0

intensive course on the work of Soren Kierkegaard.

0:56.9

It's called Getting Lost and Finding Faith Walking with Kierkegaard.

1:02.6

Because as we know, getting lost sucks.

1:07.3

But getting lost is also usually what allows us to discover things we otherwise might have missed along the way.

1:15.8

So maybe we need to get lost more in order to rethink who we are, where we are, and where we're trying to go.

1:25.6

It matters that we take seriously

1:28.3

what everybody else takes for granted.

1:30.3

And in this class, we're going to unpack Kierkegaard

1:34.3

this melancholy Danish thinker,

1:37.3

but who was fully invested in what it means to live well,

1:42.3

what it means to struggle toward becoming, and what it means to live well, what it means to struggle toward becoming, and what it means to

1:48.6

love God in a world where the name of God is often not more than just a way of reinforcing

1:57.1

our own social power.

1:59.6

An influence on Dietrich Bonhofer, an influence on other thinkers who have helped us reconsider

2:06.7

who we are and why it matters to think through these questions so carefully.

2:12.0

I hope you'll join us.

2:13.4

I can't wait to think with you and learn from you.

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