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This is Matt Lynch.

I'm a co-host along with Matt Bates, Drew Johnson, Aaronheim, Chris Tilling, and Amy Brown

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Okay, today we have as our special guest, Dr. Matthew Teetson, and we're going to be talking about his book, Jesus and the Forces of Death.

And I really encourage you to read this book. And I found it very interesting, provocative, and

helpful. So I hope you do as well. Enjoy the episode.

Welcome back, everybody.

Our guest today is Dr. Matthew Tiesen, who is Associate Professor of Religious Studies

at McMaster University in Ontario.

He's the author of Contesting Conversion, Paul and the Gentile Problem, and the book

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