Understanding Mary in the Christmas Story - BreakPoint Podcast with Tim Rolston
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Mary was Jesus most devoted disciple. Tim Rolston joins the BreakPoint Podcast for a special feature. Sarah Stonestreet and Erin Kunkle present their inteview with Dr. Rolson on the BreakPoint Podcast today, as part of their new podcast, Strong Women.
Dr. Ralston brings a rich pastoral background to his classroom, having served as an associate pastor and pastor in Ontario and as a director of adult education in the United States. Dr. Ralston is an active member in the North American Academy of Liturgy and the Evangelical Homiletics Society. His research in New Testament manuscripts and worship has taken him into a wide variety of settings and produced numerous scholarly articles. His teaching interests include preaching, worship, and spirituality. His research interests include New Testament manuscripts, liturgical theology and history, the history and practice of Christian spirituality, and spiritual direction.
He vists the BreakPoint Podcast to discuss Mary and her important role in the life of Jesus beyond the Christmas story.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Breakpoint podcast. I'm John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center. |
| 0:05.9 | Today on the Breakpoint podcast, we have a very special treat for you. Earlier this year, |
| 0:11.1 | the Colson Center started what could be called a podcast network. First of all, my colleague, |
| 0:16.0 | Shane Moore, whom you hear on Breakpoint this week and our weekly Q&A sessions, started a podcast called Upstream, and the goal is just what the name says, |
| 0:24.1 | which is to go upstream from the headlines and to the worldview questions |
| 0:27.4 | at the heart of most of the things that we wrestle with in today's culture |
| 0:31.2 | and as human beings made in the image of God. |
| 0:34.2 | And I'm also very excited about a new podcast called Strong Women. It features my wife, |
| 0:39.3 | Sarah Stone Street, and Aaron Cuncle, talking about the created goodness of women as God designed |
| 0:46.3 | them to live and to be. Right now, we have a narrative in our culture that women are great if they |
| 0:52.9 | act like men, or women are great in spite of |
| 0:55.5 | being women, that there's no distinctions between women and men. And their podcast, Strong Women, |
| 1:01.0 | attempts to change that narrative. And so far, it's gotten just rave reviews and a huge loyal following. |
| 1:07.2 | And today on the Break Point podcast, I want to offer you an addition of strong women, |
| 1:11.5 | featuring a conversation with Dr. Tim Ralston of Dallas Theological Seminary, talking about |
| 1:16.9 | Mary. What an appropriate time to look at the mother of Jesus and to ask questions, |
| 1:22.9 | who was she? Why is she so important in the gospel narratives? What does it look like to properly honor her |
| 1:30.1 | without elevating her to a position of Christ or part of the Godhead? What does that look like? And that's |
| 1:36.7 | what this conversation is all about. By the way, strong women like Upstream and the Colson Fellows and |
| 1:42.7 | what would you say and all the different things that the Colson Center does. These are all ministry outreaches of the Colson Fellows and what would you say and all the different things that |
| 1:44.6 | the Colson Center does, these are all ministry outreaches of the Colson Center, and that means that |
| 1:49.8 | they're supported by friends, partners, listeners like you. And so here as we approach the end of the |
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