In this third interview Matheus pushes back against the dualism that is inherent in much of our gospel presentation. (His comments at the end sets us up for the next interview…)
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Video interview with Matheus (#2)
In this second interview I ask Matheus about ‘Rethink’, a course he is developing. Why the name, and why do smart people like me need to ‘rethink’…
Peter and Paul
Here is a short video on the clash in Galatians 2 between Paul and Peter. The video is intended to go with the Preface to the fourth book on theological explorations: LifeLine. (Available at:
https://www.bozpublications.com/explorations-the-series).
The provocative nature of the conflict is that they both have a strong missiological undergirding to their behaviour. And Paul calls Peter’s behaviour ‘hypocritical’…!!! Intensely challenging and provocative into our culture, where the Jew / Gentile; male / female issues are substantially behind us, but many other issues are pressing in on us.
Wrath…
Wrath and the cross
In the penultimate chapter of Humanising the Divine I make a quick stab at the ‘cross’ and what it means. To accompany it, for those on zooms I put up a video today.
Here are some bullet points:
- The idea of a transaction taking place is not the most ancient (post-NT) view(s).
- Transaction begins to gain traction with Anselm (approx 1060AD) with his view that we owe God a debt that we cannot pay, this moving from the feudal system to the law court with the Reformers… hence today our penal substitutionary view; we are guilty, Jesus pays the penalty.
- Human anger is never called righteous anger, so we cannot extrapolate what is the wrath of God from anything human. God’s wrath is not personal.
- The cross does not deal with God’s anger issue!
- God did not turn away from Jesus on the cross, ‘unable to look on sin’. It is not so much a mis-reading of Scripture, but of not reading enough verses!
- The major thrust of the New Testament is to do with the ‘when’ of the cross. If we do not answer that we will not be able to line up an answer to the ‘what’ takes place there and the ‘why’ of the cross.
It is a first stab… I come back to it in book 4 which will be out in the next few days!!
Challenges the norms
The title Stephen has given this one is:
Challenging the accepted norms and the status quo. I hope it at least comes close!
Creativity and Arts
After two videos on ‘politics and government, legislation etc’ a much lighter one on Creativity.
Pro-life
Single issue politics?
A second interview that is a follow up on thoughts on politics, and how we so often reduce the vote to a ‘pro-life’ perspective… and reduce pro-life to a stance against abortion.
Michele and ‘Politics’
There is no 'Christian' vote!
Always a fun area!? One where we can all disagree… which way to vote… politics… right is right… no left is the direction. I leave this hanging with the question of ‘pro-life’ commonly reduced to legislation concerning abortion. That will be posted tomorrow.
The Door is Out
Trying to enter through the exit door
After I finished recording the previous two conversations with Michele she launched into two dreams she had had a number of years prior that shaped her direction. I said, let me record that second one! Here it is. When God has called us out there is something to see (if we turn around)… OK I will let her tell it.
Christian Business
Fish Logo? Or money to give?
Another video with Michele, with some of her thoughts on ‘Christian / Kingdom Business’.