Faith Improvised
Exploring what it means to be faithfully Christian in our always-changing world with its challenges and opportunities. I like to think out loud and talk with friends about biblical texts, books, politics, sports, music, films, and basically anything that interests me.
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Paul's Subversive Performance of Divine Triumph in Ephesians 3, Pt. 3 (opens the original)
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In this episode, I talk about how Paul theologically configures his apostleship in terms of his cosmic privileges set alongside the realities of his incarceration.
Paul's Subversive Performance of Divine Triumph in Ephesians 3, Pt. 2 (opens the original)
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In this episode, I continue to draw out the logic of Paul's digression in Ephesians 3:2-13.
Paul's Subversive Performance of Divine Triumph in Ephesians 3 (opens the original)
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In this episode, I answer some questions about the problematic language of "divine combat" when considered against the history of Christian triumphalism, and I begin talking about Paul's autobiographical section in Ephesians 3.
Divine Combat in Ephesians 1-2, Pt. 4 (opens the original)
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In this episode, I finish talking about the second cycle of divine combat Paul narrates in Ephesians 2:11-22.
Divine Combat in Ephesians 1-2, Pt. 3 (opens the original)
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In this episode, I talk about the second half of Ephesians 2 and the second cycle of conflict-victory Paul elaborates there.
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