Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

The third of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we focus on Matthew 5:17-26 and discuss how Christ himself fulfills the law, how we can apply the difficult to translate word "raca" to how we treat each other, and what we can learn from Jesus's reference to "Gehenna."Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Mohammed Girma is a Christian scholar and advocate who works all over the world in peacemaking and leadership development, He is a lecturer at the University of Roehampton in London and international advocacy officer at the International Bible Advocacy Centre. Girma has held visiting research and lecture positions at the London School of Theology, the University of Pretoria and Yale University. He is the author of Understanding Religion and Society in Ethiopia (2012) and the editor of The Healing of Memories (2018).You can find out more about Girma and download some of his writing HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

The second of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we look at The Beatitudes and the beginning of the Sermon from Matthew 5:1-16.Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Jared Byas is the co-host of The Bible For Normal People podcast and the author of Love Matters More. But we hardly talk about any of those things and instead get stuck into a conversation about power, authenticity, and staying positive in a toxic world! Nietzsche gets name-dropped and Kierkegaard makes an appearance or three.You can find Jared's podcasts and books HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

The first of a series on the Sermon on the Mount. In this episode we look at the beginning and the end of the Sermon, as well as Matthew 4 which sets the context.Thanks to Jon and the Dig Deeper team of St Luke's Church for allowing us to release these recordings!Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Carolyn Mackie, researcher and academic, is an expert on the connections between Incarnation and anthropology in the writings of Søren Kierkegaard. She joins the Tent to discuss one of her latest published pieces: an exploration of how Kierkegaard's attack on 19th c. Danish Christendom and the post-holocaust writing of the German Hannah Arendt can help us resist the populist enthusiasms of our present evil age.More about Carolyn and samples of her writing can be found HERE. Carolyn's essay on Arendt and Kierkegaard can be downloaded HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Dr Jason Byassee is a wise, funny and kind man who knows a thing or two about a thing or two, especially when it comes to the future of old institutions and being a Follower in this present age. He is a professor at the Vancouver School of Theology, a prolific author and the editor of one of Tent's very favourite books!You can find all you need to know about Jason and his work HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Lisa Sharon Harper is an activist, speaker and prolific, award winning author who joins the Tent to talk about her latest, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All.You can find out more about Lisa and her work, and more about how to order "Fortune" HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

Mark Charles is the son of a Navajo father and a Dutch-American mother. He is an activist, speaker, and author on Native American issues. In 2019, Mark published "Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery" with co-author Prof. Soong-Chan Rah. In 2020 he was an independent candidate for President of the United States. If everyone in America who called themselves a Christian was actually a follower of the Way of Jesus, Mark would be the President right now.All about Mark and his books HERE.More about Mark's campaign HERE.Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.

You can stream or purchase  a high quality version of the song at Chris's Bandcamp page or purchase his Christmas EP from 2020 (which also includes the song). Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.