Context Matters

In this episode, Dr. Richter also discusses the self-restraint required by God of his people and what we can do in our modern, industrialized age to create a healthier relationship with the environment. Join the Patreon Team! Find out more about Dr. Richter HEREHer book Stewards of Eden is an IVP Reader's Choice nominee! Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! 

Join the Patreon Team! Find out more about Dr. Richter HEREHer book Stewards of Eden is an IVP Reader's Choice nominee! Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! 

Join the Patreon Team! Find out more about Dr. Phillips HERESee her book With God, Nothing is ImpossibleAnd her book discussed on this show: An Introduction to Reading Biblical Wisdom TextsLearn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! 

Dr. Elaine Phillips joins us to discuss what Israelite wisdom texts are and why we need them in the Bible. We get into the book of Proverbs and discuss who the Proverbs 31 woman really is.Join the Patreon Team! Find out more about Dr. Phillips HERESee her book With God, Nothing is ImpossibleAnd her book discussed on this show: An Introduction to Reading Biblical Wisdom TextsLearn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.Buy my new book Encountering Jesus in Real World of the Gospels   or listen to the audio or read the eBook! 

Learn more about Dr. Sarah Harris HEREGuess what????? A JUC sponsored FREE seminar. I'll be presenting with some other fantastically amazing scholars. Click here for information and to register for The Bible, Geography, and You.Join the Patreon Team! https://www.patreon.com/cyndiparkerLearn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.For 40% off the pre-order of my new book Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels. The book is also available on Amazon and will be available as an audio book in January 2021.

Were Mary and Joseph alone in an A-frame barn, isolated from their community when Jesus was born? What is the political intrigue buried in the narrative of the Magi visiting Jesus? Dr. Paul Wright from Jerusalem University College helps us read the birth narratives in a more culturally aware way.Guess what????? A JUC sponsored FREE seminar. I'll be presenting with some other fantastically amazing scholars. Click here for information and to register for The Bible, Geography, and You.Join the Patreon Team! https://www.patreon.com/cyndiparkerRead Paul Wright's new books: Holman Illustrated Guide to Biblical Geography and Heart of the Holy Land. Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.For 40% off the pre-order of my new book Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels. The book is also available on Amazon and will be available as an audio book in January 2021.

Join the Patreon Team! https://www.patreon.com/cyndiparkerRead Paul Wright's new books: Holman Illustrated Guide to Biblical Geography and Heart of the Holy Land. Find out more about Jerusalem University CollegeGuess what????? A JUC sponsored FREE seminar. I'll be presenting with some other fantastically amazing scholars. Click here for information and to register for The Bible, Geography, and You.Learn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.For 40% off the pre-order of my new book Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels. The book is also available on Amazon and will be available as an audio book in January 2021.

Learn more about Dr. Norman WirzbaLink to his book Food and Faith and read a FREE article titled "Can we live in a world without a Sabbath?"Join the Patreon Team! https://www.patreon.com/cyndiparkerLearn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.For 40% off the pre-order of my new book Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels. (sale through November 30, 2020) The book is also available on Amazon and will be available as an audio book in January 2021.Find out more about Wendell Berrybel hooks BelongingAlice Walker's In Search of Our Mother's Garden

This week we talk about how theology, philosophy, and ecology can be amazing conversation partners. When our food is packaged and purchased at a store, we think of the products of the earth as a commodity first and foremost. We are disconnected from the reality about food and the connections we have with nature and with creatures, so how does that change how we interact with the biblical text?Learn more about Dr. Norman WirzbaLink to his book Food and Faith and read a FREE article titled "Can we live in a world without a Sabbath?" Find out more about Wendell Berry  Join the Patreon Team! https://www.patreon.com/cyndiparkerLearn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.For 40% off the pre-order of my new book Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels. (sale through November 30, 2020) The book is also available on Amazon and will be available as an audio book in January 2021.

What happens when work is combined with the experience of receiving the Eucharist? And can Dr. Kreglinger's experience on a vineyard help us know more about God's character?Join the Patreon Team! https://www.patreon.com/cyndiparkerLearn more about Gisela Kreglinger and to contact her about her availability to guide you an a group of friends on a Spirituality of Wine event: https://www.giselakreglinger.comBuy The Spirituality of Wine and The Soul of WineLearn more about me and sign up for Food and Wine Tours of Israel/Palestine.