Bible Study with Cindy and Darick

Theology Thursday with Rev. Dr. Tori Butler on Lament

Tune in for our conversation with Rev. Dr. Tori Butler about her chapter on lament in "I'm Black. I'm Christian. I'm Methodist."

Episode 7: Romans 6

On today's episode we dig into Romans 6 - a recap of recapitulation, and a lot of talk about the nature of baptism.

Episode 7: Romans 5

In today's Bible study on Romans 5, we talk about how dense Paul's writing can be, Cindy rambles on about the atonement theory of recapitulation (and promises to have a clearer explanation next time), and Darick offers an apt metaphor that mostly works.

Episode 6: Romans 4

Today we talk about Romans 4 - what does it mean that Christians belong to the family of Abraham? And what is faith?

Episode 5: Romans 3

Today we talk about several different ideas in Romans 3 - faith in Christ vs. faithfulness of Christ, the concepts of justice and righteousness, Paul's definition of sin, and a couple of translation questions.

Episode 4: Romans 2, part 2

We continue in Romans 2 and talk a lot about circumcision - we also dabble in answering the question, "what is the purpose of the Law given through Moses?"

Episode 3: Romans 2, part 1

Today, we begin talking about Romans 2, as Paul continues his argument that all, both Jew and Gentile alike, are bound by the Law of God - whether "natural law" or the Law of Moses.

Episode 2: Romans 1

Today, we talk about the court of Caesar and what that has to do with Romans 1.

Episode 1: Introduction to Romans

Join us for an introduction to Paul's letter to the Roman Christians. We'll talk about overarching themes and begin to dive into the question, "what does it mean to live as disciples of Jesus at the heart of Empire?"