Today's episode features a conversation with the Rev. Dr. John Goldingay,  Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. Since retiring, John and his wife Kathleen have moved to Oxford, England. An Episcopal priest, and...

Today's episode features a conversation with Rabbi Richard Birnholz, Rabbi Emeritus at Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, FL. Rabbi Birnholz joined us back in February on Episode 7 for a discussion of Numbers and Deuteronomy.On this episode, Rabbi...

Today's episode features the Dr. Michael Chan. Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Michael’s research interests are broad and extensive—iconography, Biblical Hebrew, apocryphal literature, and the prophets. Michael...

Today's episode features the Rev. Dr. Dan Johnson. Dan is a retired pastor in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church having served in ministry for over 40 years. Dan received his PhD in Bible Studies from Princeton University. Dan is...

Today's episode features Annie Norman-Schiff, a Jewish educator and writer. She is a PhD Candidate in Religious Studies at Yale University. Annie has broad experience teaching undergraduates and divinity students at Yale, adult groups in the Jewish...

In today's episode, Nicki Taylor and Mat Hotho interview the Rev. Dr. Brent Strawn, professor of Old Testament and Law at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.  Brent wrote the commentary on Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for the Common...

Today's episode is a final look at the Proverbs with Rosy Kandathil, a second year PhD student in Hebrew Bible at Emory University in Atlanta.  Rosy, Mat and Nicki dive into Proverbs 31:10-31, or better known as the Proverb of the virtuous wife.  The...

Today’s podcast is a conversation with Dr. Kathy Farmer, Professor Emerita of Old Testament at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Kathy, Magrey, and I wrap up the psalter and introduce Proverbs.Learn more about The Bible Project 2020.Join our...

Today’s podcast is a conversation with Dr. Aubrey Buster, Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. Aubrey gives us an overview of Book Five of Psalter and the themes of exile, return, and worship.Learn more about The Bible Project 2020....

Today’s podcast is a conversation with Mat Hotho and Chris Hockman about the theology of Books 3, 4, and 5 of Psalms. They also take a closer look at Psalms 73, 84, 90, 91, and 104. Enjoy!Learn more about The Bible Project 2020. Join our Facebook...

Today we are joined by the Rev. Justin LaRosa, minister of The Portico—the downtown location of Hyde Park United Methodist. Justin shares how the Psalms can be a source of calm and meditation, leading us through the practice of Lectio Divina....

We’re fortunate today to have Dr. Michael Dougherty, the Director of Traditional Music at Hyde Park United Methodist on the podcast to talk about the musical reception of the Psalms in our hymnal and in Christian tradition. Enjoy!Learn more about The...

Today’s bonus episode gives an overview of the Book of Psalms. We have a chat with Dr. Brian Russell, Associate Provost and Dean of the Orlando School of Ministry. Brian gives us the lay of the land of the book of Psalms, noting the book’s overall...

Today’s episode continues our discussion of Job. We’re joined in this episode by Jonathan Mason-Wolfe, a PhD candidate at Harvard University. Jonathan explains how the structure of Job gives us an insight into to read the book and what we can take away...

Today’s episode is a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Roger Scholtz, pastor of Kloof Methodist Church in South Africa. Roger was also the interim Senior Pastor of Hyde Park United Methodist from August 2014 to May 2015. Roger begins our discussion of the...

This episode features a special guest, Samantha Tinley, a 5th grader at Hyde Park United Methodist. Sam was going to play the role of Esther in our Children’s Musical this year. Our conversation covers the whole narrative of Esther and does some...

For this week’s episode, we are joined by Rachel Wrenn, a PhD candidate in Hebrew Bible at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.  She’s also the co-host of her own podcast, First Reading.Jill Krantz sits down with Rachel for a discussion on the books of Ezra...

This week, we are again joined by the Rev. Dr. Melody Knowles, the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA.This is the second part of a two-part series on Chronicles....

This week, we are joined by the Rev. Dr. Melody Knowles, the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA. In this first of two episodes, Melody helps us begin to...

This week, we are joined by Dr. Daniel Stulac, Visiting Assistant Professor in Old Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC. This interview jumps right into big topics with Daniel questioning the practicality of dating compositional layers in the...

This week, we are joined by Marilou Reed, a small group leader at Hyde Park United Methodist in Tampa, FL.Marilou and Steve Crawford discuss David, Solomon, the building of the temple, and the division of Israel into the northern and southern...

This week, we are joined by Tim McNinch, a doctoral student at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.Tim and Jill Krantz discuss the character of David presented in the text, reflect on a couple Psalms dealing with this period of David’s life, and Tim points...

This week, we are joined again by the Rev. Emily Hotho, pastor of Skycrest United Methodist Church in Clearwater, FL.Emily and Joanna Switzer sit down to discuss the stories of Ruth and Saul. These stories present contrasting depictions of faithfulness...

This week, we are joined by the Rev. Scott Smith, Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Ormond Beach.Scott, Nicki Taylor, and Magrey deVega discuss the book of Judges: the characters, the drama, and the violence. Scott thinks of Judges as...