Marcus opens with a comic piece on “9 reasons why beer is better than religion”. Then Marcus explains his vocational passion to be adult theological reeducation at the congregational or parish level. He explains that is why he travels […]
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Marcus begins by explaining that he is annually invited to preach at Calvary Episcopal Church during lent but would like to talk this year about Easter which happens after Lent. His Easter speech will continue a previous theme of
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Marcus provides a framework and ways to think and talk about what God is in a short opening for a small group of people to discuss the topic “What is God?” What does the word “God” refer to? Supernatural
This audio recording opens with a reading of a text about St. Paul in Athens where he is proclaiming the good news of god’s revelation in Jesus Christ. The market place in Athens is an important place for discussing and
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This discussion takes place in Rollins College, it is meant to open discussions not necessarily convince or debate. Marcus begins by answering the question ‘if one believes in the meaning of the resurrection is it necessary to believe in the
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The first gospel of Mark is ‘Jesus Christ the Son of God’ in passages two and three Mark quotes a passage from the prophet Isaiah “I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way, the voice
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Opening Statements White speaks first. They open by referencing Paul as talking about having the story passed down to him. White says this indicates that Paul is recording a first hand witness’s event which is not clouded by time. The
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What is the Kingdom of God? Marcus references the christian scholar John Reumann, he wrote “ask any one hundred new testament scholars around the world Protestant, Catholic, Jewish or non-believer ‘what was most central to the message of Jesus?’
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This video is a recording of an interview of Marcus with Interfaith Voices about his book The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon which was co-authored with John Dominic Crossan. Multiple Pauls? The interview begins
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In this radio interview Marcus discusses the two gospels that report on the Birth of Jesus and his book The First Christmas. Mathew’s story is much shorter if you remover the genealogy at the beginning the story takes
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