Bert Newton
Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
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I recommend to my listeners the amazing documentary, Gaza Fights for Freedom. You can find it free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2sIt centers on the 21 months of nonviolent demonstrations by Gazans at the border with Isr
The story of my short sojourn in Palestine 22 years ago and what I learned from the Palestinians. This is a slightly revised sermon that I delivered at Pasadena Mennonite Church in August of 2001.
My personal Facebook page is on the same account as the podcast page. It was hacked and then Facebook suspended it. I have alerted them to the hack and appealed the suspension, but as of this writing it is still suspended. A part of me suspects
The Gospel overturns not just the order of society but our conception of God as well. When Jesus cries out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" we should be shocked. We should not just gloss over the implications of such a statement in
This episode is a sermon that I delivered at Pasadena Mennonite Church on September 17, 2023. In this sermon I connect the dots between U.S. military and economic aggression abroad with domestic housing justice. The passages cited are:Matthew 1
The Making Housing and Community Happen (MHCH) Podcast has launched, telling stories of social transformation and housing justice!You can listen to the first episode here.You can also search for "Making Housing and Community Happen" on your pod
In this episode I revisit the text about Jesus' interaction with the centurion to focus more than I did in episode 16 on the "banquet" (NRSV) that Jesus refers to. What is this "banquet" of which Jesus speaks? How does it evolve in the writings
Part 4 of my reaction to Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict by James Crossley and Robert Myles, chapters 9-11, plus a summary of my reaction/review.In this episode:Did Jesus really predict the destruction of the temple?How do scholars understand
Part 3 of my reaction to Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict by James Crossley and Robert Myles, chapters 6-8.In these chapters the authors discuss:Was Jesus more like a playful hippy or a serious communist?Was the Jesus movement nonviolent?Was th
Part 2 of my reaction to Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict by James Crossley and Robert Myles, chapters 4-5.Two Marxist historical Jesus scholars talk about the Jesus movement's mission to the rich and whether the Jesus movement actually perform
Part 1 of my reaction to Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict by James Crossley and Robert Myles, chapters 1 - 3Was the historical Jesus a revolutionary or a millenarian prophet? Is there a difference? Did he create a movement or emerge from one? Wh
Some new research and connections in these two passages that occur together in Matthew 19:13-30.
Special Episode: Overturning Patriarchy and Re-forming Masculinity, Interview with Dr. Timothy Lewis
In this special episode, I interview Dr. Timothy Lewis, creator of the Podcast Matthewlinity, and author of the upcoming book, The Poetics of Matthew One. Through poetic/literary analysis of the Gospel of Matthew, Dr. Lewis has found a pattern
I've often thought about what I would say were I to be invited to participate in an on stage "debate" with an atheist. Well, here is my opening statement.
Why does Matthew divide up the genealogy into 3 sets of 14 generations? What does this signify?Link to Dr. Timothy Lewis' podcast, Matthewlinity: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/matthewlinity/id1398795694
Revisiting the theme of Jonah in Matthew. The "big fish" ain't just a big fish!
We are launching a beta video version of this podcast, so I need your feedback, mostly on the sound and video quality. It's only on the Facebook page which you can find here. It's low budget and simple, but we think it works.You can message me
The text is Matthew 4:23-25. This special episode is mostly a recording of me, Bert, doing a workshop (as the sermon!) at Pasadena Mennonite Church, but I added a 10 minute introduction.
Jesus' resurrection brings the victory of the future into the present, and Jesus gives his disciples a nonviolent commission to counter the imperial violent domination of the powers and authorities of this present age.
Jesus experiences abandonment by God, but the apocalyptic signs reveal the victory of the cross.
We look at two important passages, the suicide of Judas and the release of Barabbas.
Jesus goes on trial before the Sanhedrin, but who is really on trial? Those with eyes to see can see as through the vision of Daniel 7.
In these passages, Jesus is more human than we have seen him; he is afraid and doesn't want to go to the cross, yet he still rejects violent resistance, even by angels.
A woman anoints Jesus, and Jesus becomes the liberating sacrifice for the nation (and all nations or people).
I did the whole series on The Little Apocalypse in Matthew and did not comment on the use of the term "the elect." So I did this little addendum to give my thoughts on the matter
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