What shaped and formed the apostle Paul and how the verdict was not in on Paul in his lifetime because he combined Jewish and pagan philosophical ideas in brand new ways. Fist bump Text and Rockers!! If you want to help the show, grab our new a

S3. SHINE LIKE STARS 06 | PAULINE CHRISTIANITY AMONG EARLY JESUS MOVEMENTS.

Jan 4th, 2021 11m 6s

Here’s a short on how Paul and his Jesus communities fit and counterbalance other Judaisms of the First Century, and especially the community traditionally led by James the brother of Jesus in Jerusalem.

S.3 SHINE LIKE STARS 05 | CITY SLICKER.

Dec 25th, 2020 37m 36s

Mark and Eric talk about what made Paul so effective as the world's first church planter and journey with him to Athens to see his creative use of scripture and Greco-Roman literature.

S.3 SHINE LIKE STARS 04 | PAULINE STUDIES.

Dec 19th, 2020 35m 56s

Mark interviews long term friend and colleague Jason Myers, Professor of Bible at Greensboro in North Carolina. They chat about major shifts in reading Paul in scholarship over the last fifty years, surveying Sanders, Dunn, Wright, and others.

S.3 SHINE LIKE STARS 03 | THE WORLD OF PAUL.

Dec 14th, 2020 19m 44s

Mark interviews long term friend and colleague Jason Myers, (PhD. in New Testament, Professor at Greensboro College) on the world of Paul. They chat about the Mediterranean World and urban familiarity of the Apostle Paul and his modus operandi

S.3 SHINE LIKE STARS 02 | PAUL ON SCRIPTURE

Dec 11th, 2020 9m 19s

Mark unpacks Paul's remarks to a younger pastor in 2 Timothy 2.16-17.

S.3 SHINE LIKE STARS 01 | AGAINST THE DARK.

Dec 8th, 2020 30m 54s

How Paul's darkest days are what made him full of compassion, and how the same can happen to you. Along the way we visit Dura Europos, one of the most important dig sites of early Christian studies, and discuss its implications for the first co