150: The CES Podcast, episode 31: 1 Corinthians 5-8

by | Apr 11, 2017 | Bible Scholarship, Education, Excommunication, Featured, Homosexuality, Institute, Jesus, Jesus Christ, LGBTQ, Marriage, New Testament, Savior, scripture, Seminary, Sexuality, Sunday School, Sunday School, The CES Podcast (for the rest of us) | 1 comment

150: The CES Podcast, episode 31: 1 Corinthians 5-8

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  • Does Paul contradict Jesus’ teachings and example regarding associating with “sinners”?
  • Why is Paul concerned with male prostitutes and not female prostitutes?
  • What are Paul’s views regarding homosexual acts?
  • Was female prostitution prohibited under Jewish Law?
All of these questions and more are discussed in this episode of The CES Podcast with Dr. Sheldon Greaves.
Welcome to episode 28 of Rational Faiths’ podcat series, The CES Podcast (for the rest of us), with Bible scholar, Dr. Sheldon Greaves and his co-host, Miguel Barker-Valdez.  Dr. Greaves and Miguel will be looking at this year’s seminary and institute curriculum, which covers the New Testament, and will be distilling a week’s worth of lessons and readings down to an hour-long podcast. Episode 30 will cover Paul First Epistle to the Corinthians.
If you would like to read Dr. Greaves’ short essay entitled, The Old Testament Does Not Prohibit Homosexuality, click here. 
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    Dr. Sheldon Greaves received his Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Studies with an emphasis in Hebrew Bible from UC Berkeley in 1996. He is a co-founder of Henley-Putnam University, a private university catering to the intelligence and counterterrorism communities. He has taught Old and New Testament and similar subjects at Stanford University. At present, Dr. Greaves leads seminars on biblical and related topics as Scholar-in-Residence at the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan in Corvallis, Oregon. He is also the founder of Guerrilla Scholars (501(c)(3) status pending), a loose association of learners, thinkers, teachers, artists, and recovering academics that can best be described as, "a bunch of geeks who want to save the world."

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    1. Odd ball
      Odd ball on April 20, 2017 at 8:05 am

      This isn’t a comment on this particular pod cast but hopefully the next set of chapters. More questions than comments.
      1. Does Paul promote the sharing of faith building stories and the open sharing of thoughts? I ask because I’m a but different I thought on most Gospel topics and am encouraged by my wife to lower my hand when I feel like I should share something. She does this to stave off potential of an embarrassing situation for us both.

      2. I know the minutiae of the Gospel isn’t always key to our salvation. But some people get bogged down in it. In some ways isn’t it better to just know it word without knowing how? Referring to the atonement.

      3. Paul makes veiled refence to secular knowledge. I know almost all knowledge is good for us but Is he referring to use of knowledge not the acquiring of it?

      4. I’m just asking but is Paul saying we should keep the commandment because we can eventually pay for them since we are resurrected?

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