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S1E19 Pontic Hicks, an Alexandrian Intellectual, and 12 Ephesians in Acts 18 and 19 | Dr. Patrick Spencer
What happens when an elite Alexandrian intellectual gets schooled by two nobodies from the backwaters of Pontus—and one of them is a woman? Luke knew exactly what he was doing. In Episode 18, Acts…
S1E17 Stereotyped "Huckster" Women at the Center of Acts 16 and Joshua 2 | Dr. Patrick Spencer | Ep. 17
When read through narrative and ethnographic lenses, Acts 16 becomes a clash of markets, bodies, and authority, not a tidy conversion script. Luke’s pacing (the Macedonian summons, the river…
S1E16 God's Acts for Israel, Gentiles, and Christians: A Theology of Acts | Dr. Joshua Jipp | Ep. 16
Joshua Jipp's volume God's Acts for Israel, Gentiles, and Christians represents fifteen years of scholarship on Luke-Acts, arguing that this isn't theology you observe from a safe distance. It puts…
S1E15 How Acts 27 Forms Christian Imagination Through Ancient Echoes | Dr. Amanda Jo Pittman | Ep. 15
Acts 27 becomes a high-pressure lab for discipleship in this conversation with Dr. Amanda Jo Pittman. Instead of treating the shipwreck as Bible background noise, she reads it as a story where…
S1E14 Fatal Real Estate Transaction: Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 | Dr. Stan Helton | Ep. 4
Ananias and Sapphira don’t just fudge a pledge—they run a carefully staged con in the heart of a Spirit-filled community, and their bodies hit the floor as a warning shot to anyone who thinks…
S1E13 When the "Mad" Believed and the Faithful Struggled (Acts 12) | Dr. Patrick Spencer | Ep. 13
Acts 12 isn't only Peter's story—it's also Rhoda's. This episode explores how Luke inverts expectations through a marginalized enslaved girl who becomes the only person of genuine faith in the…
S1E12 When Your Enemy Saves Your Life: The Good Samaritan Reversal | Dr. Cliff Barbarick | Ep. 12
Biblical performance critic Cliff Barbarick upends traditional interpretations of the Good Samaritan parable, arguing readers/ listeners should identify with the bleeding victim in the ditch—not the…
S1E11 How a Gender-Bending Ethiopian Shattered Religious Boundaries | Dr. F. Scott Spencer | Ep. 11
Biblical scholar Dr. F. Scott Spencer discusses his research, which dates back more than 30 years, on the Ethiopian eunuch passage in Acts 8. Spencer explains how he pioneered applying social science…
S1E10 The Digital Theological Library | Dr. Thomas E. Phillips | Ep. 10
Dr. Thomas Phillips founded the Digital Theological Library (DTL) in 2016 to address the problem of small seminaries lacking adequate research resources due to the high cost of acquiring academic…
S1E9 How Looking Back Engenders a New Beginning: John, the Gospel That Refuses to End | Dr. Patrick Spencer | Ep. 9
John 21 disrupts narrative flow with a “double ending”—first at 20:30–31, then restarting with “after these things,” creating a “blank” in reading. Spencer highlights intertextual echoes: the…
S1E8 Climactic Commission: Narrative Analysis of Matthew 28 | Dr. Greg Camp | Ep. 8
Dr. Greg Camp explores Matthew's Gospel ending through narrative criticism, examining how "the end is the beginning" functions structurally and thematically. Greg argues Matthew presents Jesus as…
S1E7 Fear, Silence, and Ancient Secrets: Mysterious Ending of Mark | Dr. Stanley N. Helton | Ep. 7
Dr. Stanley Helton's discussion on the Scriptural Works podcast explores one of the New Testament's most contentious and debated textual problems: Mark's Gospel ending. Helton challenges conventional…
S1E6 How the Ending of Acts Completes Paul’s Makeover | Dr. Thomas E. Phillips | Ep. 6
Dr. Thomas E. Phillips discusses his research on Paul's "rehabilitation" in Acts. While Paul's authentic letters reveal an antagonistic figure who fought with Peter and James, Acts transforms him…
S1E5 Re-reading Luke-Acts' Characterization in Codex Bezae (Part 2) | Dr. Jenny Heimerdinger | Ep. 5
Dr. Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, textual critic and author of groundbreaking studies on Codex Bezae, challenges how we read Luke-Acts by demonstrating that this ancient manuscript preserves an earlier,…
S1E4 Road to Recognition in Luke 24 | Dr. Joel B. Green | Ep. 4
Joel B. Green, senior professor of New Testament interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary, brings decades of scholarship to a discussion about Luke 24 and how it works as both an ending and a…
S1E3 Re-reading Luke-Acts' Characterization in Codex Bezae (Part 1) | Dr. Jenny Read-Heimerdinger | Ep. 3
In part 1 of a two-part episode, British linguist Dr. Jenny Read-Heimerdinger's groundbreaking research on Codex Bezae challenges fundamental assumptions in biblical textual criticism. Through…
S1E2 How Ancient Christian Writings Became Scripture | Ep. 2
This compelling episode of Scriptural Works takes listeners on a fascinating journey through the historical process of how ancient Christian writings evolved into sacred Scripture. Co-hosts Greg Camp…
S1E1 Sacred Words, Scribal Hands: Drama of New Testament Textual Criticism | Ep. 1
In this captivating episode of Scriptural Works, listeners are guided through the fascinating world of New Testament textual criticism and its profound implications for biblical authority. The…
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