Dorothy Lee joins Douglas and Stan for a conversation about symbolism and John 12. Dorothy is the Stewart Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity College at the University of Melbourne in Australia. She also serves as a Priest in the Anglican church and as a Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne.
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Tags: Symbolism, John 11, John 12 , Mary and Martha, True Discipleship

Craig Koester joins Douglas and Stan for a conversation about his appreciation for the Gospel of John throughout his career. Craig is Professor Emeritus and the Asher O. and Carrie Nasby Chair of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Tags: Symbolism, Parish Ministry, Questions

Alan Culpepper joins Douglas and Stan for a conversation about his career studying the Gospel of John and the inauguration of Narrative Criticism as a method for studying the gospels. Alan taught at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Baylor University before serving as the Founding Dean for the School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta.
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Tags: Narrative criticism, Literary Method, Career, Historical Criticism

Part 2 of the conversation between Stan and Jaime Clark-Soles regarding her work with bodily senses and how Scripture makes so much use of them. Jaime earned her PhD at Yale University and is Professor of New Testament at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. She is the founding Director for the Baptist House of Studies.
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Tags: John 12-13, The Body

Stan hosted Jaime Clark-Soles and the conversation regarding her work with bodily senses and how Scripture makes so much use of them. Jaime earned her PhD at Yale University and is Professor of New Testament at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. She is the founding Director for the Baptist House of Studies.
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Tags: John 12-13, The Body

Blake Wassell joins Douglas and Stan for a discussion of John 17. Blake earned his PhD at the University of Otago in New Zealand and is currently at the Australian Catholic University.
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Tags: John 18–19, Roman Empire, Kingship

Andy Byers joins Douglas and Stan for a discussion of John 17. Andy earned his PhD at Durham University in the UK and is now a Lecturer in New Testament at Ridley Hall at Cambridge University.
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Tags: John 17, Historical Criticism, Unity and Oneness

Tom Thatcher joins Douglas and Stan for a discussion of John 21. Tom earned his PhD at Southern Seminary and was on the Faculty at Cincinnati Christian University for nearly 30 years. He now works at The Elemental Group in Mason, Ohio.
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Tags: John 21, Oral Memory, Collective Memory, Media Criticism

Christopher Skinner joins our hosts to discuss the lens he uses for viewing the Gospel of John. Chris earned his PhD at the Catholic University of America, studying with Francis Moloney as did our previous guest. Chris is on the Faculty of Loyola University of Chicago where he also directs the graduate program in the Department of Theology.
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Tags: John 20, Literary Method

Sherri Brown joins Stan and Douglas to talk about the mother of Jesus, Mary, and how the literary approach explores her role in the scene of John 2. Sherri earned her PhD at the Catholic University of America where she studied with Francis Moloney. She is on the Faculty at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Tags: John 2, Mother of Jesus, Wine Miracle

Today Douglas and Stan speak with Alicia Myers. Alicia is on the Faculty at Campbell University Divinity School in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Alicia earned her Ph.D. at Baylor University. She is the author of the volume on The Gospel and Letters of John in the 2nd edition of the Reading the New Testament commentary series.
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Tags: John 7-8, Performance, Drama, Woman Saved From Stoning

In this episode Douglas and Stan speak with Erbey Valdez. Erbey earned his Ph.D. from Columbia International University and pastors a bi-lingual church, New Spirit Baptist Church, in San Antonio, Texas. Douglas served as a reader on Erbey's doctoral committee.
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Tags: John 1, Prologue, John 4

Our Inaugural Episode in the podcast series Conversations in the Gospel of John. Douglas and Stan discuss the podcast's goals, define some of the methodologies this podcast will engage with, and illustrate how John 5 might be used in proclaiming this gospel.
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Tags: John 5, Didactic Method, Rhetorical Method, Literary Method