Soaring with the Falcon (aka Michael F. Bird)

Prolific author and biblical scholar Michael F. Bird joins the podcast to discuss women in ministry, the Terminator movies, Bart Ehrman, and 90's-era John Barclay. This is the conversation theology nerds would dream of having, and Andrew and James (who are theology nerds, we must admit) were incredibly blessed to have such a conversation, one that was both humorous and earnest, with this esteemed scholar and theologian. (We even have somewhat of a bloopers reel toward the end.)

Dr. Bird is the Academic Dean of Ridley College in Melbourne and holds a PhD in New Testament from University of Queensland. He writes and speaks of a variety of topics (it was difficult to select which ones we wanted to bring to him for this episode). Below are links to access literature and media from him:

Dr. Bird's Substack The Word from Bird

Dr. Bird's YouTube channel Early Christian History

Dr. Bird's blog Euangelion

Dr. Bird's books he has authored and co-authored

Dr. Bird's debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman

The article Andrew mentions from Ian Paul on Phoebe and ancient-letter carriers can be accessed here