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Interpreters from our Past: Stephen Chester on the History of Pauline Interpretation

"For a scholarly generation, students of Paul have confidently treated the sixteenth-century Reformers as Paul's 'misinterpreters-in-chief.' Now Stephen Chester's patient and learned treatment of the Reformers' Pauline exegesis exposes both their thoughtfulness and their potential as wise conversation partners in the present. This is a major contribution to Pauline study." 
These were New Testament scholar Beverly Gaventa's words of praise for Stephen J. Chester's book Reading Paul with the Reformers: Reconciling Old and New Perspectives. James and Andrew were honored to have Stephen Chester on the podcast in this episode to discuss his work and share valuable insights in how we can appreciate interpreters who have gone before us. Tune in for a great discussion. 

The Evangelicals of Anglicanism (with Rev. Zac Neubauer of EFAC)

Zac Neubauer, President of Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion-USA, joins the podcast again, this time with Andrew and James to talk about some of the leading Evangelicals from Anglicanism's recent past including Charles Simeon, Charles McIlvaine, and John Stott. We also catch up about EFAC-USA in recent years. 
Zac has been president of EFAC-USA since 2018. He earned his M. Div from Trinity School for Ministry in 2017 and serves as Priest-in-Charge at St. Clement's Episcopal Church in Rancho Cordova, CA. 
Shownotes
*Zac mentioned the following resources in this episode that are good further reading for history of Evangelicalism in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion:
(Book) Standing in the Whirlwind: Evangelical Episcopalians in Nineteenth-Century America by Diana Butler Bass
(Essay) "The Strange Death of Evangelical Episcopalianism" by Gillis Harp in Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 74, No. 2 p. 180-206
*Andrew mentioned the book Christ in Conflict by John Stott.
Additionally, we recommend the following books about Charles Simeon:
Charles Simeon by HCG Moule (Methuen, 1892- now published by Christian Focus Publications)
Charles Simeon of Cambridge by Hugh Evan Hopkins (Hodder, 1977- now published by Wipf & Stock, USA)

Two-Kingdoms Theology: An Interview with Dr. Brad Littlejohn

What does it mean for a Christian to live under both God and an earthly ruler? What are Christians supposed to do in everyday life situations that the Bible doesn't speak to or prescribe something directly for? These are just some of the questions that we explored in our latest episode.
Dr. Littlejohn joins Stephen and Andrew on the podcast today to discuss his book The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed as well as his work as President of the Davenant Institute which seeks to "retrieve the riches of classical Protestantism to renew and build up the contemporary Church."
Dr. Littlejohn holds a PhD from New College, University of Edinburgh. His areas of expertise include the Anglican theologian Richard Hooker, the Reformation (both English and continental), Reformed theology and history, and political and ethical thought of the Reformation. 
Shownotes: 
Link to Dr. Littlejohn's book
The book that Dr. Littlejohn mentioned toward the end is Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Albert M. Wolters

God’s Gift of Music: Our Favorite Hymns (Part 1)

Stephen, Charlie, James, and Andrew go through their favorite hymns in this first of a five part series on sacred music. 
We give a huge thanks and shout out to Aaron Shows, James's brother-in-law, who played segments of all of the hymns we discuss on organ or piano. We featured these segments on the episode as we introduced each one. Aaron is a film-composer and also serves as the organist for First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, CA. Listen in to hear what hymns we picked (we give the writing credits on the episode audio).
Shownotes:
A link to the devotional book by Caroline Maria Noel:
A link to the book by Gustaf Aulen that James mentioned:
A link to the documentary on Ralph Vaughan Williams mentioned by Andrew

Of Thy Tender Love Towards Man

Rev. Andrew's friend Jacob Bouma-Sims joins the podcast to discuss the most recent EFAC-USA (Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion-USA) conference that he attended. He also shares his personal story and how God brought him out of atheism. He also talks about his own true-crime and history fusion podcast titled "Mead and Murder". 
Some of the conference speakers Jacob talked about were Zac Hicks, Glen Scrivener, and President of EFAC- Zac Neubauer.
Check out Zac Hicks' website here.
This is a link to Glen Scrivener's blog and website.
Visit EFAC-USA's website here.
(The book referred to by Rev. Andrew is Faith Alone: The Doctrine of Justification- What the Reformers Thought and Why It Still Matters by Thomas Schreiner)
Follow Jacob's podcast "Mead and Murder" on Facebook
On YouTube
On Apple Podcasts

A Discussion with the Rev. Dr. Robert Prichard on the 19th Century Episcopal Church

What an honor it was to have the esteemed historian of the Episcopal Church Robert Prichard join Drew and James for the podcast today.
Dr. Prichard is a Professor Emeritus of Virginia Theological Seminary (a seminary in the Episcopal Church) where served as the Arthur Lee Kinsolving Professor of Christianity in America and Instructor in Liturgy, and was on full-time faculty from 1983 to 2019. He is an authority on Episcopal Church history and has written numerous books, publications, and articles, including the widely-read A History of the Episcopal ChurchDr. Prichard is joining us today to touch on a few different interesting aspects of Episcopal history, about controversy and consensus within the church during the 19th century, as well as some American Prayer Book history, and recent General Conventions.
God Bless!
This is a link to read a work we reference throughout the podcast, his book The Nature of Salvation: Theological Consensus in the Episcopal Church (1801-1873)