Yale Center for Faith and Culture invited several of us to address the concept of expectation, in connection with Jürgen Moltmann. I was invited to write a paper on the messianic expectation of Jesus. The presentation in the video here is the highly condensed version I presented orally, reading a shorter version of my paper at the colloquium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55igrtewmfw
Category Archives: Current issues
What did Acts 1:8 mean by “the ends of the earth”?
What did Acts 1:8 mean by “the ends of the earth”? 3-minute lecture clip by Acts scholar Craig Keener.
For 23 free lectures on Acts, see http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/ted_hildebrandt/DigitalCourses/00_DigitalBiblicalStudiesCourses.html#Acts_Keener; this may be especially valuable to viewers in locations where they cannot attend seminary.
Continuity between the Old Testament and the New Testament
Craig’s 8-minute video on the continuity between the OT and the NT:
This study continues the hermeneutical questions raised in previous videos on OT laws in their ancient Near Eastern context:
And how to apply OT laws today:
Are we Pharisees?–Matthew 23
There is a reason that the denunciation of religious leaders at Jesus’s first coming appears so soon before Jesus’s warnings for religious leaders to be ready for him at his second coming. 1-minute video:
This is a clip excerpted from a free series on Matthew’s Gospel (face-to-face in class is best, but for people who can’t do that!) – watch it here
Bible background matters
2-minute video on why background matters (this isn’t to give details on background–for that see other posts).
Craig’s video series on Matthew
In a series of roughly hour-long FREE videos, Craig lectures on Matthew’s Gospel. Here is a CLIP of the first couple minutes (not perfect filming conditions or the nicest-looking professor,to whom the camera turns after the opening seconds, but hey, it’s free!):
The series is available for viewing free at: http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/ted_hildebrandt/DigitalCourses/00_DigitalBiblicalStudiesCourses.html#Matthew_Keener
Ted Hildebrandt filmed me for videos on Matthew, Acts, and Romans for the purpose of making these available free for ministers in parts of the world where in-class education was unavailable. Others can watch them for free also, of course. It’s sort of like taking me for class, but with fewer jokes, no evaluated assignments, and you don’t get any class credit! It’s also harder to know in advance where to skip around on the videos than it is using my commentary. But again: the video is free, so feel free to forward it to many people’s attention.
Passion vs. legalism (66-second video)
Legalism is not the only reason someone would want to work hard. Sometimes it’s because we love and care about what we’re doing, about our mission, and/or about the people we’re trying to serve.
Verses out-of-context, part 4
In this nine-minute video, we look at some other verses and phrases that are often taken out of context: “seek first the kingdom, and all these things will be added to you”; “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for”
Verses out-of-context, part 3
This segment, at 7 and a half minutes, treats more verses and phrases often quoted out of context: “if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart”; “binding and loosing”
Verses out-of-context, part 2
The verses and phrases often taken out of context, addressed in this 8-minute video, include, “Lift Jesus higher”; “you are God’s temple”; “when the perfect has come”; “I can do all things through Christ”; “baptized in fire”