Bible BackgroundVideo – Bible Background

Two kinds of leaders–Mark 10:42-45 (16 minutes)

Craig Keener — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 02:21:51 +0000

Some biblical theology of leadership, provided by Jesus. One of the two models is that of Jesus’s own ministry:

Worship in the Spirit lecture videos

Craig Keener — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:14:01 +0000

Recently a friend brought to my attention some posted FaceBook videos of some lectures that I gave at a Pentecostal Bible school while visiting friends in another country. Portions of the lecture (from about 5 minutes to about 15 minutes apiece) are in 4 parts: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Differences in the Gospels–17 minutes

Craig Keener — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:14:04 +0000

Mike Licona interviews Craig about differences in the Gospels.

Introduction to Paul in Corinth–Acts 18.1-3 (47 minutes)

Craig Keener — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 03:00:20 +0000

After some introductory comments about Corinth, we examine what drew Paul together with his new colleagues Aquila and Priscilla, and how they supported themselves as ordinary people while sharing the good news about Jesus in this major city.

Ancient biography and the Gospels (17.48 minutes)

Craig Keener — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 01:03:45 +0000

Part 2 of Mike Licona’s interview with Craig regarding ancient biography (17.48 min’s). This one offers a good summary of Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnztmnWOHTE

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P.S., authors should do their best to communicate their intention, but inevitably authors get interpreted through the frameworks and categories of readers. My friend Bill Craig (William Lane Craig) interprets my friend Bart Ehrman’s interpretation of myself and some others here.

Mike Licona interviews Craig about scholarship and the guy who broke into his apartment

Craig Keener — Wed, 27 May 2020 03:27:16 +0000

This is the first of a four-part series where Mike interviewed Craig at ETS 2019

Paul in Athens—Acts 17.22-34

Craig Keener — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:00:23 +0000

Paul does his best to communicate his message across cultural and intellectual barriers to those who have trouble understanding him. Most do not listen, but the few who do will change history.

God provided in a time of desperate need

Craig Keener — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 04:48:47 +0000

In this three-minute video, I just reminisce on a time of God’s provision when I was unemployed, not yet reemployed, and had nothing. God sent provision through someone who did not know my need.

(P.S., in the video I mention that I’ve continued sponsoring a child through decades. It’s not all the same child. The first one grew up )

Paul in Athens—Acts 17:16-19

Craig Keener — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:37:06 +0000

Paul does his best to transcend others’ prejudices and cultural barriers to share good news in Athens.

Mary’s Song and Hannah’s Song—4.38 minutes

Craig Keener — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:49:00 +0000

Mary celebrates the announcement that she will bear the Messiah. As she does so, she echoes the language of an earlier miraculous mother in salvation history, Samuel’s mother Hannah.