This Week in Word from the Bird
Global Theology. Female Deacons. Diognetus 5. Fallen Angels. Jesus in Hell?
Gosh, I feel like Covid 2.0 is never going to end! Feeling slightly better, but still lethargic, flat, and light cough. But I managed to scrimp this together.
Monday: Book of the Week: Global Theology (Free Sign-Ups)
I review Stephen Purdue’s book on why the church needs global theology - great stuff here on hermeneutics and contextualization.
Tuesday: Female Deacons in Catholic and Orthodox Churches (Paid Subscribers)
Could Catholic and Orthodox churches rehabilitate the office of deaconess? Let’s hope so!
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Wednesday: Diognetus 5: Translation and Paraphrase (Free Sign-Ups).
The Epistle to Diognetus is my fav book among the Apostolic Fathers and chapter 5 is very elegant. I offer up my own translation and paraphrase of this beautiful text … with the paraphrase read on an AI-generated video.
Thursday: The Watchers - Uncovering the Story of Fallen Angels (Paid Subscribers)
In Jewish angelology, the "Watchers" refer to angels given such a name because they are perpetually vigilant, observing God, keeping an eye on earthly affairs, and they never sleep. They are also associated with fallen angels, fallen in the cosmological sense of descending from heaven to earth, but also morally falling in rejecting their place in heaven, for having sexual relations with women, or refusing to worship the divine image in Adam.
Friday: New Video and News of the Week (Paid Subscribers)
Video on Jesus and Hell as well as the news of the week!