Rob is joined by Dr. Kathryn Quissell of UVA’s Global Public Heath in the School of Medicine. We use the new book In Covid’s Wake (NYT interview with the authors here) as a jumping off point to discuss both the failures of COVID responses and some helpful critiques of public health in general.

Questions for Dr. Quissell? Feel free to email her here: kq4ue@virginia.edu.

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Joseph Varaksa of Good New Jail and Prison Ministry joins Rob to talk about the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. We discuss day-to-day lives of inmates (food, books, technology) and challenges ministering to them, as well as some success stories and how people can help.

Find out more about Joe here: hopecville.com ; or contact him directly at: Joseph.Varaksa@goodnewsjail.org

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Rob is joined by ABD Luis Dizon, who’s at the University of Toronto. They talk a bit about his up bringing in the Philippines, inter-religious work - including bridge-building areas between Christians and Muslims, as well as working some “proofs” of the Qur’an’s divinity from a Muslim perspective, ending with best Qur’ans to read for beginners.

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.

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You can follow Luis on Twitter here: https://x.com/luisdizon.See his academic work here: https://utoronto.academia.edu/LuisDizon.And listen to his more in-depth work on Qur’anic arguments: “Examining Muslim Arguments for the Qur'an (Part 1)” by the The Michael Lofton Show on YouTube.See Gordon Nickel’s interview here: https://churchcoffeeccc.substack.com/p/episode-40-quran-with-christian-commentary-f35

Rob talks with Raymond Klein, the executive director of Charlottesville’s Love In the Name of Christ, about homelessness in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.

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Dr. Lawrence Mykytiuk is Emeritus Professor at Purdue, specializing in Jewish Studies. He discusses with Rob his work on verifying biblical people from archeological methods.

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.

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See Dr. Mykytiuk’s Biblical Archeological Society’s papers here: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/50-people-in-the-bible-confirmed-archaeologically/ , https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/did-jesus-exist/

See some of his in-depth research here: https://press.ratiochristi.org/product/ancient-sources/

See more of Dr. Mykytiuk’s work here: https://purdue.academia.edu/LawrenceMykytiuk

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Rob is joined by Dr. Michael Daise, the chair of the religious studies department at The College of William and Mary. Rob and Michael discuss the Historical Jesus, along with the Jewishness of Jesus, the languages He might’ve spoken, Passover in the First Century, Th or Fri Crucifixion, and the books in the TaNaKh (Hebrew Bible) in First and Second Century.

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.Interact with Rob on Twitter: https://x.com/Abe_Kuyper.

See more work of Dr. Daise here: https://www.wm.edu/as/religiousstudies/faculty/daise_m.php .

Further reading on the Historical Jesus that Dr. Daise suggests are: The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed by Helen Bond, The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guideby Gerd Theiseen & Annette Merz, and The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus ed. James Crossley & Chris Keith

The tune Dr. Daise is working on learning by Mile Davis is “Portrait of a Cannonball” off of Cannonball Adderley

Rob is joined by Duke’s Dr. Larissa Carneiro to discuss the differences between paganism and neo-paganism.

See Dr. Carneiro’s academia page here: https://duke.academia.edu/LarissaCarneiro ,And her Duke page here: https://scholars.duke.edu/person/larissa.carneiro

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.Interact with Rob on Twitter: https://x.com/Abe_Kuyper.

Dr. Christian Sahner is an associate professor of Islamic History at New College, Oxford. Him and Rob talk about early Christian-Muslim relations, Zoroastrianism, and current uprising in Syria.

See Dr. Sahner’s Oxford page here: https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/christian-c-sahner . Read Dr. Sahner’s work on Academia: https://oxford.academia.edu/ChristianSahner . Follow Dr. Sahner on Twitter here: https://x.com/ccsahner .

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.Interact with Rob on Twitter: https://x.com/Abe_Kuyper.

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Rob talks with Walter Olson of the Cato Institute about the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA): text, history, resurrection, and perhaps its final legal breath - at least for the next four years.

See more about Mr. Olson here: https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson.

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack. Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.

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Rob talks to Dr. Paul D. Miller about his recent Dispatch Article “Fascist Rhetoric or Fascist Actions?” as well as Dr. Miller’s favorite war movies, and Jan. 6. https://thedispatch.com/article/fascist-rhetoric-or-fascist-actions/

Dr. Miller is a Georgetown political science professor, former National Security Advisor to both Bush II and Obama, as well as a CIA analyst.https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000015aqRIAAY/paul-miller-phd

Follow Dr. Miller on Twitter: https://x.com/PaulDMiller2

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack @ churchcoffeeccc.substack Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark

Dr. Shaily Patel of Virginia Tech joins Rob to talk about the Historical Jesus, along with demons and magic in the ancient world, and a little bit of Jesus mythicism.

Dr. Patel’s VT page: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-religion-and-culture/faculty/shaily-patel.html

Mark Goodacre’s blog: https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/

Travis Proctor’s “Demonic Bodies” book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/demonic-bodies-and-the-dark-ecologies-of-early-christian-culture-9780197581162?cc=us&lang=en&

Eric Vanden Eykel’s “The Magi” book: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506473734/The-Magi

Radcliffe Edmonds’ “Drawing Down the Moon” book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691156934/drawing-down-the-moon

Bart Ehrman’s “Did Jesus Exist?” book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/did-jesus-exist-bart-d-ehrman?variant=32206747271202

Rob is joined by Dr. Joshua Little to talk about the Historical Muhammad: traditional biography, how do we know that story and holes in that narrative, and problems with the hadith, and many other avenues. If you find this interview too daunting because of the length, be sure to check out the shorter version published along side this one, which is just over an hour. If you found this episode interesting, be sure to check out Dr. Little’s blog: https://islamicorigins.com/ .

Rob is joined by Jon Rauch to talk about his new book Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy, Christianity in the wider culture, and Jon’s personal engagement with Christianity. Mr. Rauch is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, and contributing editor at The Atlantic. Follow him on Twitter.

We are thankful for today’s sponsors:

* Cville Handyman Services: cvillehandyman@proton.me, or 434-978-9469 .

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* Scoopity Poo C’ville.

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.

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Rob is joined by Dr. Joshua Little to talk about the Historical Muhammad: traditional biography, how do we know that story and holes in that narrative, and problems with the hadith. If you find this interview interesting, be sure to check out the longer version published as well; or check out Dr. Little’s blog: https://islamicorigins.com/ .

Rob and Walter are joined by friends of the Pod Jessica and Matt to discuss Matt Walsh’s documentary “Am I a Racist?”

Matt mentioned Columbia sociologist Musa al-Gharbi’s book We Have Never Been Woke.

Fr. Dr. Anthony Giambrone is a professor at the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem, and author of A Quest for the Historical Christ. He talks with Rob today about the academic study of who Jesus was. This is the first of three interviews about the secular inquiry of Jesus.

Fr. Anthony’s academic page: https://www.ebaf.edu/les-enseignants/anthony-giambrone-op-2/

Fr. Anthony’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Historical-Christ-Scientia-Christi/dp/0813234875

Fr. Anthony’s interview with Dr. Reynolds:

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International Neighbors’ Director of Programs Becky Bassett joins Rob to talk about the organization’s work and activity in the Charlottesville area.

Support International Neighbors here: https://internationalneighbors.org/

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Professor Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School - and former George W. Bush appointee to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (2002-2009), talks about the 2020 election report Lost, not Stolen, looking at election integrity in 2024.

Read more about Prof. McConnell here: https://law.stanford.edu/michael-w-mcconnell/

Read his report here: https://lostnotstolen.org/

Rob interviews the executive director and associate director of Charlottesville’s LifeSpring Pregnacy Center about what their organization does, special services it offers, and some political points.

If you need something from LifeSpring, contact them here: https://www.lifeva.org/contact

If you would like to help support LifeSpring, go here: https://www.lifeva.org/give

If you want to get some coffee that helps pregnancy centers: https://www.lifeva.org/sevenweeks

Rob is joined by History for Atheists founder and writer Tim O’Neill to talk about myths surrounding Halloween.

A deeper dive from Tim here: https://historyforatheists.com/2021/10/is-halloween-pagan/ .Subscribe to History for Atheists podcast and YouTube Channel.Tim is very active on Twitter, follow him here: https://x.com/timoneill007

See Tim previously on Church Coffee:

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The Director of Virginia’s International Rescue Committee joins Rob to talk about refugees in Charlottesville.

Learn more, donate or volunteer at IRC’s Cville branch here: https://www.rescue.org/united-states/charlottesville-va.

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Rob is joined by Loaves and Fishes executive director Jane Colony Mills

Get involved with L&F here: https://cvillefoodpantry.org/volunteer/

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Rob chats with his friend Jessica Otey, a secular Jewish woman from the Bay Area about the pericope study of the Gospel of Mark they did together, which has been adapted into an ongoing series on Rob’s Substack: churchcoffeeccc.substack.com

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Rob is joined by NYT best-selling author Dr. Leonard Sax to discuss a wide-range of topics about parenting in the 21st Century. Slightly NSFW/K (not safe for work/kids) talking points in the last three minutes of the interview, where pornography is discussed.

See of all of Dr. Sax’s work on his website.

We are thankful for today’s sponsor: Scoopity Poo C’ville.

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Rob and Walter talk to Abundant Life’s executive director Eddie Howard on their tutoring & mentor programs, as well as their V-Trades initiative.

Get involved with AL here:https://charlottesvilleabundantlife.org/get-involved/

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Rob and Walter are joined by Warren Cole Smith of Ministry Watch to discuss his review of Megan Basham’s book Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda.

Read Mr. Warren’s review in The Dispatch “Which Shepherds Are for Sale?” here: https://thedispatch.com/article/which-shepherds-are-for-sale/

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Rob is joined by Covenant College’s political science professor Dr. Philip Bunn again to do a “prequel” episode on Christian Nationalism, breaking down aspects of the idea and answering some basic questions.

Stuff mentioned: Fascism: A Very Short Intro, and Andrew Sullivan’s “We All Live on Campus Now” essay.

Rob is solo for this episode, and is joined by PCA RE Jerry Stutzman and Covenant College political science professor Philip Bunn to discuss Christian Nationalism with author Stephen Wolfe - who literally wrote the book The Case for Christian Nationalism (read PCA pastor Kevin DeYoung’s review in The Gospel Coalition here, and Dr. Wolfe’s response to the review here).

Bi-vocational pastor Juan Peña joins the pod to talk about immgration problems on the ground in Denver, and what he and his church & non-profit CrossPurpose are doing to help.

As talked about in the episode, here is The Daily episode about the Darrian Gap: “A Mother, a Daughter, a Deadly Journey.”

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Rob talks with Dr. Andrew Guffey on the Rob’s continuing series of the Historical Jesus, as well as Dr. Guffey’s explanations of the biblical canon and even some deep dives in John’s Apocalypse - also known as the Book of Revelation.

See more of Dr. Guffey’s work at his website, and Academia page; follow him on Twitter.

We are thankful for today’s sponsor: Robin Hurst at Fora Travel: visit her page here, or email her for more: robin.hurst@fora.travel

Follow Rob’s posts on Substack at churchcoffeeccc.substack . Currently, he is doing a year pericope study of the Gospel of Mark.

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Rob is joined by Georgetown’s Paul Miller, UVA’s Holly Vradenburgh, and Elon’s Matthew Young for a roundtable discussing Trump’s 100th day in office.

See Paul’s former appearance: Spotify , Apple Podcasts . Follow him on Twitter here: https://x.com/PaulDMiller2 .

Follow Holly Vradenburgh on substack.

Follow Matthew on Twitter here: https://x.com/matthenryyoung .

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* Robin Hurst at Fora Travel: https://www.foratravel.com/advisor/robin-hurst , or email her for more here: robin.hurst@fora.travel .

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