AuthorTalk: Recent Episodes
Ron Way
Biblical scholar Dominic Crossan takes explains why in Western Christianity you are individually saved, and in the East, all are saved by Jesus.
Biblical scholar, Dom Crossan, says that in the Eastern Orthodox belief, everyone goes to heaven... not so in the West.
Have you ever wondered where Jesus came up with his life stories and parables? What happened to Jesus in his youth that might have brought forth these memorable parables and stories?
The author makes the case for a fully human Jesus. He got angry, he had limited knowledge, he made mistakes, and he changed his mind. What kind of a messiah is that?
In this second part of the interview, Dr. Michael White explores references to homosexuality in the New Testament.
In this two-part interview, Dr. Michael White explores references to homosexuality in the Old Testament. Episode 61 will add the New Testament.
Graham Hancock sold over 7 million copies of his last book, now I interview Graham for his new book, "Magicians of the Gods." Part 1 of a 2 part series.
The host interviews 3 Paul scholars about their book. Now, for the first time you will read Paul's letters in plain English and see the amazing difference between it and the King James translation. A facinating interview!
The host interviews 3 Paul scholars about their book. Now, for the first time you will read Paul's letters in plain English and see the amazing difference between it and the King James translation. A facinating interview!
In this short 4 min. Bonus Segment, I asked Dr. Long what his personal beliefs were—and how they changed—after concluding this decade long scientific study of NDEs.
NY Times Bestseller: Records show Near Death Experiences (NDEs) prove the existence of God.
Interview of Author of "Parenting a Parent with Dementia."
The love and bond that children and parents have with one another. But what happens when the parent gets older, and begins to act differently or oddly? What happens when their minds begin to fail, filters fall away, and fantasy takes control of this person you no longer recognize as the person you knew? Ultimately, what happens if ultimately they don’t recognize you.
Ron interviews an Evangelical author who says, "For centuries, Christians sought to rescue people from this world. Today, we're trying to fix it..." which the author feels can be quite dangerous.
What if the modern American church has its Christian history wrong? According to ex-evangelical Michael Camp, most American believers fail Christian History 101.
Did Christianity get it wrong about God? Interview of author of a new book called, "Jesus' Abba; The God Who Has Not Failed."
Host, Ron Way, reviews Ehrman's new book, "Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior"
Like Paul's vision of Jesus on the way to Damascus, the author describes a similar experience he had on a public beach which led him half way around the world to Egypt and Israel.
Hear archeologist, Vindy Jones, tell you how they found the only remaining sample of the Anointing Oil (used to anoint the kings of Israel and the Messiah when he comes), and incense from the Temple in Jerusalem to purify the new Temple when it is built.
We continue to explore the scientific evidence of an intelligence beyond the physical with the author, Robert Nelson, mathematician and economist.
Is there a God? Very Probably. Take a mathematician, then add a PhD in Economics from Princeton University, stir the soup of the Big Bang, and you get God? The answer is a resounding YES, and he will prove it! Probably.
The Sabbath Experiment. Is there a reason to keep the Sabbath in this 24/7 world? Find out from our author, Rob Muthiah.
Ron interviews one of the developers of the Accordance Bible Software. This is the software that the host of AuthorTalk, Ron Way, uses.
This cross-cultural exploration in self-realization and spiritual awakening brings India's most celebrated classic of wisdom (the Bhagavad-gita) into dialogue with the most radically powerful wisdom book of the Hebrew scriptures (Ecclesiastes).
The host of AuthorTalk talks about his book, "The Disciple: The Writing of the First Gospel."
Jesus taught with parables and stories: the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, the Mustard Seed, etc. We’ve all heard them. Ministers and priests have used them to teach us about God, forgiveness and love for centuries, but do we really understand them? Do we understand them the way that Jesus meant us to understand them? If they were that easy to understand, then why did Jesus have to take his disciples apart and explain their meanings to them?
Part 2 of series with author of "Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works, Why it Should Terrify Us, How to Defeat it."
The headlines are clear: religion is on the decline in America as many people leave behind traditional religious practices. The author argues that what appears to be a decline actually signals a major transformation in how people understand and experience God.
Part 1 of a 2-part series with past associate of al-Zawahiri (the man who replaced Osama bin Laden). His book is named, "Inside Jihad; How Radical Islam Works, Why It Should Terrify Us, How to Defeat It"
Part 2 of 2-part series with the famous New Testament and Paul scholar, Tom Wright. The author shares his vision of Paul vs the vision of other New Testament scholars and theologians.
Part 1 of a 2-part series with the famous New Testament and Paul scholar, Tom Wright. Wright explores the Apostle Paul and his first century world and our vision of Paul and his world today.
Interview the author about his book, "Theology and the Disciplines of the Foreign Service; the World's Potential to Contribute to the Church." Not only is the author an Anglican priest, but he also served 29 years as an officer in the foreign service of the United States.
The author tells of incredible fighting skills of the Taoist masters in China. Go to http://www.crossingtheline.me/rons-blog to read about the host's encounter and testing by the Master himself.
The host interviews the author of this fascinating story about a living Chinese Taoist Master.
"The Disciples Prayer: The Prayer Jesus Taught in its Historical Setting". Christians around the world recite the "Lord's Prayer" daily, but what exactly are they praying for—and what did it mean to Jesus in his own time? Jesus did not mean to teach a unique understanding of God; the prayer had its roots in first-century Jewish movements of protest. The prayer had little to do with "calling down" into the present realities of "the age to come." Rather, it was meant to protect disciples from the temptations of their age and, thus, to strengthen their countercultural testimony. Gibson's conclusions offer new insights into the historical Jesus and the movement he sought to establish.
Killing from the Inside Out: Moral Injury and Just War. It is a book about “Just War” and our damaged warriors that come back from them; but here is what grabbed my interest, over half of his book deals with Jesus’ philosophy of non-violence and how he might react to the world in which we find ourselves today. If you have thought about the violence in the world, and passed judgment, one way or another, then I highly recommend that you tune in as I try to get inside our author’s mind. Our conversations were so powerful for me that I couldn't let him go. He and I continued for quite a while after I finished the interview.
This is a short 4 minute Bonus Segment that was recorded after the two "official" interviews were finished. The editor, Hershel Shanks, tells us about a mysterious ruin in the middle the Sinai desert.
Ron continues with the second half of his interview with the editor of BAR. Hear about the new archaeological proof that King David existed. Hear about the discovery of the Pool of Salome where Jesus healed the blind man... and be the first to know the results of the latest testing of James's burial box.
Ron interviews the founder and editor of BAR about the most important archaeological discoveries in the last 40 years. Hear about the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Copper Scroll, the Gospel of Thomas, the burial bone box (Ossuary) of "James, brother of Jesus, son of Joseph,"and much more.
In this second episode with Richard Bach, he walks Ron Way through this amazing book that chronicles his month-long travels with the "reluctant messiah," whom he meets while barnstorming around the country in an old biplane.
This is the first of a 2-part series with the author, Richard Bach. This first interview focuses on his initial mega-hit book called, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Join Ron as he asks him how these insightful works came into being—a story Ron never heard, nor seen published anywhere.
In Part II of the interview with the author, Todd Green, Ron Way says that, "If you are like me, you will end up with a better, and more enlightened view about a religion that is getting nothing but bad press around the world because of the fanatical Islamists that have highjacked a faith almost as old as Christianity."
In this first of a 2-part interview, Ron Way explores with the author, Todd Green, why the west fears Islam and why this matters.
In this "Manifesto of Hope for Christianity and Islam in North America," the author, Joshua Graves, wants to bring the teachings of the Master Jesus (of loving our neighbor) forward, 2,000 years.
In this Part II of Ron Way's conversation with the author, Bernard Brandon Scott, he discovers that the "new Paul" may prove an even more radical challenge to church and society than did the historical Jesus!
This is Part I of a 2-part interview of author, Bernard Brandon Scott about the "real" Paul. Brandon says that a new Paul is beginning to emerge, one who differs from the Paul of the traditional church
The author, John McEllhenney, writes about R. S. Thomas. He was a major poet of the twentieth century, and a priest of the Anglican Communion who wrestled ceaselessly with problems of faith and doubt in his life, and his poetry.
Filmmaker, Robert Orlando, says that Paul, as one of Christianity's most celebrated converts, may have needed more than faith and fervor to convince the other apostles to accept his vision of Christian ministry
In this Part I of the 2-part interview, the author, Robert Orlando, discusses the Apostle Paul's dramatic and much-discussed conversion on the road to Damascus, and how it radically changed the course of his life—as well as the Christian religion.
In Part II of the John Dominic Crossan interview, Ron Way continues to explore the conflicting accounts of Jesus and the early Christians.
In this Part I of his interview, Ron Way, talks to the author, John Dominic Crossan, who notes that the Gospels introduce a compassionate Jesus who turns the other cheek, loves his enemies, and shows grace to all. But the Jesus we find in Revelation and some portions of the Gospels, Jesus leads an army of angels bent on earthly destruction. Which is the true revelation of the Messiah—and how can both be in the same Bible?
The author, Joseph Besler, says that Jesus not only provides a succinct outline of the quests for the historical Jesus, but situates each quest within the wider religious and cultural contexts in which they emerged.
The author is interviewed by Ron Way about his book. Galston proposes that the trajectory of the ancient wisdom of Jesus can be grasped in the contemporary world and can find life in the thinking and practices of a new church.
Ron interviews the author, Jason Beduhn about Marcion, who compiled the first copy of the New Testament. It consisted of just one Gospel, the Gospel of Luke, plus 10 letters of Paul.
Part 2 of Ron Way's Interview with the authors of a new translation of the Authentic Letters of Paul
Part 1 of Ron Way's Interview with the authors of a new translation of the Authentic Letters of Paul