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S6:E1- The Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler- "Women and the Gender of God"- Tuesday, November 22, 2022

November 22, 2022 • Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler, Dr. Lance Peeler, Rev. Brian Felker Jones • Season 6 • Episode 1

Welcome to Season 6! We are so glad to be back with you as we pray and speak with other Christians which helps us grow in the Holy Spirit! We are excited to have a conversation with The Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler. Rev. Dr. Peeler is Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College as well as Associate Rector at St. Mark’s Church in Geneva, IL. We are also joined by her husband Dr. Lance Peeler (who will join us more fully in a bonus episode on love, marriage, calling, and ministry).

Today we talk with Rev. Dr. Peeler about her new book “Women and the Gender of God.” It is an insightful and robust theological book that is amazingly accessible to every day readers! We will discuss God, gender, God's gender, women, and why all this has such a huge impact on our following Christ!

We begin with a prayer (00:41), our lunch menu (01:38) and Amy's own story of faith in Christ (03:11), how God called her to be a professor and into the priesthood (08:30), what compelled her to write this book (11:02), why God the Son is "a male like no other" (17:59), how she envisioned God the Father growing up and if it has changed (28:14), the hardest part of the book to write (32:51), her hope for people in the pew who read this book (39:35), and a final prayer and blessing (43:01).

For more information about Amy and her work:

Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College
Associate Rector at St. Mark’s Church in Geneva, IL
Amy's newest book: “Women and the Gender of God”
Hebrews: An Introduction and Study Guide. Co-Authored with Patrick Gray. T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the New Testament. T&T Clark, 2020.
You Are My Son: The Family of God in the Epistle to the Hebrews. LNTS 486. London: T&T Clark, 2014.

Menu for Today's Lunch with Amy and Lance:

Modern Pork Pie by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel & Sariann Lehrer “A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook
Gratin Dauphinois by The French Cooking Academy with Kate and Stephane
Spring Salad