Ep. 259 - The Apostle Paul vs. Corinthian Stoicism w/Dr. Timothy Brookins

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In episode 259 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Timothy Brookins to disucss his fantastic new book, Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Corinthians. It's a fantastic book and. an amazing Pensées episode! Check the timestamps for a full topic list. Grab Dr. Brookins book here to support the pod: https://amzn.to/3TWR1AI →Sponsors/Discounts Check out https://murdycreative.co/PARKERNOTES and use promo code PARKERNOTES at check out for 10% off your entire order!! Grab a Field Notes notebook or memo book wallet like the one from the video from my affiliate link here to support my work and use promo code PARKERNOTES for 10% off your entire order: https://fieldnotesbrand.com/products/daily-carry-leather-notebook-cover?aff=44 Grab a Saddleback Leather medium Moleskine/Leuchtturm1917 cover from my affiliate link here to support my channel: https://saddlebackleather.com/leather-moleskine-cover-medium/?ktk=d0pac01BLWJmZWY1MmZiYTFi Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ 0:00 - How'd this project come about? 6:59 - What Does Paul mean by "sophia"? 12:25 - Theological vs Social influences 19:30 - Corinthian Sophia with Pauline Doctrine 27:59 - What is Stoicism? 37:30 - Was Jesus a Philosopher? 45:49 - The Sage and Sanctification 50:38 - Corinthian Stoicism 1:01:30 - Can Christians be Stoics? 1:11:05 - Is There Forgiveness in Stoicism?