1.16: Is God Affected by Our Prayers?

What kind of God do we worship? Is God active in our lives? What does it mean to be in a relationship with God?

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Today's Episode Hosted By

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Eric Barreto

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Terry Fretheim

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Terence E. Fretheim

Terence E. Fretheim was Elva B. Lovell Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where he taught for over forty years. He was the author of many articles and books, the most recent of which are: Creation Untamed: The Bible, God, and Natural Disasters (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010); About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions (Revised and Expanded Edition; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009). Professor Fretheim passed away in November 2020 at the age of 84.

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Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M Schifferdecker came to Luther Seminary as an assistant professor of Old Testament in 2006. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisc., before coming to Luther. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to workingpreacher.org, Word & World and the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.

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Eric Barreto

Eric D. Barreto is the Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament. He holds a B.A. in religion from Oklahoma Baptist University, an M.Div. from Princeton Seminary, and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Emory University.
Prior to coming to Princeton Seminary, he served as associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, and also taught as an adjunct professor at the Candler School of Theology and McAfee School of Theology.

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