The Bridge Builders Forum
The Bridge Builders Forum Podcast helps Jews and Christians better understand their faith, the Bible, and each other.
Each episode features individuals and perspectives that foster mutual enrichment and the goodness we can bring to our communities and the world when there is a bridge, rather than a gulf, between Jews and Christians.
The Bridge Builders Forum
Latest Episodes
"Paul and the Philosophers" - The Jewish Paul in Athens
Luke's account of Paul in Athens is one of the most famous scenes in the Book of Acts. Paul's masterful ability to adapt his rhetoric to his audience is on full display. However, in addition to adapting his rhetoric, most interpreters also unde...
A Jewish Scholar Looks at the Trinity: A Conversation with Alan Brill
Can Jews and Christians have meaningful theological conversations without minimizing their differences?For many people, the answer is no. Once the conversation turns to the Trinity, the incarnation, salvation, or the Messiah, it can see...
Three Keys to Understanding the Jewish Paul in his World
What happens when we recover Paul as a first-century Jewish man living and teaching within the Greco-Roman world?In this episode, Ryan Lambert shares three foundational keys that can transform the way we read Paul's letters. Wh...
Capernaum: What it Teaches Us about Jews and Christians - Then and Now: A Conversation with Wally Cirafesi
If you've ever visited Capernaum in Israel, you've likely walked through its famous synagogue and stood beneath the octagonal church traditionally associated with Peter's home. But what if those monuments tell a much more complicated story than...
A Legacy of Light and Love: Rabbi Eli Schlanger, Bondi Beach, and the Laws of Noah
What kind of legacy do we want to leave behind?In this episode of Bridge Builders Forum, Ryan Lambert sits down with author and publisher Nikki Goldstein to discuss her powerful book, Conversations with My Rabbi, co-authored with Rabbi ...