{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontextmatters.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fagriculture-slaves-and-the-churchs-identity-WwLZjvtR","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Agriculture, Slaves, and the Church's Identity","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8bd398a2-dfc3-4662-bb8a-b7e502e69031/fd0380b4-7430-48da-8e8b-46512b99661c/contextmatters-artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/a097c3ed-0c5b-47b0-8879-013a9dde070a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Agriculture, Slaves, and the Church&apos;s Identity\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Dr. Carmen Imes joins us for the second half of our conversation about her book Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters. We talk about the subtitle of her book: Why Sinai Still Matters. If that is the case, how does the modern church engage with laws that rub against our modern sensibilities? How does a modern, technological society interpret biblical agrarian laws? And what about the slavery laws? Dr. Imes walks us through the right way to contextualize the laws and then interpret them for the modern audience. Context Matters!"}