{"podcast":{"title":"The Alabaster Jar","slug":"the-alabaster-jar-6611285","podcast_index_feed_id":6611285,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5953113/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-alabaster-jar","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85ffba19d4ef4adc91db9ca6cfb140ee.jpg","author":"Dr. Lynn Cohick","episode_count":262,"summary":"The Alabaster Jar is a weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Lynn Cohick. Dr. Cohick is a highly respected New Testament scholar and the founding president of the Center for Women in Leadership, a 501C3 organization designed to encourage women as they minister and lead in the church and in the academy.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:21:27.358262+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285"},"episode":{"title":"S6 E37 | Dr. Joseph R. Dodson and Mattie Mae Motl | Conquerors, Not Captives: Rethinking Romans 7","slug":"s6-e37-dr-joseph-r-dodson-and-mattie-mae-motl-conquerors-not-captives-rethinking-romans-7","published_at":"2026-03-16T08:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285/s6-e37-dr-joseph-r-dodson-and-mattie-mae-motl-conquerors-not-captives-rethinking-romans-7","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s6-e37-dr-joseph-r-dodson-and-mattie-mae-motl-conquerors-not-captives-rethinking-romans-7--70653469","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70653469/aj_episode_joseph_dodson_and_mattie_mae_final.mp3","summary":"In this conversation, Dr. Lynn Cohick is joined by Dr. Joseph R. Dodson and his daughter Maddie Mae Motl about their book, Conquerors, Not Captives: Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life . They challenge the popular view that the “I” in Romans 7 is Paul describing the normal Christian struggle with sin and instead argue that Paul is using a rhetorical persona, not speaking autobiographically. Drawing on the wider context of Romans 5–8, church history (from Origen and Augustine to Luther and Calvin), and an apocalyptic/cosmological view of sin and death, they present Romans 7 as depicting life under sin and the law rather than Spirit-empowered Christian existence. Resources Mentioned: The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity Conquerors Not Captives: Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life by Dr. Joseph R. Dodson and Mattie Mae Motl Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context by Dr. Joseph R. Dodson and Dr. David E. Briones The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee Episode Sponsor: The Alabaster Jar is brought to you by The Center for Women in Leadership, a newly formed 501©3 nonprofit organization whose purpose is to equip women in a context that is biblically rooted, theologically robust, and ethnically diverse to thrive as leaders in the academy, the marketplace, and the Church. Follow them on Instagram @leadershipwithoutapology .","meta_description":"In this conversation, Dr. Lynn Cohick is joined by Dr. Joseph R. Dodson and his daughter Maddie Mae Motl about their book, Conquerors, Not Captives: Refra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2355,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-alabaster-jar-6611285/episodes/s6-e37-dr-joseph-r-dodson-and-mattie-mae-motl-conquerors-not-captives-rethinking-romans-7/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285/s6-e37-dr-joseph-r-dodson-and-mattie-mae-motl-conquerors-not-captives-rethinking-romans-7.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}