Today I sat down with Dr. Allen Black, Professor Emeritus of New Testament at the Harding School of Theology in Memphis, TN. Dr. Black is a returning guest on the podcast, and I encourage you to check episode 16 of Faith in the Folds to hear him reflect on his 38-year career in teaching. I first heard Dr. Black teach on the #Gospel of #Mark in the Spring of 2010 during my first campus visit to HST, and looking back on that evening I had no idea just how many more times I would sit in class with him. As his student, graduate assistant from 2011-14, and now his colleague, Dr. Black is one of the professors I admire most and this interview gives several great examples of why I love his teaching style: he is always updating his classes and lectures with the best of the most recent scholarship. Several times in our interview on the Gospel of Mark, Dr. ...