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Sep 2021
1h 4m

How Do You Read the Bible? – Paradigm E1

BibleProject Podcast
About this episode

Have you ever read the Bible and felt like you’re not “getting it” or that you’re not connecting with God? In this episode, Tim and Jon take a look at the (often unhelpful) paradigms through which we interact with Scripture. They explore how seeing the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus not only gives the Bible space to do what it was created to do, but frees us up to be transformed by the story it’s telling.

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Timestamps 

  • Part one (0:00-15:00)
  • Part two (15:00-27:00)
  • Part three (27:00-39:00)
  • Part four (39:00-52:00)
  • Part five (52:00-end)

Referenced Resources

  • Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
  • A Greek-English Lexicon, Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott, edited by Henry Stuart Jones

Show Music 

  • “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
  • “Evil Needle” by Sound Escapes

Show produced by Cooper Peltz, Dan Gummel, and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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