The Paradigm
How do we apply the biblical paradigm to our own Bible reading? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa introduce us to biblical movements and walk through how to identify and trace biblical themes on our own.
How do we teach the Bible to our children? How can a book written by humans be divinely authoritative? Is the Bible historically accurate? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa wrap up the Paradigm series by responding to your questions!
Reading the Bible can sometimes feel like a conversation with someone from a completely different background. In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa help us understand the biblical authors by discussing their cultural values.
What makes the biblical languages so important? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa explore why an awareness of the Bible’s culture—and our own—can help us be better interpreters of the Bible.
How can we know we’re making the “right” choice in situations the Bible doesn’t address? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa talk about how the Bible reveals God’s wisdom to humanity––even for questions it doesn’t explicitly answer.
How were the books of the Bible selected? What should we do if we have a hard time reading the Bible? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa respond to your questions from the Paradigm series so far.
Is there an ideal way to study the Bible? In this week’s podcast episode, join Tim, Jon, and Carissa as they discuss what it means for the Bible to be ancient Jewish meditation literature designed for a lifetime of re-reading.
Is the story of the Bible about humans, God, or both? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa discuss how the whole Bible finds its fulfillment in Jesus the Messiah, making it a redemption story for all of us.
At first glance, the New Testament can seem really different from the Old Testament––but is it? In this week’s podcast episode, join Tim, Jon, and Carissa as they discuss the unified story of the Bible and how Jesus fulfilled the Hebrew Scriptures.
How can a collection of manuscripts written over thousands of years tell one story? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa discuss how the Bible’s diverse collection of authors, literary styles, and themes forms one unified story.
How does God work in the world and communicate with humanity? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim and Jon explore God’s relationship with his creation and the relationship between the Bible’s divine and human origins.
Have you ever read the Bible and felt like you don’t “get” it? In this week’s podcast episode, Tim and Jon discuss unhelpful paradigms through which we interact with the Bible and explore how we can free ourselves up to be transformed by its story.