The Bible is a story, expertly crafted to tell one cohesive message from beginning to end. Just like we wouldn’t open a book like Pilgrim’s Progress and jump to random parts of the story without reading the whole thing first, neither should we treat the Bible this way.
There is plot, conflict, subplots, and many different characters. The whole story of the Bible points to and culminates in Jesus—even the Old Testament.
But what does it meant to read the Bible as story? And is reading the Bible as story just an excuse for introducing new morals that are more socially acceptable? Furthermore, since the Bible is divine, can’t it speak to people differently? Who says there is one right way to read the Bible? Besides, since the Bible is so old, how can we even know what the right way is?
We get into all this and more in today’s concluding episode of our four-part series on how to read the Bible.
- 4:23 – Four aspects of the Bible that shape how we should read it
- 8:08 – Two examples of how understanding the Bible as story impacts our reading of the text
- 12:09 – The fact that the Bible is a collection of writings with many different types of genre matters in how we read the Bible
- 21:54 – Responding to objections you may have about the series so far
- 37:31 – How to find your place in God’s story
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Transitional music for this episode has been contributed by Corey Steiner at https://www.coreysteinermusic.wordpress.com. The closing song is Believer by David Gives.
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