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The Bible For Normal People

[Bible] Episode 247: Jared Byas - What It Means to Take the Bible Literally

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What do people mean when they say they take the Bible literally? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared breaks down how words in this common phrase are overworked and underpaid, how it functions as a cultural password, and how we can approach the text with intellectual honesty by reading the Bible literarily. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Bible for Normal People, the only God ordained podcast on the internet.

0:04.9

I'm Pete Ends.

0:05.9

And I'm Jared Bias.

0:06.9

Hey folks, it's me Pete and this is the last call to sign up for our May Class, the history

0:16.0

of biblical interpretation taught by yours truly.

0:19.2

And it's happening May 31st from 8 to 9.30 pm Eastern time and will be live for one

0:25.4

night only.

0:26.4

Now it's pay what you can as all our classes are.

0:29.2

But that's only until the class ends and then it costs $25 to download.

0:33.7

Now, if you want access to this class and all our past and future classes, you can get

0:39.3

that for $12 a month through our community called the Society of Normal People.

0:44.6

Now for more information and to sign up for the class, go to thebiblefornormalpeople.com

0:49.4

forward slash interpretation.

0:53.4

Today on this episode of Bible for Normal People, we're going to put this phrase, I take

0:58.0

the Bible literally under the microscope.

1:00.4

And what we'll discover is that this phrase has been overworked and underpaid.

1:05.2

It means so much.

1:06.9

And because of that, it means so little.

1:09.0

In fact, I would argue that in some circles, it has become a way to articulate an entire

1:14.2

set of beliefs while only using five little words.

1:18.0

But that can be confusing if someone doesn't come from that particular circle because

1:21.9

there are just so many different things this phrase can mean.

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