[Bible] Episode 305: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today (REISSUE)

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The book of Revelation is just plain weird. In this reissue of episode 180 of The Bible for Normal People, Rev. Dr. Brian K. Blount joins Pete and Jared to discuss how to read and understand the book of Revelation. Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-305-brian-k-blount-revelation-for-today-reissue/ Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/-K8lPK2ygHs ********** This episode is brought to you by Skylight. The Skylight Calendar is here to keep your family organized! This beautifully designed digital display syncs with your existing calendars, making it effortless to track events, appointments, and reminders in one easy-to-see place. Right now, Skylight is offering our listeners $30 off their 15 inch Calendars by going to SkylightCal.com/BIBLE. ********** This episode is sponsored by Greenlight. Greenlight is a debit card and money app made for families: parents can send money to their kids and keep an eye on kids’ spending and saving, while kids and teens build money confidence and lifelong financial literacy skills. Sign up for Greenlight today at greenlight.com/normalpeople. 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 N's. And I'm Jared Baez.
0:10.5	Hey, folks, we're rapidly approaching August, and that means there's one class left in this year's
0:17.7	summer school series. Every year when summer school comes around, we sell a
0:21.9	hall pass, which gets you access to all three of our summer classes. Plus, you get a limited
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0:37.8	sells out by going to the Bible for normal people.com front slash summer school 25. In addition to
0:44.8	the Hall Pass, buying any of our classes or Asampi membership overall helps us continue to bring
0:50.4	the best in biblical scholarship to everyday people. So thanks to all of you who've already supported that mission. Today's episode of the Bible for normal people is a reissue of
0:59.1	episode 180 from September 2021, which is a conversation with Brian Blount about the book of
1:05.5	Revelation, which now in 2025 might have a little bit of a different ring to it. If you enjoy this interview,
1:13.0	I encourage you to pick up Brian's books, of course, but also our own commentary called Revelation
1:16.9	for Normal People, which wasn't written by Brian, but was written by Robin Whitaker around
1:21.9	the same topic. So as always, we hope you enjoy this episode.
1:27.7	Welcome everyone to the podcast. Today's episode is called Revelation for today, and I'm
1:33.1	really excited about it because Revelation can be one of those books that is very difficult to
1:37.4	manage, very difficult to understand if you aren't clear on the context and how it's trying
1:42.2	to function in our Bible.
1:48.8	And we have with us to talk about this, Brian K. Blunt, who's not only professor of New Testament,
1:54.3	but also president at Union Presbyterian Seminary, wrote a commentary on the book of Revelation and also a shorter book on Revelation called Can I Get a Witness, reading Revelation through
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