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Can You Really Learn the Bible on Social Media? Colby F. Maier

Theology in the Raw

Theology in the Raw

Christianity, Culture, Politics, Theology, Discipleship, Religion & Spirituality

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Colby F. Maier is a pastor, speaker, and founder of Academy of the Bible, a global online discipleship platform that brings together world-class instructors to help Christians grow in biblical literacy, spiritual formation, and real-world application of Scripture. With a combined following of over 4 million across his platforms, Colby is known for communicating biblical teaching in a way that’s both deeply relatable and powerfully relevant to everyday life. This interview was recorded in person in Portland Oregon, so if you’re listening to this podcast, you might want to pop over to the YouTube version so he can see us hanging out in person.

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Social media, it's a net negative for society.

0:02.8

Should we have a presence there?

0:04.1

Absolutely.

0:05.0

Right?

0:05.1

Like, that's the new marketplace.

0:06.2

So it's like, we got to have a presence there.

0:08.4

Because if we don't, that's a vacuum and who's going to fill it?

0:11.2

But the question is, how do we engage it in a way that is going to help people in their spiritual formation?

0:23.7

Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology Round. My guest today is Colby Meyer, who is a pastor-speaker and founder of Academy of the Bible,

0:29.8

a global online discipleship platform that brings together world-class instructors to help Christians

0:35.1

grow in biblical literacy, spiritual formation,

0:38.3

and real-world application of scripture. He has a combined following over four million

0:44.8

people across his platforms. That's how he came across Colby. Saw him online. It was kind of everywhere.

0:49.6

I'm like, man, who is this guy? He's got just like massive following on social media.

0:53.2

He found out he pastors

0:54.3

like a pretty small church. And unlike, well, unlike some people with massive online followings,

1:01.3

Colby is incredibly humble and genuine and down to earth and just loves Jesus, knows this Bible

1:07.2

like crazy, super thoughtful. And I just absolutely love this conversation.

1:13.0

This interview with Colby was recorded in person in Portland, Oregon in Colby's awesome studio.

1:18.9

So thank you to Colby for letting us use your studio. So if you're listening to the podcast,

1:23.9

you might want to pop over to the YouTube version so you can see us hanging out

1:27.8

in person. Okay, please welcome to the show for the first time, the one or only, Colby Meyer.

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