Welcome to the Bible Project Podcast. Last year Tim and I were in Milpitas, California

for a conference called Regeneration. And while we were down there, we did a live recording

of this podcast with a couple hundred leaders from around that area. And today we're going

to release the first part of that live recording. It was a ton of fun being down there with Tim.

And if you've never been in a room with Tim while he geeks out about the Bible, well,

you're in for a treat. Tim just gets excited. And no other topic lights Tim up like the

topic we addressed that day. The topic at hand is what we've come to call design patterns

in the Bible. If you've been following this project, you know that we like to talk about

how the Bible is literary genius. And one of the things that makes the literature of the

Bible so sophisticated is how every story in the Bible seems to be aware and riffing off

of every other story in the Bible. No matter what author, no matter what time period, it all

connects together with this amazing awareness of how stories are told, why they're told

that way. And the patterns that emerge become immensely important for us to understand what

the authors were trying to communicate to us. This might seem really geeky, maybe not

that useful, maybe just sounds really strange. Well, hang in there. We're going to break down

what it is. It will follow a few design patterns through scripture. And as we do, I guarantee

you're going to see how rich and insightful and profound the literature in the Bible is.

So thanks for joining us. Here we go.

How are you guys? Hello. Look at these chairs. We can just sit in. I don't know if you can see them.

They brought on your own special from my grandma's house.

Which makes me feel at home. Thank you for doing that.

Yeah. Yeah. Hello. How are you all? Yeah. It's good to be here. Yeah. Welcome to here.

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