Episode 49: Pete & Jared - Critical Thinking

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Pete & Jared define critical thinking and unpack what it means to read the Bible critically. They suggest that a "God said it, that settles it" approach to scripture may not factor in the context, audience and literary style that the author employs in writing. Thinking critically about how we approach scripture allows us to experience the fullness and richness of the text. 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.
0:05.3	Serious talk about the sacred book. I'm Pete Ends.
0:08.2	And I'm Jared Byas.
0:10.7	Welcome everyone to this episode of the Bible for Normal People.
0:14.4	Today, we are talking about thinking critically about the Bible.
0:20.0	But before we jump into that, Pete and I want to announce that we will actually be at Wild Goose Festival,
0:26.8	July 12th through the 15th, where we'll have a live podcast.
0:30.8	We don't actually yet know what our podcast is going to be about, but we do know we're going to be there.
0:35.2	And we're going to be there with some great folks like Barbara Brown Taylor and Jen Hatmaker,
0:40.3	some folks who have been on the podcast. So they'll be there speaking and doing their thing.
0:45.0	And it sounds like it'll be a fun time. So if you're interested, please check it out at wildgoosefestival.org.
0:51.5	And just know we'll be there doing our podcast thing.
0:54.7	And it doesn't matter what it's about because we're the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
1:00.8	Yeah, you why would you even ask? Right. It doesn't only matter. No.
1:04.2	Now, just as we say that, I just need to let people know that we're kidding.
1:08.3	Yeah. I get emails occasionally people saying, I like your podcast, but you guys are really arrogant
1:13.5	thinking you're the only God ordained podcast on the internet. So I like the ones who are a little
1:17.5	more humbled in that and they like ask the genuine question of, what does it mean that you're the only
1:22.7	God ordained podcast on the internet? Can you defend that? Yeah. What does that mean?
1:27.3	Exegetically. So no, we're just snarky people here and we have fun.
1:32.3	We have low self esteem and we have to project it somehow. So okay, good. Today we're going to talk
1:37.5	about thinking critically about the Bible. So maybe Pete, why is this a topic? And what is it?
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