How did God inspire the Bible?
Curiously Kaitlyn
Phil Vischer
4.9 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
When we say Scripture is inspired by God, what do we mean? Did God simply dictate every word, or put the authors in some sort of trance? Did Paul know he was writing Scripture when he first penned his letter to the Romans? Kaitlyn helps us understand what Christians mean when they say the Bible is "God-breathed," and how the Holy Spirit worked through real people with real personalities, purposes, cultures, and quirks. She also explains why God's choice to work through messy human means is not a problem to solve, but a gift to receive.
0:00 - Theme Song
2:58 - How Did the Bible Writers Know About God?
7:55 - The Experience of Being Inspired
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13:23 - God Working Through Us
19:30 - Writer's Personalities Shining Through
24:05 - But How Did They Know?
27:08 - End Credits
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Curiously Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense. |
| 0:06.6 | I don't know. |
| 0:10.1 | That doesn't make any sense. |
| 0:13.1 | What? |
| 0:14.3 | Curiously, Kate, yeah. |
| 0:19.8 | Welcome back to another Curiously, Caitlin. I am joined once again by producer Mike. Mike, how are you today? Oh, Caitlin, I feel inspired. Oh, that's a good one. Pretty good, right? Yeah. Well, wow, what a treat for us. I know. That today you're inspired. It's going to be an especially good podcast. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I can't wait to hear what you'll say. Yeah. I mean, I'm pretty sure people come here just to listen to my 30 second answer at some point. Totally. But also, you know what? Some of my favorite things on this podcast are kid stories from me. That's true. So that's a real, inspired by Oliver J. and Miles. Yes. You're inspired in that sense. Speaking of, I have a fun kid story. Oh, okay. The other week, it was Oliver, my seven-year-old. It's his open house at school. So you get to go and see all the art projects that he's been working on throughout the year and everything else. And he had this poster for the new year. |
| 1:11.6 | And it was celebrating 2026, but he had to set goals. |
| 1:15.2 | Oh my gosh. |
| 1:16.4 | Would you like to know what Oliver's goals are for 2026? |
| 1:19.0 | I can't wait to find out. |
| 1:20.6 | Yeah, two. |
| 1:21.2 | One, draw more details. |
| 1:24.4 | Draw more details. |
| 1:25.6 | He's a detail man. |
| 1:26.9 | This is funny because I know at school whenever he's supposed to draw something, he does it as fast as possible. |
| 1:33.6 | Just like a vague picture. |
| 1:34.3 | Yes. |
| 1:34.7 | And he wants to go on. |
| 1:35.6 | And so I'm sure that is. |
| 1:36.3 | He wants to improve at something. |
| 1:37.8 | Well, directly from his teacher. |
| 1:39.4 | Sure. |
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