Welcome to the Eric Mettaxas show with your host, Eric Mettaxas.

Hey, folks, today, I can't believe it.

Thursday, hour two, you know what that means?

I know. A segment of Ask Metaxus. I'm going to play the role. Hour two. You know what that means? I know.

A segment of Ask Metaxus. I'm going to play the role of Metaxe since that's my surname.

And Albin, you can ask the questions. I'm going to do that right now. Can I do that? Yes.

Here we go. My understanding is that the Greek word Logos is not translatable in English.

Therefore, as a Christian and of Greek descent, could you give

us your explanation on this word Logos in the Bible? Thank you for what you and your great

crew are doing every day. Jimbo. Jimbo, thank you for your question. This is a big bug bear for me.

It really is. When I hear the word logos, the Greek word logos, logos to

it's translated as the word of God, capital W. That's a stinko translation because word makes people

think of the words of the Bible. The Bible is the word of God. Well, it's not that

simple. The Logos to Thayu. Logos means a lot more than word. And in a way, this has led Protestants and

evangelicals in particular to kind of, it almost leads to what's called

bibliolatory, where you worship the Bible, which is wrong.

You should worship God alone.

And the words in the Bible are nothing if they're not inspired by the Holy Spirit of God.

So a parrot can you say, you know, and quote scripture.

Satan quotes scripture to Jesus.

So the words themselves, apart from the Holy Spirit, are nothing special.

Think about that for a second.

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