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TGC Podcast

Opening Your Bible? Turn on Your Imagination

TGC Podcast

TGC Podcast

Religion, Tgc, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, The Gospel Coalition, Philosophy, 608017, Gospel Coalition, Christianity

4.51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Sandra McCracken and Russ Ramsey discuss how, in prose and songwriting, they mine the detail of Scripture, using their imaginations to faithfully flesh out its context and significance.

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This episode of TGC Podcast is brought to you by Crossway and the new

0:04.0

ESV Bible app. The ESV Bible app is designed to help you engage with God's

0:08.6

word on a deeper level, offering elegant, intuitive features to personalize your study,

0:13.7

including multiple audio recordings of the full E.S.

0:17.1

Text, audio playlists, customizable background music,

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daily reading plans, and more.

0:22.8

Download the E.S.v. Bible app on your phone or tablet,

0:26.0

or visit E.S.org to get started. You're listening to the Gospel Coalition podcast, equipping the next generation of

0:39.3

believers, pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

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On today's episode you'll hear from Russ Ramsey and Sandra McCracken as they discuss the role

0:51.1

the imagination plays in reading, understanding, and conveying the content of scripture.

0:57.0

This breakout session was originally held at TGC's 2019 National Conference in Indianapolis.

1:05.0

My name is Russ.

1:08.8

I am a pastor in Nashville, Tennessee

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with Christ Presbyterian Church.

1:13.8

We're a multi-site campus and I pastor one of those sites.

1:17.6

So I'm the regular preacher and pastor at a location there in Cool Springs. I've been in ministry for close to 20 years. Now most of that time as a lead

1:28.7

pastor, most of that time as somebody who has been preaching weekend and week out.

1:36.0

I'll let you, you want to introduce yourself now?

1:39.0

Okay, okay.

1:41.0

Yeah. So, yeah, so one of the things that Sandra and I talked about this breakout session

1:48.8

several months ago in wanting to do this because both of us work in this area where

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