Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible (with Michael Bird)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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What are the most common mistakes Christians make when approaching the Bible? Seasoned biblical scholar Michael Bird takes on seven of the biggest ones, including how the Bible was put together, how to interpret the Bible, and how we know it is true. This episode offers helpful background information, but also some practical steps for engaging and applying the Bible to life. Dr. Michael Bird is a lecturer in Theology at Ridley College (Melbourne). He is also a visiting professor at Hous...

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0:00.0	Welcome to ThinkBiblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture, a podcast from Talbot School
0:06.3	Theology at Biola University.
0:09.1	I'm your host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics.
0:13.0	And I'm your co-host, Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics.
0:16.0	We're here with our special guest, Dr. Michael Byrd, from, as I would say, the deep, deep south or the way way down under coming to us from Australia today
0:27.5	Michael is academic dean and lecturer in theology at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, and he has come out with a fascinating
0:36.3	new book that we want our listeners to be aware of.
0:38.9	It's called Seven Things I Wish Christians New about the Bible.
0:42.6	It's a terrific introduction not only for people
0:46.8	who are not super familiar with the Bible,
0:49.5	but also it digs deeply into some really significant areas that have, I think, the possibility of
0:56.8	much more advanced study for people who want to go there.
1:00.1	So Mike, happy to have you with us.
1:02.2	Welcome and great to have you on with us.
1:05.2	It's great to be with you Scott and Sean.
1:07.8	Tell it Mike what have you seen in churches and among students that moved you to write this book because you've written
1:15.2	on a ton of subjects in biblical studies and theology. Why this and why now?
1:21.8	Several reasons.
1:23.6	I found you get some recurring misconceptions, you get some recurring anxieties, and you get some repeated, how can I put it, like conspiracy theories
1:39.5	about the Bible and these things keep coming up you know year after year and so I wanted to
1:45.6	write something that addressed frequent questions frequent misunderstandings and
1:50.5	the frequent weird accusations that people make about the Bible.
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