Stop Reading the Bible Like This (You’re Missing the Story)

The Matthew West Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Are you reading the Bible all wrong? Many of us treat scripture like a "highlight reel," picking out a few favorite verses while ignoring the difficult or "boring" parts of the Old Testament. But what if you are missing the most important part of the story? I sit down with Zach Windahl, author of The Bible Study and The Bible Simplified, in this new episode. Lets go to the Story House!

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0:00.0	I heard an NFL coach and he's like, how many touchdowns did we score last season? The answer
0:05.4	is not enough. What I heard was, how much time have you spent in your Bible? The answer, not enough.
0:11.7	You wrote this book with a very specific intention and purpose and I believe it's impacting a lot of
0:16.6	people's lives. I think the Bible simplified is going to help me. A lot of the books of the Bible
0:21.1	were written to be read in full from beginning to end. It's completely normal to be overwhelmed
0:27.4	and confused by scripture, but I really believe if you understand the big picture story of each
0:33.4	book and then also the Bible as a whole, for so many of us we skip the Old Testament
0:38.1	because we're like it's hard to read it's scary God seems so different in it and it's
0:43.7	like no that's not it at all Jesus is the fulfillment of that and you need to
0:47.9	understand where our history came from in order to understand what to do in our
0:52.5	lives right now and where we're headed in the future.
0:55.0	It's wonderful to have you like it.
0:59.0	I really hope you like it.
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1:37.8	Hey guys, welcome to another episode of the Matthew West podcast. I'm your host, Matthew West,
1:42.4	and as always, really hope you like it.
1:44.6	Thanks for joining me. Fall is in full effect. Hence the, what is this, a flannel shirt. That's right.
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