Welcome to Think Bivocally, Conversations on Faith and Culture, a podcast from Talbot School

Theology Biola University.

I'm your host, Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics.

I'm your co-host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics.

Today we're here with Dr. Michael Kruger.

He serves as the President and Samuel Cepatterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the Charlotte

Campus of Reformed Theological Seminary.

He's written a ton of academic books, many of them dealing with the canon how scripture is put together.

But with the book we're talking about today, he has kind of waded into the waters of a popular

level, and we are sure thrilled that he is because this book called Surviving Religion 101 is just

fantastic. Dr. Kruger thanks for coming on the show. Well thanks guys

great to talk to both of you and I'm excited to have this conversation.

Well good but let's start off by asking this question why write this book now and

tell us what makes this book unique? Yeah this is a book that's near and dear to my heart for a lot of reasons.

It's actually one of those books that's been sort of lurking in the back of my mind for years.

I've know I've needed to write it.

My wife's been kind of gently prompted me to write it and finally I got around to it

And it the story actually begins in my own college experience so years ago as I entered

Unc Chapel Hill as an undergrad I came in as a as a believer and committed to Christ but soon

found myself overwhelmed by the barrage of stuff I was hearing in the classroom and

didn't really have answers.

And I always thought at that point someday,

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