This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
Michael Niebauer
58 episodes
1 week ago
video link: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeBelieve Many of us are taught to read the Bible like we are going to therapy, mining scripture for passages that inspire us, or help us solve problems in our lives. Though there are strengths of this approach, therapeutic readings can tend to create a transactional relationship between us and God, and can prompt us to read our own wants and desires into the Bible. This episode continues our critique of modern approaches to reading the Bible, paving t...
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video link: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeBelieve Many of us are taught to read the Bible like we are going to therapy, mining scripture for passages that inspire us, or help us solve problems in our lives. Though there are strengths of this approach, therapeutic readings can tend to create a transactional relationship between us and God, and can prompt us to read our own wants and desires into the Bible. This episode continues our critique of modern approaches to reading the Bible, paving t...
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
11 minutes
2 years ago
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
What does it mean to be righteous, and how do we become righteous? How can we hunger and thirst for something other than food? This episode discusses the fourth Beatitude: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” This We Believe is brought to you by Lexham Press, publisher of Dr. Niebauer’s forthcoming book Four Mountains: Encountering God in the Bible from Eden to Zion. Four Mountains takes readers through the whole story of the Bible throu...
This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
video link: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeBelieve Many of us are taught to read the Bible like we are going to therapy, mining scripture for passages that inspire us, or help us solve problems in our lives. Though there are strengths of this approach, therapeutic readings can tend to create a transactional relationship between us and God, and can prompt us to read our own wants and desires into the Bible. This episode continues our critique of modern approaches to reading the Bible, paving t...
