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...
This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
10 minutes
6 months ago
The Swearing of Oaths and Duplicitous Speech
What are the vows that we make before God, and how are they different from the promises and pledges we make in the world? What do the promises we make to others tell us about promises we make to God? This episode discusses the teaching of Jesus regarding speech in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:33-37). 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 reader...
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...
