Many of us were taught a "sola scriptura" approach to the Bible and/or claims that the Bible is inerrant, meaning perfect and without contradiction or factual errors. The trouble is, lots of people who all claim to live by "sola scriptura" come to wildly different conclusions about theology, and inerrancy simply fails to hold up under honest academic scrutiny.  This episode introduces key questions about the claims we put on the Bible and whether there are better ways to think about the foundation of our faith and what spiritual development looks like. This will be a recurring topic as future episodes dive more into theology, church history, science, and more. The episode closes with a poem I wrote five years ago called "Tend the Garden, Not the Gate." Let me know on Instagram (@theliminalpodcast) how you think about the foundation of faith, the role of scripture, and how to balance theory (ideas in our heads) with action (how we live in the real world) in a healthy faith life! Future episodes will draw on listener questions and contributions.