This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
Michael Niebauer
57 episodes
1 week ago
video feed: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeBelieve Many of us are taught to read the Bible like historians. We read a passage, use the tools of academia to reconstruct its original context, then tease out morals and principles to help us in our current context. While this approach has many strengths, it also has some major weaknesses, as it can lead to elitist, unstable, unspiritual, and unbiblical interpretations. This episode continues the first part of this season, where we discuss how the...
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video feed: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeBelieve Many of us are taught to read the Bible like historians. We read a passage, use the tools of academia to reconstruct its original context, then tease out morals and principles to help us in our current context. While this approach has many strengths, it also has some major weaknesses, as it can lead to elitist, unstable, unspiritual, and unbiblical interpretations. This episode continues the first part of this season, where we discuss how the...
This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
12 minutes
1 year ago
Blessed are the Peacemakers
What does it mean to be a peacemaker, and how do actively make peace with others in the world? How does are ability to be at peace with God effect our ability to be peacemakers with our friends? This episode discusses the seventh Beatitude: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." 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 r...
This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
video feed: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeBelieve Many of us are taught to read the Bible like historians. We read a passage, use the tools of academia to reconstruct its original context, then tease out morals and principles to help us in our current context. While this approach has many strengths, it also has some major weaknesses, as it can lead to elitist, unstable, unspiritual, and unbiblical interpretations. This episode continues the first part of this season, where we discuss how the...
