This We Believe: Exploring the Essential Texts of the Christian Faith
Michael Niebauer
58 episodes
15 hours 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
1 year ago
Jesus Fulfills the Civil Law
What does it mean for Jesus to fulfill the law? Does this mean we no longer have to follow the Old Testament laws? How can we tell which laws we still have to follow and which ones we don’t? This episode begins a three episode series on Matthew 5: 17-20: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is acc...
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...