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
11 minutes
1 year ago
Salt of the Earth
What does it mean for Christians to be the salt of the earth? How do Christians impact the world without being overcome by it? This episode unpacks Jesus' first statement after the Beatitudes: “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.” This We Believe is brought to you by Lexham Press, publisher of Dr. Niebauer’s forthcoming book Four Mountain...
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...
