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Overcoming Common ‘Mistruths‘ We‘ve Heard in Church (Brent Strawn)

Overcoming Common ‘Mistruths‘ We‘ve Heard in Church (Brent Strawn)

FromThe Biblical Mind


Overcoming Common ‘Mistruths‘ We‘ve Heard in Church (Brent Strawn)

FromThe Biblical Mind

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Sep 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Somewhere along the line, we have inherited many "mistruths" about Scripture, as Dr. Brent Strawn calls them. These are conceptions that aren't completely false, but are misleading—and sometimes pose a greater threat to truth than complete falsehoods do. He discusses his latest book, Lies My Preacher Told Me, and how misconceptions have seeped their way into the church, affecting their views of Scripture, God, and their faith. 
Brent doesn't mean to pick on pastors per se, but his book explores various ways in which mistruths have taken hold. He identifies key mistruths—such as excessive christocentrism and neglect of or aversion to the Old Testament—in the church and suggests how we might overcome them.
Show notes:
0:26 Lies My Preacher Told Me
2:44 Dru Johnson, children's pastor
4:21 The formative years
6:05 Examples of the lies
7:55 The Jesus question 
12:20 Preaching is not King of the Hill
15:21 The conceptual world of the biblical authors
19:20 Constructing views of canon
20:50 Openness to different views
22:49 Stories
23:57 Poetic qualities
27:42 Dispositions toward God's means of revelation

Show notes by Dominique LaCroix 
Credits for the music used in TBM podcast.
Released:
Sep 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Biblical Mind is dedicated to helping its audience understand how the biblical authors thought, promoting Bible fluency through curious, careful reading of Scripture. It is hosted by Dr. Dru Johnson and published by the Center for Hebraic Thought, a hub for research and resources on the intellectual world of the Bible.