Bespoken

It can sometimes seem as though science and faith are in conflict. But are they? In this week's episode, a special guest joins us to discuss some of the errors often found in objections to the Christian faith by the scientific community. In fact, we're here to communicate you CAN be a Christian and STILL believe in some of science's claims. Mary McManamy mentioned a book that is worth checking out to go deeper in this topic: "Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as if It Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority" by Steven Shapin.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the next 3 episodes, we'll be addressing some of the common objections against Christianity - a lot of the typical reasons given by thoughtful, academically-oriented people as to why they don't think Christianity is valid.Have questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jay and Ryan and a special guest discuss some of the typical questions asked by youth, college students, and younger/older single adults on biblical dating.BOOK: "Sex, Dating, and Relationships" by Jay Thomas and Gerald HiestandHave questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our last episode, Jay and Ryan discussed the 3 types of human relationships in the Bible and defined where dating should be. In this episode, Jay and Ryan discuss what dating should look like if we follow the line of Scripture.BOOK: "Sex, Dating, and Relationships" by Jay Thomas and Gerald HiestandHave questions or ideas for a future episode? Email them to bespoken@biblechurch.org. Bespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week we cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Typically, among Bible-believing Christians, there's a commitment to not have sexual intercourse when you're NOT married. And, while that's a good thing, the question still exists among dating Christians as to what is permissible in the Bible in the context of a dating relationship. BOOK: "Sex, Dating, and Relationships" by Jay Thomas and Gerald HiestandBespoken is a weekly podcast by Lead Pastor, Jay Thomas, and Community & Care Minister, Ryan McKee. Each week, in 10 minutes, we plan to cover spiritual topics and issues that will help you grow closer to God and deeper in Christ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

All of the Bible is about one main character, Jesus. In this episode, we'll explain why this is true for the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Bible is not a random bunch of words thrown together. Rather, each passage of the Bible has structure to it. A perfect example is the book of Proverbs - Hebrew poetry. If you understand how Hebrew poetry is structured - in this book's case, synonymous parallelism - then it's easier for us to understand what a particular passage in Proverbs is communicating. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When it comes to interpreting the Bible, it's important that we get a BIG PICTURE (or known as the Melodic Line) of an individual book of the Bible before we attempt to interpret and understand an individual passage of scripture. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When you open the Bible, it's very easy to quickly misinterpret a passage at first glance. Ask the average Christian, "What's your life verse?" and you'll quickly hear examples of how this happens. Why? We often forget God wrote the Bible to a specific people, at a specific time, at a specific place in history. In this episode, we'll look at 3 types of context to help us best interpret the Bible:The literary contextThe historical contextThe theological context See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If we're going to do Christian living and theology, we start with SQUARE 1, the Bible. And, all of us come to the Bible with an ideas of how to understand the world, and we call those framework. And, where this becomes a problem when coming to the Bible, is that we often bring our framework (i.e. political, social, therapeutic, prosperity, etc) with us and we tend to interpret scripture through those lenses. So what? What if our framework colors our interpretation of the Bible in an incorrect way? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If we are going to talk about Christian truth, we start in ONE PLACE, and that's the Bible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.