What do we do with the passages in the Bible that are really difficult? Violence, slavery, the treatment of women—what the Bible has to say about these topics has, at times, been misinterpreted and misused. Join Tim, Jon, Carissa, and special guest Dan Kimball as they discuss his book, How (Not) to Read the Bible, and explore how any topic in the Bible looks different when we see it as part of a unified story.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-15:20)
• Part two (15:20-26:40)
• Part three (26:40-44:00)
• Part four (44:00-57:14)

Referenced Resources

• How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery, and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture, Dan Kimball
• Gregory Koukl
• John H. Walton
• Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis
• A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Karen Armstrong
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Cycles” by SwuM

Show produced by Cooper Peltz. Edited by Dan Gummel and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. 

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