When the Bible Failed America

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English - August 24, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.14 MB
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The Bible once failed America and it may happen today, threatening our well-being. In this episode I explore the error of "commonsense literalism" that contributed to the Civil War. There is a better way to interpret the Bible: as a Wisdom book which can speak to all cultures.
Sections include:
Two messages about slavery from the Bible
The mistakes of "Commonsense Literalism"
How the Bible actually works
Interpretation as wisdom for each culture

CITED
Mark A. Noll. America’s God: from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Peter Enns, How the Bible Actually Works. HarperOne, 2019.

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