#275: Can I Learn to Read Scripture Accurately? With Rebecca McLaughlin

4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

As Christians, we want to rightly handle the word of truth, don’t we? We need to be a people who read, study, and understand Scripture accurately, and the good news is… we can!

Today’s guest is author Rebecca McLaughlin, and she is going to give you not just good information on how to do just that, but tons of inspiration so you will want to.

She’ll talk about how we can trust the Bible, if and when we should read the Bible literally or metaphorically, and the impact of reading the gospels accurately.

You’re about to get a clear and captivating view of Scripture, so get ready! Here we go…

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0:00.0	there are many passages in the Bible,
0:02.3	all the New Testament,
0:03.0	they're actually not asking us to read them literally.
0:06.0	And in fact, we'll misunderstand what Jesus says
0:08.2	when he says,
0:09.1	is a good shepherd if we try to read that literally.
0:11.4	Instead, I think we need to try to read the scriptures faithfully.
0:14.8	And that will mean there'll be passages like that
0:16.6	where we're asked to not read them literally.
0:19.4	And there'll be other times
0:20.6	when we actually are being asked to read them literally.
0:23.5	So people sometimes have this idea,
0:24.9	well, if you say that any part of the Bible
0:27.3	is not meant to be read literally,
0:29.2	then you can just kind of pick and choose.
0:31.2	And you could then say any part of the Bible
0:33.8	that you found difficult to believe
0:35.6	or, you know, awkward for whatever reason.
0:37.4	You can say, well, maybe that's just metaphorical.
0:43.8	Should you read the Bible literally?
0:46.5	Why are the four gospels not identical if they're all true?
0:52.2	How do you know when you are reading something in the Bible
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