The Right Way to Read Holy Scripture (Dr. John Bergsma)
Pints With Aquinas
Matt Fradd
4.8 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
Dr. John Bergsma is a Full Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio. He served as a Protestant pastor for four years before entering the Catholic Church in 2001, while pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Specializing in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Dr. Bergsma graduated with high honors in 2004. He is the author of numerous titles including Bible Basics for Catholics: A New Picture of Salvation History.
Dr. Bergsma's links:
Bible Basics for Catholics: A New Picture of Salvation History:
https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Basics-Catholics-Picture-Salvation/dp/1594712913/ref=sr_1_1
Personal website: https://www.johnbergsma.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Human literature is filled with magic books that you open up and they suck you into the story. |
| 0:05.8 | The Bible is this magic book that sucks you into the story and the things that suck you into the story are actually the sacraments. Just need to get that snap just right? |
| 0:24.0 | I just do two just in case. |
| 0:26.8 | Ah, okay. |
| 0:27.5 | Just in case the first one's blurry. |
| 0:33.1 | We're good. |
| 0:34.3 | Dr. John Bergsmer. |
| 0:35.4 | Thanks for coming on again. |
| 0:36.7 | Absolutely, Matt. |
| 0:39.3 | Sorry's great. I don't know why you keep inviting me, but... Well, have you seen the numbers? Are you shocked? |
| 0:41.3 | Every time you come on, how many people are? |
| 0:43.3 | I don't look at the numbers, but I'll tell you what does happen, Matt. |
| 0:46.3 | I'll go to a speaking engagement and have the people that come up to say, |
| 0:49.3 | I saw you on pints with equineas. with the clients. It's amazing, hey? New media. Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah, like this last one we did |
| 0:54.1 | has almost 600,000 views. |
| 0:56.0 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:56.7 | A few months ago. |
| 0:57.5 | That's like four times as many people |
| 0:59.3 | as I speak to in all my speaking gigs in the course of a year. |
| 1:01.9 | The Lord has blessed you with a gift. |
| 1:04.1 | He really has. |
| 1:04.8 | And so people are hungry for the truth. |
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