5 episodes
Begin Where You Are Begin Where You Are
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- Religion & Spirituality
A podcast from Covenant Presbyterian Church focused on discipleship. We’ve created this podcast for people who are looking for resources and practices to live out their faith in concrete ways.
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5 - Hopeful Expectation
In this episode, Jon talks to Dr. Brian Wallace about reading the Bible with hope.
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4 - "I'm paraphrasing here"
In this episode Jon talks with Christy Lang Hearlson about how to broaden our reading of the Bible from its literal sense to its spiritual sense. Christy's knowledge and enthusiasm for the Bible and for Christians to be formed by their reading of the Bible runs deep.
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3 - “Are we bored by our own prayers?”
In this episode, Laura Mendenhall joins Jon to talk about the Bible, politics and the Kingdom of God, #fakenews, and the importance of praying scripture instead of just reading it.
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2 - “We never read the Bible by ourselves”
In this episode, Jon speaks with Eric Barreto (Princeton Theological Seminary) about his book "Exploring the Bible" and what we mean when we say the Bible is the word of God. Eric helps us remember that we never read the Bible by ourselves and that reading with others helps us hear God’s word.
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1 - “It’s sometimes going very, very not well”
In this episode, Jon introduces the podcast and speaks with Pete Enns (The Bible Tells Me So…) about what the Bible is (and isn’t) and some things to look out for when reading it. Pete touches on the rich complexity and diversity of the stories in the Bible and why asking questions about the Bible is an act of faith. You can check out his website here: www.peteenns.com and follow him on Twitter at @peteenns.