What do the Bible, Greek mythology, and Latin have to do with one another—and why should Christians care?
As we continue The Faith We Inherit, we're widening the lens beyond the beliefs we've inherited to consider the culture and intellectual tradition that helped shape us. For centuries, Western Christianity has drawn from three great cities: Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome.
Jerusalem teaches us faith and obedience. Athens teaches us to ask questions, pursue wisdom, and consider what it means to live virtuously. Rome teaches us order, duty, and the importance of institutions.
But each comes with a ditch.
We can become so suspicious of human wisdom that we reject intellectual inquiry. We can become so enamored with questions that we never submit ourselves to truth. Or we can elevate traditions and institutions until preserving them becomes more important than faithfulness to God.
In this episode, we're talking about why Christians should study the Old Testament, why there is value in reading pagan Greek myths, why Latin became a cornerstone of classical education, and what all three can teach us about faithfully receiving the inheritance we've been given.
Because we aren't called to blindly preserve the past—or arrogantly throw it away.
We're called to become faithful heirs.
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