“Should we keep asking for forgiveness? Rusty, what are you talking about? Isn’t that a commandment?”

Well, to answer that question, I sat down with Ben Connelly and it was incredible getting his perspective on it. We talked about his new book Reading the Bible, Missing the Gospel and dug into some of the ways that we may make scripture a lot more about us than we do about the God we’re reading about. 

If you’ve ever wondered about this question, I definitely encourage you to listen to our conversation and share this episode with somebody else as well.

Special thanks to BELAY Solutions for sponsoring this week!

Highlights

About Ben Connelly - 3:03

• Early life in Texas
• How going into ministry saved Ben.

Reading the Bible, Missing the Gospel  - 6:31

• The process of writing this book and the inspiration behind it
• Reading scripture for what we want rather than what God is saying through it.

Viewing scripture through a different lens - 17:18

• Three lenses to view scripture through.
• What does Ben actually mean when he tell us to stop asking for forgiveness?

Resources

• Episode Transcript
• Connect with Ben
  • Website
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
• The Equipping Group
• Reading the Bible, Missing the Gospel by Ben Connelly
• 1 John 1:9