Is Christianity a bookish faith? For much of Christian history, Scripture was heard together, not just skimmed alone on a screen.

Today we’re recentering the text in community and learning to read the unified story that leads to Jesus (Luke 24, John 14:6-9, Hebrews 1:3, Colossians 1:15, John 5:39). In this conversation, Jon unpacks why the Bible is not an “IKEA manual,” why “Word” in John 1 isn’t equating Jesus with text, and why analog, corporate hearing still forms us deeply.

We’re after transformation, not trivia.

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Chapters

[00:00] Intro

[00:55] A Bookish Faith

[02:30] Jesus is not the Bible, and the Bible is not Jesus

[04:56] The Bible is a unified story that leads to Jesus

[06:48] - Luke 24:25-27

[07:16] - John 14:6-9

[08:09] - Hebrews 1:3

[08:51] - Colossians 1:15

[12:12] - What The Bible Is Not?

[14:51] - Re-centering The Text As Christian Community

[22:13] - The Drama of Scripture - Bartholomew & Goheen

[24:31] - The Prayer and Outro

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