The Bible Reset

The order of books in the Bible isn't something we often think about, but it can have a huge impact if we're reading long sections like the New Testament cover-to-cover. Are we allowed to change the order? What might a new order look like, and what kinds of benefits would it bring?

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How can we expect people to read the Bible in a technology-saturated culture where fewer and fewer people read anything at all?

This is Part 2 of our interview with Andy Crouch. Andy is an author, speaker, and member of our Board of Advisors, and he joins us to discuss how technology wires us for distraction and instant gratification, making focused longform reading even more difficult.

If you missed Part 1, check out Episode 21 for the first half our interview with Andy.

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How can we expect people to read the Bible in a technology-saturated culture where fewer and fewer people read anything at all?

Andy Crouch, author, speaker, and member of our Board of Advisors, joins us to discuss how technology wires us for distraction and instant gratification, making focused longform reading even more difficult.

The Tech-Wise Family: https://amzn.to/3h5H95F
My Tech-Wise Life: https://amzn.to/3nU31me
Barna Group's Tech-Wise Resources: https://www.barna.com/tech-wise/
Culture Making: https://amzn.to/33lYlvT

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Stephanie Nance is the Adult Spiritual Formation Pastor at Chapel Springs Church in Bristow, VA. In 2019 she brought Immerse to Chapel Springs and played a vital role in leading the entire congregation through the entire Bible using Immerse in just 2 years. She joins us to reflect on how being immersed in Scripture together impacts spiritual formation at a whole-church level.

Immerse stories from Chapel Springs Church:
Immerse at Chapel Springs
Elizabeth shares how her Immerse group impacted her life
Chapel Springs members share their Immerse stories

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"Bible Literacy Crisis!"
"How to Promote Bible Literacy at Home"
"How to Improve Your Biblical Literacy"

Everywhere you look, literacy is touted as the primary goal for Bible engagement. And while literacy is certainly important, it's only partway to an even more important objective. On this episode, Paul, Glenn, and Alex discuss literacy as it relates to Bible fluency, which they believe represents a deeper and more comprehensive knowledge of Scripture.

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Holy Week is coming up. All too often we have a habit of skipping from Palm Sunday to Good Friday, concluding that the whole point of the week was "Jesus dying for my sins." The cross is certainly not less than this, but it also so much more.

The days and events leading up to Jesus' crucifixion frame his sacrificial death in ways that are often overlooked. On this episode we dive into each day of Holy Week and unpack what they contribute to the overall meaning of Jesus' death and resurrection.

As so often happens with the Bible, when we read big, read in context, and make connections, the meanings and takeaways we're used to are transformed into something bigger and more beautiful than we ever anticipated.

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Wrapping up our series on the Bible's story, Dr. Glenn Packiam joins us to explore what it looks like to live the story in real life. Rather than mechanical obedience, the Bible's unfinished story invites us to faithfully improvise our parts in the drama today.

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Glenn's Books:
Worship and the World to Come
Blessed, Broken, Given
Lucky
Discover the Mystery of Faith

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Jesus is the interpretive key that pulls all of the Bible's narrative threads together into himself. In order to read the Bible well, we need to read every inch of it – including the First Testament and the non-gospel New Testament books – through the Jesus Lens.

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Now that we have an overview of the Bible's big 6-Act Story, how can we read individual stories and passages with a proper understanding of their place within the story? Today we take a look at the Ten Commandments and a well-known phrase from the Sermon on the Mount and reframe them in their proper narrative context.

*If you haven't listened to Episode 14 on the 6-Act Story of the Bible, you may want to listen to that first.

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In our previous episode we argued that the Bible is primarily a unified story, but how does that story actually work? Today we do our best to summarize the 6 'acts' of the Bible's story:

Act 1: World's Genesis
Act 2: Humanity's Rebellion
Act 3: Israel's Quest
Act 4: King's Advent
Act 5: Community's Calling
Act 6: God's Homecoming

This is a bulky episode covering a lot of content, so feel free to take a couple breaks and process it if you need.

'Venn Diagram' Illustration Alex mentioned in Act 5: https://bit.ly/3iNqL8O

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The Drama of Scripture by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen: http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-drama-of-scripture-2nd-edition/231504
The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright pp 139-143

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