The Bible in Time & Culture – One More Chapter, Season 2, Episode 4

This episode is a thoughtful, practical conversation about how to study the Bible with confidence by understanding its structure, genre, history, and audience. The hosts explain that Scripture is a library of 66 books written in different literary forms, languages, and cultural settings, so readers need to pay attention to context, use trustworthy study tools, and avoid building beliefs from isolated verses. They also emphasize that the Bible is God’s complete revelation, that truth is absolute rather than relative, and that the New Testament is the authoritative guide for Christians today while the Old Testament still provides the foundation and depth that make the New Testament meaningful. Along the way, they use stories from their own cross-cultural backgrounds in Zambia and the United States to show how every reader brings a worldview to the text, and why becoming a Christian means learning to live under God’s kingdom culture rather than our own.

Reference links:

Understanding the Bible – WBS Course – https://wbslibrary.org/courses/understanding-the-bible/

WBS Library – wbslibrary.org

Mathetis – mathetis.org

Apologetics Press – apologetiscpress.org

Introduction to the New Testament by Henry Clarence Thiessen – https://a.co/d/01z7IWjP

Halley’s Bible Handbook – https://a.co/d/0g51hZ2X

How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth – Gordon D Fee & Douglas Stuart – https://a.co/d/0fQxSDJB

Online Study – worldbibleschool.org

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