#121: What Christians should know about the Bible (with Michael F. Bird)
Michael Bird
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24 October 2025
26 October 2025
Michael F. Bird, editor of The New Testament in its World with N.T. Wright returns this week to discuss things that he wishes Christians knew about the Bible. Mike is a scholar and theologian and his new book, 7 Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible, provides lots of fodder for thought and discussion. He lays out how the Bible came to be, how to respond to literalist claims about Scripture, examining why people should read the Apocrypha, and then we talk about critical race theory and why it’s important to read outside your own tradition, listening to the stories of folks who don’t look like you.
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Mike’s review of African American Readings of Saul, by Lisa Bowen (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion/2021/07/review-of-lisa-bowens-on-african-american-readings-of-paul/)
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