Briarwood Fellows Podcast

Glory to Glory 03: A Unified Library

Even though the Bible is really a library of 66 individual books written on three continents in three different languages over a period of approximately fifteen hundred years by more than 40 authors who came from all walks of life, the Bible remains one unified book from beginning to end, without contradiction. Some may object to the idea that there are no contradictions in the Bible, but there has been no other book so scrutinized over such a long period of time in an attempt to find real contradictions, and yet there’s not a single alleged contradiction that does not have a satisfactory explanation. This unity sets the Bible apart from all other books as utterly unique and is evidence of the divine origin of the words that God moved men to record.

Glory to Glory 02: A Divine-Human Book

The Bible is a true collaboration between God and human beings. It's a library of books by many human authors and a unified work by One Divine Author, 100% Divine and 100% human without diminishing either.

Glory to Glory 01: Transformed from Glory to Glory

We all approach the Bible with our own ideas about what the Bible is, which shape the way we read it, which shapes our understanding of ourselves, the world, and God. Most of our ideas about Scripture are shaped by good intentions, but do they reflect what the Bible has to say about itself? This season is about learning to read the Bible along the grain of its own design because when we learn to see Jesus in every theme, law, story, and symbol we will be transformed into his image from glory to glory.

My Testimony (Chad Escue)

I got to record my testimony when introducing the series to the Next Steps class this past Sunday. I'll just post it here in case anyone is interested. The sound quality isn't great, sorry about that.

Anatomy of the Soul 09: The Emotional Foundation of Knowledge

The Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Proverbs 1:7; 9:10). What is the relationship of emotional experience to knowledge and wisdom? It may appear to us that the two are completely unrelated, but the Bible teaches that a right emotional relationship to God is the foundational principle for knowing anything rightly. In that sense, our emotional connection to God has priority over our knowledge about him.