{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Libertarian Christian Podcast","title":"Bible Study Habits, with Alex Bernardo","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5829fc75\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2905,"description":"Most people who want to know how to study the Bible are looking for a system. A plan to finish in a year, the \"right\" translation, a highlighting method that finally sticks. Alex Bernardo, host of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast and a trained biblical studies student, spent this episode dismantling that instinct. There is no single correct method. There is only the daily habit of putting yourself in front of the text and refusing to leave until it has done something to you.\nDoug Stuart noticed Alex's heavily marked-up Bible over breakfast at Acton University and wanted to know the man behind the exegesis. What came out is a working philosophy of Bible study that treats intellectual growth and discipleship as the same project, not competing ones. You cannot grow as a disciple without growing in understanding, and understanding that never touches your life is just trivia.\nThis is a practical guide to how to study the Bible over a lifetime: how to build the habit, which translations reward close reading, when to bring in commentaries, what to mark, and which popular practices are worth abandoning.\nChapters:\n0:22 Welcome and Bible Reading Habits\n2:53 Early Bible Memories\n4:39 Faith Through the Gospels\n6:06 Daily Reading Routine\n8:36 Reading Without a Plan\n10:26 Lectionary Life\n12:05 Choosing the NASB\n16:00 Paragraphs and Verse Marks\n18:09 Reading as Narrative\n22:22 Finding the Right Translation\n28:30 Using Study Tools\n33:07 Memory and Bible Flow\n35:23 Marking Key Passages\n41:30 What Didn’t Work\nAudio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_xYS0SShA1KrKcrVFqXWyj90yhkxE6xSYO7xJUc6g9c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5Mjc2LzE3MDY3/MjA4ODgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}