Shifting Culture
Shifting Culture
Joshua Johnson
Ep. 427 Richard Beck Returns - Reading the Bible Through the Lens of Love
54 minutes Posted May 22, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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In this conversation with Richard Beck, author of The Book of Love, we explore what it actually means to read Scripture through the hermeneutic of love. Richard helps us see that we have to reckon with our attachment to God - whether we actually believe he's for us - because that fear or security shapes everything about how we read. We get into the violent texts of the Old Testament, why both conservatives and progressives have their own blind spots, how the Bible raises hard questions, and w...