In this week's conversation between Dr. James Emery White and co-host Alexis Drye, they discuss how culture seems to be so eager to dismiss the Bible and to reject the idea that it should have any authority over their lives. Many of the challenges that culture has to believing the Bible are really due more to a lack of knowledge and understanding about it.

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In this episode, Alexis asks Dr. White to weigh in on the most common questions and misconceptions that people have when it comes to the Bible including: What is it and why is it so special? Why and how were the 66 books within the Bible chosen? Why are there so many translations of the Bible out there? How do the claims of the Bible align with history? And what about all of the contradictions found in its pages?

One resource that would be really helpful for you - whether you're exploring the Christian faith or know someone who is - is Dr. White's book Christianity for People Who Aren't Christians: Uncommon Answers to Common Questions. You can find that resource on Amazon HERE.

If you'd like to go deeper on some of the questions raised in this discussion, there are several series that Dr. White has given at Mecklenburg Community Church that you'll find helpful. You can click the titles to find each of them: “How to Bible” will give you a practical overview of how to read and interpret the Bible, as well as how to believe what it says; “Don't Check Your Brains at the Door” explores how to engage the Christian faith intellectually - including the Bible; and “Science of God” takes a deep dive into the science of God's existence, of Creation and of faith itself.

Finally, at the end of the conversation they mentioned a couple of past episodes that would be worth checking out in regard to the Bible and science. These are: CCP49: On Faith vs. Science and CCP39: On Global Warming and Creation Care.

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