On The Line Rev. Daniel Broaddus: Mind-Blowing Discussion on The Bible
Feb 24, 2025
Rev. Daniel Broaddus, a Lutheran pastor and theological speaker, dives into the complexities of Scripture interpretation. He critiques the notion of a purely naturalistic reading of the Bible and champions a sacramental understanding based on ancient thinkers like Dionysius Areopagite. The discussion navigates through themes such as hierarchy in love, the sacredness of blood, and the importance of wonder in creation. Broaddus also explores how narratives in Scripture shape moral imagination, urging a deeper engagement with faith and the world around us.
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Humility Needed In Biblical Interpretation
- Scripture interpretation requires humility and methods beyond plain historical reading to reveal its full power.
- Rev. Daniel Broaddus argues early Christian sacramental approaches reclaim Scripture's life-shaping force.
Formation Through Boersma And Dionysius
- Rev. Daniel Broaddus recounts learning from Hans Boersma about sacramental readings derived from pseudo-Dionysius.
- That approach influenced him to read Scripture as participating in God's being rather than as mere history.
Branding Calves Became A Spiritual Lesson
- Broaddus shares a childhood memory of branding calves and seeing blood, which evoked Leviticus 17:11 and a sense of sacred life.
- That experience taught him to see bodily realities as spiritually significant, not merely biological facts.
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Intro
00:00 • 1min
Why interpreting Scripture matters
01:19 • 2min
Allow Scripture to Interpret Scripture — limits
03:10 • 2min
Functional naturalism and Christian exegesis
04:47 • 1min
Dionysius, sacramental reading of Scripture
06:09 • 7min
Unequally yoked and spiritual consequences
13:24 • 3min
Sex, demonic practices, and call to repentance
16:11 • 2min
Sacramental vision: physical and spiritual together
18:41 • 7min
Blood, sacredness, and re-enchanting creation
25:52 • 3min
Hierarchy: order that draws into God
28:40 • 5min
Hierarchy of love versus hierarchy of power
33:21 • 7min
Logos, arche, and relational creation
40:00 • 3min
Hierarchy: sacred order and creatio ex nihilo
43:15 • 6min
Psalm 139 and God's intimate presence
49:01 • 2min
Re-enchanting the world through wonder
51:00 • 10min
Hierarchies in catechism and table of duties
01:01:02 • 8min
Baptismal water, enlivening worship, and family reverence
01:09:26 • 5min
Stewardship, mercy work, and sacred service
01:14:44 • 10min
Classical learning, power, and true greatness
01:24:37 • 7min
Power redefined as creative love
01:31:36 • 10min
Till We Have Faces: repentance, bitterness, and joy
01:42:00 • 8min
Narrative Scripture: bringing listeners into the story
01:49:35 • 4min
Four senses of Scripture and practical formation
01:53:45 • 8min
Lewis on gender, authority, and desire
02:01:41 • 8min
Mark and Anne: vocation, restoration, and marriage
02:10:08 • 8min
Hierarchy's dignity: butlers, fathers, and roles
02:17:50 • 11min
Recovering home as the battle for the cosmos
02:28:31 • 4min
Outro
02:32:29 • 54sec
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The celestial hierarchies
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