PAST EVENT: Enjoying the Bible (Seattle) 5:00PM PT | 8:00PM ET
From 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm- b.rall@cslewisinstitute.org
- Webinar Event Event Type
We live in a time that feels more polarized than ever, and it is hard to know what is true, what is knowable and what is trustworthy.
b.rall@cslewisinstitute.org
CSLI-Seattle presents
Enjoying the Bible
Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures
with Dr. Matthew Mullins
How would our love for Christ be transformed if we were to stop reading the Bible merely to conquer the text and begin to read it in order to be enchanted with it?
Why do we need to invest more than intellect and reason to deepen our understanding of the scriptures?
How does reading the literature and poetry of the Bible pull us into participating with God on His terms rather than our own?
How can we deepen our experience of Biblical literature by simply standing in front of it like a painting?
In this live interview with Dr. Matthew Mullins, we will discuss his book, “Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures”. Mullins offers some practical guidance for an aesthetic of reading that will help us unlock the deeper meaning in the scriptures and thereby provide us with a clearer picture of what it means to live well.
We will discuss how we can all become better readers of the Bible, not by simply discerning what it says, but by attending to how it speaks. Whether you have been reading the Bible for years or beginning to explore it for the first time, you can allow it to fire your imagination and emotion to experience it in a more meaningful way.
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm PT | 8:00 pm ET
Speaker: Matthew Mullins
Matthew Mullins
Matthew Mullins is Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He joined the Department of Language and Literature at OBU in 2024, having taught at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2012 to 2024. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He teaches courses in American literature, English Composition, and the Western Civilization sequence. His research focuses on contemporary literature, and his academic articles have appeared in journals such as African American Review, Arizona Quarterly, and Christianity and Literature. Mullins’s book, Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures, was published in 2021 by Baker Academic and won an Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s 2022 Book Awards.
