Enjoying the Bible

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By Matthew Mullins on April 18, 2024 ,

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

Professor

Matthew Mullins is Associate Professor of English and History of Ideas at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned his PHD from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has authored articles, essays and his latest book, Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures (2021). Dr. Mullins teaches classes in literature, literary theory, and writing. His research focuses primarily on American literature and culture and on hermeneutics.

 

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