Jesus the Legend

Hey everyone, and welcome back to Jesus the Legend.

Today I’m really excited to welcome back someone who’s been on the show before—Jamie Englehart.

If you caught our first conversation, you already know you need to stick around for this one as well. Jamie has such a beautiful way of seeing the Gospel, revealing truth, and pointing us back to Jesus.

Jamie is the author of Myths & Mistranslations: Unpacking 70 Misconceptions About God and the Bible, and that’s what we’re going to dig into today.

Because let’s be honest—we can all carry ideas about God and the Bible that we've heard so many times that we assume they must be true. Sometimes those ideas come from tradition, sometimes from the way Scripture has been translated, and sometimes from interpretations that simply don't hold up when we take a closer look at the text and, most importantly, look at it through the revelation of Jesus.

So today, we're going to unpack some of those commonly held beliefs and ask some important questions: What have we misunderstood? What has been mistranslated? And how does seeing these things differently change the way we understand God, Scripture, and our relationship with Him?

So get comfortable, settle in, and let’s dive in and see what Jamie has to say as we unpack some of these myths and mistranslations.

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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Jesus the Legend.

Today I’m really excited to welcome back someone who’s been on the show before—Jamie Englehart.

If you caught our first conversation, you already know you need to stick around for this one as well. Jamie has such a beautiful way of seeing the Gospel, revealing truth, and pointing us back to Jesus.

Jamie is the author of Myths & Mistranslations: Unpacking 70 Misconceptions About God and the Bible, and that’s what we’re going to dig into today.

Because let’s be honest—we can all carry ideas about God and the Bible that we've heard so many times that we assume they must be true. Sometimes those ideas come from tradition, sometimes from the way Scripture has been translated, and sometimes from interpretations that simply don't hold up when we take a closer look at the text and, most importantly, look at it through the revelation of Jesus.

So today, we're going to unpack some of those commonly held beliefs and ask some important questions: What have we misunderstood? What has been mistranslated? And how does seeing these things differently change the way we understand God, Scripture, and our relationship with Him?

So get comfortable, settle in, and let’s dive in and see what Jamie has to say as we unpack some of these myths and mistranslations.

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What if one of the reasons it's so hard to hear God's voice in difficult seasons is because our focus has shifted more toward ourselves than toward Him?

Matthew 6:33 is my favorite scripture because it has led me through SO MANY weird and wonderful seasons. It says - “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

Now before anybody misunderstands me, I'm not saying we shouldn't pray. I'm not saying God ignores us when we're hurting. And I'm definitely not saying that if you're suffering it's because you're doing something wrong. Not at all.

There may be seasons where we cry. There may be seasons where our hearts are broken. There may be seasons where the only prayer we can manage to get out is, "Jesus...help." God meets us there. He has always met people there and He won’t stop.

The Psalms are full of people crying out in pain. David cried. Jeremiah cried. Job cried. Even Jesus wept. So this isn't about pretending pain doesn't exist. It's about asking a different question.

What if… instead of spending every waking moment asking God to change our situation… We spent some of that energy changing someone else's day? What if instead of waiting to FEEL like serving… we simply went out and loved somebody? What if we stopped measuring whether God was speaking by how emotional our prayer time felt… and started discovering Him in the moments we choose to encourage someone else?

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Hey everyone and welcome back to Jesus the Legend. I’m so excited to welcome Brian Zahnd to the podcast today!
Brian is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is also a pastor-theologian who has authored eleven books, including When Everything’s on Fire, The Wood Between the Worlds and Sinners In the Hands of a Loving God - which I’m hoping to talk about today. Brian is enthusiastic about music, literature, mountains, and long-distance pilgrimages.
I know you're really going to enjoy this conversation… So grab a coffee, get comfortable, and let's jump in the deep end with Brian Zahnd.

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Hey everyone and welcome back to Jesus the Legend. I’m so excited to welcome Brian Zahnd to the podcast today!

Brian is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is also a pastor-theologian who has authored eleven books, including When Everything’s on Fire, The Wood Between the Worlds and Sinners In the Hands of a Loving God - which I’m hoping to talk about today. Brian is enthusiastic about music, literature, mountains, and long-distance pilgrimages.

I know you're really going to enjoy this conversation… So grab a coffee, get comfortable, and let's jump in the deep end with Brian Zahnd.

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