The Bible in Fewer Words podcast

As many of you may know, my wife, Carole, and I have started a new podcast.

Well, it's not new anymore. In fact, we have released 54 episodes since we began a few months ago. We began with Genesis in December, and just posted the last episode of Leviticus today.

It was all Carole's idea, actually. Over the last few years I had been revising the SAB website by adding side notes to summarize the text of the Bible. And Carole was my editor.

She and I would discuss the notes, trying to make them a fair summary of the Bible's content, and while doing so, she recorded a few of our conversations. That's where the idea of a podcast came from.

Our goal is to present the Bible as concisely as possible, without leaving anything important out, while excluding the boring, repetitive, and uninteresting parts. So far it's been a lot of fun for us to produce,

So we invite you to listen to podcast episodes. They are usually between 10 and 15 minutes and cover from one to five or so chapters. You can find the text that we are reading here, with notes and links to the verses in the KJV at the SAB website. You are welcome to make comments and ask questions on the podcast pages. It'd be great to have you with us as we work our way through the Bible (using fewer words).

What's new at the SAB

Anyone who has visited the blog in the last few years will have noticed that I haven't posted much here lately.

Sorry about that.

But I have a good excuse: I've been too busy at the site.

Over the last few years I have completely revised the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Quran at the SAB, fiinishing the Quran just a few days ago.

I've also started a page that I update daily, called What's new at the SAB.

Now I'm starting to annotate the Doctrine and Covenants, which is one of the three nonbiblical books in Mormon Scripture. (The others being the Book of Mormon and the Pearl of Great Price.)

I'm finding the D&C lots of fun, and I welcome you to join me as I work my way though it. I'm not on the seventh of the 136 sections.

Here's a link to what I have so far on the D&C at the SAB.

Why Douglas Wilson believes the Bible is the word of God

And how do you know that it's the word of God?
Is it because "a lot of people around me currently think" it is? Or is it because its contents are so good that only a God could have written it?
I mean, who else could write a verse like Leviticus 20:14?

— Steve Wells (@SteveWellsSAB) January 20, 2022

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. Leviticus 20:14

Christ Church (Moscow, ID) and Leviticus 20:13

Douglas Wilson (@douglaswils) is the pastor of a Christ Church (@Christ_Kirk) in Moscow, Idaho. Since I live in that town, his views are important to me. He also has a wide following among Evangelical Christians in the United States and throughout the world. He believes that the laws of the Bible should be applied today, including those that require the execution of homosexuals, disobedient children, witches, and whoever refuses to obey biblical law. He also believes in slavery and has written books in its defense.

But he and his church don't talk about these things much anymore. So I thought I'd post some twitter conversations that I've had lately with Pastor Wilson and his followers.

@Christ_Kirk has blocked me from commenting on their tweets. So I'm posting it here.
Be sure to follow the link, which advocates the execution of homosexuals and disobedient children. @douglaswils has never denied believing these things. He just doesn't talk about it anymore.

— Steve Wells (@SteveWellsSAB) January 20, 2022

A conversation with Douglas Wilson about Slavery and the Bible

@douglaswils
You are also on record saying this (out loud):

"The reason why many Christians will be tempted to dismiss the arguments presented in this booklet is that we will say (out loud) that a godly man could have been a slave owner." p.11, Southern Slavery, As It Was

— Steve Wells (@SteveWellsSAB) January 17, 2022