Summary: <br> This episode is a conversation with Dr. Ephraim Radner of Wycliffe College. We discuss a figural reading of Scripture (2:20), the relationship between Scripture and time/history (9:06), examples of figural readings in church history and modern practice (12:38), how to think about figural reading in preaching and teaching (31:52), human suffering (38:35), and more. <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.amazon.com/Ephraim-Radner/e/B001JS2C1C%3F/?tag=bdsmith-20" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.amazon.com/Ephraim-Radner/e/B001JS2C1C%3F/?tag=bdsmith-20" target="_blank">Buy Ephraim's books</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> This episode is brought you by the Text & Canon Institute of <a href="http://www.ps.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Phoenix Seminary</a>. Check out the new and improved <a href="http://www.textandcanon.org">textandcanon</a><a href="http://www.textandcanon.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">.</a><a href="http://www.textandcanon.org">org</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Church Grammar is presented by the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.csbible.com/" target="_blank">Christian Standard Bible</a>. Intro music: Purple Dinosaur by <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.nobigdyl.com/" target="_blank">nobigdyl.</a> Producer: Katie Larson.<br> <br> <br> <br> Brandon D. Smith is Assistant Professor of Theology & New Testament at <a href="https://www.cedarville.edu/Academic-Schools-and-Departments/Biblical-and-Theological-Studies/Faculty-Staff/Smith-Brandon.aspx">Cedarville University</a>, Editorial Director for the <a href="http://www.centerforbaptistrenewal.com">Center for Baptist Renewal</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brandon-D-Smith/e/B00L1VCU46/?tag=bdsmith-20">writes things</a>. You can follow him <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.twitter.com/brandon_d_smith" target="_blank">on Twitter</a> at @brandon_d_smith.<br> <br> <br> <br> *** This podcast is designed to discuss all sorts of topics from various points of view. Therefore, guests’ views do not always reflect the views of the host, his church, or his institution.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
