John Dyer is the author of the recently published People of the Screen: How Evangelicals Created the Digital Bible and How It Shapes Their Reading of Scripture. He joins me to discuss the book and the way that digital Bibles are changing the ways that we engage with Scripture.
Tag: Bible
The Diversity of Scriptural Engagement
How Modern Bibles Affect Our Reading
The Bible Has A History
Psalms: Singing the Whole Text
Who Are James Jordan’s Influences?
Who are Jim Jordan’s sources? It would obviously be fair to describe him as “innovative”, but it seems very much that there’s a chain where you have followed on from Peter Leithart, who followed on from Jim… but where did Jim learn his hermeneutic? Is he really so innovative an expositor that we can’t read what he’s read and see where he learned it all?
Theopolis Podcast: How to Read the Bible Typologically

This is the second of my talks on reading the Bible, which I recently delivered in Twin Cities area. You can listen to the first here.
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Theopolis Podcast: How to Read the Bible

I recently had the privilege of spending a few days in the Twin Cities area, where I delivered a series of talks on the subject of reading the Bible. The following is the first evening’s talks and subsequent questions and answers.
You can follow the Theopolis podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, and on most podcast apps. You can read show notes over on the Theopolis podcast website. You can also see past episodes I have contributed to by clicking the ‘Theopolis Podcast’ link in the bar above. If you would like to leave a question for us to answer, please do so on our Curious Cat page.
Transcript for Is There Meaning to Be Found in the Ordering of the Books of the Bible
One of my supporters has very kindly transcribed this video, in which I discuss the rationales for different orderings of the books of the Bible. I don’t have time to transcribe my videos myself, so anyone willing to volunteer to transcribe one video every week or fortnight would be greatly appreciated! The transcript is very lightly edited at a few points for the purpose of comprehension.
From Gutenberg to YouVersion: The Word of God and the Technology of the Word
My recent Davenant Institute lecture on the subject of the significance of textual technologies for our engagement with Scripture has just been posted on Youtube:
I recently enjoyed watching Dr. Christopher Schlect’s highly informative and stimulating lecture in the same series.