{"id":93526,"date":"2015-08-11T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=93526"},"modified":"2015-08-11T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:44:45","slug":"a-look-at-the-literal-sense-of-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/08\/a-look-at-the-literal-sense-of-scripture.html","title":{"rendered":"A Look at the Literal Sense of Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/miq5f-578f92\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a show wracked both by technical difficulties and by the presence of Dale Ahlquist during the first half, we finally settle down in the second half to talk about the literal sense of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more by reading <a href=\"http:\/\/mark-shea.com\/books.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did<\/em><\/a>. 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