1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Warriors of Teancum Men's Retreat - https://www.cwicmedia.com/warriors-of... &amp;nbsp;Two big “archetypes” of Bible commentary: Critics (Type A) vs Preachers (Type B). Type A is academic, puzzle-solving: authorship, dates, audiences, layers of editing. Type A can be written as if God is methodologically “out of scope”—even by believers. Tools on the critic side: languages, textual criticism, archaeology, history, sociology. Archaeology shifted from “confirming the Bible” to often complicating/contradicting surface readings. There’s a spectrum / hybrid zone (e.g., scholars who do serious work but keep discipleship in view). Dave proposes a “third model”: the Bible as a damaged record of a real encounter with God, not mere secular artifact. The Book of Mormon provides “other data” critics don’t have—an anchored point-of-view. The Book of Mormon is hyper-explicit about authors/editors (“Hi, my name is Mormon/Nephi…”) and record transmission. That explicitness gives “planks to stand on” when approaching a messy, anonymous biblical anthology. It also helps solve two problems: (1) Is the Bible solvable? (2) What can you responsibly take to the pulpit? Pulpit takeaway: you can preach from known voices/perspectives (Jacob, Nephi, Alma) without getting lost in source debates. Observation: most Saints read Type B; Type A feels dry, hard, “outside comfort zone,” and takes effort to digest. Engaging scholarly tools can illuminate both Bible and Book of Mormon more deeply.&amp;nbsp; Cwic Media Website:&amp;nbsp;http://www.cwicmedia.com &amp;nbsp; Cwic Media- LDS Podcast / Latter-day Saints http://www.cwicmedia.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40547915/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/199878865