The Boundless Bible
The Boundless Bible is a podcast dedicated to discussing the many layers and perspectives the Bible offers to those interested in deepening their views and understanding.
Hosted by three friends from very different walks of life and life experiences, who've come together through curiosity of, and respect for, the living Word.
Our hosts are:
- DAVID SHAPIRO -- was born an Orthodox Jew, later an atheist, ex-military and MMA fighter, David heeded the call to Jesus and is now an ordained Pastor, specializing in Apologetics.
- JAVIER MARQUEZ -- Originally from Brooklyn, moved to LA to be an actor, and deeply found the Lord which led him to work in the church, lead Bible studies and grow his faith.
- JASON HOLLOWAY -- grew up in the church, left in college, and spent the next 2 decades immersed in learning world religion, spirituality, science, and mythology, recently returning to the Faith with renewed insight and perspective.
After a year of weekly discussions, we came to find that sharing and debating their different perspectives had become an exciting way to introduce new ideas to old thinking, grow their understanding, and strengthen their faith.
We are aware that there are many people out there who feel their questions haven't been answered, whose curiosity has been tamped down, or who just generally feel their community doesn't allow open dialogue, and our goal is to give those people a place to listen, ask questions, and engage with their curiosity to find a deeper and more robust connection to their faith.
The Boundless Bible
QUICK Qs: What Book Of Bible Would You Most Want To Be An Expert In?
The hosts discuss which book of the Bible they would instantly become an expert on if given the chance, revealing personal connections to specific texts and why certain books intrigue them most.
• First host chooses Revelation for its complexity, symbolism, and insights about the future
• Second host selects Leviticus for its scientific wisdom and protective laws that were ahead of their time
• Third host picks Genesis as the foundation of everything, noting its meditative qualities and ability to answer fundamental questions
• Genesis spans thousands of years, making it chronologically the longest book despite not having the most chapters
• Discussion highlights how different biblical texts serve different spiritual and intellectual needs
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it's quick questions with david time, all right, we're back we're videoed up and we are ready for some questions. David, give it to us all right here.
David:If you could instantly become an expert on one book of the bible, which book would it be, and why?
Jason:Good, good question, Javi. Where are you going with that?
Javi:What Me first. Okay, it would have to be either Genesis or Revelation, the first and the last. I would say Revelation only because, man, it's so hard, like I'm going through it now. That's why I'm reading it now and I was like what's going on? I can't really understand much of it. Um, there is some beauty behind it, there's some, there's some hopeful stuff there. There's a lot of stuff out there to kind of grasp and understand what our things are. So I think that would be one book that I wish I could know further, just because potentially that's the future that's coming up. So, um, if I'm able, if I'm able to be aware of it a little bit more, maybe that could help me. I don't know. But, um, we know that our days, um, we don't know when the time will come. So I know that for sure. But I think it would be cool to a cool book to understand and maybe even share to others, explain to others. It's a tough book, very big one Full of symbolism.
David:That's a tough book to to be an expert for that's a good one, that's a good choice.
Jason:And not not only an expert for but, like it's, an expert in the original context as well. Yeah, so to have lived in that time and to know what the context would have meant, that book will melt your brain, david. What's?
David:yours, mine is. I think it's a little bit strange because most people wouldn't choose this book. Leviticus oh yeah, you know what? The more you look into the laws that were given, the more you realize how much science was behind this. And it's one of the books that I go to frequently to prove the logic side of the Bible, to say, hey, this is something they would not have known back then and they knew it.
David:More you look into these Levitical laws, the more you realize that this is God's way of protecting us as well as giving us the laws, because there is protection behind what we're allowed to eat, what we're allowed to wear, how we're supposed to wash ourselves and clean ourselves. It just goes on and on and on. And I'm definitely not an expert on it. I'm familiar with it, but I think to become an expert, to really understand every single point, every single law, that would be, I just think, really incredible for me and something that I continue to study. And you never know what will happen the next 20, 30 years of my life, but for right now, that would be my book.
Jason:Yeah, that's a tough one too. And so much to be set up for so many other things, right, like, if you can become an expert in Leviticus, so many other things fall in place later. Like that's a cool thing too. All right, and how about you? How about you almost chose my answer, which was Genesis.
Jason:Oh, hands down, hands down, I'm Genesis all the way. That's the book that I can always pick up and always get the most out of. Like I, that's the book that I can always pick up and always get the most out of. Like I, besides Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, which are like practical now, but like I can pick up Genesis and just go into a meditative trance and a million miles away by reading Genesis. Like, so, yeah I, the amount of questions that I have, the amount of what does that mean, the amount of where that I have, the amount of what does that mean, the amount of where does that take me, the amount of what systemic change does it give me when I understand this thing, like it's the foundation. It's literally the foundation, and so having a good foundation or an expert foundation would be just incredible. I keep wanting to take this class. I think I'm going to do it soon, because that's a book right there.
Javi:I've seen a couple, yes, that looks interesting and you go through.
David:I mean, you're talking about going through some time periods. You go through some time periods in Genesis more than any other book.
Jason:Yeah, thousands of years. Right, I mean, just in a single book you go through the most thousands of years, that's true. Thousands of years, right, I mean, just in a single book you go through the most thousands of years. That's true. I didn't think about that. It's the. It's the longest book technically. Yes, uh. Yeah, like chronologically, it's the longest book. Definitely wild, cool, all right, guys, always fun, always fun. We enjoyed, uh, this and we will see you guys all next week. Have a good one, bye later guys.
