{"id":3246,"date":"2020-12-14T15:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/?p=3246"},"modified":"2020-12-14T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:52:00","slug":"michael-bird-the-gospel-in-all-loci-of-systematic-theology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/michael-bird-the-gospel-in-all-loci-of-systematic-theology\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bird: The Gospel in all Loci of Systematic Theology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Michael Bird: The Gospel in all Loci of Systematic Theology\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/6USNPUNh4RPPAHj9u508G6?si=4XXPPmjJQE2vhvzuLJSQkw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us as we sit down with Dr. Bird and discuss the second edition of his Systematic Theology and what needs he saw that would cause him to take the time to offer the world yet another Systematic Theology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>I have generally believed that some theologians should be routinely slapped in the face with a soggy fish in order to try to smack some exegetical sense into them. You can only watch someone struggling to push a round peg into a square hole for so long before you finally snatch the peg from them and say, \u201cJust give it here; I\u2019ll do it for you.<\/em>\u201d &#8211; Michael Bird<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI have generally believed that some theologians should be routinely slapped in the face with a soggy fish in order to try to smack some exegetical sense into them. 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