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Seeing Through a Glass Darkly-1Cor 13:12

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  I follow the podcast "Unbelievable" which is produced out of the UK. The show usually presents debates pairing a Christian believer with an unbeliever. They're held in a spirit of understanding rather than a desire to score points which makes them worth listening to. Recently an episode pitted Bart Ehrman, a world-famous Bible scholar and agnostic against Justin Bass a believer and author of a book on the resurrection of Jesus. The Christian fellow was new to me, but I was very familiar with Bart Ehrman. In addition to being a prolific author, Ehrman shows up in most public forums where the Bible is discussed, particularly where the program host would prefers that the expert is an unbeliever such as NPR's Fresh Air. I found him many years ago through one of his lecture series in the Great Courses series.  I currently follow his podcast "Misquoting Jesus" which is excellent. He knows his stuff and isn’t trying to shake the faith of his listeners (I doubt