Bart Ehrman and Kevin Grant - The Apocalypse: Literal or Metaphor?

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Show Notes

A recorded interview on the teachings of Jesus about the coming apocalypse.

Read by John Paul Middlesworth.

Episode Transcript

[00:00:01] Bart Ehrman and Kevin Grant the Apocalypse Literal or metaphor? [00:00:06] A while back, blog member Kevin Grant and I did a recorded interview on the teachings of Jesus about the coming apocalypse. Did he really mean it? Are we supposed to take it literally? How can readers understand the dire predictions? Here is the video. [00:00:22] Kevin is the author of what the Hell Is Hell? A non Religious look at the facts and the love that shows you how to Soar, available on Amazon.com.

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