The Bible Uncut

In this episode of The Bible Uncut , host R.L. Watson addresses the issue of whether we need a chapter and verse for everything, or do we need to allow room for God to speak? Responding to a sermon from The Well Church, R.L. examines the preachers claims that Acts 10 is an example of God changing the Law regarding food and gentiles. Here we get into the cultural, historical and linguistic context...

In this episode of The Bible Uncut , host R.L. Watson tackles a challenging question: "Can God's justice and judgment coexist with his love?" Through a deep dive into Scripture, R.L. explores the multifaceted nature of God's love, His complex character, and how His justice is an expression of that love. You'll learn how the Bible presents God’s love as inseparable from His ri...

In this episode, R.L Watson is back responding to the claim that our modern translations are the product of a homophobic agenda. R.L responds to a popular, deconstructed Instagram influencer Brian Recker who uses the history of the word 'homosexual' in 1 Corinthians 6 to argue that Paul is not condemning same sex relationships. After unpacking the verse and explaining its Old Testament inf...

In this episode, R.L Watson is back talking about how Jude uses Old Testament references and concepts in his letter. After explaining 'intertextuality', he explores its powerful application to how we study Scripture by unpacking how the often overlooked, but highly relevant, book of Jude uses Old Testament figures of rebellion and judgement to describe the false teachers troubling the chur...

In this pilot episode, R.L Watson explains the meaning of the podcast's title: what it means to read an uncut Bible. After outlining the importance of Sola and Tota Scriptura by having a good theology based on the whole council of God as recorded for us in scripture, he looks at some examples of how and why people censor the Bible and divide it into the relevant and irrelevant. Show notes: htt...