Legalism with Amanda Hope Haley | Ep. 54 - a podcast by Emma Koch

Ladies! Welcome back to Water with Lemon and thanks for joining in on this week’s episode! This week, I got to sit down with, Amanda Hope Haley. We talk all about her new book, Mary Magdalene Never Wore Blue Eyeshadow and the adventures that led up to it.

I got to have such a fun conversation with Amanda about what God says about the Bible versus what we say about the Bible. I think that this conversation is so vital because we live in a world that listens to podcasts and reads different devotionals as a supplement to the Bible, however, we should not let those things alter what God and the Bible are actually saying. Something that Melissa said that really stuck out to me is to be uncomfortable and spend time in those places because that’s where He is going to reveal Himself the most. It is so good that we have all of these new books that we can use to grow and understand the Bible. At the end of the day, the only way that we can understand the Bible more is to dive into the Word. I’m so excited about this conversation with Amanda and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Something that was talked about in the podcast was about legalism. I think that it is so easy to believe something that we were taught as a child. However, I believe that if we have questions about the Bible, go back to the roots and read the Bible. Like Amanda said, don’t read just a couple of verses but read the whole thing. This is how we grow into what we really believe and not what others believe. God is not done with us yet, we are not done growing and learning about the Bible. I hope that you go check out Amanda’s book, Mary Magdalene Never Wore Blue Eyeshadow and hear more of her story and background. I hope that this episode was refreshing to listen to. Thank you so much for the continued support and I’ll see you next week. Stay fresh, my people.

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Here’s a little bit about Amanda!

I am an author and biblical archaeologist. I maintain a website with a blog and a podcast called "The Red-Haired Archaeologist" at www.amandahopehaley.com.

Resources:

• Barren Among The Fruitful by Amanda Hope Haley
  
  


• Mary Magdalene Never Wore Blue Eyeshadow by Amanda Hope Haley
  
  


• The Crown
  
  


• Southern Rain by Tara Cowan
  
  

Here’s what Amanda is…

Reading: Southern Rain by Tara Cowan

Watching: Most recent season of The Crown

Listening: Canadian Alternative Music because of her husband

What’s Refreshing:

• Swimming
  
  


• Yoga
  
  

Quotes:

“He has a desire to use me in a different way.” - 7:49

“God wants us interacting with the scripture.” - 17:52

“I think legalism is really attractive to Type A people like me.” - 22:38

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