Can You Really Learn the Bible on Social Media? Colby F. Maier

About this episode

Colby F. Maier discusses the impact of social media on learning the Bible and his work with the Academy of the Bible.

Colby F. Maier is a pastor, speaker, and founder of Academy of the Bible, a global online discipleship platform that brings together world-class instructors to help Christians grow in biblical literacy, spiritual formation, and real-world application of Scripture. With a combined following of over 4 million across his platforms, Colby is known for communicating biblical teaching in a way that’s both deeply relatable and powerfully relevant to everyday life. This interview was recorded in person in Portland Oregon, so if you’re listening to this podcast, you might want to pop over to the YouTube version so he can see us hanging out in person. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Theology in the Raw

Guest: Colby F. Maier

Topics covered

• Bible learning
• social media
• discipleship
• biblical literacy
• spiritual formation

Keywords

• Bible
• social media
• Colby F. Maier
• discipleship
• spiritual growth
• biblical teaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Academy of the Bible

Places: Portland Oregon

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