{"id":9872,"date":"2023-10-16T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/?p=9872"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:42:51","slug":"scripture-imagination-michael-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/bible-connection\/scripture-imagination-michael-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripture and Imagination, with Michael Card | Bible Connection Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the past forty years, Michael Card\u2019s music has touched the lives of countless people. On this episode of the Bible Connection Podcast, Michael tells us about his lifelong passion for engaging the Word of God and even plays a song for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"7RI2lP9W8PQ\"><iframe title=\"Scripture and Imagination with Michael Card | Bible Connection Podcast\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RI2lP9W8PQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4dEOgWmbqW5M6PEFnetC7b?utm_source=generator&#038;si=7d11e8a2039e414a\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-michael-card\">Michael Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout his life, singer and songwriter Michael Card has been encouraged by many different people. He explains how certain mentors impacted him and recognized his songwriting potential. Before meeting one particular mentor, William Lane, Michael was in school studying forestry, and then his life changed. Dr. Lane then impacted Michael\u2019s life and convinced him to pursue ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael explains his background as part of the Jesus Movement when he was in high school and how that shaped his faith and his work. After dedicating his life to engaging with Scripture, Michael has released over 30 albums and 27 books in order to share his love of the Lord with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Michael\u2019s albums focused on the books of the minor prophets. He shares some insights and background on how he managed to write songs based around a genre of Scripture. He explains how you can never get to the bottom of Scripture and you will always find more truth no matter how often you dig into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael explains the importance of using imagination to engage with Scripture and how that often has a bad, undeserved connotation. He even spends some time breaking down his favorite Hebrew word that he considers untranslatable and the deep theological meaning behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Michael stresses the importance of engaging Scripture with your imagination. Without doing that, many of the teachings of Jesus will be lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a special moment, Michael plays a song on the podcast called Gomer\u2019s Song all about God\u2019s unconditional forgiveness as illustrated through the story of Hosea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-excerpts-from-this-podcast\">Excerpts from This Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6:48 \u2013 7:02<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cMy whole life has been to try and understand Scripture, engage, listen with all your heart and with all your mind. And the way you do that is you engage with your imagination. That brings both your heart and your mind into the whole process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9:10<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cIn order to write a song, the idea has to resonate, it has to have some resonance to it. Not just be true \u2013 but it should be true, obviously \u2013 but just be different enough and have a twist so that it\u2019s lyrical. Those ideas are hard to find.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14:59 \u2013 15:24<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cOf all the words in the Hebrew Bible, I think hesed is the one \u2013 it\u2019s untranslatable. My translation takes a whole sentence. Hesed is when the person from whom I have a right to expect nothing gives me everything. I stand before the cross of Jesus and I say, \u2018I have no right to expect anything from You, I nailed You there.\u2019 What do I get? Do I get a second chance? No. I get more chances than you could possibly imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19:37 \u2013 19:55<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cThe point of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/learn\/topics-themes\/explainers\/jesus-parables\/\">Jesus\u2019 parables<\/a> is that if you don\u2019t engage with your imagination, you\u2019re not going to get it. Because it\u2019s not just a spoonfed truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>21:15 <\/strong>\u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s a bad thing to think that you know what the Bible is about to say. It\u2019s the same way I listen to my wife. I know what she\u2019s about to say, right? So I\u2019m not really listening. That\u2019s not how you really listen to people. So I say get a new translation, one that you\u2019re not used to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-featured-scripture\">Featured Scripture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.<br>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy+6%3A4-5&amp;version=NKJV&amp;utm_source=bg&amp;utm_medium=bglearn&amp;utm_campaign=bcp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (NKJV)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-episode-links\">Episode Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelcard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael\u2019s website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter Michael Card explores how music and imagination help us engage Scripture with both heart and mind on Bible Connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[157],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scripture and Imagination, with Michael Card | Bible Connection Podcast | Bible Gateway News &amp; 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