All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” writes the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 3:16.

While all Christians agree that Scripture is useful, we don’t often understand how to use it. In today’s podcast, Influence magazine Executive Editor George P. Wood begins a series of occasional podcasts designed to help pastors improve how they read Scripture so they can preach Scripture better.

Joining Wood in this conversation is Rick Wadholm Jr., who is associate professor of biblical and theological studies at Trinity Bible College and Graduate School in Ellendale, North Dakota. Wadholm received his Ph.D. from Bangor University in Wales, and is author of the recently published book A Theology of the Spirit in the Former Prophets.