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Epistemic humility in teaching: share conclusions only to the degree of confidence you actually possess

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 12) 00:07:39 – 00:12:11

Question about how Mike knows when he has read enough secondary literature to teach a topic publicly.

Mike distinguishes his live Q&A (off-the-cuff) from prepared teaching videos. He warns against a trend of online Christian content creators speaking with false certainty on everything. He recommends reading scope-of-debate summaries (e.g., R.T. France commentary on Mark) until one feels grounded. His key insight: instead of becoming confident enough to share, share with whatever degree of confidence you genuinely hold. Uncertainty should be expressed as uncertainty. He references his own undecided stance on early Genesis as an example.

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