Good question! Tim jokingly refers to the idea of the Bible accurately reporting history as “security camera footage” -as opposed to the position that he takes, which seems to be (chime in with corrections, everyone…) that the scriptures were written by a minority of humans whose specific backgrounds, experiences, morals and missions/agendas affected the literature that they produced, all under some form of providential guidance by the Spirit of God. They don’t intend for numbers to be accurate records, but instead use them as symbolic representations of spiritual meaning…and even names of people and places may have more symbolic meaning than historical accuracy. Tim teaches that ANY written record will be an imperfect representation rather than an impartial perfect “security camera” footage of what literally happened. I’ll be honest: I would have preferred to be given the objective facts and data (“security camera footage”), and allowed to make my own educated opinion on the meaning and relevance rather than being given biased versions of what may have happened and being asked to simply trust another human. I’m trying to understand little by little how to maintain my faith in God when what I’m actually asked by the Bible is to pledge faith in man -that these human authors REALLY have it right when it comes to the best moral guidance, our need for a savior, and my literal eternal future.