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The Bible For Normal People
Peter Enns and Jared Byas
Show • 386 episodes
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A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.
Episodes
Activity
[Bible] Episode 309: Elizabeth Shively - The Gospel of Mark, Explained
Episode • Sep 15
[Faith] Episode 64: Drew G. I. Hart & Jarrod McKenna - Creative Resistance & the Joy of Nonviolence
Episode • Sep 8
[Bible] Episode 308: Bill Schniedewind - The Scribes Who Wrote the Bible
Episode • Sep 1
[Bible] Episode 307: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Proverbs (REISSUE)
Episode • Aug 25
[Faith] Episode 63: Mariko Clark - Helping Kids Grow an Expansive Faith
Episode • Aug 18
[Bible] Episode 306: Pete Enns & the Old Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the Hebrew Bible)
Episode • Aug 11
[Faith] Episode 62: Zach W. Lambert - The Lenses Through Which We Read the Bible
Episode • Aug 4
[Bible] Episode 305: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today (REISSUE)
Episode • Jul 28
[Bible] Episode 304: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Psalms
Episode • Jul 21
[Faith] Episode 61: David P. Gushee - Living the Teachings of Jesus
Episode • Jul 14
[Bible] Episode 303: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible Even Important Anymore?
Episode • Jul 7
[Faith] Episode 60: Beau Underwood & Brian Kaylor - Christian Nationalism Across the Political Spectrum
Episode • Jun 30
[Bible] Episode 302: Julie Faith Parker - How Interpretation Made Eve a Villain
Episode • Jun 23
[Bible] Episode 301: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting the Bible in the Mainline Church (REISSUE)
Episode • Jun 16
[Faith] Episode 59: Malcolm Foley - The Connection Between Racism and Greed
Episode • Jun 9
[Bible] Episode 300: Caroline Blyth & Emily Colgan - What to Do About Violence in the Bible
Episode • Jun 2
[Faith] Episode 58: Adis Duderija - The Diversity of Islam
Episode • May 26
[Bible] Episode 299: Garrick Allen - Something’s Hiding in the Margins of Your Bible
Episode • May 19
[Bible] Episode 298: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Job (REISSUE)
Episode • May 12
[Faith] Episode 57: Janet Williams - What We Can (and Can’t) Say About God
Episode • May 5
[Bible] Episode 297: Alexiana Fry - Trauma in the Hebrew Bible
Episode • Apr 28
[Bible] April Bonus Episode: Jared Byas & the New Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the New Testament)
Episode • Apr 25
[Faith] Episode 56: Wylin D. Wilson - Womanist Wisdom for a Wounded World
Episode • Apr 21
[Bible] Episode 296: Richard Rohr - Seeing Through the Eyes of the Prophets
Episode • Apr 14
[ATBW] Episode 5 - She Refused to Take the Bed
Episode • Apr 10
[Bible] Episode 295: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Esther
Episode • Apr 7
[ATBW] Episode 4 - People Who Have Consensual Affairs Don't End Up With PTSD
Episode • Apr 3
[Faith] Episode 55: Matthew Paul Turner - The Challenge of Raising Kids with the Bible
Episode • Mar 31
[ATBW] Episode 3 - Loopholes
Episode • Mar 27
[Bible] Episode 294: Roberto de La Noval - Universalism as a Doctrine
Episode • Mar 24
[ATBW] Episode 2 - The Invisible Woman
Episode • Mar 20
[Faith] Episode 54: Erin Hicks Moon - Disentangling Faith
Episode • Mar 17
[ATBW] Episode 1 - George Orwell Warned Us About 1984
Episode • Mar 13
[Bible] Episode 293: Beth Allison Barr & Savannah Locke - The Women Filed Away by the Southern Baptist Convention
Episode • Mar 10
[ATBW] Introducing All the Buried Women
Episode • Mar 6
[Bible] Episode 292: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 5)
Episode • Mar 3
[Faith] Episode 53: Sarah McCammon - The Politics of Evangelicalism
Episode • Feb 24
[Bible] Episode 291: John Dominic Crossan - Paul's Vision Beyond Violence
Episode • Feb 17
[Faith] Episode 52: Larycia Hawkins - Embodied Solidarity
Episode • Feb 10
[Bible] Episode 290: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Biblical Criticism & the Modern Mindset
Episode • Feb 3
[Faith] Episode 51: A Holiday Roast
Episode • Dec 23, 2024
[Bible] Episode 289: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Pete & Jared Ruin Prophecy (Christmas Edition)
Episode • Dec 16, 2024
[Faith] Episode 50: Esau McCaulley - The Search for God and Self
Episode • Dec 9, 2024
[Bible] Episode 288: Havilah Dharamraj - The Song of Songs Is More Than Biblical Bridgerton
Episode • Dec 2, 2024
[Faith] Episode 49: Hillary McBride & Preston McDaniel Hill - Mental Health in a Faith Transition
Episode • Nov 25, 2024
[Bible] Episode 287: Julia Watts Belser - A Jewish Perspective on Disability
Episode • Nov 18, 2024
[Bible] Episode 286: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 4)
Episode • Nov 11, 2024
[Bible] Episode 285: Pete Enns & the Old Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the Hebrew Bible)
Episode • Nov 4, 2024
[Faith] Episode 48: Bishop Michael Curry - Love Makes Room for Us All (REISSUE)
Episode • Oct 28, 2024
[Bible] Episode 284: Jennifer G. Bird - The Myth of Biblical Marriage
Episode • Oct 21, 2024
[Faith] Episode 47: Lee C. Camp - America Can Never Be a Christian Nation
Episode • Oct 14, 2024
[Bible] Episode 283: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 3)
Episode • Oct 7, 2024
[Faith] Episode 46: Elizabeth Orr - A Path to Self-Compassion with the Enneagram
Episode • Sep 30, 2024
[Bible] Bonus Episode: Jon D. Levenson - Child Sacrifice in the Bible (Part 2)
Episode • Sep 24, 2024
[Bible] Episode 282: Jon D. Levenson - Child Sacrifice in the Bible (Part 1)
Episode • Sep 23, 2024
[Faith] Episode 45: Valarie Kaur - Wisdom & Love in the Sikh Tradition
Episode • Sep 16, 2024
[Bible] Episode 281: Madhavi Nevader - Biblical Models of Political Power
Episode • Sep 9, 2024
[Bible] Episode 280: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 2)
Episode • Sep 2, 2024
[Bible] Episode 279: Greg Carey - Apocalyptic Imagination in the Bible
Episode • Aug 26, 2024
[Faith] Episode 44: J. Aaron Simmons - Søren Kierkegaard & Faith Beyond Christendom
Episode • Aug 19, 2024
[Bible] Episode 278: Amy-Jill Levine - Who Are the Pharisees Actually?
Episode • Aug 12, 2024
[Faith] Episode 43: Yolanda Pierce - Nobody's Doing Theology from the Moon
Episode • Aug 5, 2024
[Bible] Episode 277: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 1)
Episode • Jul 29, 2024
[Faith] Episode 42: David Dark - Doubt as a Holy Task
Episode • Jul 22, 2024
[Bible] Episode 276: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - The Difference Between Biblical Studies and Theology
Episode • Jul 15, 2024
[Faith] Episode 41: Regina Shands Stoltzfus - A Nonviolent Faith
Episode • Jul 8, 2024
[Bible] Episode 275: J. Christopher Edwards - How the Gospel Writers Invented Jesus's Jewish Executioners
Episode • Jul 1, 2024
[Bible] Episode 274: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Nehemiah
Episode • Jun 24, 2024
[Bible] Episode 273: Jennifer Garcia Bashaw - What Did the Crucifixion Do? (REISSUE)
Episode • Jun 17, 2024
[Faith] Episode 40: Anna Case-Winters - What Does It Mean for God to Be with Us?
Episode • Jun 10, 2024
[Bible] Episode 272: Hugo Méndez - Who Wrote John?
Episode • Jun 3, 2024
[Faith] Episode 39: Candice Czubernat - Religious Trauma & LGBTQ+ Christians
Episode • May 27, 2024
[Bible] Episode 271: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Ezra
Episode • May 20, 2024
[Faith] Episode 38: Tamice Spencer-Helms - Grounding Our Faith in Our Experiences
Episode • May 13, 2024
[Bible] Episode 270: Charles Halton - Is God More Humanlike Than We Thought?
Episode • May 6, 2024
[Faith] Episode 37: Sarah Bessey - It’s Okay to Deconstruct
Episode • Apr 29, 2024
[Bible] Episode 269: Jack Levison - The Greek Life of Adam & Eve
Episode • Apr 22, 2024
[Bible] Episode 268: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Chronicles
Episode • Apr 15, 2024
[Bible] Episode 267: Jamal-Dominique Hopkins - Sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Episode • Apr 8, 2024
[Faith] Episode 36: J.S. Park - Sitting with the Dying
Episode • Apr 1, 2024
[Bible] Episode 266: Candida Moss - Enslaved People & the Making of the Bible
Episode • Mar 25, 2024
[Faith] Episode 35: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Navigating Through Black-and-White Thinking
Episode • Mar 18, 2024
[Bible] Episode 265: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 2 Kings
Episode • Mar 11, 2024
[Faith] Episode 34: Grace Semler Baldridge - Faith Is a Moving Target
Episode • Mar 4, 2024
[Bible] Episode 264: Aaron Higashi - Five Things You Need to Know About 1 & 2 Samuel
Episode • Feb 26, 2024
[Faith] Episode 33: Pete Holmes - A God That’s Better Than Larry
Episode • Feb 19, 2024
[Bible] Episode 263: Bart Ehrman - The Gospels & Historical Reliability
Episode • Feb 12, 2024
[Faith] Episode 32: A Holiday Roast
Episode • Dec 25, 2023
[Bible] Episode 262: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Pete & Jared Aren’t Trying to Ruin Christmas (This Time)
Episode • Dec 18, 2023
[Faith] Episode 31: Adil Hussain Khan - Islam & Interreligious Dialogue
Episode • Dec 11, 2023
[Bible] Episode 261: Ekaputra Tupamahu - Speaking in Tongues
Episode • Dec 4, 2023
[Faith] Episode 30: Pádraig Ó Tuama - A Poetic Look at the Bible
Episode • Nov 27, 2023
[Bible] Episode 260: Jacob L. Wright - Why the Bible Came to Be
Episode • Nov 20, 2023
[Faith] Episode 29: Grace Ji-Sun Kim - A Theology of Visibility
Episode • Nov 13, 2023
[Bible] Episode 259: Robyn Whitaker - The Book of Revelation
Episode • Nov 6, 2023
[Faith] Episode 28: Thomas Jay Oord - The Problem of Evil (Part 2)
Episode • Oct 30, 2023
[Bible] Episode 258: Marc Brettler & Alan Lenzi - The Problem of Evil (Part 1)
Episode • Oct 23, 2023
[Faith] Episode 27: Christin Fort - Attachment Theory & God
Episode • Oct 16, 2023
[Bible] Episode 257: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 1 Kings
Episode • Oct 9, 2023
[Faith] Episode 26: Matthias Roberts - Psychology, Religious Trauma, & Reconstructing Faith
Episode • Oct 2, 2023
[Bible] Episode 256: Barbara Leung Lai - The Inner Life of Biblical Characters
Episode • Sep 25, 2023
[Faith] Episode 25: Eddie Howells - Christian Mysticism Is Actually a Thing
Episode • Sep 18, 2023
[Bible] Episode 255: John Dominic Crossan - The Other Gospels
Episode • Sep 11, 2023
[Faith] Episode 24: Cole Arthur Riley - The Body of Faith
Episode • Sep 4, 2023
[Bible] Episode 254: Richard Kalmin - The Talmud
Episode • Aug 28, 2023
[Faith] Episode 23: Felipe Hinojosa - Latino Church History is American Church History
Episode • Aug 21, 2023
[Bible] Episode 253: Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams - The Book of Ruth
Episode • Aug 14, 2023
[Faith] Episode 22: Lisa Fullam - Making Decisions the Ignatian Way
Episode • Aug 7, 2023
[Bible] Episode 252: Steed Davidson - The Bible’s Ambivalence Toward Empire
Episode • Jul 31, 2023
[Faith] Episode 21: Hans Halvorson - God & The Cosmos
Episode • Jul 24, 2023
[Bible] Episode 251: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 2 Samuel
Episode • Jul 17, 2023
[Faith] Episode 20: Jared Byas - The Revelations of Jared Byas
Episode • Jul 10, 2023
[Bible] Episode 250: Safwat Marzouk - The Bizarre Book of Ezekiel
Episode • Jul 3, 2023
[Faith] Episode 19: Sarah Lane Ritchie - Belief & the Brain
Episode • Jun 26, 2023
[Bible] Episode 249: Shannon T.L. Kearns - Reading Scripture as a Transgender Christian
Episode • Jun 19, 2023
[Faith] Episode 18: David Bentley Hart - What’s the Deal with the Creeds?
Episode • Jun 12, 2023
[Bible] Episode 248: Cheryl B. Anderson - The Ethical Impact of Biblical Interpretation (REISSUE)
Episode • Jun 5, 2023
[Faith] Episode 17: Ally Henny - Finding Your Voice in the Face of Injustice
Episode • Jun 1, 2023
[Bible] Episode 247: Jared Byas - What It Means to Take the Bible Literally
Episode • May 29, 2023
[Faith] Episode 16: Brian McLaren - The Four Stages of Faith (REISSUE)
Episode • May 25, 2023
[Bible] Episode 246: Amy Kalmanofsky - Dangerous Sisters in the Hebrew Bible
Episode • May 22, 2023
[Faith] Episode 15: Dale C. Allison Jr. - Encountering Mystery
Episode • May 18, 2023
[Bible] Episode 245: Elizabeth Schrader Polczer - Resurrecting Mary the Tower
Episode • May 15, 2023
[Faith] Episode 14: Danté Stewart - The Power of Black Literature
Episode • May 11, 2023
[Bible] Episode 244: Manuel Cruz - What It Means to Be Moral
Episode • May 8, 2023
[Faith] Episode 13: Kaitlin Curtice - A Fresh Vision for the Spiritual Life
Episode • May 4, 2023
[Bible] Episode 243: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Finding Wisdom in the Balance
Episode • May 1, 2023
[Faith] Episode 12: Erica Smith - Dropping Out of Purity Culture
Episode • Apr 27, 2023
[Bible] Episode 242: Lisa Marie Bowens - The Cosmic Battle in 2 Corinthians
Episode • Apr 24, 2023
[Faith] Episode 11: Rainn Wilson - Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
Episode • Apr 20, 2023
[Bible] Episode 241: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 1 Samuel
Episode • Apr 17, 2023
[Faith] Episode 10: D. Danyelle Thomas - Decolonizing Our Faith
Episode • Apr 13, 2023
[Bible] Episode 240: Dan McClellan - Why God Is Like a Hotdog
Episode • Apr 10, 2023
[Faith] Episode 9: Jared Byas - The Genesis of Jared Byas
Episode • Apr 6, 2023
[Bible] Episode 239: Cameron B. R. Howard - How Is the Bible Authoritative?
Episode • Apr 3, 2023
[Faith] Episode 8: Joseph Henrich - Is Christianity Weird?
Episode • Mar 30, 2023
[Bible] Episode 238: Josh James - Psalms Isn't What You Think It Is
Episode • Mar 27, 2023
[Faith] Episode 7: Robin Parry - The Historical Roots of Christian Universalism
Episode • Mar 23, 2023
[Bible] Episode 237: Sam Boyd - What the Tower of Babel Is Really About
Episode • Mar 20, 2023
[Faith] Episode 6: Jonathan Jong - Faith & the Fear of Death
Episode • Mar 16, 2023
[Bible] Episode 236: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Should the Bible Be Read Like Any Other Book?
Episode • Mar 13, 2023
[Faith] Episode 5: K.J. Ramsey - What If Our Bodies & Feelings Can Be Trusted?
Episode • Mar 9, 2023
[Bible] Episode 235: Aaron Koller - Biblicizing Esther
Episode • Mar 6, 2023
[Faith] Episode 4: Bekah McNeel - Parenting Through a Faith Transition
Episode • Mar 2, 2023
[Bible] Episode 234: Meredith J. C. Warren - Meredith Warren Ruins John 6
Episode • Feb 27, 2023
[Faith] Episode 3: Anil Seth - What Is Consciousness? (and Other Easy Questions)
Episode • Feb 23, 2023
[Bible] Episode 233: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Judges
Episode • Feb 20, 2023
[Faith] Episode 2: Rhett & Jessie McLaughlin - Finding a Curious Faith
Episode • Feb 16, 2023
[Bible] Episode 232: David Lambert - Is the Bible “Scripture”?
Episode • Feb 13, 2023
[Faith] Episode 1: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - What Is Faith for Normal People?
Episode • Feb 9, 2023
[Bible] Episode 231: Beth Allison Barr - Pushing Back Against Biblical Womanhood
Episode • Feb 6, 2023
Episode 230: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Pete & Jared Ruin Christmas
Episode • Dec 12, 2022
Episode 229: Joel Marcus - Parting of the Ways Between Judaism & Christianity
Episode • Dec 5, 2022
Episode 228: Emilie Townes - The Wisdom of Hope (REISSUE)
Episode • Nov 28, 2022
Episode 227: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Joshua
Episode • Nov 21, 2022
Episode 226: Meredith Riedel - What is Byzantine Christianity? (And Why Should We Care?)
Episode • Nov 14, 2022
Episode 225: Daniel Kirk - Romans Isn’t What You Think It Is
Episode • Nov 7, 2022
Episode 224: Gregory Mobley - Satan’s Biblical Roots
Episode • Oct 31, 2022
Episode 223: Jared Byas - Misconceptions About Deconstruction & the Bible
Episode • Oct 24, 2022
Episode 222: Pamela Eisenbaum - Paul & Salvation
Episode • Oct 17, 2022
Episode 221: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - How to Read the Bible Now That We've Ruined It
Episode • Oct 10, 2022
Episode 220: Joel Baden - The Historical David
Episode • Oct 3, 2022
Episode 219: Jemar Tisby - Acknowledging Racism in the Church
Episode • Sep 26, 2022
Episode 218: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Deuteronomy
Episode • Sep 19, 2022
Episode 217: Jonathan Jong - How Scientists Study Religion
Episode • Sep 12, 2022
Episode 216: Rev. Dr. Angela N. Parker - The White Supremacy of Inerrancy
Episode • Sep 5, 2022
Episode 215: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - The Center of the Hebrew Bible
Episode • Aug 29, 2022
Episode 214: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - On Repentance and Repair
Episode • Aug 15, 2022
Episode 213: Amanda Held Opelt - The Honesty of Grief
Episode • Aug 1, 2022
Episode 212: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Numbers
Episode • Jul 18, 2022
Episode 211: David P. Gushee - Christian Ethics & the Memory of Jesus
Episode • Jul 4, 2022
Episode 210: Sidnie White Crawford - What You Really Need to Know about the Dead Sea Scrolls
Episode • Jun 20, 2022
Episode 209: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 4
Episode • Jun 6, 2022
Episode 208: David Farrier - What's Going On With Megachurches?
Episode • May 30, 2022
Episode 207: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Respecting the Bible for What It Is (And Isn’t)
Episode • May 23, 2022
Episode 206: Dale C. Allison - Approaching the Resurrection of Jesus as a Historian
Episode • May 16, 2022
Episode 205: Amy Kenny - My Body Is Not a Prayer Request
Episode • May 9, 2022
Episode 204: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Leviticus
Episode • May 2, 2022
Episode 203: Andre Henry - Systemic Racism in the Church
Episode • Apr 25, 2022
Episode 202: Jeff Chu - Grief as a Biblical Practice (REISSUE)
Episode • Apr 18, 2022
Episode 201: Debra Rienstra - Eco-Theology: Beyond Stewardship
Episode • Apr 11, 2022
Episode 200: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Does the Bible Still Matter?
Episode • Apr 4, 2022
Episode 199: Becca Stevens - Reimagining Scripture for a Suffering World
Episode • Mar 28, 2022
Episode 198: Anna Sieges - The Minor Prophets and Why We Shouldn't Call Them That
Episode • Mar 21, 2022
Episode 197: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 3
Episode • Mar 14, 2022
Episode 196: Chris Hoklotubbe - The Bible and Native American Spirituality
Episode • Mar 7, 2022
Episode 195: Gary Rendsburg - History and the Exodus
Episode • Feb 28, 2022
Episode 194: Pete Enns - Staying Christian Is Hard, Isn't It?
Episode • Feb 21, 2022
Episode 193: Lisa Sharon Harper - The Meaning of the Image of God
Episode • Feb 14, 2022
Episode 192: Bishop Michael Curry - Love Makes Room for Us All
Episode • Feb 7, 2022
Episode 191: Pete & Jared - Creative Interpretation as Necessary
Episode • Dec 13, 2021
Episode 190: Austin Channing Brown - Preaching the Bible in the Black Church (REISSUE)
Episode • Dec 6, 2021
Episode 189: Pete Enns - Faith and the New Normal
Episode • Nov 29, 2021
Episode 188: Willie James Jennings - The Book of Acts & the Acts of the Spirit
Episode • Nov 22, 2021
Episode 187: Kirsten Powers - How Grace Saves Us
Episode • Nov 14, 2021
Episode 186: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 2
Episode • Nov 8, 2021
Episode 185: Randy Woodley - Following Jesus as a Native Traditionalist
Episode • Nov 1, 2021
Episode 184: Heather Macumber - Monsters in the Bible
Episode • Oct 25, 2021
Episode 183: Jennifer Bashaw - What Did the Crucifixion Do?
Episode • Oct 18, 2021
Episode 182: Pete & Jared - The Evolution of Adam
Episode • Oct 11, 2021
Episode 181: Kate Bowler - The Prosperity Gospel & a Theology of Suffering
Episode • Oct 4, 2021
Episode 180: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today
Episode • Sep 27, 2021
Episode 179: Paul Deal - Integrating Faith and Psychology
Episode • Sep 20, 2021
Episode 178: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Isaiah
Episode • Sep 13, 2021
Episode 177: Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. - Social Justice & the Radical Gospel
Episode • Sep 6, 2021
Episode 176: Jared Byas - The Making of the Modern Mindset, Pt. 1
Episode • Aug 23, 2021
Episode 175: Jodi Magness - The Jesus of Archaeology
Episode • Aug 9, 2021
Episode 174: Brian McLaren - The Four Stages of Faith
Episode • Jul 26, 2021
Episode 173: Cheryl B. Anderson - The Ethical Impact of Biblical Interpretation
Episode • Jul 12, 2021
Episode 172: Pete Enns - A Whole Different Way of Reading Genesis
Episode • Jun 28, 2021
Episode 171: Ted Lewis - The Origins of God
Episode • Jun 14, 2021
Episode 170: Kristin Kobes Du Mez - A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity
Episode • Jun 7, 2021
Episode 169: Pete & Jared - The Bible and the "Problem of History"
Episode • May 31, 2021
Episode 168: Xavier Pickett - When Did White Christian America Lose Its Mind? (REISSUE)
Episode • May 24, 2021
Episode 167: Joshua Harris - A Story of Public Deconstruction
Episode • May 17, 2021
Episode 166: Matthew Paul Turner - Teaching God to Our Kids
Episode • May 10, 2021
Episode 165: Stephanie Tait - Disability Theology is for Everyone
Episode • May 3, 2021
Episode 164: Pete Enns - Where Did Our Bible Come From?
Episode • Apr 26, 2021
Episode 163: Tripp Fuller - Thinking About Jesus Today
Episode • Apr 19, 2021
Episode 162: Jared & Sarah Byas - Parenting in a Faith Transition
Episode • Apr 12, 2021
Episode 161: Amanda Mbuvi - Finding Ourselves in the Stories of the Bible
Episode • Apr 5, 2021
Episode 160: Pete and Jared - The Risk of an "Errant" Bible
Episode • Mar 29, 2021
Episode 159: Richard Elliott Friedman - Who Wrote the Pentateuch?
Episode • Mar 22, 2021
Episode 158: Maria Doerfler - Reading the Bible in Times of Crisis
Episode • Mar 15, 2021
Episode 157: Nadia Bolz-Weber - Being a Christian in the Messiness
Episode • Mar 8, 2021
Episode 156: Pete and Jared - Your Questions About Prayer, Marriage, White Jesus, an Angry God, and a Murky Bible
Episode • Mar 1, 2021
Episode 155: Sarah Bessey - Why Bother Praying?
Episode • Feb 22, 2021
Episode 154: Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler - How Jews & Christians Read the Bible Differently
Episode • Feb 15, 2021
Episode 153: James Kugel - Shifting Perspectives on God in the Bible
Episode • Feb 8, 2021
Episode 152: Pete Enns - What Makes Christianity Different?
Episode • Feb 1, 2021
Episode 151: 2020 - Let's Not and Say We Did
Episode • Dec 14, 2020
Episode 150: Christopher Rollston - Where Does Hebrew Come From?
Episode • Dec 7, 2020
Episode 149: Dan Koch - The End Times & American Christian Culture
Episode • Nov 30, 2020
Episode 148: Pete Enns - Adam, Evangelicalism, & the Metanarrative of Evolution
Episode • Nov 23, 2020
Episode 147: Benjamin D. Sommer - Does God Have a Body?
Episode • Nov 16, 2020
Episode 146: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 3
Episode • Nov 9, 2020
Episode 145: Emilie Townes - The Wisdom of Hope
Episode • Nov 2, 2020
Episode 144: Austen Hartke - The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians (REISSUE)
Episode • Oct 26, 2020
Episode 143: Martha Himmelfarb - Second Temple Judaism & Apocalyptic Literature
Episode • Oct 19, 2020
Episode 142: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 2
Episode • Oct 12, 2020
Episode 141: John Franke - God Is On a Mission and So Can You
Episode • Oct 5, 2020
BONUS Episode: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott - What Archaeologists Do & Why it Matters
Episode • Oct 1, 2020
Episode 140: Paula Fredriksen - When Christians Were Jews
Episode • Sep 28, 2020
Episode 139: Pete Enns - You Have Questions, Pete Has Answers
Episode • Sep 21, 2020
Episode 138: Pete & Jared - How Love Changes the Meaning of the Bible
Episode • Sep 14, 2020
Episode 137: James Kugel - Challenging Our Assumptions About the Bible
Episode • Sep 7, 2020
Episode 136: Ariel Sabar - Telling the Truth About Jesus' Wife
Episode • Aug 24, 2020
Episode 135: Gary Anderson - How the Bible Talks About Sin
Episode • Aug 10, 2020
Episode 134: Ilia Delio - Grounding God in Evolution
Episode • Jul 27, 2020
Episode 133: Pete Enns - The Book of Job
Episode • Jul 13, 2020
Episode 132: Joe Gordon - A Conversation About Inspiration
Episode • Jun 29, 2020
Episode 131: Pete & Jared - Did the Bible Get it Wrong?
Episode • Jun 15, 2020
Episode 130: Drew Hart - The Bible, Race, & White Supremacy (REISSUE)
Episode • Jun 8, 2020
Episode 129: Brooke Prentis - Reading the Bible Through Aboriginal Eyes
Episode • May 25, 2020
Episode 128: Matthias Henze - The Bible & Second Temple Judaism
Episode • May 18, 2020
Episode 127: Miguel De La Torre - Diverse Voices in Biblical Scholarship
Episode • May 11, 2020
Episode 126: Kirsten Powers - The Journey To Grace
Episode • May 4, 2020
Episode 125: Pete Enns - Big Ideas that Shaped Biblical Scholarship: Julius Wellhausen and the Pentateuch
Episode • Apr 27, 2020
Episode 124: Yii-Jan Lin - Immigration & the Book of Revelation
Episode • Apr 20, 2020
Episode 123: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 1
Episode • Apr 13, 2020
Episode 122: Emerson Powery - The Bible as a Source of Liberation
Episode • Apr 6, 2020
Episode 121: Pete and Jared - Pete and Jared Talk About the Afterlife
Episode • Mar 30, 2020
Episode 120: Jack Levison - The Spirit, Wind, & Breath of God in the Bible
Episode • Mar 23, 2020
Episode 119: Xavier Ramey - Diversity, Social Justice, and the Gospel
Episode • Mar 16, 2020
Episode 118: Meghan Henning - Does Hell Exist?
Episode • Mar 9, 2020
Episode 117: Pete Enns - Reading the Old Testament Christotelicly
Episode • Mar 2, 2020
Episode 116: Sarah Ruden - Getting Inside the Head of Paul & Jesus
Episode • Feb 24, 2020
Episode 115: Alison Cook - Your Emotions Are Not Your Spiritual Enemy
Episode • Feb 17, 2020
Episode 114: Pete and Jared - How to Read the Bible in 2020
Episode • Feb 10, 2020
Episode 113: James Martin - The Gift of Imagination in Reading Scripture
Episode • Feb 3, 2020
Season 4 Teaser
Episode • Jan 27, 2020
Episode 112: Pete and Jared - How “How the Bible Actually Works” Works
Episode • Dec 16, 2019
Episode 111: Tom Oord - Uncontrolling Love of God
Episode • Dec 9, 2019
Episode 110: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 6)
Episode • Dec 2, 2019
Episode 109: Megan DeFranza - The Bible and Intersex Believers (REISSUE)
Episode • Nov 25, 2019
Episode 108: Pete Wehner - Faith, Politics, & Polarization
Episode • Nov 18, 2019
Episode 107: Cindy Wang Brandt - Raising Children in the Faith
Episode • Nov 11, 2019
Episode 106: Jared Byas - 5 Principles for Biblical Interpretation
Episode • Nov 4, 2019
Episode 105: Wil Gafney - Womanist Midrash (REISSUE)
Episode • Oct 28, 2019
Episode 104: Jeff Chu - Grief As A Biblical Practice
Episode • Oct 21, 2019
Episode 103: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 5)
Episode • Oct 14, 2019
Episode 102: Jonathan Martin - Pentecostalism as Mysticism
Episode • Oct 7, 2019
Episode 101: Andrew Perriman - Does the New Testament Predict the Future?
Episode • Sep 30, 2019
Episode 100: Pete & Jared on Genesis
Episode • Sep 23, 2019
Episode 99: Jennifer Knust - The Bible As A Living Document
Episode • Sep 16, 2019
Episode 98: Pete Holmes - Pete Holmes Talks About Comedy, Sex, & God
Episode • Sep 9, 2019
Episode 97: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus: Part 4
Episode • Sep 2, 2019
Episode 96: Jared Byas - Christian Ethics
Episode • Aug 26, 2019
Episode 95: Cheryl Bridges Johns - The Bible & Women’s Spirituality
Episode • Aug 12, 2019
Episode 94: Pete & Jared - Do We Know God is Good From the Bible?
Episode • Jul 29, 2019
Episode 93: Keesmaat & Walsh - Resisting Empire in the Book of Romans
Episode • Jul 15, 2019
Episode 92: AJ Levine - Jesus, Judaism, & Christianity (REISSUE)
Episode • Jul 1, 2019
Episode 91: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 3)
Episode • Jun 17, 2019
Episode 90: Richard Rohr - The (Biblical) Universal Christ
Episode • Jun 3, 2019
Episode 89: Pete and Jared - David’s Sordid Past: This Ain’t No Kids Story
Episode • May 27, 2019
Episode 88: Rachel Held Evans - Reading The Bible Creatively
Episode • May 20, 2019
Episode 87: Robert Alter - The Art of Translating the Bible
Episode • May 13, 2019
Episode 86: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 2)
Episode • May 7, 2019
Episode 85: Austen Hartke - The Bible & The Lives of Transgender Christians
Episode • Apr 29, 2019
Episode 84: Jared Byas - Paul is Frustrating: On Fornication & Wives Obeying Husbands in Colossians
Episode • Apr 22, 2019
Episode 83: Judy Stack - The Gospel of Matthew on Integrity & Hypocrisy
Episode • Apr 15, 2019
Episode 82: Linda Kay Klein - Breaking Free From Purity Culture
Episode • Apr 8, 2019
Episode 81: Pete & Jared - Truth is Subjective . . . Even in the Bible
Episode • Apr 1, 2019
Episode 80: Jonathan Walton - Reading the Bible Through the Lens of Love
Episode • Mar 25, 2019
Episode 79: Austin Channing Brown - Preaching the Bible in the Black Church
Episode • Mar 18, 2019
Episode 78: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 1)
Episode • Mar 11, 2019
Episode 77: Elizabeth Enns Petters - Anxiety in the Life of Faith
Episode • Mar 4, 2019
Episode 76: Xavier Pickett - So When Did White Christian America Lose Its Mind?
Episode • Feb 25, 2019
Episode 75: Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch - The Bible & Film
Episode • Feb 18, 2019
Episode 74: Pete & Jared - God’s Children Tell the Story
Episode • Feb 11, 2019
Episode 73: Propaganda - What Does Christian Art Even Mean?
Episode • Feb 4, 2019
Season 3 Teaser
Episode • Jan 28, 2019
Episode 72: What Is the Bible & What Do We Do with It: Season 2 Recap
Episode • Dec 17, 2018
Episode 71: Brad Jersak - The Bible And Orthodox Faith
Episode • Dec 10, 2018
Episode 70: Pete Enns - TGC Doesn’t Really Get Progressive Christianity and Atheism
Episode • Dec 3, 2018
Episode 69: Daniel Kirk - Five Things You Need to Know About the Gospel of Mark
Episode • Nov 26, 2018
Episode 68: Trey Pearson - Hey Jesus
Episode • Nov 19, 2018
Episode 67: Jonathan Merritt - Re-imagining Sacred Speech
Episode • Nov 12, 2018
Episode 66: Jared Byas - The Book of Jeremiah
Episode • Nov 5, 2018
Episode 65: Kent Sparks - Where Did the Israelites Come From?
Episode • Oct 29, 2018
Episode 64: Kevin Makins - Reading the Bible Toward Unity Not Uniformity
Episode • Oct 22, 2018
Episode 63: Pete Enns - What Does the Bible Have to Say about Politics—American or Otherwise?
Episode • Oct 15, 2018
Episode 62: Brent Strawn - A Gentle Reminder that the Old Testament is Part of Our Bible and You Can't Avoid It
Episode • Oct 8, 2018
Episode 61: Pete & Jared - Creeds, Confessions & Statements of Belief
Episode • Oct 1, 2018
Episode 60: Mark Smith - Who Is Yahweh & Where Did Yahweh Come From?
Episode • Sep 24, 2018
Episode 59: Jared Byas - How to Talk to People You Disagree With
Episode • Sep 17, 2018
Episode 58: Bill Schniedewind - When and Why the Bible Was Written
Episode • Sep 3, 2018
Episode 57: LIVE from Wild Goose
Episode • Aug 13, 2018
Episode 56: Pete Enns - Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament
Episode • Aug 6, 2018
Episode 55: Rachel Held Evans - Unraveling and Re-Raveling the Bible (from Season 1)
Episode • Jul 23, 2018
Episode 54: Jared & Pete - Q & A
Episode • Jul 9, 2018
Episode 53: Sarah Bessey - Connecting The Holy Spirit & The Holy Bible
Episode • Jun 25, 2018
Episode 52: Pete Enns - Ecclesiastes
Episode • Jun 11, 2018
Episode 51: Jamie Wright - Jesus, Justice & the Mission Field
Episode • May 28, 2018
Episode 50: Rob Bell - What is the Bible?
Episode • May 21, 2018
Episode 49: Pete & Jared - Critical Thinking
Episode • May 14, 2018
Episode 48: Jeffrey Stackert - Who Wrote the Pentateuch?
Episode • May 7, 2018
Episode 47: Audrey Assad - Deconverting From Certainty
Episode • Apr 30, 2018
Episode 46: Wil Gafney - Womanist Midrash
Episode • Apr 23, 2018
Episode 45: Pete Enns - Romans for Normal People
Episode • Apr 16, 2018
Episode 44: Craig Allert - Where Did the New Testament Come From?
Episode • Apr 9, 2018
Episode 43: Jared Byas - Is the Bible True?
Episode • Apr 2, 2018
Episode 42: Barbara Brown Taylor - How the Bible is Curated
Episode • Mar 26, 2018
Episode 41: William Paul Young - Reimagining the God of the Bible
Episode • Mar 19, 2018
Episode 40: Richard Rohr - A Contemplative Look at The Bible
Episode • Mar 12, 2018
Episode 39: Understanding Deuteronomy & the Story of Israel's Kings
Episode • Mar 5, 2018
Episode 38: Peter Rollins - The Bible as a Sacred Object
Episode • Feb 26, 2018
Episode 37: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott - What Archaeologists Do & Why It Matters
Episode • Feb 19, 2018
Episode 36: Pete Enns - 7 Things You Need to Know about How the Book of Proverbs Works
Episode • Feb 12, 2018
Episode 35: Brian McLaren - The Bible As A Weapon
Episode • Feb 5, 2018
Episode 34: Jen Hatmaker - Changing Your Mind About the Bible: A Survivor's Guide
Episode • Jan 29, 2018
Season 2 Teaser
Episode • Jan 23, 2018
Episode 33: Pete and Jared - What Is The Bible & What Do We Do With It?
Episode • Dec 18, 2017
Episode 32: Carolyn Custis James - Moving Beyond Patriarchy
Episode • Dec 11, 2017
Episode 31: The Bible For Normal People: LIVE From Penn State University
Episode • Dec 4, 2017
Episode 30: Pete Enns - Taking a Shot at Divine Violence
Episode • Nov 27, 2017
Episode 29: Anthony Le Donne - The Gospels as Memories of Jesus
Episode • Nov 20, 2017
Episode 28: Greg Boyd - Jesus & Divine Violence
Episode • Nov 13, 2017
Episode 27: Pete and Jared - Authority, Revelation, and Inspiration
Episode • Nov 6, 2017
Episode 26: Drew Hart - The Bible, Race, and White Supremacy
Episode • Oct 30, 2017
Episode 25: Jared Byas - Jonah
Episode • Oct 23, 2017
Episode 24: Nyasha Junior - Womanist Biblical Interpretation
Episode • Oct 16, 2017
Episode 23: Beverly Gaventa - What is The Book of Romans Trying To Do?
Episode • Oct 9, 2017
Episode 22: Pete Enns - 5 Things Jesus Wants You to Know about the Adam Story
Episode • Oct 2, 2017
Episode 21: Jon D. Levenson - Resurrection in the Hebrew Bible
Episode • Sep 25, 2017
Episode 20: Diana Butler Bass - Reading the Bible as an Experience & Relationship
Episode • Sep 18, 2017
Episode 19: Megan DeFranza - The Bible and Intersex Believers
Episode • Sep 11, 2017
Episode 18: Jared Byas - Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally
Episode • Aug 27, 2017
Episode 17: Denis Lamoureux - The Bible, Evolution, & Christian Faith
Episode • Aug 14, 2017
Episode 16: Ellen Davis - What is the Practical Value of the Old Testament?
Episode • Jul 31, 2017
Episode 15: Brian Zahnd - Violence in the Bible and What to Do with It
Episode • Jul 17, 2017
Episode 14: Matthew Vines - The Bible and The Gay Christian
Episode • Jul 3, 2017
Episode 13: Marc Brettler - On Being a Jewish Biblical Scholar
Episode • Jun 19, 2017
Episode 12: Pete Enns and Jared Byas - Faith and Doubt: No, You're Not the Only One
Episode • Jun 5, 2017
Episode 11: Benjamin D. Sommer - Jewish Views on the Bible
Episode • May 29, 2017
Episode 10: Pete Enns - The Israelites Believed in Many Gods.
Episode • May 22, 2017
Episode 9: Daniel Kirk - Understanding The Human Jesus
Episode • May 15, 2017
Episode 8: Kent Sparks - Where Did the Israelites Come From?
Episode • May 8, 2017
Episode 7: Pete Enns and Jared Byas - Teaching the Bible to Your Children
Episode • May 1, 2017
Episode 6: AJ Levine - Jesus, Judaism, and Christianity
Episode • Apr 24, 2017
Episode 5: Mike McHargue - That Topic that Isn't Going Anywhere Anytime Soon: Science and the Bible.
Episode • Apr 17, 2017
Episode 4: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting the Bible in The Mainline Church
Episode • Apr 10, 2017
Episode 3: Rachel Held Evans - Unraveling and Re-Raveling the Bible
Episode • Apr 3, 2017
Episode 2: Richard Rohr - A Contemplative Look at The Bible
Episode • Mar 27, 2017
Episode 1: Rob Bell - What Is The Bible?
Episode • Mar 20, 2017
Introduction, with Pete Enns and Jared Byas
Episode • Mar 13, 2017
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