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In the Bible
by David Tieche and Jon Fortt
Join pastor David Tieche and journalist Jon Fortt, friends since college, as they explore scripture. The two bring deep devotion and just the right amount of irreverence whether they're unpacking Bible stories or applying them to the latest headlines.
Episodes
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Why That Sydney Sweeney Ad Is a "Sin Sandwich"; plus Presley Gerber, Bo French
Jon Fortt and David Tieche launch Two Gen X Dads — a running conversation that takes the week's biggest headlines and holds them up to a scriptural lens. In this edition, three stories, and the uncomfortable question sitting underneath each one. First: the Sydney Sweeney sports-betting ad…
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Stadium Mom, Verlander's Daughter Moment, and the Cornell Case: Week In Faith 10/02/26
This week, Jon Fortt and David Tieche take on three stories that look obvious from the outside — and turn out to be anything but what the crowd assumed. The thread running through all of them: you can watch a scene and feel certain you understand it, but until you know the values and the…
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Esau: The Brother Who Ran to Forgive
Jon Fortt and David Tieche close the Jacob cycle with Esau — the hairy, hot-headed hunter Jacob cheated out of a birthright and a blessing — and the reunion that turns out to be the whole season's defining moment. It's a rare kind of Bible story, they note: no clean villain and hero, but two...
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Jacob: The Night He Wrestled an Angel and Became Israel
Jon Fortt and David Tieche come back to Jacob himself — the heel-grabber, caught between the uncle he just escaped and the brother he cheated — for the night he wrestles an angel and walks away with a new name. The circle is nearly complete. Jacob has spent half his life running: he grabbed…
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Laban: The Trickster Who Finally Met His Match
Jon Fortt and David Tieche stay in the Jacob cycle with Laban — Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, the con man of Haran, and the rare Genesis villain who beats the hero at his own game. The first villain in Genesis isn't a dragon or a Goliath but the snake — not strong, just the craftiest animal in...
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Leah: Unloved, Unchosen, and the God Who Saw Her
Jon Fortt and David Tieche continue Season 2 with Leah — Jacob's first wife, the older sister nobody chose, whose story runs from a wedding-night deception to a blessing spoken over brides for generations. They start where the text starts, with one loaded, untranslatable description: Leah had…
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Rachel: Beauty, Barrenness, and the God Who Remembered Her
Jon Fortt and David Tieche continue Season 2 with Rachel — Jacob's beloved wife, the beautiful younger sister whose story runs from a well in Haran to a grave outside Bethlehem. They start with the detail the Bible refuses to skip: Rachel was "lovely in form and beautiful." Like Sarah and Rebekah...
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Why Would God Bless a Con Man? Jacob's Journey
His name basically means "trickster." He cons his brother out of a birthright, deceives his blind father for a blessing, and runs for his life. So why does God meet Jacob on the road and hand him the same covenant He gave Abraham? Jon Fortt and David Tieche open the Jacob cycle with two very...
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Is it Ever OK to be Tricky? Rebekah's Initiative and Deception
Season 2 of Character Study opens with Jon Fortt and Dave Tieche launching the Jacob saga by starting with his mother, Rebekah – the decisive counterweight to a passive Isaac. In Genesis 24, Abraham sends an unnamed servant to his homeland to find Isaac a wife (no Canaanite intermarriage). At a...
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The Bible and The Odyssey: How Odysseus is Like Jacob
Jon Fortt and David Tieche open Season 2 of Character Study, their Scripture-through-people podcast and companion to their dozen-plus YouVersion Bible plans. Season 1 covered the Abraham cycle; Season 2 turns to Jacob. The launch timing coincides with a cultural moment: Christopher Nolan's The...
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Judas and Peter: Betrayal, Denial and the Way Back
The Character Study podcast episode on Judas, hosted by Jon Fortt and David Tieche, examines the infamous betrayer not as a monster beyond humanity but as a cautionary mirror — someone whose trajectory any of us could follow in smaller ways. The episode opens by situating Judas among history's...
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The Good Samaritan: Minnesota, Mercy, and Being a Neighbor
bible.fortt.com In this episode of Character Study, Jon Fortt and pastor David Tieche take up one of Jesus’ most famous—and most misunderstood—parables: the Good Samaritan. Jon frames the conversation around the word neighbor and why it has such sharp relevance today, especially amid modern…
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What Abraham and His Family Teach Us About Faith
In the Season 1 finale of Character Study, Jon Fortt and David Tieche step back from individual episodes to reflect on what the Genesis story of Abraham and his extended family ultimately reveals about character, faith and human responsibility. Rather than offer tidy moral lessons, the…
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Isaac on the Altar: Faith and the God Who Provides
In this episode of Character Study, Jon Fortt and David Tieche turn to one of the most unsettling passages in the Bible: Genesis 22 and the binding of Isaac. While Isaac is often treated as a secondary figure in Abraham’s story, the conversation insists he cannot be ignored. This is a narrative...
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Lot’s Wife and the Horror of Looking Back
In this episode of Character Study, Jon Fortt and David Tieche explore Genesis 19—the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah—by focusing less on spectacle and more on character, moral drift, and spiritual consequence. Jon frames the chapter as a biblical horror story: temptation, warning signs…
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Lot and the Angels in Sodom
In this episode, Jon and David continue their examination of Lot by contrasting his character with Abraham’s and focusing on Genesis 18–19, the events leading to the destruction of Sodom. Lot is presented not as a clear villain, but as a deeply compromised figure—someone who recognizes God and...
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Simeon and Anna: Prophesying Over the Baby Jesus
In this special Advent edition of Character Study, Jon Fortt and David Tieche pause their Abraham series to reflect on Luke 2 and two often-overlooked figures surrounding Jesus’ infancy: Simeon and Anna. Coming after a discussion of Herod, the episode intentionally contrasts worldly power with...
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Carlos Campo, CEO of Museum of the Bible, on Making the Bible Accessible to All
This special episode of Character Study marks a first for the podcast, as Jon Fortt and David Tieche welcome their inaugural guest: Dr. Carlos Campo, CEO of the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Campo, who has led the museum for about a year and a half after previously serving on its board,...
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Herod: The Bad Guy in the Christmas Story
Jon and Dave continue their Advent conversation in anticipation of the birth of Jesus. In Episode 7 of Character Study, journalist Jon Fortt and pastor David Tieche unpack the historical facts and Biblical details about Herod, his interactions with the magi, relationship with the Roman Empire…
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Gabriel and Zacharias: How Will I Know?
Jon and Dave continue their Advent conversation in anticipation of the birth of Jesus. For Episode 6 of Character Study, journalist Jon Fortt and pastor David Tieche explore the story of Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, and how he responded to the miraculous news that a baby was on the way.
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Wise Men and Shepherds: Anticipating Jesus
Dave and Jon take a break from the Abraham cycle in the podcast to begin reflecting on the Christmas moment in scripture. In Episode 5 of Character Study, journalist Jon Fortt and pastor David Tieche look at how different audiences react to the news of the savior's arrival, and what we can learn...
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Lot's Ambition and Compromise
Your money or your life? Lot follows his uncle Abraham on an epic journey, but along the way their economic interests collide. As a result, Lot makes a fateful decision to pitch his tent near a city notorious for values that are out of alignment with the God he and Abraham serve. In Episode 4 of...
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Hagar's Resilience and Trust
This is a tough story. Hagar shows up in Genesis 16, but it's in a context where, as we talked about in the last couple episodes, Abraham and Sarah have been promised a child, an offspring, but they're old. Then there's a delay. And that's the problem. Sarah had an Egyptian slave named Hagar. So...
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Sarah's Disappointment With God
Sarah wants children but can't get pregnant. God promises to fix the situation – but isn't in a rush. Her husband has big dreams and a bigger calling, and she sometimes feels like an afterthought. In Episode 2 of Character Study, journalist Jon Fortt and pastor David Tieche explore the story of a...
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Abraham's Leap of Faith
Pastor David Tieche and journalist Jon Fortt kick off the Character Study series by breaking down one of the biggest moments in the Bible, and one of the most important people, Abraham. Does Abraham have amazing faith, or is he really gullible? How is God's encounter here different from anything...
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Join pastor David Tieche and journalist Jon Fortt, friends since college, as they explore scripture. The two bring deep devotion and just the right amount of irreverence whether they're unpacking Bible stories or applying them to the latest headlines.
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Join pastor David Tieche and journalist Jon Fortt, friends since college, as they explore scripture. The two bring deep devotion and just the right amount of irreverence whether they're unpacking Bible stories or applying them to the latest headlines.
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