All Episodes
The Bible For Normal People — 413 episodes
[Bible] Episode 328: Vanessa Lovelace - Is Deuteronomy History?
[Bible] Episode 327: Douglas Campbell - Ripping Up the Romans Road
[Bible] Episode 326: Chris Keith - How do Scholars Reconstruct the "Historical Jesus?"
[Bible] Episode 325: Pete Ruins Everything with Amy-Jill Levine
[Bible] Episode 324: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - A City on a Hill: A Ten Year Retrospective
[Bible] Episode 323: Andrew Tobolowsky- The Myth of the Twelve Tribes
[Bible] Episode 322: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott - Where Archaeology Intersects with the Bible
[Bible] Episode 321: H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe - Native American Biblical Interpretation
[Bible] Episode 320: Pete Ruins Everything on Jeremiah
[Bible] Episode 319: Matthew Vines - The Bible Isn't Against Gay Marriage
[Bible] Episode 318: Mark S. Smith - The Many Gods of Israel
[Bible] Bonus Episode: Jennifer Garcia Bashaw & Aaron Higashi - Nobody “Just Reads” the Bible
[Faith] Episode 71: Jared Stacy - The Evangelical to Conspiracy Theory Pipeline
[Bible] Episode 317: N.T. Wright - The Book of Ephesians
[Faith] Episode 70: A Holiday Roast
[Bible] Episode 316: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible the Word of God? & Other Easy Questions
[Faith] Episode 69: Diana Butler Bass - Resisting Christmas (And Why the Christian Calendar Still Matters)
[Bible] Episode 315: Kent Sparks - The Beginnings of Israelite Religion
[Faith] Episode 68: Kristin Kobes Du Mez - A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity (REISSUE)
[Bible] Episode 314: Shayna Sheinfeld - The Complicated World of Second Temple Judaism
[Bible] Episode 313: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Song of Songs
[Faith] Episode 67: Liz Charlotte Grant - The Gift of an Unclear Text
[Bible] Episode 312: Sarah Emanuel - The Meaning of Messiah
[Faith] Episode 66: Angela Patterson - The Faith of Gen Z
[Bible] Episode 311: Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy - The Afterlife of the Conquest of Canaan
[Bible] Episode 310: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Ecclesiastes (REISSUE)
[Faith] Episode 65: James Kimmel, Jr. - This Is Your Brain on Revenge
[Bible] Episode 309: Elizabeth Shively - The Gospel of Mark, Explained
[Faith] Episode 64: Drew G. I. Hart & Jarrod McKenna - Creative Resistance & the Joy of Nonviolence
[Bible] Episode 308: Bill Schniedewind - The Scribes Who Wrote the Bible
[Bible] Episode 307: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Proverbs (REISSUE)
[Faith] Episode 63: Mariko Clark - Helping Kids Grow an Expansive Faith
[Bible] Episode 306: Pete Enns & the Old Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the Hebrew Bible)
[Faith] Episode 62: Zach W. Lambert - The Lenses Through Which We Read the Bible
[Bible] Episode 305: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today (REISSUE)
[Bible] Episode 304: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Psalms
[Faith] Episode 61: David P. Gushee - Living the Teachings of Jesus
[Bible] Episode 303: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible Even Important Anymore?
[Faith] Episode 60: Beau Underwood & Brian Kaylor - Christian Nationalism Across the Political Spectrum
[Bible] Episode 302: Julie Faith Parker - How Interpretation Made Eve a Villain
[Bible] Episode 301: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting the Bible in the Mainline Church (REISSUE)
[Faith] Episode 59: Malcolm Foley - The Connection Between Racism and Greed
[Bible] Episode 300: Caroline Blyth & Emily Colgan - What to Do About Violence in the Bible
[Faith] Episode 58: Adis Duderija - The Diversity of Islam
[Bible] Episode 299: Garrick Allen - Something’s Hiding in the Margins of Your Bible
[Bible] Episode 298: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Job (REISSUE)
[Faith] Episode 57: Janet Williams - What We Can (and Can’t) Say About God
[Bible] Episode 297: Alexiana Fry - Trauma in the Hebrew Bible
[Bible] April Bonus Episode: Jared Byas & the New Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the New Testament)
[Faith] Episode 56: Wylin D. Wilson - Womanist Wisdom for a Wounded World
[Bible] Episode 296: Richard Rohr - Seeing Through the Eyes of the Prophets
[ATBW] Episode 5 - She Refused to Take the Bed
[Bible] Episode 295: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Esther
[ATBW] Episode 4 - People Who Have Consensual Affairs Don't End Up With PTSD
[Faith] Episode 55: Matthew Paul Turner - The Challenge of Raising Kids with the Bible
[ATBW] Episode 3 - Loopholes
[Bible] Episode 294: Roberto de La Noval - Universalism as a Doctrine
[ATBW] Episode 2 - The Invisible Woman
[Faith] Episode 54: Erin Hicks Moon - Disentangling Faith
[ATBW] Episode 1 - George Orwell Warned Us About 1984
[Bible] Episode 293: Beth Allison Barr & Savannah Locke - The Women Filed Away by the Southern Baptist Convention
[ATBW] Introducing All the Buried Women
[Bible] Episode 292: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 5)
[Faith] Episode 53: Sarah McCammon - The Politics of Evangelicalism
[Bible] Episode 291: John Dominic Crossan - Paul's Vision Beyond Violence
[Faith] Episode 52: Larycia Hawkins - Embodied Solidarity
E[Bible] Episode 290: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Biblical Criticism & the Modern Mindset
[Faith] Episode 51: A Holiday Roast
[Bible] Episode 289: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Pete & Jared Ruin Prophecy (Christmas Edition)
[Faith] Episode 50: Esau McCaulley - The Search for God and Self
[Bible] Episode 288: Havilah Dharamraj - The Song of Songs Is More Than Biblical Bridgerton
[Faith] Episode 49: Hillary McBride & Preston McDaniel Hill - Mental Health in a Faith Transition
[Bible] Episode 287: Julia Watts Belser - A Jewish Perspective on Disability
[Bible] Episode 286: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 4)
[Bible] Episode 285: Pete Enns & the Old Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the Hebrew Bible)
[Faith] Episode 48: Bishop Michael Curry - Love Makes Room for Us All (REISSUE)
[Bible] Episode 284: Jennifer G. Bird - The Myth of Biblical Marriage
[Faith] Episode 47: Lee C. Camp - America Can Never Be a Christian Nation
[Bible] Episode 283: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 3)
[Faith] Episode 46: Elizabeth Orr - A Path to Self-Compassion with the Enneagram
[Bible] Bonus Episode: Jon D. Levenson - Child Sacrifice in the Bible (Part 2)
[Bible] Episode 282: Jon D. Levenson - Child Sacrifice in the Bible (Part 1)
[Faith] Episode 45: Valarie Kaur - Wisdom & Love in the Sikh Tradition
[Bible] Episode 281: Madhavi Nevader - Biblical Models of Political Power
[Bible] Episode 280: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 2)
[Bible] Episode 279: Greg Carey - Apocalyptic Imagination in the Bible
[Faith] Episode 44: J. Aaron Simmons - Søren Kierkegaard & Faith Beyond Christendom
E[Bible] Episode 278: Amy-Jill Levine - Who Are the Pharisees Actually?
[Faith] Episode 43: Yolanda Pierce - Nobody's Doing Theology from the Moon
[Bible] Episode 277: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 1)
[Faith] Episode 42: David Dark - Doubt as a Holy Task
E[Bible] Episode 276: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - The Difference Between Biblical Studies and Theology
[Faith] Episode 41: Regina Shands Stoltzfus - A Nonviolent Faith
[Bible] Episode 275: J. Christopher Edwards - How the Gospel Writers Invented Jesus's Jewish Executioners
[Bible] Episode 274: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Nehemiah
[Bible] Episode 273: Jennifer Garcia Bashaw - What Did the Crucifixion Do? (REISSUE)
[Faith] Episode 40: Anna Case-Winters - What Does It Mean for God to Be with Us?
[Bible] Episode 272: Hugo Méndez - Who Wrote John?
[Faith] Episode 39: Candice Czubernat - Religious Trauma & LGBTQ+ Christians
[Bible] Episode 271: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Ezra
[Faith] Episode 38: Tamice Spencer-Helms - Grounding Our Faith in Our Experiences
[Bible] Episode 270: Charles Halton - Is God More Humanlike Than We Thought?
[Faith] Episode 37: Sarah Bessey - It’s Okay to Deconstruct
[Bible] Episode 269: Jack Levison - The Greek Life of Adam & Eve
[Bible] Episode 268: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Chronicles
[Bible] Episode 267: Jamal-Dominique Hopkins - Sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls
[Faith] Episode 36: J.S. Park - Sitting with the Dying
[Bible] Episode 266: Candida Moss - Enslaved People & the Making of the Bible
[Faith] Episode 35: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Navigating Through Black-and-White Thinking
[Bible] Episode 265: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 2 Kings
[Faith] Episode 34: Grace Semler Baldridge - Faith Is a Moving Target
[Bible] Episode 264: Aaron Higashi - Five Things You Need to Know About 1 & 2 Samuel
[Faith] Episode 33: Pete Holmes - A God That’s Better Than Larry
E[Bible] Episode 263: Bart Ehrman - The Gospels & Historical Reliability
[Faith] Episode 32: A Holiday Roast
E[Bible] Episode 262: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Pete & Jared Aren’t Trying to Ruin Christmas (This Time)
[Faith] Episode 31: Adil Hussain Khan - Islam & Interreligious Dialogue
[Bible] Episode 261: Ekaputra Tupamahu - Speaking in Tongues
[Faith] Episode 30: Pádraig Ó Tuama - A Poetic Look at the Bible
[Bible] Episode 260: Jacob L. Wright - Why the Bible Came to Be
[Faith] Episode 29: Grace Ji-Sun Kim - A Theology of Visibility
[Bible] Episode 259: Robyn Whitaker - The Book of Revelation
[Faith] Episode 28: Thomas Jay Oord - The Problem of Evil (Part 2)
[Bible] Episode 258: Marc Brettler & Alan Lenzi - The Problem of Evil (Part 1)
[Faith] Episode 27: Christin Fort - Attachment Theory & God
[Bible] Episode 257: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 1 Kings
[Faith] Episode 26: Matthias Roberts - Psychology, Religious Trauma, & Reconstructing Faith
[Bible] Episode 256: Barbara Leung Lai - The Inner Life of Biblical Characters
[Faith] Episode 25: Eddie Howells - Christian Mysticism Is Actually a Thing
[Bible] Episode 255: John Dominic Crossan - The Other Gospels
[Faith] Episode 24: Cole Arthur Riley - The Body of Faith
E[Bible] Episode 254: Richard Kalmin - The Talmud
[Faith] Episode 23: Felipe Hinojosa - Latino Church History is American Church History
[Bible] Episode 253: Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams - The Book of Ruth
[Faith] Episode 22: Lisa Fullam - Making Decisions the Ignatian Way
[Bible] Episode 252: Steed Davidson - The Bible’s Ambivalence Toward Empire
[Faith] Episode 21: Hans Halvorson - God & The Cosmos
[Bible] Episode 251: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 2 Samuel
[Faith] Episode 20: Jared Byas - The Revelations of Jared Byas
[Bible] Episode 250: Safwat Marzouk - The Bizarre Book of Ezekiel
[Faith] Episode 19: Sarah Lane Ritchie - Belief & the Brain
[Bible] Episode 249: Shannon T.L. Kearns - Reading Scripture as a Transgender Christian
[Faith] Episode 18: David Bentley Hart - What’s the Deal with the Creeds?
[Bible] Episode 248: Cheryl B. Anderson - The Ethical Impact of Biblical Interpretation (REISSUE)
[Faith] Episode 17: Ally Henny - Finding Your Voice in the Face of Injustice
[Bible] Episode 247: Jared Byas - What It Means to Take the Bible Literally
[Faith] Episode 16: Brian McLaren - The Four Stages of Faith (REISSUE)
[Bible] Episode 246: Amy Kalmanofsky - Dangerous Sisters in the Hebrew Bible
[Faith] Episode 15: Dale C. Allison Jr. - Encountering Mystery
[Bible] Episode 245: Elizabeth Schrader Polczer - Resurrecting Mary the Tower
[Faith] Episode 14: Danté Stewart - The Power of Black Literature
[Bible] Episode 244: Manuel Cruz - What It Means to Be Moral
[Faith] Episode 13: Kaitlin Curtice - A Fresh Vision for the Spiritual Life
[Bible] Episode 243: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Finding Wisdom in the Balance
[Faith] Episode 12: Erica Smith - Dropping Out of Purity Culture
E[Bible] Episode 242: Lisa Marie Bowens - The Cosmic Battle in 2 Corinthians
[Faith] Episode 11: Rainn Wilson - Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
E[Bible] Episode 241: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins 1 Samuel
[Faith] Episode 10: D. Danyelle Thomas - Decolonizing Our Faith
[Bible] Episode 240: Dan McClellan - Why God Is Like a Hotdog
[Faith] Episode 9: Jared Byas - The Genesis of Jared Byas
[Bible] Episode 239: Cameron B. R. Howard - How Is the Bible Authoritative?
[Faith] Episode 8: Joseph Henrich - Is Christianity Weird?
[Bible] Episode 238: Josh James - Psalms Isn't What You Think It Is
[Faith] Episode 7: Robin Parry - The Historical Roots of Christian Universalism
[Bible] Episode 237: Sam Boyd - What the Tower of Babel Is Really About
[Faith] Episode 6: Jonathan Jong - Faith & the Fear of Death
[Bible] Episode 236: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Should the Bible Be Read Like Any Other Book?
[Faith] Episode 5: K.J. Ramsey - What If Our Bodies & Feelings Can Be Trusted?
[Bible] Episode 235: Aaron Koller - Biblicizing Esther
[Faith] Episode 4: Bekah McNeel - Parenting Through a Faith Transition
[Bible] Episode 234: Meredith J. C. Warren - Meredith Warren Ruins John 6
[Faith] Episode 3: Anil Seth - What Is Consciousness? (and Other Easy Questions)
[Bible] Episode 233: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Judges
[Faith] Episode 2: Rhett & Jessie McLaughlin - Finding a Curious Faith
[Bible] Episode 232: David Lambert - Is the Bible “Scripture”?
[Faith] Episode 1: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - What Is Faith for Normal People?
[Bible] Episode 231: Beth Allison Barr - Pushing Back Against Biblical Womanhood
Episode 230: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Pete & Jared Ruin Christmas
Episode 229: Joel Marcus - Parting of the Ways Between Judaism & Christianity
Episode 228: Emilie Townes - The Wisdom of Hope (REISSUE)
Episode 227: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Joshua
Episode 226: Meredith Riedel - What is Byzantine Christianity? (And Why Should We Care?)
Episode 225: Daniel Kirk - Romans Isn’t What You Think It Is
Episode 224: Gregory Mobley - Satan’s Biblical Roots
Episode 223: Jared Byas - Misconceptions About Deconstruction & the Bible
Episode 222: Pamela Eisenbaum - Paul & Salvation
Episode 221: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - How to Read the Bible Now That We've Ruined It
Episode 220: Joel Baden - The Historical David
Episode 219: Jemar Tisby - Acknowledging Racism in the Church
Episode 218: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Deuteronomy
Episode 217: Jonathan Jong - How Scientists Study Religion
Episode 216: Rev. Dr. Angela N. Parker - The White Supremacy of Inerrancy
Episode 215: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - The Center of the Hebrew Bible
Episode 214: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - On Repentance and Repair
Episode 213: Amanda Held Opelt - The Honesty of Grief
Episode 212: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Numbers
Episode 211: David P. Gushee - Christian Ethics & the Memory of Jesus
Episode 210: Sidnie White Crawford - What You Really Need to Know about the Dead Sea Scrolls
Episode 209: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 4
Episode 208: David Farrier - What's Going On With Megachurches?
EEpisode 207: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Respecting the Bible for What It Is (And Isn’t)
Episode 206: Dale C. Allison - Approaching the Resurrection of Jesus as a Historian
Episode 205: Amy Kenny - My Body Is Not a Prayer Request
Episode 204: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Leviticus
Episode 203: Andre Henry - Systemic Racism in the Church
Episode 202: Jeff Chu - Grief as a Biblical Practice (REISSUE)
Episode 201: Debra Rienstra - Eco-Theology: Beyond Stewardship
Episode 200: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Does the Bible Still Matter?
Episode 199: Becca Stevens - Reimagining Scripture for a Suffering World
Episode 198: Anna Sieges - The Minor Prophets and Why We Shouldn't Call Them That
Episode 197: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 3
Episode 196: Chris Hoklotubbe - The Bible and Native American Spirituality
Episode 195: Gary Rendsburg - History and the Exodus
Episode 194: Pete Enns - Staying Christian Is Hard, Isn't It?
Episode 193: Lisa Sharon Harper - The Meaning of the Image of God
Episode 192: Bishop Michael Curry - Love Makes Room for Us All
Episode 191: Pete & Jared - Creative Interpretation as Necessary
Episode 190: Austin Channing Brown - Preaching the Bible in the Black Church (REISSUE)
Episode 189: Pete Enns - Faith and the New Normal
Episode 188: Willie James Jennings - The Book of Acts & the Acts of the Spirit
Episode 187: Kirsten Powers - How Grace Saves Us
Episode 186: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 2
Episode 185: Randy Woodley - Following Jesus as a Native Traditionalist
Episode 184: Heather Macumber - Monsters in the Bible
Episode 183: Jennifer Bashaw - What Did the Crucifixion Do?
Episode 182: Pete & Jared - The Evolution of Adam
Episode 181: Kate Bowler - The Prosperity Gospel & a Theology of Suffering
Episode 180: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today
Episode 179: Paul Deal - Integrating Faith and Psychology
EEpisode 178: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Isaiah
Episode 177: Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. - Social Justice & the Radical Gospel
Episode 176: Jared Byas - The Making of the Modern Mindset, Pt. 1
Episode 175: Jodi Magness - The Jesus of Archaeology
Episode 174: Brian McLaren - The Four Stages of Faith
Episode 173: Cheryl B. Anderson - The Ethical Impact of Biblical Interpretation
Episode 172: Pete Enns - A Whole Different Way of Reading Genesis
Episode 171: Ted Lewis - The Origins of God
Episode 170: Kristin Kobes Du Mez - A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity
Episode 169: Pete & Jared - The Bible and the "Problem of History"
Episode 168: Xavier Pickett - When Did White Christian America Lose Its Mind? (REISSUE)
Episode 167: Joshua Harris - A Story of Public Deconstruction
Episode 166: Matthew Paul Turner - Teaching God to Our Kids
Episode 165: Stephanie Tait - Disability Theology is for Everyone
Episode 164: Pete Enns - Where Did Our Bible Come From?
Episode 163: Tripp Fuller - Thinking About Jesus Today
EEpisode 162: Jared & Sarah Byas - Parenting in a Faith Transition
Episode 161: Amanda Mbuvi - Finding Ourselves in the Stories of the Bible
Episode 160: Pete and Jared - The Risk of an "Errant" Bible
Episode 159: Richard Elliott Friedman - Who Wrote the Pentateuch?
Episode 158: Maria Doerfler - Reading the Bible in Times of Crisis
Episode 157: Nadia Bolz-Weber - Being a Christian in the Messiness
EEpisode 156: Pete and Jared - Your Questions About Prayer, Marriage, White Jesus, an Angry God, and a Murky Bible
Episode 155: Sarah Bessey - Why Bother Praying?
EEpisode 154: Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler - How Jews & Christians Read the Bible Differently
Episode 153: James Kugel - Shifting Perspectives on God in the Bible
Episode 152: Pete Enns - What Makes Christianity Different?
Episode 151: 2020 - Let's Not and Say We Did
Episode 150: Christopher Rollston - Where Does Hebrew Come From?
Episode 149: Dan Koch - The End Times & American Christian Culture
Episode 148: Pete Enns - Adam, Evangelicalism, & the Metanarrative of Evolution
Episode 147: Benjamin D. Sommer - Does God Have a Body?
Episode 146: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 3
Episode 145: Emilie Townes - The Wisdom of Hope
Episode 144: Austen Hartke - The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians (REISSUE)
Episode 143: Martha Himmelfarb - Second Temple Judaism & Apocalyptic Literature
Episode 142: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 2
Episode 141: John Franke - God Is On a Mission and So Can You
BONUS Episode: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott - What Archaeologists Do & Why it Matters
Episode 140: Paula Fredriksen - When Christians Were Jews
Episode 139: Pete Enns - You Have Questions, Pete Has Answers
Episode 138: Pete & Jared - How Love Changes the Meaning of the Bible
Episode 137: James Kugel - Challenging Our Assumptions About the Bible
Episode 136: Ariel Sabar - Telling the Truth About Jesus' Wife
Episode 135: Gary Anderson - How the Bible Talks About Sin
Episode 134: Ilia Delio - Grounding God in Evolution
Episode 133: Pete Enns - The Book of Job
Episode 132: Joe Gordon - A Conversation About Inspiration
Episode 131: Pete & Jared - Did the Bible Get it Wrong?
Episode 130: Drew Hart - The Bible, Race, & White Supremacy (REISSUE)
Episode 129: Brooke Prentis - Reading the Bible Through Aboriginal Eyes
Episode 128: Matthias Henze - The Bible & Second Temple Judaism
Episode 127: Miguel De La Torre - Diverse Voices in Biblical Scholarship
Episode 126: Kirsten Powers - The Journey To Grace
Episode 125: Pete Enns - Big Ideas that Shaped Biblical Scholarship: Julius Wellhausen and the Pentateuch
Episode 124: Yii-Jan Lin - Immigration & the Book of Revelation
Episode 123: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 1
Episode 122: Emerson Powery - The Bible as a Source of Liberation
Episode 121: Pete and Jared - Pete and Jared Talk About the Afterlife
Episode 120: Jack Levison - The Spirit, Wind, & Breath of God in the Bible
Episode 119: Xavier Ramey - Diversity, Social Justice, and the Gospel
Episode 118: Meghan Henning - Does Hell Exist?
Episode 117: Pete Enns - Reading the Old Testament Christotelicly
Episode 116: Sarah Ruden - Getting Inside the Head of Paul & Jesus
Episode 115: Alison Cook - Your Emotions Are Not Your Spiritual Enemy
Episode 114: Pete and Jared - How to Read the Bible in 2020
Episode 113: James Martin - The Gift of Imagination in Reading Scripture
Season 4 Teaser
Episode 112: Pete and Jared - How “How the Bible Actually Works” Works
Episode 111: Tom Oord - Uncontrolling Love of God
Episode 110: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 6)
Episode 109: Megan DeFranza - The Bible and Intersex Believers (REISSUE)
Episode 108: Pete Wehner - Faith, Politics, & Polarization
Episode 107: Cindy Wang Brandt - Raising Children in the Faith
Episode 106: Jared Byas - 5 Principles for Biblical Interpretation
Episode 105: Wil Gafney - Womanist Midrash (REISSUE)
Episode 104: Jeff Chu - Grief As A Biblical Practice
Episode 103: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 5)
Episode 102: Jonathan Martin - Pentecostalism as Mysticism
Episode 101: Andrew Perriman - Does the New Testament Predict the Future?
Episode 100: Pete & Jared on Genesis
Episode 99: Jennifer Knust - The Bible As A Living Document
Episode 98: Pete Holmes - Pete Holmes Talks About Comedy, Sex, & God
Episode 97: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus: Part 4
Episode 96: Jared Byas - Christian Ethics
Episode 95: Cheryl Bridges Johns - The Bible & Women’s Spirituality
Episode 94: Pete & Jared - Do We Know God is Good From the Bible?
Episode 93: Keesmaat & Walsh - Resisting Empire in the Book of Romans
Episode 92: AJ Levine - Jesus, Judaism, & Christianity (REISSUE)
Episode 91: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 3)
Episode 90: Richard Rohr - The (Biblical) Universal Christ
Episode 89: Pete and Jared - David’s Sordid Past: This Ain’t No Kids Story
Episode 88: Rachel Held Evans - Reading The Bible Creatively
Episode 87: Robert Alter - The Art of Translating the Bible
Episode 86: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 2)
Episode 85: Austen Hartke - The Bible & The Lives of Transgender Christians
Episode 84: Jared Byas - Paul is Frustrating: On Fornication & Wives Obeying Husbands in Colossians
Episode 83: Judy Stack - The Gospel of Matthew on Integrity & Hypocrisy
Episode 82: Linda Kay Klein - Breaking Free From Purity Culture
Episode 81: Pete & Jared - Truth is Subjective . . . Even in the Bible
Episode 80: Jonathan Walton - Reading the Bible Through the Lens of Love
Episode 79: Austin Channing Brown - Preaching the Bible in the Black Church
Episode 78: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 1)
Episode 77: Elizabeth Enns Petters - Anxiety in the Life of Faith
Episode 76: Xavier Pickett - So When Did White Christian America Lose Its Mind?
Episode 75: Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch - The Bible & Film
Episode 74: Pete & Jared - God’s Children Tell the Story
Episode 73: Propaganda - What Does Christian Art Even Mean?
Season 3 Teaser
Episode 72: What Is the Bible & What Do We Do with It: Season 2 Recap
Episode 71: Brad Jersak - The Bible And Orthodox Faith
Episode 70: Pete Enns - TGC Doesn’t Really Get Progressive Christianity and Atheism
Episode 69: Daniel Kirk - Five Things You Need to Know About the Gospel of Mark
Episode 68: Trey Pearson - Hey Jesus
Episode 67: Jonathan Merritt - Re-imagining Sacred Speech
Episode 66: Jared Byas - The Book of Jeremiah
Episode 65: Kent Sparks - Where Did the Israelites Come From?
Episode 64: Kevin Makins - Reading the Bible Toward Unity Not Uniformity
Episode 63: Pete Enns - What Does the Bible Have to Say about Politics—American or Otherwise?
Episode 62: Brent Strawn - A Gentle Reminder that the Old Testament is Part of Our Bible and You Can't Avoid It
Episode 61: Pete & Jared - Creeds, Confessions & Statements of Belief
Episode 60: Mark Smith - Who Is Yahweh & Where Did Yahweh Come From?
Episode 59: Jared Byas - How to Talk to People You Disagree With
Episode 58: Bill Schniedewind - When and Why the Bible Was Written
Episode 57: LIVE from Wild Goose
Episode 56: Pete Enns - Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament
Episode 55: Rachel Held Evans - Unraveling and Re-Raveling the Bible (from Season 1)
Episode 54: Jared & Pete - Q & A
Episode 53: Sarah Bessey - Connecting The Holy Spirit & The Holy Bible
Episode 52: Pete Enns - Ecclesiastes
Episode 51: Jamie Wright - Jesus, Justice & the Mission Field
Episode 50: Rob Bell - What is the Bible?
Episode 49: Pete & Jared - Critical Thinking
Episode 48: Jeffrey Stackert - Who Wrote the Pentateuch?
Episode 47: Audrey Assad - Deconverting From Certainty
Episode 46: Wil Gafney - Womanist Midrash
Episode 45: Pete Enns - Romans for Normal People
Episode 44: Craig Allert - Where Did the New Testament Come From?
Episode 43: Jared Byas - Is the Bible True?
Episode 42: Barbara Brown Taylor - How the Bible is Curated
Episode 41: William Paul Young - Reimagining the God of the Bible
Episode 40: Richard Rohr - A Contemplative Look at The Bible
Episode 39: Understanding Deuteronomy & the Story of Israel's Kings
Episode 38: Peter Rollins - The Bible as a Sacred Object
Episode 37: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott - What Archaeologists Do & Why It Matters
Episode 36: Pete Enns - 7 Things You Need to Know about How the Book of Proverbs Works
Episode 35: Brian McLaren - The Bible As A Weapon
Episode 34: Jen Hatmaker - Changing Your Mind About the Bible: A Survivor's Guide
Season 2 Teaser
Episode 33: Pete and Jared - What Is The Bible & What Do We Do With It?
Episode 32: Carolyn Custis James - Moving Beyond Patriarchy
Episode 31: The Bible For Normal People: LIVE From Penn State University
Episode 30: Pete Enns - Taking a Shot at Divine Violence
Episode 29: Anthony Le Donne - The Gospels as Memories of Jesus
Episode 28: Greg Boyd - Jesus & Divine Violence
Episode 27: Pete and Jared - Authority, Revelation, and Inspiration
Episode 26: Drew Hart - The Bible, Race, and White Supremacy
Episode 25: Jared Byas - Jonah
Episode 24: Nyasha Junior - Womanist Biblical Interpretation
Episode 23: Beverly Gaventa - What is The Book of Romans Trying To Do?
Episode 22: Pete Enns - 5 Things Jesus Wants You to Know about the Adam Story
Episode 21: Jon D. Levenson - Resurrection in the Hebrew Bible
Episode 20: Diana Butler Bass - Reading the Bible as an Experience & Relationship
Episode 19: Megan DeFranza - The Bible and Intersex Believers
Episode 18: Jared Byas - Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally
Episode 17: Denis Lamoureux - The Bible, Evolution, & Christian Faith
Episode 16: Ellen Davis - What is the Practical Value of the Old Testament?
Episode 15: Brian Zahnd - Violence in the Bible and What to Do with It
Episode 14: Matthew Vines - The Bible and The Gay Christian
Episode 13: Marc Brettler - On Being a Jewish Biblical Scholar
Episode 12: Pete Enns and Jared Byas - Faith and Doubt: No, You're Not the Only One
Episode 11: Benjamin D. Sommer - Jewish Views on the Bible
Episode 10: Pete Enns - The Israelites Believed in Many Gods.
Episode 9: Daniel Kirk - Understanding The Human Jesus
Episode 8: Kent Sparks - Where Did the Israelites Come From?
Episode 7: Pete Enns and Jared Byas - Teaching the Bible to Your Children
Episode 6: AJ Levine - Jesus, Judaism, and Christianity
Episode 5: Mike McHargue - That Topic that Isn't Going Anywhere Anytime Soon: Science and the Bible.
Episode 4: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting the Bible in The Mainline Church
Episode 3: Rachel Held Evans - Unraveling and Re-Raveling the Bible
Episode 2: Richard Rohr - A Contemplative Look at The Bible
Episode 1: Rob Bell - What Is The Bible?
Introduction, with Pete Enns and Jared Byas