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The Biblical Mind — 260 episodes
QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, and the Church (Michael W. Austin)
Israel-Palestine Conflict: More Complicated Than You Think (Robert Nicholson) Ep. #260
Should Christians Watch Horror Movies? Fear as a Spiritual Teacher (Kutter Callaway) Ep. #259
Were Ancient Synagogues Town Halls with a Torah? (Jordan Ryan) Ep. #258
Israel, Palestine, & Christian Responsibility: A Challenging Conversation (Fisk & Bannoura) Ep #257
Reimagining Biblical Politics: A New Podcast (Michael Rhodes, Marshall Teague) Ep. #256
Are we Doomed to Lonely and Isolated Lives? No. (Alan Noble) Ep. #255
When Helping Still Hurts (Brian Fikkert) Ep. #254
Are There Other Gods in the Bible?: James Duguid on Divine Council (James Duguid) Ep. #253
Is Job a Trauma Survivor?: Suffering, PTSD, and Healing in the Bible (Michelle Keener) Ep. #252
What Hegseth Gets Wrong About Pharisees (Jeffrey Garcia) Bonus Episode
Vocation vs. Career vs. Calling (Steven Garber) Ep. #251
C.S. Lewis Under the Microscope: Biblical Accuracy, Errors, and Influence (Leslie Baynes) Ep. #250
Rethinking Women in Ministry: From Genesis to Paul (Preston Sprinkle) Ep. #249
Inside the Bible Business: The Story behind Publishing the NIV (Paul Caminiti) Ep. #248
Was Paul a Philosopher? Rethinking the Apostle as Rabbi and Thinker (Joseph Dodson) Ep. #247
Bible First: The Bible And Politics Go Great Together, But How? (Mike Tolliver) Ep. #246
The Truth About Iran: Religion, Power, & the Rise of Underground Churches (Farhad Rezaei) Ep. #245
Where Is the Ark of the Covenant? Legends, Evidence, & Real Possibilities (Chris McKinny) Ep. #244
Embodied Knowing: Polanyi, Scripture, and the End of the Mind-Body Divide (Dru Johnson) Ep. #243
Antisemitism and the Holocaust: Or, How Normal People Become Killers (David Pileggi) Ep. #242
Syndicated: The Bible Bar - Genesis 1 (Joshua Berman & K Lawson Younger) Ep. #241
Is “I’m Sorry” Biblical? Honor, Social Order, and Forgiveness in Scripture (Joshua Berman) Ep.#240
Love, Justice, and the American Prison System: A Biblical Rethink (Abigail Pasiuk) Ep. #239
Archaeology of the Everyday: Grounded Theology in Ancient Israel (Backfish & Shafer-Elliott) Ep. #238
Redeeming Eden & Eve: How the Bible Strategically Uplifts Women (Ingrid Faro) Ep. #237
Seeing What’s Really There: A Guide to Biblical Allusions (Matt Swale) Ep. #236
The State of Hebraic Thought In 2026 (Dru Johnson) Ep. #235
Sacrifice, Atonement, and Presence: Maybe Leviticus Doesn't Mean What We Think? (Phil Bray) Ep #234
ICYMI: How Old Testament Laws Can Shape Christians Today (Carmen Imes) Ep. #233
ICYMI: Is the NT Just Stoic Philosophy? (Jonathan Pennington) Ep. #232
Faith, Innovation, and the Church's Future: Rethinking Tech and Ministry (Kevin Kim) Ep. #231
Getting Egypt Out of Israel: The Exodus Plagues as Spiritual Formation (Avery & Wadholm) Ep. #230
Hebraic Thought On The Big Screen? Biblical Themes in Non-Biblical Movies (Dru Johnson) Ep. #229
Equip the Church to Think Biblically: How Your Church Can Fuel This Work
Fueling Hebraic Thought: How You Can Help
Why Scholars Gather: A Tour Through the Wild World of Biblical Academia (Dru Johnson) Ep. #228
Where Is God? Eucharist, Trauma, and Divine Presence in Poland (Ela Wyrzykowska) Ep. #227
On Biblical Masculinity, The Boy Crisis, And The Church's Missed Mission (Anthony Bradley) Ep. #226
What The Chosen Gets Right (And Wrong): Archaeology, Pharisees, and Color (Jeffrey Garcia) Ep. #225
Creation, Rest, and Reign: What Genesis Meant to the Ancient World (Rachel Booth Smith) Ep. #224
Israel’s Rituals, God’s Needs, and the Covenant That Changed Everything (John Walton) Ep. #223
Cultural Rivers, Order, and Covenant: Tools For Reading Scripture Well (John Walton) Ep. #222
Unlocking The Deep Structures of Scripture: The Bible's Unified Message (Joshua Berman) Ep. #221
Attachment Theory, God’s Presence, & The Image of God: How God Heals Us (Geoff Holsclaw) Ep. #220
Pharisees, Torah, and Sacrifice: What We Miss When We Misread the Law (Paul Sloan) Ep. #219
Is "Eye For An Eye" Christian? Jesus, Justice, and The Limits of Vengeance (Dru Johnson) Ep. #218
Feasting on Hope: Sacraments, Trauma, and Formation in the Church (Hannah King) Ep. #217
Theology in the Mother Tongue: Oral Bible Translation and Embodied Faith (Fausto Liriano) Ep. #216
The Illusion of Intelligence: Why AI Can’t Replace Embodied Life (Noreen Herzfeld) Ep. #215
Becoming God’s Family: Against Church Hurt, Isolation, and Autonomy (Carmen Imes) Ep. #214
Literature and Idealism: Or, How The Bible Is A "Thick" Story (Karen Swallow Prior) Ep. #213
Tribes, States, & Empires: Scripture’s Vision for a Virtuous Political Order (Yoram Hazony) Ep. #212
Just War, Christianity, and The Call to Serve: The Ethics of Military Service (Darren Duke) Ep #211
Building a Movement: Why the Church Needs Hebraic Thought—and What We’re Doing About It Ep. #210
Jesus Under Every Rock? Rethinking Christ-Centered Reading & Preaching (Chris Wright) Ep #209
The NAR, Power, and Prophecy: Inside America’s Forgotten Christian Movement (Matthew Taylor) Ep. #208
Hollywood, Scripture, and Politics: Joan Didion and the Power of Story (Alissa Wilkinson) Ep. #207
Wine, Worship, and Craftsmanship: A Biblical Theology of Alcohol (John Dunne) Ep #206
Is Nationalism Biblical? Yoram Hazony on Nations, Empires, and Justice (Yoram Hazony) Ep. #205
Do You See What I See? Worship, Joint Attention, and Being Human (Cockayne & Salter) Ep. #204
How Artists Think Biblically: Liturgies, Ritual, and the Weight of Words (Douglas McKelvey) Ep. #203
Is Abraham a Hero or a Warning? How Genre Makes or Breaks Your Bible Reading (Andy Judd) Ep. #202
Storge, Justice, and the Ten Commandments: Rethinking Biblical Love (Mike Tolliver) Ep. #201
Managing Fame, Faith, and the Stage: Inside the (Christian) Music Industry (Nick Barre) Ep. #200
Why Intellectual Humility Is the Key to Understanding Scripture (Matt Whitman) Ep. #199
Evolution and Identity: A Jewish Perspective on Science and Belief (Rachel Pear) Ep. #198
Is Evolution a Dirty Word? Muslim Perspectives on Science and Religion (Shoaib Malik) Ep. #197
Can Muslims, Jews, and Christians Talk About Science and Scripture? (Dru Johnson) Ep. #196
Syndicated: Jesus and Jewish Law (Logan Williams and Paul Sloan) Ep. #195
ICYMI - Wisdom of Primal Peoples in the Era of World Christianity (Jangkholam Haokip) Ep. #194
Is God Really Unchanging? Challenging Classical Theism’s View of God (R.T. Mullins) Ep. #193
Why We Struggle to Read the Bible—And How to Fix It (Alex Goodwin) Ep. #192
Faith, Politics, and Media: Rethinking Christian Political Involvement (Kaitlyn Schiess) Ep. #191
From the Five Percent Nation to Biblical Scholar: CHT Fellow Hakeem Bradley Ep. #190
The Contemporary Worship Music Pipeline, or "Where Did The Psalms Go?" (Marc Jolicoeur) Ep. #189
Listening to the Bible: Why Scripture Was Meant to Be Heard (Dru Johnson) Ep. #188
The Rapture, the Mark of the Beast, & Christian Eschatology—Fact & Fiction (Matt Halsted) Ep. #187
How Scripture Reads Scripture: Understanding Biblical Intertextuality (Brent Strawn) Ep. #186
American Christian Nationalism and the Way of Jesus (Caleb E. Campbell) Ep. #185
Joseph's Brothers Never Sold Him Into Slavery (Ari Lamm) Ep. #184
The State of Hebraic Thought in 2025 (Dru Johnson) Ep. #183
Hebraic Thought, "What Hath Darwin...", and What's Coming Next (Dru Johnson) Ep #182
ICYMI: The Church's Alarming Neglect of the Old Testament (Brent Strawn) Ep. 181
ICYMI: The Biblical Authors vs. Greek Philosophy (Joseph Dodson) Ep. 180
Judaism is About Love (Shai Held) part 2 Ep. 179
Judaism is About Love (Shai Held) part 1 Ep. 178
What Do You Want? (Mike Tolliver) Ep 177
Where Are We Going? (Mike Tolliver) Ep. 176
So, What Happened? (Dru Johnson) The Biblical Mind Ep. 175
Why Does Church Matter? Learning from Jazz (Mark Glanville)
When No One Reads Books Anymore
Will AI Take Over the World (Adam Graber)
Scripture, Sexuality, and Podcasting (Preston Sprinkle)
Why We Need the Global Church (Stephen T. Pardue)
Are Psychedelics Good for Depression, or Anything at All? (Ben ”Doc” Askins) [Full Episode]
Why Is Leviticus so Hard to Read? (Dr. Jay Sklar)
A Bend in the Road for TBM and CHT, and Farewell Celina!
’Fireside’ Chat: Distance between Seminaries and Churches (Matt LaPine)
Is ’Systemic Injustice’ Biblical? (Michael Rhodes)
Technology Isn’t a Neutral Tool (Jason Thacker)
ICYMI: How ’Christianese’ Is Like Corporate Jargon (Valerie Hobbs)
ICYMI: Jesus Shows That God and Humans Are a Good Match (Lucy Peppiatt)
What the Image of God Is and Is Not (Carmen Imes)
Understanding the Slaughter of the Canaanites in the Book of Joshua (Paul Hinlicky)
Is It Time to Quit ’Quiet Time’? Discussing Our View (Dru Johnson & Celina Durgin)
Women in the Early Church (Nijay Gupta)
Trying to Master the Bible? Try Savoring It Instead (Andrew Abernethy)
Jazz, Justice, and the Gospel (William Edgar)
Trusting Reality: ’Longing to Know’ Turns 20 (Esther Meek)
Old—and New—Testament Violence and the Shalom of God (Matthew J. Lynch)
ICYMI: Don’t Skip the Poems (Michelle Knight)
The State of Jewish–Christian Relations (Pesach Wolicki)
The Unwritten Word: Learning from High Orality-Reliant Cultures (Charles Madinger)
The First Christian Nation? Keeping Up with the Armenians (Heather Ohaneson)
Jewish Identity, Deconstruction, and Misusing the Bible (Marty Solomon)
Reading the Bible Like an Adult (Avital Hazony Levi)
Raising Chickens, Reading Scripture, and Running Governments, Reformed-Style (Jessica Joustra)
Most Popular Episode of 2022: ’Going to Heaven’ vs. Resurrection, the New Heavens, and the New Earth (J. Richard Middleton)
Paying Attention to the People, Places, and Things in the Bible (Kat Armstrong)
There Is No West without the Near East (Robert Nicholson)
What If We Took God’s Instruction Seriously? (Ryan O’Dowd)
The Knowledge Crisis and Misinformation in Biblical Perspective (Bonnie Kristian)
Wisdom of Primal Peoples in the Era of World Christianity (Jangkholam Haokip)
Our Complicated History with Evil (Discover Your Roots Season 2 Premiere)
Moving from Egypt to the U.S. as a Coptic Christian (Mariam Wahba)
The Pitfalls of Children’s Bibles (Rachel Wilkowski)
Israelites vs. Hebrews vs. Jews . . . ? (Jason Staples)
Growing Up Christian in the Gaza Strip (Khalil Sayegh)
Revelation 101: Leaving Behind Left Behind (Jason Staples)
Would Moses Forgive Student Debt? (Michael Rhodes)
A Jewish View of the Afterlife in the Hebrew Bible (Jeremiah Unterman)
Thinking Biblically about Institutions (Ari Lamm)
The Bonhoeffer of Ethiopia (Abeneazer Urga)
ICYMI: What Is the Point of Prayer? Does It Change God’s Mind? (John C. Peckham)
The Dangers of Celebrity in the Church (Katelyn Beaty)
Forming Trauma-Safe Churches (Scott Harrower and Joshua Cockayne)
Repentance in Deed and Word (Shalom Carmy)
Q&A Series: Is There Marriage in Heaven? (Dru Johnson)
Discussing the New CHT Book on Gender in the Bible (Feat. 3 of the Contributors)
ICYMI: How the Translation of ’Faith’ in the Bible Falls Short (Matt Bates)
How the Early Church Engaged with Scripture (Brian J. Wright)
Entering the Hell and Heartbreak of the Grotesque Book of Judges (Daniel Stulac)
True Sabbath Isn’t Narcissism Disguised as Self-Care (Kelsey Osgood)
African Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Economic Justice (Gift Mtukwa)
Reissue: What Does Reconciliation Mean for Sexual Abuse Survivors? (Rachael and Jacob Denhollander)
Who Is the ’Foreigner’ We’re Supposed to Love? (M. Daniel Carroll R.)
Knowing God through Welcoming the Stranger (Mark Glanville)
Reissue: Violence in the Bible Isn’t What You Think It Is (Matt Lynch)
Rituals Teach: Why We Can’t Ignore Leviticus (Mark Scarlata)
Update: Now Accepting Questions for Upcoming Q&A Episodes!
What Can Non-Jewish Clergy Learn from Jewish Studies? (Jeff Jacoby)
The Sexual Reformation: What Does the Bible Actually Say about Gender? (Aimee Byrd)
A Look Back at Rethinking ’Quiet Time’ (Jen Wilkin)
Beyond Bible Study: From Consumers to Participants (Caroline Smiley and Kyle Worley)
What Do Rituals ’Do,’ and What Makes a Ritual Sacred? (Ben Noonan)
The True Causes and Purposes of Religious Doubt (Matthew LaPine)
Love Enemies Better through Knowing the Biblical Land (Danielle Parish)
Still Trying to Find Yourself? Try Losing It First (Alan Noble)
The Church Needs African Hermeneutics (Liz Mburu)
The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America (Aaron Griffith)
Extreme Violence, Nahum, and Reconciliation in the Congo (Jacob Onyumbe Wenyi)
What Biblical Racial Reconciliation Actually Looks Like (Anthony Bradley)
The Torah Is Not a Law Book (Jerry Unterman)
No One Asks for Forgiveness in the Bible? (Joshua Berman)
African Americans Understood Paul‘s Words While Slave Owners Twisted Them (Lisa Bowens)
What Are Sermons for, and How Can They Be Improved? (Jonathan Pennington)
Three Grinches in a Pod: Complicating Christmas
Toward an Integrated Liturgy of Work and Worship (Matthew Kaemingk)
Crying for Justice: Why We Should Pray the ‘Angry‘ Psalms (Trevor Laurence)
Reading the Bible While Black: The Crucial Perspective of the Black Church (Esau McCaulley)
Understanding Supersessionism and the Controversy over a TBM Article (Ari Lamm)
Prosperity, Responsibility, and Economics in the Torah (Michael Eisenberg)
How the Marginalized Church Reads the Bible, Part 1: Vince Bantu
Two Upcoming Series, Feat. Esau McCaulley, Rachael Denhollander, Others
Making Leaders Who Can Make Disciples (The Pillar Seminary)
Why Jesus‘ Judaism Matters (Jen Rosner)
Reading Evangelicals: Doctrine, Culture, and Popular Christian Fiction (Daniel Silliman)
Overcoming Common ‘Mistruths‘ We‘ve Heard in Church (Brent Strawn)
Narrative of Place: Why Historical and Geographical Context Matters (Cyndi Parker)
God Wears a Robe? Reading the Psalms as Poetry (Chip Hardy and Matt Mullins)
Proverbs 31 Isn't a Future-Wife Checklist (Dominick Hernandez)
Biblical Artist Series: Seeing Differently through Art (Steve Prince)
If Christians Read Scripture Like Jews Do, Continued (Ari Lamm)
Ancient Jewish Pilgrims and Sacrificial BBQ (Jeffrey Garcia)
Yes, You Can Learn Biblical Hebrew—and Why You Should! (Aleph with Beth)
Christians Shouldn't Be Stuck in the Present (David Moore)
Can You Understand Scripture without Background Knowledge?
The 'New Christian Zionism' Isn't Dispensationalist (Gerry McDermott)
Is God Perfect? Does That Matter? [Revisited] (Peter Leithart)
Lament, Moral Injury, and the Dark Parts of Scripture (Dr. Jill Firth)
Until All the Psalms Are Sung Again (Poor Bishop Hooper)
Listen to an Article: Recovering the Political Teachings of the Hebrew Bible
If Christians Read Scripture Like Jews Do (Ari Lamm)
The Church's Alarming Neglect of the Old Testament (Brent Strawn)
On Whether There Is Sacred Music (Delvyn Case)
How to Enjoy Reading the Bible (Matthew Mullins)
Behind the Scenes: CHT Staff Tells All! (Dru, Amy, Celina)
The Biblical Authors vs. Greek Philosophy (Joseph Dodson)
Understanding Slavery in the Old Testament—and Today (Myrto Theocharous)
You Mean Jesus Isn't Literally a Vine? (Beth Stovell)
American Christians' Peculiar View of Inerrancy—and Other Oddities (Mike Bird)
Listen to an Article: Neither Work nor Leisure Provides 'Our Daily Bread'
Ancient Israelite Government in Modern Republics (Kyle Swan)
Don't Drop the Body of Christ (Janelle Peters)
Why We Should Still Keep the Sabbath (Mark Scarlata)
Reading Exodus: When Does a Multitude Become a People? (Leon Kass)
Listen to This before Writing That Book (Michael Thomson)
But Really, What's Up with Abraham Almost Sacrificing Isaac? (Aaron Koller)
Repentance as a Group Activity (David Lambert)
Rethinking 'Quiet Time' with Scripture (Jen Wilkin)
Listen to an Article: Scott Harrower on Coping with Trauma through Scripture
Excavating the Biblical World (Cynthia Shafer-Elliott)
Christmas Special: Esau McCaulley on Reading While Black (OnScript)
What Is Civility and How Do We Practice It? A Panel Discussion
Biblical Artist Series: Sandra Bowden Literally Makes the Bible into Art
How Brazilians Understand the Bible Differently (Caio Peres)
Biblical Artist Series: Why John Hendrix Draws in Church
Wandering in the Wilderness: COVID-19 and the Book of Numbers (Dave Beldman)
Not a "White Man's Religion": Church History and Biblical Thought (Vince Bantu)
Biblical Artist Series: Jon Collins from BibleProject
Biblical Literacy for Flourishing in Faith and Work (Luke Bobo)
Re-Thinking Wisdom Literature in the Bible (Will Kynes)
How Old Testament Laws Can Shape Christians Today (Carmen Imes)
Critiquing the Church's Beliefs about Sex and Gender (Aimee Byrd)
Shaping Habits and Imagination for Reading Scripture (Dr. Heath Thomas)
Is Asian Philosophy (including Israel) "Philosophy"? Dr. Bryan Van Norden
Thinking Exodus: Egyptology and the Bible (James K. Hoffmeier)
Biblical Artist Series: Ned Bustard
Listen to an Article: Malcolm Guite on Poetic Imagination and Biblical Prophecy
A Realist Christian Response to the Horror of Trauma (Scott Harrower)
Why Scripture Doesn't Talk about Law, Religion, or Belief (Joshua Berman)
Scripture on Policing in America
A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament (Dr. Jaco Gericke)
Introducing Dr. Jeremiah Unterman (CHT Fellow)
Is the NT Just Stoic Philosophy? [Corrected]
Group Therapy for Anxiety in the Old Testament
Economic Thought in the Bible
Is God Perfect? Does that Matter? Peter Leithart Workshop, Part 2
Is God Perfect? Does that Matter? Peter Leithart Workshop, Part 1
Is God Perfect? Does that Matter? Peter Leithart Lecture
The Hebraic Roots of Modern Equality
Moral Progress in the Bible?
Hebraic Thought in Christmas, Part 2: Humble Moms and Shepherds
Nerdy Episode: Baby Yoda, Christmas, & Hebrew Narrative
Hebraic Thought in Christmas, Part 1: Endangered Babies
The Idea of Christian Calling
Hebrew Ethics: Radical in the Ancient Near East, Yet So Familiar to Us
Genesis as Rationality in the Ancient Near East
From Christian-hater to CHT Co-Founder—Changed by Reading the Bible.
Ethical Ambiguity, Biblical Vigilantes, and Dr. Shira Weiss (CHT Fellow)
Introducing Dr. Joshua Berman (CHT Fellow)
Yoram Hazony: "An Individualist Approach To The Hebrew Bible" (NPR)
Yoram Hazony on the Bible as Philosophy
FAQ: Do We Think Like Ancient Folks Did?
FAQ: What About the New Testament?
FAQ: Why "Hebraic Thought" and not "Jewish Thought"?
FAQ: Justice as an Example of Hebraic Thought
FAQ: What is Hebraic Thought?
Center for Hebraic Thought *Coming Soon*