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Recently, I wrote about the challenge we face when we are taught to “do what the Bible says,” as though it is a rulebook. Specifically, I wrote about the challenges of genre, context, and authority. I ended with this: “ All that to say, when we ignore these challenges of […]
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Why Do We Thank God for Things?
When my son was 5 or so, we were watching TV and a commercial came on giving aid to starving […]
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Be Curious
One of the areas in parenting where fear fights curiosity the most is in regard to faith. I remember correcting […]
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Exchanging a Leather Bound God for an Imperfect Bible
“I don’t know what to do with the Bible anymore” is a refrain that too many of us have come […]
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Reading from the End (with children)
Hannah (an alias) is an undiscerning fan of R-rated literature. Granted, the exclusive focus of this compulsive vice is her […]
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The Learning Human Jesus and the Human Bible
I am especially delighted to write this piece for the Bible for Normal People social media outlet, since there is […]
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Rainbows, Gold Lamé, and Jesus
What This Evangelical Mom Learned at her First Pride I attended my first Pride festival in 2019, and no one […]
Continue ReadingAs you’ve probably heard, we’re moving to our bi-weekly podcast schedule for the summer. Just in case you’ll miss us, here are the super-scientific, very official results for our top ten episodes of all time. These were compiled from community responses on a recent Facebook poll and along with total […]
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Resources for Justice
Rather than air our regularly scheduled episode, we felt it was important to step back and promote educational resources by […]
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Author Spotlight: Zack Hunt
Today’s author is Zack Hunt and the book is Unraptured: How End Times Theology Gets It Wrong. Zack Hunt is […]
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Pete’s Bible Trivia Bonanza #12 — Jeremiah Didn’t Have a Pentateuch
The prophet Jeremiah lived during the time when the Babylonians invaded Judah (beginning in 597 BCE) and then captured Jerusalem […]
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Reading the Bible With Mutual Respect
I don’t know about you but I grew up with this nagging thought in the back of my mind when […]
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Rachel Held Evans and Her God
I am thinking about Rachel’s passing a year ago, along with many of you. I continue to mourn the tremendous […]
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Author Spotlight: Melissa Florer-Bixler
Have you ever said to yourself, “AHHHHHHHHHH there are so many great books out there I want to read and […]
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Getting Back to Normal After COVID-19. Maybe. Maybe Not.
We all react to COVID-19 in our own way. Some hoard, some hide. Some fear for their own safety and […]
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Engaging the Bible as If God Were Out Ahead of Us
Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask […]
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What the Bible Says About Right & Wrong
On the podcast we are constantly exploring these two questions: what is the Bible and what do we do with […]
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Author Spotlight: Karen Gonzalez
Have you ever said to yourself, “AHHHHHHHHHH there are so many great books out there I want to read and […]
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What We Have Here is a Communication Problem
Years ago, my post on John Piper and his view on Canaanite genocide garnered a plethora of responses—specifically regarding his […]
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How to Respect Scripture
Back in 2016, Al Mohler wrote about “The Scandal of Biblical Illiteracy” and some of the statistics he cites are […]
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