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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 True Meaning of the Image of God Episode 192: Bishop Michael Curry – Love Makes Room for Us All Season 5 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 Episode 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, Part 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 & 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: Where Did Our Bible Come From? Episode 163: Tripp Fuller – Thinking About Jesus Today Episode 162: Parenting in a Faith Transition (feat. Sarah Byas) Interview with Amanda Mbuvi: Finding Ourselves in the Stories of the Bible Episode 160 – The Risk of an “Errant” Bible Interview with Richard Elliott Friedman: Who Wrote the Pentateuch? Interview with Maria Doerfler: Reading the Bible in Times of Crisis Interview with Nadia Bolz-Weber: Being a Christian in the Messiness Episode 156 – Your Questions About Prayer, Marriage, White Jesus, an Angry God, and a Murky Bible Interview with Sarah Bessey: Why Bother Praying? Interview with Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler: How Jews & Christians Read the Bible Differently Interview with James Kugel: Shifting Perspectives on God in the Bible Episode 152 – What Makes Christianity Different? Season 4 Episode 151 – 2020: Let’s Not and Say We Did Interview with Christopher Rollston: Where Does Hebrew Come From? Interview with Dan Koch: The End Times & American Christian Culture Episode 148: Adam, Evangelicalism, & the Metanarrative of Evolution Interview with Benjamin D. Sommer: Does God Have a Body? Episode 146: Rediscovering Jonah – Part 3 Interview with Emilie Townes: The Wisdom of Hope Interview with Austen Hartke: The Bible & The Lives of Transgender Christians (Reissue) Interview with Martha Himmelfarb: Second Temple Judaism & Apocalyptic Literature Episode 142: Rediscovering Jonah – Part 2 Interview with John Franke: God is On a Mission and So Can You Interview with Cynthia Shafer-Elliott: What Archaeologists Do & Why It Matters (Reissue) Interview with Paula Fredriksen – When Christians Were Jews Episode 139 – You Have Questions, Pete Has Answers Episode 138: How Love Changes the Meaning of the Bible Interview with James Kugel – Challenging Our Assumptions About the Bible Interview with Ariel Sabar – Telling the Truth About Jesus’ Wife Interview with Gary Anderson – How the Bible Talks About Sin Interview with Ilia Delio- Grounding God in Evolution Episode 133- The Book of Job Interview with Joe Gordon- A Conversation About Inspiration Episode 131: Did the Bible Get it Wrong? Drew G. I. Hart: The Bible, Race, and White Supremacy (Reissue) Brooke Prentis- Reading the Bible Through Aboriginal Eyes Matthias Henze- The Bible & Second Temple Judaism Miguel De La Torre- Diverse Voices in Biblical Scholarship Kirsten Powers- The Journey to Grace Episode 125- Big Ideas that Shaped Biblical Scholarship: Julius Wellhausen and the Pentateuch Yii-Jan Lin- Immigration & the Book of Revelation Rediscovering Jonah- Part 1 Emerson Powery- The Bible as a Source of Liberation Episode 121: Pete and Jared Talk About the Afterlife Jack Levison- The Spirit, Wind, & Breath of God in the Bible Xavier Ramey- Diversity, Social Justice, and the Gospel Meghan Henning: Does Hell Exist? Episode 117: Reading the Old Testament Christotelicly Sarah Ruden: Getting Inside the Head of Paul & Jesus Alison Cook- Your Emotions Are Not Your Spiritual Enemy Episode 114: How to Read the Bible in 2020 James Martin: The Gift of Imagination in Reading Scripture Season 3 How “How the Bible Actually Works” Works with Pete and Jared Interview with Tom Oord: The Uncontrolling Love of God Pete Ruins Exodus: Part 6 Interview with Megan DeFranza: The Bible and Intersex Believers Interview with Pete Wehner: Faith, Politics, & Polarization Interview with Cindy Wang Brandt: Raising Children in the Faith 5 Principles for Biblical Interpretation with Jared Byas Interview with Dr. Wil Gafney: Womanist Midrash Perspective on the Biblical Text Interview with Jeff Chu: Grief as a Biblical Practice Pete Ruins Exodus: Part 5 Interview with Jonathan Martin: Pentecostalism as Mysticism Interview with Andrew Perriman: Does the New Testament Predict the Future? Episode 100: Genesis for Normal People Interview with Jennifer Knust: The Bible as a Living Document Interview with Pete Holmes: Comedy, Sex, and God Pete Ruins Exodus: Part 4 Christian Ethics with Jared Byas Interview with Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns: The Bible & Women’s Spirituality Do We Know God is Good From the Bible? Interview with Dr. Sylvia Keesmaat and Dr. Brian Walsh: Resisting Empire in the Book of Romans Interview with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine: Jesus, Judaism, & Christianity Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 3) Interview with Richard Rohr: The (Biblical) Universal Christ David’s Sordid Past: This Ain’t No Kids Story Rachel Held Evans: Reading The Bible Creatively Interview with Robert Alter: The Art of Translating the Bible Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 2) Interview with Austen Hartke: The Bible & The Lives of Transgender Christians Paul is Frustrating: On Fornication & Wives Obeying Husbands in Colossians Interview with Judy Stack: The Gospel of Matthew on Integrity & Hypocrisy Interview with Linda Kay Klein: Breaking Free From Purity Culture Truth is Subjective…Even in the Bible Interview with Jonathan Walton: Reading the Bible Through the Lens of Love Interview with Austin Channing Brown: Preaching the Bible in the Black Church Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 1) Interview with Elizabeth Enns Petters: Anxiety in the Life of Faith Interview with Xavier Pickett: So When Did White Christian America Lose Its Mind? Interview with Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch: The Bible & Film God’s Children Tell the Story Interview with Propaganda: What Does Christian Art Even Mean? Coming in Season Three: Christian Art, Purity Culture, Anxiety, Film, and White Christian America If you’re a normal person who reads the Bible, chances are you have questions. Ask Pete Season 2 Interview with Jen Hatmaker: Changing Your Mind About the Bible: A Survivor’s Guide Interview with Brian McLaren: The Bible As A Weapon 7 Things You Need to Know about How the Book of Proverbs Works Interview with with Cynthia Shafer-Elliott: What Archaeologists Do & Why It Matters Interview with Peter Rollins: The Bible as A Sacred Object Understanding Deuteronomy & the Story of Israel’s Kings Interview with Richard Rohr: A Contemplative Look at The Bible Interview with with William Paul Young: Reimagining the God of the Bible Interview with Barbara Brown Taylor: How the Bible is Curated with Human Fingerprints Is the Bible True? The Bible for Normal People Podcast with Jared Byas Interview with Craig Allert: Where Did the New Testament Come From? Romans for Normal People with Pete Enns Interview with Dr. Wil Gafney: Womanist Midrash Perspective on the Biblical Text Interview with with Audrey Assad: Deconverting from Certainty Interview with Jeffrey Stackert: Who Wrote the Pentateuch? Critical Thinking with Pete & Jared Interview with Rob Bell: What is the Bible? Interview with Jamie Wright: Jesus, Justice, and the Mission Field Ecclesiastes with Pete Enns Interview with Sarah Bessey: the Holy Spirit and the Holy Bible Ask Pete: Answering Questions from The Bible For Normal People Community Interview with Rachel Held Evans: Unraveling and Re-raveling the Bible Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament with Pete Enns LIVE from Wild Goose with Pete, Jared, Rika + Paul Interview with William M. Schniedewind: When and Why the Bible Was Written How to Talk to People You Disagree With Interview with Mark Smith: Who Is Yahweh & Where Did Yahweh Come From? Creeds, Confessions & Statements of Belief Interview with Brent Strawn: The Old Testament is Part of Our Bible and You Can’t Avoid It What Does the Bible Have To Say About Politics – American or Otherwise? Producer's Pick Interview with Pete Holmes: Comedy, Sex, and God Season 1 Interview with with Richard Rohr: A Contemplative View of the Bible Interview with Rachel Held Evans: Unraveling and Re-Raveling the Bible Interview with Walter Brueggemann: Resurrecting the Bible in the Mainline Church Interview with Mike McHargue: That Topic that Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon: Science and the Bible Interview with Amy-Jill Levine: Jesus, Judaism, and Christianity Teaching the Bible to Your Children Interview with Kent Sparks: Where Did the Israelites Come From? Interview with Daniel Kirk: Understanding the Human Jesus Monolatry: The Israelites Believed in Many Gods Interview with Benjamin D. Sommer: Jewish Views on the Bible Faith and Doubt: No, You’re Not the Only One Interview with Marc Brettler: On Being a Jewish Biblical Scholar Interview with Matthew Vines: The Bible and the Gay Christian Interview with Brian Zahnd: What to Do with Violence in the Bible Interview with Ellen Davis: What Is the Practical Value of the Old Testament? Interview with Denis Lamoureux: The Bible, Evolution, and Christian Faith Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally Interview with Megan DeFranza: The Bible and Intersex Believers Interview with Diana Butler Bass: Reading the Bible as an Experience & Relationship Interview with Jon D. Levenson: Resurrection in the Hebrew Bible 5 Things Jesus Wants You to Know about the Adam Story Interview with Dr. Beverly Gaventa: What is the Book of Romans Trying to Do? Interview with Nyasha Junior: Womanist Biblical Interpretation The Book of Jonah Interview with with Drew G. I. Hart: The Bible, Race, and White Supremacy Biblical Authority, Revelation, Inspiration Interview with with Greg Boyd: Jesus and Divine Violence Interview with Anthony Le Donne: The Gospels as Memories of Jesus Taking a Shot at Divine Violence LIVE from Penn State University with Pete Enns and Jared Byas Support us on Patreon Keep the podcast afloat for just $3 a month. Get Patron Perks →