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Episode 225: Daniel Kirk - Romans Isn’t What You Think It Is
7 november 2022 · 45 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Daniel Kirk joins Pete and Jared to explain the major themes in the book of Romans, why the Romans Road view of salvation is insufficient, and how a focus on God’s righteousness through Jesus Christ shaped Paul's vision of harmony between Jews and Gentiles.
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Episode 224: Gregory Mobley - Satan’s Biblical Roots
31 oktober 2022 · 44 min
Happy Halloween! Pete and Jared embrace spooky season in this episode of The Bible for Normal People as Gregory Mobley discusses the biblical roots, origin stories, and cultural myths surrounding the Satan figure.
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Episode 223: Jared Byas - Misconceptions About Deconstruction & the Bible
24 oktober 2022 · 44 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared explains the philosophical concept of deconstruction, where it came from, and three misconceptions about deconstruction as related to the Bible.
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Episode 222: Pamela Eisenbaum - Paul & Salvation
17 oktober 2022 · 54 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Jewish New Testament scholar Pamela Eisenbaum to talk about the many misunderstandings surrounding Paul, one of the most complicated figures of the New Testament, and the lens through which he viewed the concept of salvation.
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Episode 221: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - How to Read the Bible Now That We've Ruined It
10 oktober 2022 · 39 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared reflect on all the ruining they’ve been doing, what it means for how we read and connect with the Bible going forward, and how they’ve been personally affected by an evolving view of Scripture.
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Episode 220: Joel Baden - The Historical David
3 oktober 2022 · 45 min
Are the stories written about the biblical character David fact or fiction? Find out in this episode of The Bible for Normal People as Jared, Pete, and professor Joel Baden pull back the curtain to reveal how stories about the infamous King David were spun to make him out as a hero.
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Episode 219: Jemar Tisby - Acknowledging Racism in the Church
26 september 2022 · 43 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jemar Tisby joins Jared and Pete to talk about the legacy of systemic racism in the white American evangelical church, and how white Christians can practice anti-racism in their personal lives and in their communities.
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Episode 218: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Deuteronomy
19 september 2022 · 1 uur 10 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete ruins Deuteronomy by explaining the influence of ancient Near Eastern culture on the laws and the historical narrative of the time, while also exploring the authorship, structure, and core themes of the book.
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Episode 217: Jonathan Jong - How Scientists Study Religion
12 september 2022 · 48 min
Hold onto your thinking cap, because this episode of The Bible for Normal People is going to get really, really nerdy. Pete and Jared are joined by psychologist, professor, and priest Jonathan Jong to talk about the psychology of religious experiences, how scientists approach truth, and how engaging the Bible is an inherently communal experience.
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Episode 216: Rev. Dr. Angela N. Parker - The White Supremacy of Inerrancy
5 september 2022 · 43 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Rev. Dr. Angela N. Parker joins Pete and Jared to talk about the impact of white supremacy in the field of biblical interpretation, whether we can truly read the Bible objectively, and how a womanist interpretation of the Bible can lead to liberation for all.
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Episode 215: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - The Center of the Hebrew Bible
29 augustus 2022 · 51 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared unpack the centrality of the monarchy in the Hebrew Bible, the function of monarchy within the biblical narrative arc, and how not every story or book of the Bible is meant to be used as a devotional for our modern times.
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Episode 214: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - On Repentance and Repair
15 augustus 2022 · 53 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared and Pete talk with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg about the practice of repentance and the pursuit of repair in Judaism based on five steps from the medieval philosopher Maimonides.
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Episode 213: Amanda Held Opelt - The Honesty of Grief
1 augustus 2022 · 53 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Amanda Held Opelt joins Pete and Jared to talk about how her faith was impacted by her own experience with grief, and how rituals of mourning practiced by other cultures throughout history can encourage Christians to make room for grief, pain, and suffering within the church and their own lives.
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Episode 212: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Numbers
18 juli 2022 · 1 uur 2 min
Get your calculators ready…in this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Pete explores the book of Numbers in all its numerical and narrative glory—census lists, marches around the tabernacle, geopolitics, and even a talking donkey. What’s not to love?
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Episode 211: David P. Gushee - Christian Ethics & the Memory of Jesus
4 juli 2022 · 50 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Pete and Jared talk with David P. Gushee about the role of the Bible in Christian ethics and how those ethics can guide our morality as global citizens in a modern world.
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Episode 210: Sidnie White Crawford - What You Really Need to Know about the Dead Sea Scrolls
20 juni 2022 · 52 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Dr. Sidnie White Crawford joins Pete and Jared to discuss the most important manuscript find in Hebrew Bible studies and how it impacts the New Testament.
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Episode 209: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 4
6 juni 2022 · 46 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Jared Byas concludes his four-part series exploring the shortcomings of evangelicalism’s ties to the modern mindset and how leaving the modern mindset behind can help us live out a more authentic faith.
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Episode 208: David Farrier - What's Going On With Megachurches?
30 mei 2022 · 49 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, David Farrier joins Pete and Jared to discuss what he has uncovered while researching the downward spiral of megachurches.
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Episode 207: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Respecting the Bible for What It Is (And Isn’t)
23 mei 2022 · 44 min
Does the Bible address modern moral questions? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared dive into a discussion on the uniquely modern tension between an ancient text and modern ethics.
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Episode 206: Dale C. Allison - Approaching the Resurrection of Jesus as a Historian
16 mei 2022 · 50 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Dale Allison joins Pete and Jared to discuss historical criticism and the resurrection.
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Episode 205: Amy Kenny - My Body Is Not a Prayer Request
9 mei 2022 · 44 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Amy Kenny joins Pete and Jared to discuss what we have been taught about disability and invites us to reconsider how we think about disability being portrayed in Scripture.
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Episode 204: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Leviticus
2 mei 2022 · 1 uur 17 min
We almost named this episode of The Bible for Normal People “Pete Rescues Leviticus,” because for most of you, Leviticus is ruined already. Not easily deterred, Pete Enns dives right in and helps us wrap our heads around what Leviticus is saying about God.
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Episode 203: Andre Henry - Systemic Racism in the Church
25 april 2022 · 46 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Andre Henry joins Pete and Jared to discuss the cultural and theological underpinnings of systemic racism in the church.
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Episode 202: Jeff Chu - Grief as a Biblical Practice (REISSUE)
18 april 2022 · 51 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jeff Chu joins Pete and Jared to discuss what the Bible has to say about grief and what grief looks like as a personal, communal, and spiritual practice.
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Episode 201: Debra Rienstra - Eco-Theology: Beyond Stewardship
11 april 2022 · 56 min
How are faith and nature interwoven? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Debra Rienstra joins Pete and Jared to discuss the value of the created world in scripture and what it looks like to care for the earth properly.
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Episode 200: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Does the Bible Still Matter?
4 april 2022 · 51 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared celebrate their two-hundredth episode by discussing why the Bible still matters, looking at the Bible as a book of wisdom, and approaching the Bible without being an expert.
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Episode 199: Becca Stevens - Reimagining Scripture for a Suffering World
28 maart 2022 · 45 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Becca Stevens joins Pete and Jared to share how the embodiment of faith can be an engine toward great good in the world.
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Episode 198: Anna Sieges - The Minor Prophets and Why We Shouldn't Call Them That
21 maart 2022 · 49 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Anna Sieges joins Pete and Jared to elaborate on the benefits of viewing the Minor Prophets as a literary whole.
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Episode 197: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 3
14 maart 2022 · 35 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Jared Byas explores how fundamentalist evangelicalism has bought into the modern mindset in some important ways, while condemning it in other ways.
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Episode 196: Chris Hoklotubbe - The Bible and Native American Spirituality
7 maart 2022 · 48 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Chris Hoklotubbe joins Pete and Jared to discuss the concept of the trickster, the value of learning from nature, and what a few biblical stories look like through an Indigenous lens.
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Episode 195: Gary Rendsburg - History and the Exodus
28 februari 2022 · 49 min
How does the Bible interact with history? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Gary Rendsburg joins Pete and Jared to discuss how history, epic, and theology are interwoven to create the biblical narrative.
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Episode 194: Pete Enns - Staying Christian Is Hard, Isn't It?
21 februari 2022 · 51 min
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete works through some common issues that make it hard to stay Christian and shares a few personal reasons why he stays Christian anyway.
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Episode 193: Lisa Sharon Harper - The Meaning of the Image of God
14 februari 2022 · 1 uur
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Lisa Sharon Harper joins Pete and Jared to discuss the impact that colonization and enslavement had on Scripture and how to begin the humble business of decolonizing our faith.
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Episode 192: Bishop Michael Curry - Love Makes Room for Us All
7 februari 2022 · 53 min
What parts of our faith are worth holding onto? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry joins Pete and Jared to discuss ways to think differently about scripture and the importance of keeping love at the center of your being.
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Episode 191: Pete & Jared - Creative Interpretation as Necessary
13 december 2021 · 54 min
In this episode, Pete & Jared discuss the inevitability of reading our own context into the Bible and how reading the Bible creatively can help connect it to our own universe.
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Episode 190: Austin Channing Brown - Preaching the Bible in the Black Church (REISSUE)
6 december 2021 · 45 min
In this episode, Austin Channing Brown joins Pete and Jared to discuss her experience within various faith traditions and the importance of the Bible, sermons, and community within the Black church.
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Episode 189: Pete Enns - Faith and the New Normal
29 november 2021 · 57 min
Why is the adjustment of beliefs based on experience often misunderstood or even maligned? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete Enns explores how our formational experiences are not the enemy of faith and that making adjustments to our beliefs based on experience is a normal part of the spiritual journey.
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Episode 188: Willie James Jennings - The Book of Acts & the Acts of the Spirit
22 november 2021 · 49 min
Isn’t Acts just about the founding of the church? In this episode, Willie James Jennings joins Pete and Jared to discuss how the book of Acts reconstitutes what it means to be the people of God.
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Episode 187: Kirsten Powers - How Grace Saves Us
14 november 2021 · 57 min
In this episode, Kirsten Powers joins Pete and Jared to discuss toxic public discourse, non-dualistic thinking, and a look at how grace might hold a different meaning than we previously imagined.
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Episode 186: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 2
8 november 2021 · 42 min
In this episode, Jared Byas explores the impact of reason and rationalism as he continues his deep dive into the origins of the modern mindset.
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Episode 185: Randy Woodley - Following Jesus as a Native Traditionalist
1 november 2021 · 42 min
In this episode, Randy Woodley joins Pete and Jared to discuss the impact of dualistic thinking on theology and how Jesus can be accessed outside of scripture.
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Episode 184: Heather Macumber - Monsters in the Bible
25 oktober 2021 · 48 min
What comes to mind when you think about monsters? In this episode, Heather Macumber joins Pete and Jared to discuss monster theory and how monsters are more prevalent in scripture than most people realize.
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Episode 183: Jennifer Bashaw - What Did the Crucifixion Do?
18 oktober 2021 · 51 min
In this week’s episode, Jennifer Bashaw joins Pete and Jared to discuss how various atonement theories attempt to explain Jesus’s death.
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Episode 182: Pete & Jared - The Evolution of Adam
11 oktober 2021 · 55 min
Can Christianity and evolution coexist? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared discuss a path forward for Christians who accept evolution and want to take the Bible seriously.
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Episode 181: Kate Bowler - The Prosperity Gospel & a Theology of Suffering
4 oktober 2021 · 45 min
In this week’s episode, Kate Bowler joins Pete and Jared to discuss how suffering can cause us to adjust what we think God is like and how harmful the prosperity gospel can be.
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Episode 180: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today
27 september 2021 · 49 min
The book of Revelation is just plain weird. For this episode, Pete and Jared sit down with Brian K. Blount to discuss how to read and understand the book of Revelation.
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Episode 179: Paul Deal - Integrating Faith and Psychology
20 september 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
On this episode, Pete and Jared sit down with Paul Deal to discuss the intersection of mental health, psychology, and faith.
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Episode 178: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Isaiah
13 september 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
In this episode of the Bible for Normal People, Pete Enns continues his habit of ruining things for everyone. Today’s topic is the book of Isaiah, and Pete shares five fun facts that biblical scholars like to talk about that will ruin your life—probably not. We’ll see.
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Episode 177: Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. - Social Justice & the Radical Gospel
6 september 2021 · 50 min
For this episode, Pete and Jared are joined by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., who walks us through pervasive biblical evidence for social justice.
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Episode 176: Jared Byas - The Making of the Modern Mindset, Pt. 1
23 augustus 2021 · 37 min
For this episode, Jared Byas takes a deep dive into the origins of the modern mindset and how understanding our own context impacts our study of the Bible.
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