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Bible for Normal People Season 7
Faith for Normal People Season 1
Episode 31: Adil Hussain Khan – Islam & Interreligious Dialogue
Episode 261: Ekaputra Tupamahu – Speaking in Tongues
Episode 30: Pádraig Ó Tuama – A Poetic Look at the Bible
Episode 260: Jacob L. Wright – Why the Bible Came to Be
Episode 29: Grace Ji-Sun Kim – A Theology of Visibility
Episode 259: Robyn Whitaker – The Book of Revelation
Episode 28: Thomas Jay Oord – The Problem of Evil (Part 2)
Episode 258: Marc Brettler & Alan Lenzi – The Problem of Evil (Part 1)
Episode 27: Christin Fort – Attachment Theory & God
Episode 257: Pete Enns – Pete Ruins 1 Kings
Episode 26: Matthias Roberts – Psychology, Religious Trauma, & Reconstructing Faith
Episode 256: Barbara Leung Lai – The Inner Life of Biblical Characters
Episode 25: Eddie Howells – Christian Mysticism Is Actually a Thing
Episode 255: John Dominic Crossan – The Other Gospels
Episode 24: Cole Arthur Riley – The Body of Faith
Episode 254: Richard Kalmin – The Talmud
Episode 23: Felipe Hinojosa – Latino Church History is American Church History
Episode 253: Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams – The Book of Ruth
Episode 22: Lisa Fullam – Making Decisions the Ignatian Way
Episode 252: Steed Davidson – The Bible’s Ambivalence Toward Empire
Episode 21: Hans Halvorson – God & The Cosmos
Episode 251: Pete Enns – Pete Ruins 2 Samuel
Episode 20: Jared Byas – The Revelations of Jared Byas
Episode 250: Safwat Marzouk – The Bizarre Book of Ezekiel
Episode 19: Sarah Lane Ritchie – Belief & the Brain
Episode 249: Shannon T.L. Kearns – Reading Scripture as a Transgender Christian
Episode 18: David Bentley Hart – What’s the Deal with the Creeds?
Episode 248: Cheryl B. Anderson – The Ethical Impact of Biblical Interpretation (REISSUE)
Episode 17: Ally Henny – Finding Your Voice in the Face of Injustice
Episode 247: Jared Byas – What It Means to Take the Bible Literally
Episode 16: Brian McLaren – The Four Stages of Faith (REISSUE)
Episode 246: Amy Kalmanofsky – Dangerous Sisters in the Hebrew Bible
Episode 15: Dale C. Allison Jr. – Encountering Mystery
Episode 245: Elizabeth Schrader Polczer – Resurrecting Mary the Tower
Episode 14: Danté Stewart – The Power of Black Literature
Episode 244: Manuel Cruz – What It Means to Be Moral
Episode 13: Kaitlin Curtice – A Fresh Vision for the Spiritual Life
Episode 243: Pete Enns & Jared Byas – Finding Wisdom in the Balance
Episode 12: Erica Smith – Dropping Out of Purity Culture
Episode 242: Lisa Marie Bowens – The Cosmic Battle in 2 Corinthians
Episode 11: Rainn Wilson – Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
[Bible] Episode 241: Pete Enns – Pete Ruins 1 Samuel
Episode 10: D. Danyelle Thomas – Decolonizing Our Faith
Episode 240: Dan McClellan – Why God Is Like a Hotdog
Episode 9: Jared Byas – The Genesis of Jared Byas
Episode 239: Cameron B. R. Howard – How Is the Bible Authoritative?
Episode 8: Joseph Henrich – Is Christianity Weird?
Episode 238: Josh James – Psalms Isn’t What You Think It Is
Episode 7: Robin Parry – The Historical Roots of Christian Universalism
Episode 237: Sam Boyd – What the Tower of Babel Is Really About
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Bible for Normal People Season 6
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?
Episode 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 True Meaning of the Image of God
Episode 192: Bishop Michael Curry – Love Makes Room for Us All
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Bible for Normal People 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
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Bible for Normal People Season 4
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 (REISSUE)
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Bible for Normal People Season 3
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?
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Bible for Normal People Season 2
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? (REISSUE)
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
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Bible for Normal People Season 1
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
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