The Bible For Normal People

A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jare

Episodes

Total: 346

John Franke joins the podcast to discussing his new book, Missional Theology. John shares some key c

We are so excited about the Everyday Life in Ancient Israel class Cynthia is teaching for us we just

What separated Judaism from the Christian movement during the Second Temple Period? In this episode,

This episode of the podcast is filled with listener question from our Ask Pete and Jared page on the

What does it mean to “speak the truth in love?” On this episode we’re taking about Jared’s new book

Ancient interpreters made all sort of assumptions about the Bible much like we do today. What do the

Just because someone claims to hold the truth doesn't mean they actually do. On this episode, invest

What is sin? It’s something we talk about often but rarely take the time to define. Gary Anderson ha

On this episode, Pete and Jared discuss the intersection of faith and science with scientist and the

What's the deal with Job? In this episode, Pete gives an overview of the book, pushes back on some r

Joe Gordon is a professor at Johnson University in Tennessee. In this episode, we talk with him abou

We’re answering some listener questions from the Ask Pete page and answering the bigger question: Di

We’re revisiting an episode from Season 1 in which Dr. Drew G. I. Hart shares about the Bible and wh

Brooke Prentis is an Aboriginal leader and CEO of a Christian organization in Australia called Commo

What happened during the time the writings of the Old Testament stopped and the New Testament writin

Many of us believe that our interpretations of the Bible are generally the same as everyone else's.

In this episode, Jared and Pete are joined by political correspondent Kirsten Powers, to talk about

Biblical scholarship has grown a lot over the centuries but there are some ideas that are just so go

Under the hood of America, we see an interesting history of using the book of Revelation to talk abo

In this episode Jared begins to tackle the book of Jonah by asking, “What kind of book is this?” as