Podcast Episodes

[Faith] Episode 63: Mariko Clark - Helping Kids Grow an Expansive Faith

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared and Jennifer Garcia Bashaw sit down with Mariko Clark to explore how adults can help kids encounter…

1 year ago

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[Bible] Episode 306: Pete Enns & the Old Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the Hebrew Bible)

Season 9 Episode 306

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete is joined by our Nerds-in-Residence to tackle some of your biggest questions about the Old Testa…

1 year ago

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[Faith] Episode 62: Zach W. Lambert - The Lenses Through Which We Read the Bible

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Zach Lambert to talk about the journey from biblical literalism to a more li…

1 year ago

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[Bible] Episode 305: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today (REISSUE)

Season 9 Episode 305

The book of Revelation is just plain weird. In this reissue of episode 180 of The Bible for Normal People, Rev. Dr. Brian K. Blount joins Pete and Ja…

1 year ago

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[Bible] Episode 304: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Psalms

Season 9 Episode 304

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete takes a deep dive into the Psalms—who really wrote them, how they were edited, and why they’ve e…

1 year, 1 month ago

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[Faith] Episode 61: David P. Gushee - Living the Teachings of Jesus

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with David P. Gushee about what it means to take seriously the moral teachings of Jes…

1 year, 1 month ago

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[Bible] Episode 303: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible Even Important Anymore?

Season 9 Episode 303

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared take on a central question: Is the Bible still relevant—and if so, how? They explore h…

1 year, 1 month ago

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[Faith] Episode 60: Beau Underwood & Brian Kaylor - Christian Nationalism Across the Political Spectrum

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Beau Underwood and Brian Kaylor join Pete and Jared to explore the history of how mainline Protestants ha…

1 year, 1 month ago

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[Bible] Episode 302: Julie Faith Parker - How Interpretation Made Eve a Villain

Season 9 Episode 302

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Dr. Julie Faith Parker joins Pete and Jared to reexamine the story of Eve through a feminist lens, ch…

1 year, 2 months ago

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[Bible] Episode 301: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting the Bible in the Mainline Church (REISSUE)

Season 9 Episode 301

In this reissue episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with the late Walter Brueggemann to reflect on how the Bible can be r…

1 year, 2 months ago

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