Faith Adjacent

Dive into the evangelical Purity Culture movement with a spiritual archeology dig. Analyzing biblical teachings on sex and purity, exploring harmful effects on gender roles and autonomy. Reflecting on impacts, reform efforts, and the fallout of shame. Unpacking societal flaws, celebrity Christianity versus authentic believers, and the need for grace and mercy in redefining Christian life.

Arriving by night cloaked, curious, and questioning, it’s Nicodemus. From that initial Q&A with Jesus to the somber burial of his friend, Nicodemus learns the art of reconsideration and teaches us it’s ok to believe something your whole life, only to change your mind. MENTIONS John 3:1-16, John 7:25-44, John 7:45-52, John 19:38-42 Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible Professor Bryan P. Stone Rollen Stuart Season 10, Episode 1: Peter Season 7, Episode 3: Mary of Bethany GENTLE REBUKEOur resident Bible scholar Erin Moon offers a gentle rebuke at the end of every episode. Erin is a Bible study editor and Senior Creative/Producer of The Popcast Media Group from Birmingham. Find her on Instagram.BIBLE BINGE SEMINARYOur Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s Bible Binge Deep Dive. Become a partner.SHOW SPONSORS Cru: For only $21 a month, you can provide three people with Bibles each and every month. As a thank you, we’ll send you a Fearfully and Wonderfully Weird Bible Binge tote for joining at $21 a month or more. Go to give.cru.org/BibleBinge to help today. Non-Fiction Coffee: Non-Fiction coffee has a special offer for The Bible Binge family. You’ll receive 10% off any order by going to nonfictioncoffee.org/biblebinge and all orders over $35 receive FREE SHIPPING! NET Bible: If you’ve ever gotten lost in translation or wondered why one Bible says a text one way and another has something else, the NET Bible is for you! You’ll have a deeper understanding of the beauty and shades of meaning in the Bible and discover a greater love for the Scriptures. Go to www.netbible.com to see this amazing Bible tool for yourself. Faithful Counseling: Faithful Counseling wants you to start living a happier life TODAY. Visit FaithfulCounseling.com/biblebinge to join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional and get 10% off. THE POPCASTCheck out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie.It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist.Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram| Twitter| Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We’re back with another Favored or Forsaken! This episode features long-awaited conversations about Jerry Falwell Jr. and that pool boy situation, as well as a long hard look into the good and bad of Christian colleges with help from our listeners.   MENTIONS The Moral Majority Apocalypse Now on Throughline 40 Year Old Virgin Bag of Sand Scene Reuters Article Jerry Falwell Jr. Unzipped Pants Photo Kaitlyn Schiess Opinion Piece David Nasser Twitter Rich Villodas Twitter Join The Faith Adjacent Book Club in The Bible Binge Seminary! FAVORED OF THE WEEK Knox: Podcasts: The Bible For Normal People Episode 133  Jamie: Music: Audrey Assad Erin: Music: The Oh Hellos BIBLE BINGE SEMINARY Our Patreon supporters can get full access to ad free Bible Binge Classic episodes, Bible Scholar QTNAs, monthly Sacred Cinema episodes, Faith Adjacent book club, and more! Become a partner. SHOW SPONSORS Victory Among Nations: Do you desire to live victoriously? Well, through God's Word you are able to do just that! The Victory Box is a tool designed to help you find victory through God's Word, and within each box there are 80 verses on individual 3x6 cards. You can get more information and order your Victory Box through Victoryamongnations.org. Faithful Counseling: Faithful Counseling wants you to start living a happier life TODAY.  Visit FaithfulCounseling.com/biblebinge to join the over 500,000 people taking charge of their mental health with the help of an experienced professional.  Get 10% off your first month at FaithfulCounseling.com/biblebinge.  THE POPCAST Check out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie.It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist. Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram| Twitter| Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we’re talking about Mary Magdalene, 1 of 6 New Testament Marys. There’s a missing body, a resurrected Lord in disguise and a beef between disciples, but that's not all. Listen as we sift fact from fiction and discover who this woman really was - questionable lady or noted evangelist. MENTIONS John 20:1-18 Season 10, Episode 1: Peter Season 4, Episode 1: Mary Meets an Angel Season 2, Episode 6: Mary and Martha Season 7, Episode 3: Mary of Bethany Season 7, Episode 4: Ananias and Sapphira Enduring Word Commentary Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible GENTLE REBUKEOur resident Bible scholar Erin Moon offers a gentle rebuke at the end of every episode. Erin is a Bible study editor and COO of The Popcast Media Group from Birmingham. Find her on Instagram. BIBLE BINGE SEMINARYOur Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s Bible Binge Deep Dive. Become a partner. SHOW SPONSORS NET Bible: If you’ve ever gotten lost in translation or wondered why one Bible says a text one way and another has something else, the NET Bible is for you! You’ll have a deeper understanding of the beauty and shades of meaning in the Bible and discover a greater love for the Scriptures. Go to www.netbible.com to see this amazing Bible tool for yourself. Tyndale: We’d show you how beautiful these covers are, but this is a podcast!  Go to GetWisdomBibleStudies.com to see them yourself. While you’re there watch Teresa share about all 3 studies and get an inside look at each one. You can also download group guides and other freebies, everything you need for your small group. Follow Teresa on Instagram or meet her over at GetWisdomBibleStudies.com. CRU: For only $27 a month, you can provide four people with Bibles each and every month. As a thank you, we’ll send you a Fearfully and Wonderfully Weird Bible Binge tote for joining at $27 a month or more. Go to give.cru.org/BibleBinge to help today. The Lazy Genius Way: Discover a better way to approach your relationships, work, and piles of mail. Be who you are without the complication of everyone else’s “shoulds.” Do what matters, skip the rest, and be a person again with the help of The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi. Available now from your favorite bookseller.  THE POPCASTCheck out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie. It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist. Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram| Twitter| Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Next up in that rag-tag group of disciples is the infamous doubter and inspector of nail holes, Thomas. This guy gets a bad rap for asking follow-up questions, but is he a true skeptic or is there more to the story? Is his name really Thomas? Could he be Jesus’ twin? We, too, have some questions (and doubts) of our own. MENTIONS John 20:19-31 Season 10, Episode 1: Peter The Acts of Thomas The Gospel of Thomas The Popcast Green Lights Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels Luke 24:9-11 Theologian Adam Clarke David Guzik Commentary The Book of Thomas the Contender The Infancy Gospel of Thomas CASTING Philip Seymour Hoffman - Thomas HANDY EPISODE BREAKDOWN Thomas in Context (2:00) Casting (5:48) Story in Context (7:00) John 20:19-20 (12:27) John 20:21-23 (14:26) John 20:24-25 (15:38) A Discussion on Thomas: Actions, Motives, Doubts (16:41) John 20:26-27 (25:03) John 20:28-31 (26:43) What Happened to Thomas? (28:02) The Biggest L (29:25) Low Key MVP (30:41) So What, Who Cares? (32:04) The Gentle Rebuke (35:17) GENTLE REBUKE Our resident Bible scholar Erin Moon offers a gentle rebuke at the end of every episode. Erin is a Bible study editor and COO of The Popcast Media Group from Birmingham. Find her on Instagram. BIBLE BINGE SEMINARY Our Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s Bible Binge Deep Dive. Become a partner.   SHOW SPONSORS NET Bible: If you’ve ever gotten lost in translation or wondered why one Bible says a text one way and another has something else, the NET Bible is for you! You’ll have a deeper understanding of the beauty and shades of meaning in the Bible and discover a greater love for the Scriptures. Go to www.netbible.com to see this amazing Bible tool for yourself. Tyndale: We’d show you how beautiful these covers are, but this is a podcast!  Go to GetWisdomBibleStudies.com to see them yourself. While you’re there watch Teresa share about all 3 studies and get an inside look at each one. You can also download group guides and other freebies, everything you need for your small group. Follow Teresa on Instagram or meet her over at GetWisdomBibleStudies.com. CRU: For only $27 a month, you can provide four people with Bibles each and every month. As a thank you, we’ll send you a Fearfully and Wonderfully Weird Bible Binge tote for joining at $27 a month or more. Go to give.cru.org/BibleBinge to help today. The Lazy Genius Way: Discover a better way to approach your relationships, work, and piles of mail. Be who you are without the complication of everyone else’s “shoulds.” Do what matters, skip the rest, and be a person again with the help of The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi. Available now from your favorite bookseller.  THE POPCAST Check out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie.It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist. Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram| Twitter| Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Behold, we are doing a new thing! Because Bible Binge episodes mostly look backwards, Favored or Forsaken considers current events through the religious lens to decide if they are favored or forsaken. In this inaugural episode, we discuss Eric Metaxas and his tweet about “White Jesus”, as well as peek behind the curtain to reveal the real Rachel Hollis. Welcome to our virtual water cooler. MENTIONS Eric Metaxas Wikipedia Bio Eric Metaxas Tweet Tyler Huckabee Relevant Article Red-Headed Jesus Rachel Hollis Wikipedia Bio  Katelyn Beaty Christianity Today Article Rachel Hollis Instagram Video Season 9, Episode 5: Jonah and the Whale The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd   FAVORED OF THE WEEK Knox - Book: Murder-Bears, Moonshine and Mayhem by Luke T. Harrington Jamie - Book: Your God is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan Erin - Television: The Chosen BIBLE BINGE SEMINARY With all the changes here at the Bible Binge, our Patreon community is getting a little facelift as well. Join more than 1500 of your fellow Bible Binge listeners to access Patreon-only content like extended gentle rebukes and ad-free episodes, as well as our monthly movie deep dive, Sacred Cinema, Erin's Bible Scholar QTNAs, and the Faith Adjacent Book Club. All this for just $5/month AND you can say you're in seminary. Come join the fun at thebiblebinge.com/patreon. THE POPCAST Check out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie.It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist. Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram| Twitter| Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Peter, Jesus’ disciple formerly known as Simon, loses his mind and realizes Jesus is who he says he is (you know, the Son of God) when Jesus walks on water. Jesus tries to get Peter to join and Peter panics mid-attempt. Plus, an exciting update about new things coming to The Bible Binge.  MENTIONS Matthew 14:22-33 Bible Binge Seminary Bible Binge Season 4  Bible Binge casting page Season 7, Episode 6: Elizabeth and Zechariah Exodus 3:14 Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible Archaeologists discover stone structure under Sea of Galilee Snag your Fearfully and Wonderfully Weird merch from our shop! GENTLE REBUKE Our resident Bible scholar Erin Moon offers a gentle rebuke at the end of every episode. Erin is a Bible study editor and COO of The Popcast Media Group from Birmingham. Find her on Instagram. BIBLE BINGE SEMINARY With all the changes here at the Bible Binge, our patreon community is getting a little facelift as well. Join over 1500 of your fellow Bible Binge listeners to access Patreon-only content like extended gentle rebukes and ad-free episodes, as well as our monthly movie deep dive, Sacred Cinema, Erin's Bible Scholar QTNAs, and the Faith Adjacent Book Club. All this for just $5/month AND you can say you're in seminary. Come join the fun at thebiblebinge.com/patreon.    SHOW SPONSORS NET Bible: If you’ve ever gotten lost in translation or wondered why one Bible says a text one way and another has something else, the NET Bible is for you! You’ll have a deeper understanding of the beauty and shades of meaning in the Bible and discover a greater love for the Scriptures. Go to www.netbible.com to see this amazing Bible tool for yourself. Tyndale: We’d show you how beautiful these covers are, but this is a podcast!  Go to GetWisdomBibleStudies.com to see them yourself. While you’re there watch Teresa share about all 3 studies and get an inside look at each one. You can also download group guides and other freebies, everything you need for your small group. Follow Teresa on Instagram or meet her over at GetWisdomBibleStudies.com. CRU: For only $27 a month, you can provide four people with Bibles each and every month. As a thank you, we’ll send you a Fearfully and Wonderfully Weird Bible Binge tote for joining at $27 a month or more. Go to give.cru.org/BibleBinge to help today. THE POPCAST Check out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie. It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist. Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A bonus episode where you get to hear to the audiobook version of the foreword for Knox's new book WRITTEN AND READ BY JAMIE and all the behind the scenes stuff that led to Jamie writing the foreword. Click to learn about and join Knox's best friends of the b-word group to ensure you get a FREE ticket to the live show on June 6th, Saturday Night Reconsidered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

An audio preview of Knox's new book All Things Reconsidered releasing on Tuesday, June 2.   If you preorder All Things Reconsidered in any format (paperback, ebook, or audio book), then you will get access to the Best Friends of the B-Word group. Membership includes: Immediate access to the entire ebook Six audio chapters with bonus author commentary Ticket to Saturday Night Reconsidered, The Popcast Live! In Your Home on Saturday, June 6 (includes 24 hour replay) Mailbag episodes where Knox talks about the writing process Audio interviews of Knox talking with friends, fellow podcasters, and writers about their ideas of reconsideration. Simply visit www.knoxmccoy.com/bword to get access to the Best Friends of the B-Word group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There’s a new queen in town! In this episode, the official beauty queen pageant begins between Esther and the rest of King Xerxes' harem, but trouble lurks around the corner. No one is here to make friends, including the king's officers, and it's up to Esther and her faithful protector Mordecai to uncover the conspiracy before it's too late. MENTIONS Esther 2 Cary Fetman Instagram Matthew 19:11-12 Crazy, Stupid, Love. GENTLE REBUKE Our resident Bible scholar Erin Moon offers a gentle rebuke at the end of every episode. Erin is a Bible study editor and COO of The Popcast Media Group from Birmingham. Find her on Instagram. BIBLE BINGE SEMINARY Our Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s Bible Binge Deep Dive. Become a partner. SHOW SPONSORS Simple Seminary: Have you ever wanted to know more about the Bible, understand theology and study the big ideas of Scripture? At Simple Seminary, they will be your personal professors to help you understand and study God's Word more confidently. Visit SimpleSeminary.org and join for just $1.  If you like it and decide to stick with it it’s only $24 a month. Dwell: Dwell is a beautiful audio Bible app with a mission to transform the way your experience Scripture. Visit dwellapp.io/biblebinge to get 33% off of an annual subscription! The World Turned Upside Down: Biblical scholar and sci-fi aficionado Michael Heiser shows how the Netflix series Stranger Things helps us see the strangeness in Jesus’ story. Visit http://lexhampress.com/biblebinge to get 40% off. Non-Fiction Coffee: They go beyond your morning brew to make an impact from farm to cup. Visit nonfiction.coffee/biblebinge and add coffee to your cart and you’ll get 10% off your entire order. We recommend the China! THE POPCAST Check out our other podcast: The Popcast with Knox and Jamie. It's a weekly show about pop culture where we educate on the things that entertain, but don't matter. Here is our suggested Popcast starter playlist. Follow The Bible Binge on Socials: Instagram| Twitter| Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.