The Bible For Normal People

What's the deal with Job? In this episode, Pete gives an overview of the book, pushes back on some readings you might have heard in the past, and points out some significant features that can help us better understand it. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Gordon is a professor at Johnson University in Tennessee. In this episode, we talk with him about his book Divine Scripture in Human Understanding. We discuss what it means for the Bible to be inspired and how that affects how we read and use the Bible. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re answering some listener questions from the Ask Pete page and answering the bigger question: Did the Bible get it wrong? We talk about the return of Jesus, David being a man after God’s own heart, and if there is a right or wrong way to read the Bible. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re revisiting an episode from Season 1 in which Dr. Drew G. I. Hart shares about the Bible and white supremacy. We get into what exactly white supremacy is and how it has influenced how we read the Bible and our theology.  Show Notes →   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brooke Prentis, an Aboriginal leader and CEO of Common Grace, shares her insights on reading the Bible through Aboriginal eyes. She emphasizes the importance of diverse perspectives in interpreting scripture, especially regarding justice and humility. Prentis discusses the profound connection between Aboriginal culture and Christian faith and explores how biblical teachings intersect with the injustices faced by Indigenous communities. Her message promotes reconciliation, understanding, and the celebration of Aboriginal spirituality within the Christian narrative.

What happened during the time the writings of the Old Testament stopped and the New Testament writings began? People didn’t stop writing and what they wrote helps us better understand the context of the Bible. On this episode we talk with Dr. Matthias Henze who studies this in-between time period and he shares with us what he's learned about the world in which Jesus lived. Show Notes →  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many of us believe that our interpretations of the Bible are generally the same as everyone else's. But does that make them good? On this podcast episode, we talk with Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies, Miguel De La Torre about why we all need to examine where our biblical interpretations come from and why we need to diversify our understandings of the Bible. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Jared and Pete are joined by political correspondent Kirsten Powers, to talk about her journey of faith, her openness to the mystery of God, and how she’s learning to treat others with a higher level of grace.Show Notes →  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biblical scholar Pete Enns discusses Julius Wellhausen's documentary hypothesis, revealing inconsistencies in the Old Testament that shaped biblical scholarship. They explore conflicting biblical commands, the origins of source criticism, and Wellhausen's theories on Israel's worship evolution. The episode highlights the evolution of Pentateuch scholarship and how Wellhausen's ideas continue to influence modern biblical understanding.

Under the hood of America, we see an interesting history of using the book of Revelation to talk about immigration. Our guest, NT scholar Yii-Jan Lin walks us through the profound impact the book of Revelation has had on the US dialogue about people coming into our “City on a Hill.”Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices