The Bible For Normal People Podcast
1) [Faith] Episode 67: Liz Charlotte Grant - The Gift of an Unclear Text
In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete is joined by Liz Charlotte Grant to talk about using the Bible as a springboard for curiosity, inquiry, conversation, and community. This episod...Show More
2) [Bible] Episode 312: Sarah Emanuel - The Meaning of Messiah
In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared sits down with Sarah Emanuel to discuss the concept of “Messiah” from a Jewish theological perspective. Sarah explores what post-exilic Isr...Show More
3) [Faith] Episode 65: Angela Patterson - The Faith of Gen Z
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared sits down with media psychologist Dr. Angela Patterson to discuss the trends she studies in the spiritual lives of Gen Z, or people born between 1997 ...Show More
4) [Bible] Episode 311: Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy - The Afterlife of the Conquest of Canaan
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy to discuss the conquest narrative in the book of Joshua. Delving into what the themes of emp...Show More
5) [Bible] Episode 310: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Ecclesiastes (REISSUE)
In this reissue of The Bible for Normal People episode 56, Pete gets to the heart of the somber book of Ecclesiastes. He cautions against an optimistic reading as the author intends to question everyt...Show More
6) [Faith] Episode 65: James Kimmel, Jr. - This Is Your Brain on Revenge
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with lawyer, lecturer, and author James Kimmel, Jr. about our primal desire for revenge against the people we feel have wronged us. Jame...Show More
7) [Bible] Episode 309: Elizabeth Shively - The Gospel of Mark, Explained
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Elizabeth Shively show some love to the shortest gospel and tell us why it shouldn’t be underestimated when it comes to understanding the Messi...Show More
8) [Faith] Episode 64: Drew G. I. Hart & Jarrod McKenna - Creative Resistance & the Joy of Nonviolence
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Drew G. I. Hart and Jarrod McKenna to talk about rethinking power and nonviolence. Through practices inspired by Anabaptism, th...Show More
9) [Bible] Episode 308: Bill Schniedewind - The Scribes Who Wrote the Bible
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Nerd-in-Residence Cynthia are joined by Bill Schniedewind to discuss who really wrote the Bible. Bill explains how different scribal communitie...Show More
10) [Bible] Episode 307: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Proverbs (REISSUE)
In this reissue of The Bible for Normal People episode 36, Pete works through some big-picture issues that help us see what Proverbs is all about, such as the complexities of wisdom, the nature of fol...Show More