Episode 72: The Truth About Ruth
The biblical story of Ruth can be a confusing one for modern readers. Is Ruth a hero? Is she a schemer? She goes from gleaning in her dead husband's kinsman's field to marrying the guy in a matter of ...
19 Aug 20241h 4min
Episode 71: The Rapture is not Coming!
It is a source of joy for some, schadenfreude for others, and for many it is the source of deep, soul-crushing anxiety. It's the Rapture! That theoretical moment when all of God's good kiddos on Earth...
12 Aug 20241h 4min
Episode 70: Out of Nothing
Look around you. Do you see it? It's everything. All the stuff. The earth, the sun, the stars, that sofa that you love but your partner kind of hates, the oceans, the trees, the new Taylor Swift album...
5 Aug 202459min
Episode 69: Gospel Authorship with Michael Kok
When you look at the New Testament and you see "The Gospel According to Matthew" or "The Gospel According to John", you could be forgiven for assuming that what you're getting is a book written by the...
29 Jul 20241h 4min
Episode 68: Take My Wife... Please!
It's Biblical misogyny day here at the Data Over Dogma show [well, it's one of them- this is the Bible we're talking about after all], and we've got some real doozies for you. First, we're looking at ...
22 Jul 20241h 5min
Episode 67: Prophets, Kings, and Terrible Men with Aaron Higashi
Dr. Aaron Higashi is one of our favorites, and we're not alone! The folks over at The Bible for Normal People are fans, as well, and have enlisted Aaron to write a "for normal people" book about First...
15 Jul 20241h 2min
Episode 66: Thou Shalt Not
Christian nationalism marches onward in the United States, and our hot take is: that's bad. Louisiana has now passed a law mandating putting a poster of The Ten Commandments™ in every classroom in the...
8 Jul 20241h 4min
Episode 65: I Got Soul, and I'm Super Bad
People talk all the time about souls. "He's my soulmate." "It was so scary, my soul left my body." "I'm going to destroy that piano if you don't stop playing Heart and Soul." But what are we actually ...
1 Jul 20241h 2min
