Episode 53: The Holy Ghost (and Bears!)
This week, it's a deep dive into the Biblical ideas of spirits, souls, trinitarian thought, evolutionary agency detection, demons... and that's just the first segment! What is a spirit or a soul, anyw...
8 Apr 202454min
Episode 52: What is a Woman... Biblically?
It's a big question these days. A deeply personal issue for many, a wedge issue for politicians (and that doofus Matt Walsh), and a point of A LOT of misinformation when it comes to the position of th...
1 Apr 20241h 10min
Episode 51: Is Religion Make-Believe? With Neil Van Leeuwen
It doesn't sound very nice, but this week we're asking the question: is religious belief the same as factual knowledge, or is closer to imagination? Cognitive scientist and philosopher Neil Van Leeuwe...
25 Mar 20241h 4min
Episode 50: Easter and the Undead
It's time for bunnies and chocolate, and recounting stories of brutal murder! For Christians around the world, Holy Week is an incredibly important time. But how well do you actually know the good, th...
18 Mar 20241h 3min
Episode 49: Christian Slavery with Candida Moss
Did Paul use slave labor to help him write his epistles? Would we even have a Bible without the work of enslaved people? This week, we welcome New Testament scholar Candida Moss, whose new book, God's...
11 Mar 202459min
Episode 48: Jesus in History with Helen Bond
What do we know about Jesus? Not the character who is the subject of the Christian Bible, but the actual historical figure? Who was that person? What can we know about him? Do scholars even believe th...
4 Mar 20241h 1min
Episode 47: Introducing History Daily
This week we're doing something a little different. We're working with our friends over at History Daily to bring you some content that, though it is not Bible related, we think you'll really enjoy! E...
26 Feb 202437min
Episode 46: GENOCIDE!
It's a big, scary topic, but it's one that you can't avoid if you want to talk honestly about the the Bible and its contents: does the Bible contain genocide? And if so, does it condone the genocide i...
19 Feb 20241h 7min
