The Bible For Normal People

A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.

Religion & Spirituality
Christianity
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Episode 16: Ellen Davis - What is the Practical...
On this episode, Pete and Jared talk with Ellen Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School, about the value of the Old Testament for Christians. 
53 min
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Episode 15: Brian Zahnd - Violence in the Bible...
On this week's episode, Pete and Jared speak with Brian Zahnd about violence in the Bible. Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church (Saint Joseph, MO), and he writes, blogs, and Tweets regularly on the problem of violence in the ...
50 min
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Episode 14: Matthew Vines - The Bible and The G...
On this episode of the Bible For Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Matthew Vines, author of God and the Gay Christian, about the complexities of biblical interpertation surrounding human sexuality.
52 min
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Episode 13: Marc Brettler - On Being a Jewish B...
On this episode, Pete and Jared talk with Marc Brettler on the conversation between the insights biblical scholarship, Jewish tradition, and the nature of the Bible.
45 min
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Episode 12: Pete Enns and Jared Byas - Faith an...
On this episode, Pete and Jared discuss how doubt in the life of faith is normal, biblical, and spiritually beneficial.
46 min
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Episode 11: Benjamin D. Sommer - Jewish Views o...
On this week's epsiode, Jared and Pete speak with Ben Sommer, professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary (NYC). Christians have A LOT to learn from Jews about how their Bible works.  
62 min
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Episode 10: Pete Enns - The Israelites Believed...
In this week’s episode, Pete Enns explores "monolatry," the ancient Israelite belief that many gods existed but only one God, Yahweh, was worthy of worship. The ancient Israelites were not monotheists, and thinking they were obscures the theology of many...
41 min
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Episode 9: Daniel Kirk - Understanding The Huma...
New Testament scholar Daniel Kirk joins us this week to discuss the humanity of Jesus and why that shouldn't be obscured. 
56 min
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Episode 8: Kent Sparks - Where Did the Israelit...
On this week's episode Pete and Jared talk with historian and Old Testament professor Kent Sparks about the mysterious origins of the Israelites.
58 min
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Episode 7: Pete Enns and Jared Byas - Teaching ...
On this week's episode Jared and Peter talk about their experiences with the challenge of teaching the Bible to children. 
45 min
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Episode 6: AJ Levine - Jesus, Judaism, and Chri...
On this week's episode of The Bible for Normal People, we speak with Amy-Jill Levine on understanding Jesus is his Jewish context. Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and the author of a number...
49 min
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Episode 5: Mike McHargue - That Topic that Isn'...
On this week's episode, we talk with Mike McHargue about science and faith.  Mike is the author of Finding God in The Waves and the host of two popular podcasts, The Liturgist Podcast and Ask Science Mike. 
63 min
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Episode 4: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting th...
This week's podcast is a discussion of the state of the Bible in the mainline church with Old Testament scholar and theologian Walter Brueggemann.
42 min
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Episode 3: Rachel Held Evans - Unraveling and R...
On this week's episode, we speak with Rachel Held Evans on unraveling and re-raveling the Bible. Rachel has written three best-selling books exploring her evolving journey of faith.
51 min
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Episode 2: Richard Rohr - A Contemplative Look ...
On this week's episode we have Fr. Richard Rohr to talk about a contemplative approach to the Bible. 
60 min
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Episode 1: Rob Bell - What Is The Bible?
On this week's episode we talk to Rob Bell. He is the author of the upcoming book What Is The Bible? and the controversial New York Times Best-Seller Love Wins.
49 min
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Introduction, with Pete Enns and Jared Byas
This is the introduction to Bible for Normal People: The Only God Ordained Podcast on The Internet. Serious Talk About the Sacred Book with Pete Enns and Jared Byas.
6 min