The Bible For Normal People
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The Bible For Normal People
A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.
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390 episodi![[Faith] Episode 65: Angela Patterson - The Faith of Gen Z](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/65765752-97bf-11ef-b6a9-af73630ba418/image/773d355ec66562028d792045b5801335.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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 spir...
![[Bible] Episode 311: Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy - The Afterlife of the Conquest of Canaan](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/65465f16-97bf-11ef-b6a9-8f60ac165baf/image/6e4fcb33755d5f314cfdc2014dd5ec00.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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 b...
![[Bible] Episode 310: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Ecclesiastes (REISSUE)](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6519229e-97bf-11ef-b6a9-13fa75b762bc/image/13a264b5c183a1da54b7b580d479ea14.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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 optimisti...
![[Faith] Episode 65: James Kimmel, Jr. - This Is Your Brain on Revenge](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/64ed8e40-97bf-11ef-b6a9-bf13d134fe36/image/99fe34e2faa35e2a82a16a0ea074ecd7.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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 reveng...
![[Bible] Episode 309: Elizabeth Shively - The Gospel of Mark, Explained](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/64c0c9fa-97bf-11ef-b6a9-43a1e5ec39bd/image/921c74beeb6d4fdad25444c495dc0e78.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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 under...
![[Faith] Episode 64: Drew G. I. Hart & Jarrod McKenna - Creative Resistance & the Joy of Nonviolence](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/649459f6-97bf-11ef-b6a9-0f752b0d9bb8/image/d41f1b68d299b11751859cde6d6a1d08.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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 nonviol...
![[Bible] Episode 308: Bill Schniedewind - The Scribes Who Wrote the Bible](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6465613c-97bf-11ef-b6a9-7bc8a4b75704/image/57177dbb50bdfb33ef18f3eedf97f630.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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 Bib...
![[Bible] Episode 307: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Proverbs (REISSUE)](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6437210a-97bf-11ef-b6a9-ab3412d6f1da/image/88804105940da87c0c2e65e960c3cc71.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[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, suc...
![[Faith] Episode 63: Mariko Clark - Helping Kids Grow an Expansive Faith](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/640798a4-97bf-11ef-b6a9-c3aeef1d61d9/image/42b1a121bf49cfc8031d83db9ea0d28c.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Faith] Episode 63: Mariko Clark - Helping Kids Grow an Expansive Faith
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared and Jennifer Garcia Bashaw sit down with Mariko Clark to explore how adults can help kids encounter...
[Bible] Episode 306: Pete Enns & the Old Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the Hebrew Bible)
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete is joined by our Nerds-in-Residence to tackle some of your biggest questions about the Old Testam...
[Faith] Episode 62: Zach W. Lambert - The Lenses Through Which We Read the Bible
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Zach Lambert to talk about the journey from biblical literalism to a more lib...
[Bible] Episode 305: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for Today (REISSUE)
The book of Revelation is just plain weird. In this reissue of episode 180 of The Bible for Normal People, Rev. Dr. Brian K. Blount joins Pete and Jar...
[Bible] Episode 304: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Psalms
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete takes a deep dive into the Psalms—who really wrote them, how they were edited, and why they’ve en...
[Faith] Episode 61: David P. Gushee - Living the Teachings of Jesus
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with David P. Gushee about what it means to take seriously the moral teachings of Jesu...
[Bible] Episode 303: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible Even Important Anymore?
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared take on a central question: Is the Bible still relevant—and if so, how? They explore ho...
[Faith] Episode 60: Beau Underwood & Brian Kaylor - Christian Nationalism Across the Political Spectrum
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Beau Underwood and Brian Kaylor join Pete and Jared to explore the history of how mainline Protestants hav...
[Bible] Episode 302: Julie Faith Parker - How Interpretation Made Eve a Villain
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Dr. Julie Faith Parker joins Pete and Jared to reexamine the story of Eve through a feminist lens, cha...
[Bible] Episode 301: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting the Bible in the Mainline Church (REISSUE)
In this reissue episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with the late Walter Brueggemann to reflect on how the Bible can be re...
[Faith] Episode 59: Malcolm Foley - The Connection Between Racism and Greed
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Malcolm Foley to explore the connection between racism and greed in American...
[Bible] Episode 300: Caroline Blyth & Emily Colgan - What to Do About Violence in the Bible
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Caroline Blyth and Emily Colgan to dive into the many forms of violence i...
[Faith] Episode 58: Adis Duderija - The Diversity of Islam
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Adis Duderija to discuss the rich diversity of belief within Islam. Adis outl...
[Bible] Episode 299: Garrick Allen - Something’s Hiding in the Margins of Your Bible
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Garrick Allen about the concept of paratexts—elements like chapter numbers, f...
[Bible] Episode 298: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Job (REISSUE)
In this reissue of The Bible for Normal People Episode 133: The Book of Job, Pete takes us on a provocative journey through Job, challenging tradition...
[Faith] Episode 57: Janet Williams - What We Can (and Can’t) Say About God
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete Enns and Anna Sieges Beal talk with theologian Janet Williams about apophatic theology, a tradition t...
[Bible] Episode 297: Alexiana Fry - Trauma in the Hebrew Bible
Please note: this interview does include mention of assault and sexual abuse in the context of the Hebrew Bible. In this episode of The Bible for Norm...
[Bible] April Bonus Episode: Jared Byas & the New Testament Nerds - Ask a Scholar Anything (About the New Testament)
This is a teaser of our April 2025 bonus episode! Jared Byas, Angela N. Parker, and Jennifer Garcia Bashaw answer supporter questions all about the Ne...
[Faith] Episode 56: Wylin D. Wilson - Womanist Wisdom for a Wounded World
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, nerds-in-residence Anna Sieges-Beal and Dr. Angela N. Parker talk with Dr. Wylin D. Wilson about the inter...
[Bible] Episode 296: Richard Rohr - Seeing Through the Eyes of the Prophets
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared again sit down with Richard Rohr, who returns to discuss the biblical prophets—not as p...
[ATBW] Episode 5 - She Refused to Take the Bed
In the last episode of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke explore the story behind a confidential letter in the SBC’S...
[Bible] Episode 295: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Esther
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete takes a closer look at the Book of Esther, tracing its twists and turns while reflecting on its u...
[ATBW] Episode 4 - People Who Have Consensual Affairs Don't End Up With PTSD
In Episode 4 of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke share the story of Christa Brown, a sexual abuse survivor and advo...
[Faith] Episode 55: Matthew Paul Turner - The Challenge of Raising Kids with the Bible
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Matthew Paul Turner, co-author of the new kids’ book “What Is the Bible?” alo...
[ATBW] Episode 3 - Loopholes
In Episode 3 of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke explore the "loopholes" that allowed women to serve in ministry wi...
[Bible] Episode 294: Roberto de La Noval - Universalism as a Doctrine
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared and co-host Aaron Higashi talk with Roberto de la Noval about the doctrine of universalism, the...
[ATBW] Episode 2 - The Invisible Woman
In Episode 2 of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke uncover the turbulent and hidden history of women in the Southern...
[Faith] Episode 54: Erin Hicks Moon - Disentangling Faith
In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Erin Hicks Moon about growing up Southern Baptist and how she started rethinking...
[ATBW] Episode 1 - George Orwell Warned Us About 1984
In the debut episode of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke aim to uncover women’s stories hidden in the Southern Bapt...
[Bible] Episode 293: Beth Allison Barr & Savannah Locke - The Women Filed Away by the Southern Baptist Convention
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk to Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke, the creators of our brand new mini-series...
[ATBW] Introducing All the Buried Women
Savannah Locke introduces All the Buried Women, a compelling new miniseries that uncovers the hidden stories of women within the archives of the South...
[Bible] Episode 292: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 5)
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete concludes a lengthy expedition through the book of Genesis with the story of Joseph—emphasizing i...