The Bible For Normal People

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Episode 201: Debra Rienstra - Eco-Theology: Beyond Stewardship Apr 11, 2022

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How are faith and nature interwoven? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Debra Rienstra joins Pete and Jared to discuss the value of the created world in scripture and what it looks like to care for the earth properly.

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Episode 200: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Does the Bible Still Matter? Apr 04, 2022

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared celebrate their two-hundredth episode by discussing why the Bible still matters, looking at the Bible as a book of wisdom, and approaching the Bible without being an expert.

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Episode 199: Becca Stevens - Reimagining Scripture for a Suffering World Mar 28, 2022

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Becca Stevens joins Pete and Jared to share how the embodiment of faith can be an engine toward great good in the world.

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Episode 198: Anna Sieges - The Minor Prophets and Why We Shouldn't Call Them That Mar 21, 2022

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Anna Sieges joins Pete and Jared to elaborate on the benefits of viewing the Minor Prophets as a literary whole.

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Episode 197: Jared Byas - Making of the Modern Mindset, Part 3 Mar 14, 2022

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Jared Byas explores how fundamentalist evangelicalism has bought into the modern mindset in some important ways, while condemning it in other ways.

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Episode 196: Chris Hoklotubbe - The Bible and Native American Spirituality Mar 07, 2022

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Chris Hoklotubbe joins Pete and Jared to discuss the concept of the trickster, the value of learning from nature, and what a few biblical stories look like through an Indigenous lens.

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Episode 195: Gary Rendsburg - History and the Exodus Feb 28, 2022

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How does the Bible interact with history? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Gary Rendsburg joins Pete and Jared to discuss how history, epic, and theology are interwoven to create the biblical narrative.

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Episode 194: Pete Enns - Staying Christian Is Hard, Isn't It? Feb 21, 2022

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete works through some common issues that make it hard to stay Christian and shares a few personal reasons why he stays Christian anyway.

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Episode 193: Lisa Sharon Harper - The Meaning of the Image of God Feb 14, 2022

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Lisa Sharon Harper joins Pete and Jared to discuss the impact that colonization and enslavement had on Scripture and how to begin the humble business of decolonizing our faith.

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Episode 192: Bishop Michael Curry - Love Makes Room for Us All Feb 07, 2022

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What parts of our faith are worth holding onto? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry joins Pete and Jared to discuss ways to think differently about scripture and the importance of keeping love at the center of your being.

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