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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[Bible] Episode 320: Pete Ruins Everything on Jeremiah
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete has another go at ruining something. This week, he’s unpacking the book of Jeremiah and its inter...
![[Bible] Episode 319: Matthew Vines - The Bible Isn't Against Gay Marriage](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7faf7636-1a8a-11f1-afca-1b475706cc50/image/e62c52b12c2037261dd9f1f04317517a.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 319: Matthew Vines - The Bible Isn't Against Gay Marriage
In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared welcome back Season 1 favorite Matthew Vines to discuss how conversations about...
![[Bible] Episode 318: Mark S. Smith - The Many Gods of Israel](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d7861e52-15bf-11f1-bf2d-53bf13705ea4/image/d053a5009dd4b559aac74d4c5e803b07.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 318: Mark S. Smith - The Many Gods of Israel
In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Mark S. Smith, a leading scholar of ancient Israelite religion, to...
![[Bible] Bonus Episode: Jennifer Garcia Bashaw & Aaron Higashi - Nobody “Just Reads” the Bible](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/74268d2c-1396-11f1-b312-b7a31c108ee4/image/6f8a34652967d54115eab6378faf8e20.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Bonus Episode: Jennifer Garcia Bashaw & Aaron Higashi - Nobody “Just Reads” the Bible
This is a teaser of our February 2026 bonus episode! In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by longtime friends of...
![[Faith] Episode 71: Jared Stacy - The Evangelical to Conspiracy Theory Pipeline](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/92925764-103a-11f1-b135-13a6c8b1b0fa/image/196bb53edfeab72521bc0b267c9aebc6.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Faith] Episode 71: Jared Stacy - The Evangelical to Conspiracy Theory Pipeline
In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with theologian and ethicist Jared Stacy about the rise of conspiracy thinking,...
![[Bible] Episode 317: N.T. Wright - The Book of Ephesians](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7822f776-0aa9-11f1-9bcc-2f6ba1b3e6c6/image/5a81a68d85bc5f56bb7684fe07460033.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 317: N.T. Wright - The Book of Ephesians
Pete and Jared are back! They kick off Season 10 of The Bible for Normal People with N.T. Wright, diving into the big, sweeping vision of Ephesians. W...
![[Faith] Episode 70: A Holiday Roast](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6747b79c-97bf-11ef-b6a9-0b9d21ad9837/image/36485f9d907e71b57493d5d242d505d2.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Faith] Episode 70: A Holiday Roast
Season's greetings from Team B4NP! Podcast producer Brittany and audio engineer Joel have joined forces to bring you the third annual installment of o...
![[Bible] Episode 316: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible the Word of God? & Other Easy Questions](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/66ece042-97bf-11ef-b6a9-271dfc3a01c2/image/e5cf390debc7e012013d217c54e71bd6.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 316: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible the Word of God? & Other Easy Questions
At the close of Season 9 of The Bible for Normal People, Pete & Jared set out on their annual holiday quest: taking questions that people have been as...
![[Faith] Episode 69: Diana Butler Bass - Resisting Christmas (And Why the Christian Calendar Still Matters)](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/66bdf8d6-97bf-11ef-b6a9-3775d8a0d84a/image/a5d9ad808e7d7f2d78b454053fde0e43.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Faith] Episode 69: Diana Butler Bass - Resisting Christmas (And Why the Christian Calendar Still Matters)
In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Diana Butler Bass to talk about the Christian calendar. Diana walks th...
![[Bible] Episode 315: Kent Sparks - The Beginnings of Israelite Religion](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/668fb0b6-97bf-11ef-b6a9-0bf75b58202d/image/531babf0f71308be6834d6808c797488.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 315: Kent Sparks - The Beginnings of Israelite Religion
On this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Kent Sparks to unpack the early religious history of ancient Israe...
![[Faith] Episode 68: Kristin Kobes Du Mez - A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity (REISSUE)](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6661fe28-97bf-11ef-b6a9-d7a8035a8e69/image/9b9efda5988fa5b0162dbd2e826775ee.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Faith] Episode 68: Kristin Kobes Du Mez - A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity (REISSUE)
In this episode of Faith For Normal People, Pete and Jared revisit a conversation with Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the bestselling book Jesus and...
![[Bible] Episode 314: Shayna Sheinfeld - The Complicated World of Second Temple Judaism](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/66323bf2-97bf-11ef-b6a9-fb9f9154a39a/image/151fde70ca7bd59030d3e15e7e4a0a2e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 314: Shayna Sheinfeld - The Complicated World of Second Temple Judaism
In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete Enns and Anna Sieges Beal sit down with Shayna Sheinfeld to talk about the Second Temple p...
![[Bible] Episode 313: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Song of Songs](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6602c430-97bf-11ef-b6a9-8fe66a518298/image/ed3ff715e67ccf0c4770b16af823a35e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 313: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Song of Songs
In the final Pete Ruins episode of 2025, Pete Enns speaks to everyone who has ever read Song of Songs and wondered “why the heck is this in the Bible?...
![[Faith] Episode 67: Liz Charlotte Grant - The Gift of an Unclear Text](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/65d3fd58-97bf-11ef-b6a9-73908d2860e5/image/181c2ade5966c3b9894d75f5de8fa227.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Faith] Episode 67: Liz Charlotte Grant - The Gift of an Unclear Text
In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete is joined by Liz Charlotte Grant to talk about using the Bible as a springboard for curiosity,...
![[Bible] Episode 312: Sarah Emanuel - The Meaning of Messiah](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/65a4a5f8-97bf-11ef-b6a9-575ad17ef9d8/image/447d99ffd92d9279ebcc5756e0faa14a.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress)
[Bible] Episode 312: Sarah Emanuel - The Meaning of Messiah
In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared sits down with Sarah Emanuel to discuss the concept of “Messiah” from a Jewish theologica...
![[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...