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The Bible For Normal People

Peter Enns and Jared Byas

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 316: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the...

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2025/12/08

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 asking for centuries and attempting to answer them in an hour-long podcast episode.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-316-pete-enns-jared-byas-is-the-bible-the-word-of-god-other-easy-questions/ Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/X3aLlmohjQY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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58:48

[Faith] Episode 69: Diana Butler Bass - Resisting...

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2025/12/01

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 through the history of how the Christian calendar came to be, what levels of importance different traditions give it, and how the Christian calendar can serve as a symbol of resistance against other timelines that might be dominated by capitalism and imperialism. Show Notes →

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48:42

[Bible] Episode 315: Kent Sparks - The Beginnings of...

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2025/11/24

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 Israel. Kent explores how ancient Israelites first gave God the name Yahweh, how Israelites understood Yahweh in relation to other ancient Near Eastern deities, and how the roots of monotheism emerge from a far more diverse and evolving set of beliefs than many assume.Show Notes →

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56:31

[Faith] Episode 68: Kristin Kobes Du Mez - A Modern...

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2025/11/17

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 John Wayne. The conversation explores the history of “toxic” masculinity in both the church and American pop culture, and how Christians in 2025 can be part of the resistance efforts against harmful cultural structures. This is a reissue of The Bible for Normal People Episode 170 from June 2021.Show Notes →

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54:07

[Bible] Episode 314: Shayna Sheinfeld - The...

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2025/11/10

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 period, spanning from 586 BCE to 70 CE. Shayna presents texts from that time that illuminate events glossed over by most Bibles, and explores the often-overlooked roles played by women wielding power in those communities.Show Notes →

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[Bible] Episode 313: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Song of...

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2025/11/03

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?”Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-313-pete-ruins-song-of-songs/ Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/FmFfQL2ahqc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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51:40

[Faith] Episode 67: Liz Charlotte Grant - The Gift of...

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2025/10/27

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, inquiry, conversation, and community. This episode explores how art, imagination, and the practice of midrash can open up new ways of engaging scripture when literal readings don’t speak to what we see in the world today.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-67-liz-charlotte-grant-the-gift-of-an-unclear-text/ Watch this episode

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50:42

[Bible] Episode 312: Sarah Emanuel - The Meaning of...

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2025/10/20

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 theological perspective. Sarah explores what post-exilic Israelites might have thought and meant when they talked about a deliverer, what shapes those beliefs took near the time of Jesus’s life, and what sorts of misconceptions people have today when they use the word “Messiah.”Show Notes →

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67:00

[Faith] Episode 65: Angela Patterson - The Faith of...

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2025/10/13

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 spiritual lives of Gen Z, or people born between 1997 and 2012. Angela explains how the typical timeline of faith progression has become much less linear with Gen Z, and encourages parents, church leaders, and older generations to create a space for young people to ask tough questions, wrestle with doubts, and find new ways of living out faith. This

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51:36

[Bible] Episode 311: Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy -...

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2025/10/06

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 book of Joshua. Delving into what the themes of empire, displacement, a “promised land,” and identity meant to ancient peoples throughout Israel’s history, the conversation offers insight into what the preservation of these narratives can mean for people today navigating their own complicated relationships with empire.Show Notes →

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72:08

[Bible] Episode 310: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins...

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2025/09/29

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 optimistic reading as the author intends to question everything, even God; and explains why Ecclesiastes is his favorite book of the Bible. This episode originally aired in June of 2018.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-310-pete-enns-pete-ruins-ecclesiastes-reissue/ Watch this episode on YouTube →

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67:44

[Faith] Episode 65: James Kimmel, Jr. - This Is Your...

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2025/09/22

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 revenge against the people we feel have wronged us. James shares the science behind the belief that revenge is an addiction tied to gratification, and offers alternative strategies to break the revenge cycle and move towards a forgiveness-oriented approach to living.Show Notes →

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58:18

[Bible] Episode 309: Elizabeth Shively - The Gospel...

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2025/09/15

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 underestimated when it comes to understanding the Messiah. Walking through the book’s literary framing of apocalypse, suffering, and discipleship, Elizabeth presents Mark’s gospel as an invitation to get to know the human Jesus.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-309-elizabeth-shively-the-gospel-of-mark-explained/ Watch this episode

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65:50

[Faith] Episode 64: Drew G. I. Hart & Jarrod McKenna...

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2025/09/08

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 nonviolence. Through practices inspired by Anabaptism, the Black church, and the teachings of Jesus, Drew and Jarrod explore how Christians can contribute to social change through their own nonviolent resistance as individuals and communities.Show Notes →

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53:24

[Bible] Episode 308: Bill Schniedewind - The Scribes...

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2025/09/01

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 Bible. Bill explains how different scribal communities each left their own mark on the texts they were writing, and how the diversity of the Bible’s human authors reflects the beauty and richness of the text itself.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-308-bill-schniedewind-the-scribes-who-wrote-the-bible/ Watch this episode on

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[Bible] Episode 307: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Proverbs...

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2025/08/25

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, such as the complexities of wisdom, the nature of folly, and how this ancient text is supposed to help us navigate life in the present day. This episode originally aired as “7 Things You Need to Know about How the Book of Proverbs Works” in February 2018.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-307-pete-ruins-proverbs-reissue/ Watch

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[Faith] Episode 63: Mariko Clark - Helping Kids Grow...

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2025/08/18

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 the Bible in ways that move beyond rigid rules and binaries. Together they discuss practices that cultivate curiosity, imagination, and a more expansive vision of God and faith.Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-63-mariko-clark-helping-kids-grow-an-expansive-faith/ Watch this episode on YouTube →

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63:59

[Bible] Episode 306: Pete Enns & the Old Testament...

The Bible For Normal People ·

2025/08/11

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 Testament. They discuss contradictions in Ecclesiastes, the influence of ancient Near Eastern literature, the meaning and function of sacrifice, and the formation of the Hebrew Bible. Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-306-pete-enns-the-old-testament-nerds-ask-a-scholar-anything-about-the-hebrew-bible/ Watch this episode on YouTube

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52:16

[Faith] Episode 62: Zach W. Lambert - The Lenses...

The Bible For Normal People ·

2025/08/04

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 liberative approach to scripture. They explore four harmful interpretive lenses—literalism, apocalypse, hierarchy, and moralism—and offer four healthier alternatives focused on Jesus, context, flourishing, and fruitfulness. Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-62-zach-lambert-the-lenses-through-which-we-read-the-bible/Watch this

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50:08

[Bible] Episode 305: Brian K. Blount - Revelation for...

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2025/07/28

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 Jared to discuss how to read and understand the book of Revelation. Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-305-brian-k-blount-revelation-for-today-reissue/ Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/-K8lPK2ygHs ********** This episode is brought to you by Skylight. The Skylight Calendar is here to keep your family organized

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