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🎧The best in Biblical Scholarship for everyday people with Pete Enns and Jared Byas 😇The Only God-Ordained Podcast on the Internet 🎉17 million downloads linktr.ee/thebiblefornormalpeople

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The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Jun 3

🔔 Guess what?! SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 IS HERE!

PLUS! Want to support B4NP and the work we do? Grab a Hall Pass and get access to all three classes AND an exclusive Summer School sticker as a thank you.

There are only 100 Hall Passes available, so get yours while supplies last 👀 (Link in bio)

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 23

When you start your prayer with 'Bless the Lord, O my soul' and end it with 'How long, O Lord?'

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The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 22

If the Bible isn't inerrant, why bother reading it?

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 21

From Episode 213 with Amanda Held Opelt — a moving conversation about grief, honesty, and how God values our emotions, not as liabilities, but as holy assets. Listen to The Honesty of Grief now!

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 19

From Episode 109 with Megan DeFranza — a powerful reminder that you can’t have solidarity with the marginalized while seeking popularity with the powerful. In this conversation, we talk about The Bible and Intersex Believers and what true solidarity looks like.

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 16

And He didn’t even use a hint.

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 14

Join Zach W. Lambert LIVE on Thursday, August 21 at 8:00 PM ET as we explore how the Bible has been misused—and how to read it through a more Christlike, justice-centered lens. (Link in bio)

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 14

Revisiting Episode 211 with David P. Gushee, where we unpacked how certain readings of the Bible can fuel Christian authoritarianism—and why reclaiming the memory of Jesus might be the antidote.

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 13

"I don’t think that there’s a whole lot in the New Testament of that substitution idea of Jesus died in your place. You should have been on that altar. But I do think you’re getting that imagery of Jesus as a sacrifice."

Check out episode 306 of B4NP!

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 12

Throwing it back to Episode 03 with Anil Seth, where we explored the big question: What is consciousness? (And why the way we see ourselves in relation to nature might be shaping the world—for better or worse.)

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 9

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The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out this week's episode of Faith for Normal People, The Lenses Through Which We Read the Bible, with Zach W. Lambert!

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 5

“Every single word that was written in the entirety of Scripture was written by someone who was either colonized at the time or under threat of colonization and enslavement.”
— Lisa Sharon Harper, Episode 193

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 4

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.

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The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 2

But you don't really care for music, do ya?

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The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Aug 1

Join Zach W. Lambert LIVE on Thursday, August 21 at 8:00 PM ET as we explore how the Bible has been misused—and how to read it through a more Christlike, justice-centered lens. (Link in bio)

Pay What You Can (even $1!) through the end of the class.

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Jul 31

What are The Dead Sea Scrolls? With Pete Enns!

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Jul 30

Do you fly under the radar as a Christian? How do we use our gifts, talents, and resources to transform the world around us?

Rev. Dr. Brian K. Blount joins Pete and Jared to help us make sense of one of the Bible’s weirdest and most misunderstood books: Revelation.

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Jul 29

Ever felt like the Psalms are beautiful but... confusing?

Grab your copy now + explore our full collection of honest, accessible Bible guides through our website!

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Jul 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.

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Jun 9

In this episode, Pete and Jared sit down with Malcolm Foley and, drawing from his book The Anti-Greed Gospel, discuss how economic self-interest has fueled racial injustice, how the church has been complicit & resistant, and what it means to practice economic solidarity rooted in the life of Jesus.

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The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · Jun 3

The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · May 30

Whenever women start moving toward equality, history shows us there’s often a cultural backlash—an effort to “restore order” by putting them back in their place.

Check out episode 231 with Beth Allison Barr! thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-231-...

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The Bible for Normal People @theb4np.bsky.social · May 6

Do you have a sneaking suspicion that the Bible isn’t the simple guidebook your church told you it was?

Join Bible scholars @maklelan.bsky.social and Pete Enns as they share their aha! moments that shifted their entire perspective on the Bible.

thebiblefornormalpeople.com/mythbustingthebible

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Alexiana Fry @alexianafry.bsky.social · Apr 29

Chatted about the work I do and some of my first monograph with the lovelies @theb4np.bsky.social (Pete Enns and Cynthia Shafer-Elliot). I hope you enjoy: open.spotify.com/episode/2IJL...

[Bible] Episode 297: Alexiana Fry - Trauma in the Hebrew Bible

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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · May 6

Hey.
Absolutely loving this.

Work of scholarship and art and love.

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