Studying the Bible, religions, and belief systems honestly.
This show features verse-by-verse breakdowns, historical context, and thoughtful conversations about the texts that have shaped the world. No preaching. No attacks. Just thoughtful exploration of ancient texts and modern beliefs.
The Case Against New Testament Simplicity (Part 2)
The New Testament can feel like a smooth, finished story until you start asking what happened behind the scenes. I use a movie analogy to make the point: you can love the film and still admit it took edits, choices, and a messy process to get to the final cut. That’s how studying New Testament history has felt for me, and it’s why I keep pushing back on the idea that the Gospels are simple. We dig into oral tradition and why human memory matters, especially as the Jesus movement spreads beyo...
31 May 2026
Did the Idea of Hell Develop Over Time? | Conversations with Christians
Two trillion years is still not eternity, so what does it mean to say someone suffers forever? That’s the question that kicks off a free-flowing “Conversations with Christians” chat between me, Joe Teal, and my buddy Drexur John from the Philippines. We get into the hardest parts of the doctrine of hell without hiding behind easy answers: eternal conscious torment vs annihilationism, whether “separation from God” is its own kind of punishment, and why the idea of never-ending pain creates a m...
27 May 2026
My Case Against The Simplicity Of The New Testament - ABS EP 23
A single sentence can hide a thousand assumptions, and “the Bible clearly says” might be the clearest example. When I zoom out from modern certainty and look at early Christianity, the New Testament starts to feel less like a simple answer key and more like a long, human historical process: authors writing to real communities, scribes copying by hand for centuries, and later readers arguing about what counts as Scripture and what the text means. I lay out my case against New Testament simpli...
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