We're decolonizing the New Testament chapter-by-chapter, through a fresh translation committed to faithfulness to the text, trauma-informed analysis, God always looking like Jesus, avoiding religious technical language, belovedness and belonging, and reading with the oppressed.
Hosts: Brandon Rhodes (D.Min) and Brandon Vélez-Johnson (M.Div)
Bible: Liberation and Inclusion Translation (www.litbible.net (http://www.litbible.net))
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More: www.liberatingscripture.org (http://www.liberatingscripture.org)
Is Marriage an Idol? - 1 Corinthians 7 with Jenna DeWitt
Jenna DeWitt (she/her) is a writer, editor, and resource curator working primarily in queer Christian spaces, and centering aromanticism & asexuality. You can find her work at www.invisiblecakesociety.com (http://www.invisiblecakesociety.com) and on Threads as @jennadewitt (https://www.threads.com/@jennadewitt).
Episode Highlights
Paul is doing pastoral triage, not writing a universal marriage doctrine;
Marriage is about mutuality, not male entitlement;
Economic vulnerability is a key ingredient to the chapter.
Paul reads more clearly as ace and possibly aro.
Making an idol of family and marriage is nothing new.
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Read LIT online: litbible.net/1corinthians-7 (http://litbible.net/1corinthians-7)
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Liberating Scripture Collective: www.liberatingscripture.org (http://www.liberatingscripture.org/)
Support LIT & FIT: liberatingscripture.org/support/ (http://liberatingscripture.org/support/)
1 Sept 2026
Stop Using Purity Culture to Hide Abuse – 1 Corinthians 5 & 6 with Anthony Parrott
Our guest for 1 Corinthians 3 & 4 is Anthony Parrott. Anthony is the co-pastor at the Table Church in Washington, DC, an affirming, multiracial community committed to following Jesus without the baggage of white Christian nationalism. Anthony writes at parrott.ink (http://parrott.ink) about the Bible, books, and what it means to be human, with a bias toward love and liberation. He's also doing his own translation work in the Christian and Hebrew scriptures, with commitments that rhymes nicely with the LIT Bible.
Follow Anthony on Threads (https://www.threads.com/@pastorparrott)
Episode Highlights
Why porneia means sexual exploitation, not generic "sexual sin"
How vague translations of "sexual immorality" can actually enable exploitation
Paul's anger and consequence fall solely on the exploiter, never on the exploited party
Reframing sarx as a self-preservation drive out of balance, rather than "the flesh is evil"
"Handed over to the adversary" as redemptive discipline aimed at restoration, not eternal punishment
Judging behavior without judging a person's worth — and why real community safety still requires firm boundaries and consequences
What the lexicons actually say about malakoi and arsenokoitai
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Read LIT online: litbible.net/1corinthians-5 (http://litbible.net/1corinthians-5) and litbible.net/1corinthians-6 (http://litbible.net/1corinthians-6)
LIT Bible apps: Download for iPhone/iPad (https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772577879), and on Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.litbible.app&pcampaignid=web_share)
Liberating Scripture Collective: www.liberatingscripture.org (http://www.liberatingscripture.org/)
Support LIT & FIT: liberatingscripture.org/support/ (http://liberatingscripture.org/support/)
22 Aug 2026
Life After Rivalry, Scarcity, & Power – 1 Corinthians 3 & 4 with Dr. Drew Hart
Our guest for 1 Corinthians 3 & 4 is Dr. Drew Hart, Associate Professor of Theology at Messiah University, director of Messiah's Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice program, and co-host with Jared McKenna of the amazing Inverse podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inverse-podcast/id1358332600). Dr. Hart is the author of Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism, Who Will Be a Witness: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance, and most recently, Making It Plain Why We Need Anabaptism in the Black Church.
Follow Dr. Hart on Threads (https://www.threads.com/@druhart)
Episode Highlights
Why Black Church & Anabaptism have more in common than you might think
How rivalry, status, and self-preservation distort church life
Paul's insistence that the church is built on Jesus, not favoritism, flex, or hierarchy
God’s wisdom is cruciform and surprising
How the light of Christ exposes the “successful” way of ego & empire as foolishness
Why marginalized communities often see more clearly
The church should measure itself by liberation, healing, and communal flourishing
True spiritual authority comes from the scandal of Jesus, not from prestige
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Read LIT online: litbible.net/1corinthians-3 (http://litbible.net/1corinthians-3)
LIT Bible apps: Download for iPhone/iPad (https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772577879), and on Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.litbible.app&pcampaignid=web_share)
Liberating Scripture Collective: www.liberatingscripture.org (http://www.liberatingscripture.org/)
Support LIT & FIT: liberatingscripture.org/support/ (http://liberatingscripture.org/support/)
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