The Bible For Normal People

The Bible For Normal People

Hosted by Pete and Jared and Pete Enns · Peter Enns and Jared Byas

4.7from 4,233 ratings

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82Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
425
Episodes
56
Transcribed
4,233
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2017
First episode
782K
YouTube views

About The Bible For Normal People

A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.

Publisher
Peter Enns and Jared Byas
Category
religion & spirituality
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
13 Mar 2017
Latest episode
21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

56 of 425 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    [Bible] Episode 337: James Barker - Writing and Rewriting the Gospels

  2. 14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    [Faith] Episode 74: Grace Hamman - A Medieval Mystic’s Vision of God’s Love

  3. 7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    [Bible] Episode 336: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Everything on Lamentations

Inside a recent episode

[Bible] Episode 337: James Barker - Writing and Rewriting the Gospels

Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's how we should think about Matthew, Mark, and Luke. They have a precedent in their own Jewish scriptures for doing the very thing that they do in retelling the earlier Gospels. So scholars know that there's a relationship. The verbatim agreements mean that these are not being written independently. Today, we would call it plagiarism. But not back then. Right. Yeah. And you can't say that the same words. A string of 50 words and not one of them is different. When you see that somebody is copying from someone else, the question is chicken and egg. Which one of these came first and gave rise to the others? […]

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Who has been a guest on The Bible For Normal People

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • James Barker
  • Grace Hamman
  • Phillip Lasater
  • Rony Kozman
  • Ciarra Jones

Reach and audience

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YouTube views
781,795
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.7 / 5
3,261 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
972 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100

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Quality
90
Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
94

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Who hosts The Bible For Normal People?

Pete and Jared and Pete Enns host the show. Published by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.

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Does The Bible For Normal People take guests?

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