Episodes
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God might us
Are we supposed to be afraid of God? Why did the ancient Israelites fear the Lord? What was it that scared them exactly? Nate and Tim discuss how we may have gotten this all very wrong for a long time and…
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Distance and Separation
The New Testament claims Jesus is helping reconcile humanity and God, but why were they ever separated in the first place? Does God want to separate from us because we’re awful, or is there something entirely different going on? Nate and…
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Blood and Guilt
What were the sacrifices for? What did blood do? What is the main problem which the tabernacle and temple and then Jesus were trying to solve? Nate and Tim introduce a new series on Leviticus, atonement, and the crazy idea of…
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Did Jesus just call her a dog?
Did Jesus really call a Canaanite woman a dog? Was this as heartless and mean as it sounds, or is something else going on? Nate and Tim discuss this startling passage in Matthew 15 and more.
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The clearly unclear Bible
If the Bible is clearly sufficient for all our needs and sufficiently clear so that we can understand it, why doesn’t it feel that way? Nate and Tim discuss the history of these ideas, the role they’ve played, and whether or…
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Who is the Bible?
When we say, “The Bible says,” what do we really mean? Who exactly are we talking about? Nate and Tim try to answer that question and more as they discuss the relationship between the people who wrote the Bible and our…
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Choose your own adventure Bible
What if many of the texts are written in order to place us at a crossroads between two valid interpretations? And how does understanding the Bible as a mosaic of texts help us deal with troubling passages in the OT? Nate…
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Does the Bible Permit Exploitation? (Part 2)
Wrestling with the Old Testament’s Ethical Challenges The Old Testament is a complex tapestry of stories that often challenge our modern understanding of morality. In this episode of Almost Heretical, we dive into troubling narratives that seem to clash with today’s…
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Bathsheba and David: A Story of Power and Betrayal (Part 1)
Power and Privilege in Biblical Stories: A Closer Look at David What do the stories of the Hebrew Bible reveal about power and privilege, especially in the lives of its key figures? In this episode of Almost Heretical, we kick off…
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Christena Cleveland: Getting free
At some point we have to ask ourselves do I really want to be free? Freedom is no longer caring whether we’re crossing the lines that other people are creating for us. Nate and Tim sit down with renowned scholar Dr.…
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LGBTQ – Why do people marry? (Part 2)
Did God really define marriage? Or is it just something people have often done? And what did Jesus really say about men and women? Nate and Tim continue the conversation about whether the Bible ever asserts a divine ideal for marriage.
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LGBTQ – The so-called Divine Ideal (Part 1)
Is the Bible even about a return to original ideals? Or is the idea that of a forward march through history where humans partner with God to usher in new and unknown territory? Nate and Tim begin a discussion on sexuality…
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Rob Bell – Outside the Camp
What did it feel like when author Rob Bell saw John Piper tweet “Farewell Rob Bell” after he wrote the book Love Wins?
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Rachel Held Evans tribute
In memory of Rachel Held Evans. Woman of Valor. #becauseofRHE #SaintRachel Please donate to Dan and her two children here: https://www.gofundme.com/supporting-rachel-held-evans
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The Heaven Ethic (Heaven Part 4)
The Bible’s cosmology can be weird and hard to believe. What is there for us if we can’t get excited about ruling over angels? Nate and Tim wrestle with this question, discussing the profound and practical strategy that Paul and the…
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Bodies for Both Worlds (Heaven Part 3)
This is where things start to get weird. Nate and Tim look at the Bible’s strange hope that humanity would one day come to rule not only on earth but over the gods in the heavens. And to Paul, for that…
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Heaven as a Revolution (Heaven Part 2)
God will one day lead a revolution to overturn the power structures of the world. The biblical writers call this “heaven.” Those at the bottom will be put at the top and vice versa, and it may have nothing to do…
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I’ll fly away, old glory (Heaven Part 1)
Did you used to picture flying away to be in heaven? Or, maybe you’ve thought of new creation as what heaven is. After spending 3 episodes talking about hell, Nate & Tim work to complicate the conception of heaven, in keeping…
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Who the hell knows (Hell Part 3)
If there is no consensus on a singular notion of Hell, then how the hell ought we to think and feel about all this? In Part 3, Nate and Tim further examine the complexity and inconsistency in the so-called “Biblical worldview”…
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To hell with hell (Hell Part 2)
Where did “hell” come from? What is Sheol? Hades? Gehenna? And who goes to these places (or are they are even places?) We’ll see how our idea of Hell is actually an amalgam of various concepts related to multiple different questions.