Episodes
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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.
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Scared to Death (Hell Part 1)
Many of us are terrified of Hell, but should we be? Is Christianity supposed to ease our anxieties around death or exasperate them? And is Hell really about ? We ditch the Bible and traditional ideas for a bit to try…
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Wade Mullen – Church and Cover-up
Tim and Wade discuss why both and the cover-up of are so prevalent in evangelical churches and how to know if your church and its leaders are lying to you.
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Brandi Miller – Farewell White Theology
Brandi Miller talks about pursuing racial justice within evangelicalism, what the gospel really is, how American Christianity trains people to be controlled, and much more.
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John Piper said something crazy (Questions Part 3)
In the third segment of question and response, Nate and Tim discuss whether the story of the Exodus ought to be taken literally, whether Christianity has made an idol out of the Bible, and more.
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Is divine healing real? (Questions Part 2)
Is it your responsibility to call out your racist uncle? Does God heal people and is it helpful to believe that? Are the women heroes in the Bible messiah figures? Nate and Tim continue responding to your questions.
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Why do Christian’s evangelize? (Questions Part 1)
Should we try to get as many people to be Christians as possible? This week we respond to listener questions about evangelism and the great commission.
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Making Hezekiah Great Again
Have you ever thought about Hezekiah as one of the main characters in the Old Testament? And what if we told you that the child named Immanuel spoken of in Isaiah referred not to Jesus but to Hezekiah (at least at…
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Old Testament jerks
Summary Ever notice how all the “good guys” in the Old Testament turn out to be jerks? Tim and Nate talk about a narrative technique Tim calls “snowballing”, where the Biblical authors intentionally try to get us excited about each new…
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Tim Mackie: Homosexuality and the Bible (Part 2)
In this episode of Almost Heretical, we continue our conversation with Tim Mackie of the Bible Project. We dive deep into the Bible’s literary design and explore how its complexity influences modern ethical conversations, including sexuality and homosexuality. Tim shares insights…
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Tim Mackie – Bible Design Patterns (Part 1)
Tim Mackie from The Bible Project explores how the Bible’s design patterns shape our understanding of Scripture and its ancient origins.
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Why Seams & Stitching Matter
All the talk about stitching and literary complexity got Nate and Tim talking about why this stuff even matters. What does thinking of the Bible as a literary mosaic change? How does paying attention to redaction and arrangement affect our views…
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Scrolls & Seams
Ancient scroll technology led to literary binding techniques evident in the Bible. Collections of texts were stitched together through canonical seams and enclosed within literary introductions and conclusions. This seam work is how we got a Bible.
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Literary Layers & Ananias and Sapphira
Collectively, the Bible consists of complex literary layers stacked atop one another. Stories and motifs are recycled and re-used. When we read any individual story, we must read it as a single layer of a greater whole.
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Copy, Paste & Psalm 108
Summary If the Bible is a mosaic, then the meaning is in the stitching. Nate and Tim look at how Psalm 108 is an example of clear editing and repurposing of texts within the Hebrew Bible, and how the Gospel of…
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How does the bible work?
Summary Nate and Tim open up a new series of conversations exploring how the Bible actually works. They introduce the idea of the Bible as a literary mosaic in which various texts are pieced together to form a kind of theological…
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Lisa Sharon Harper: Good News & Bad News
Summary Lisa Sharon Harper talks about what Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court really means, how we got here, and what the gospel has to say about it. Transcription Nate: Alright, welcome to Almost Heretical. So excited today to be…
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Science Mike McHargue: Anger and hope
Mike McHargue (aka Science Mike) sits down with Nate and Tim to talk about , the Bible, why so many people are over church, finding hope amidst cynicism, and much more.
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Gender: So, what now?
Summary Part 9 (conclusion) of the gender series. We talk about what we’ve learned, what we can do, and respond to your questions. Oh, and a poem from Tim set to music – you don’t want to miss it!