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Find the answers to all those questions you were too embarrassed to ask in Sunday School. Welcome to Weird Stuff in the Bible, where we explore scripture passages that are bizarre, perplexing or just plain weird. Hosted by Luke Taylor. Dive deeper! Sign up for the newsletter (and catch up on past newsletters) at this link: https://weirdstuffinthebible.beehiiv.com/
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Cognitive Dissonance

Atheist and Skeptical News

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Every episode we blast anyone who gets in our way. We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence to any topic that makes the news, makes it big, or makes us mad. It’s skeptical, it’s political and there is no welcome mat.
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Join depth psychotherapist and Jungian scholar, John Price, in an exploration of extraordinary stories and phenomena that lurk beneath the surface of normal and everyday life. Listen in as John interviews experts, dilettantes, sinners, and saints to explore their professional and personal perspective on the underlying purpose of the mysteries which lurk within the seemingly mundane nature of day-to-day life. John received his Master’s degree in clinical psychology and his Doctorate degree in ...
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Deep Waters

Kenneth Shelton

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Deep Waters is about understanding and how to apply what's in the Bible. We need the absolute revelation, not interpretation, of God's written voice. Bible and ministry ignorance is one of the greatest plagues we are facing today, (also known as the Laodicean Church age) and I have the most earnest desire to eradicate this plague from our earthly church today. If you want entry level Bible teaching, or no teaching at all then you can attend your local church, but if you want to get to know G ...
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The best conversations take place over beer! Why not faith too? This podcast discusses tough spiritual questions, interesting passages in the Bible, and all-things-Jesus. We also share our experiences while starting alternative churches in breweries and online for people who don't resonate with typical church models. Yep, we're not normal. For more info check out breweryministries.org.
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Why isn't it normal for most professing Christians to experience the miraculous presence and intervention of God when it was commonplace for all of the people that we read about in the Bible? Could it be that there are some vital things that they had that we do not? Can you say that you have been renewed in your mind? Join Apostle Dwayne as he opens the Scriptures and teaches Believers through the mind transformation process that every true disciple of Mashiach must go through. God and learn ...
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The Loom Rooms Podcast Show

The Loom Community Group

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Matt, Mark & Beth chat to guests about how encountering the love of Jesus has radically changed their lives. They discuss the idea that no matter how dark and self destructive our lives can become, there is a road to redemption. We talk to people who, often at their lowest point, have encounters with a living, loving God. These are stories of miraculous restoration of normal people back onto the path of where God always intended them to be. Welcome to the Loom Rooms Podcast!
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Description Are tired of the secret? Carrying it unresolved, unhealed into every relationship on earth? Are you so ready to be “normal” like people think you are? Has your pain as a victim of abuse honestly affected your relationship with Christ, and you are trying so hard to hold on because your faith means everything to you? I am Laurie Sullivan, and I am a coach for women of all ages abused by the church. This abuse could be sexual, emotional, social, spiritual, or physical; you were hurt ...
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Have You Ever Read...? is a podcast about books. Not just any books but Christian books. Once a month, Jean Kabasomi interviews an ordinary Christian about a book that has had a huge impact on their life or ministry.
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In this reissue of The Bible for Normal People Episode 133: The Book of Job, Pete takes us on a provocative journey through Job, challenging traditional interpretations of suffering, divine justice, and the nature of God. Rather than seeing Job as a lesson in patient endurance, Pete explores the book as a complex, layered critique of transactional …
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians, 1st & 2nd Peter, 1st & 2nd Timothy, the books of 1st, 2nd, & 3rd John, & Titus, Philemon, And Jude, like 1st, 2nd, & 3rd John they are in a single message. I have not added any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse ref…
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Send us a text Jer 1:12 - 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.” What’s with all of the scripture Podcast Preacher? It’s the ony thing we have to lean on in our walk with God. It is His gift to us so that we would have hot bullets for our prayer guns. Ha. This message started out it’s intent to be for …
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We have a website, guys! We have a website. Now I won’t say that I’ve really “made it” in this world until I have a whole subreddit dedicated to my destruction. But in the meantime, we can at least say: we have a website. www.weirdstuffinthebible.com Now maybe you say: why does the podcast need a website? How does a website help a podcast? And that…
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In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete Enns and Anna Sieges Beal talk with theologian Janet Williams about apophatic theology, a tradition that emphasizes the mystery of God by acknowledging the limits of human language and understanding. Janet explores how describing God by what God is not—rather than what God is—can open up a deeper, mo…
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians, & 1st & 2nd Peter, 1st & 2nd Timothy, & the books of 1st, 2nd, & 3rd John without adding any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse references. I am not sure how far I will go in this direction as I also get other messa…
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Send us a text Yes, this, out of 560 messages is my first message on money. What does that make me a nice guy? Nope, I definitely had some things to work through before I could do it, and well to be honest I still, as of today April, 25 2025, wasn’t inclined to talk about it. But in a discussion with a friend who runs the Men’s Resource Center in C…
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Sign up for the weekly newsletter! Get additional insights and Bible study tips for unpacking strange things in scripture. Enter your email here: https://weirdstuffinthebible.beehiiv.com/ You can also find a list of past newsletters at that same link so you never have to miss one. I was challenged about a past episode over whether I’d properly done…
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Send us a text It’s a three book day if you decide to stay. Ok so yes I said it that just because it rhymes. So but consider this that John wrote His gospel which is quite most powerful and one day I will record the entire gospel as I am doing with these other books. Of note he also wrote these three books along with being the scribe for Jesus as H…
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Join me for a live webinar – Reframing Suffering: The Little TeachersWe'll explore anxiety, jealousy, and shame as sacred teachers.Date: Wednesday, May 14https://www.drjohnwprice.com/littleteachers-event-2025Make sure to check out the book Women in the Biblehttps://www.amazon.com/Women-Bible-Interpretation-Resources-Scripture/dp/0664234011 In this …
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Please note: this interview does include mention of assault and sexual abuse in the context of the Hebrew Bible. In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and co-host Cynthia Shafer-Elliott talk with Alexiana Fry about reading the Hebrew Bible through the lens of trauma, gender, and migration. Reflecting on texts like Hosea and Judges 19…
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Send us a text All scripture is powerful and needs to be spoken out-loud as a manner of warfare against the devil who roams around like a Lion: 1 Peter 5:8 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. He doesn’t have permission to bite you unless you stand idly by and allow h…
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This is a teaser of our April 2025 bonus episode! Jared Byas, Angela N. Parker, and Jennifer Garcia Bashaw answer supporter questions all about the New Testament. Want to hear the rest of the episode? Join our online community the Society of Normal People and you'll get monthly bonus episodes; livestreams of guest interviews; Q&As with Pete, Jared,…
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians, & 1st & 2nd Peter, & 1st Timothy without adding any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse references. The first thing you should know is how difficult it was to just read through those books without speaking to any of …
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Night of the Living Dead. World War Z. Resident Evil. The Walking Dead. And… Matthew chapter 27. What do all of these have in common? They all contain zombies. Now, if you don’t believe me that the Bible has some zombies in it, then explain this verse to me. Matthew 27 is about the crucifixion. Now, don’t worry, I’m not about to claim that Jesus wa…
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In this episode of The Sacred Speaks, host Dr. John W. Price sits down with Elise Loehnen—writer, researcher, and author of On Our Best Behavior, a book that explores how the ancient moral framework of the seven deadly sins has been internalized by women, shaping their identities, relationships, and sense of worth.This conversation is not just a re…
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Send us a text Me, me, me, me…hum what? Doesn’t making melody require that we have melody? D-Com please: Melody: musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement. Music. the succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm. the principal part in a harmonic composition; the air. a rhythmical successio…
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In this episode of Faith for Normal People, nerds-in-residence Anna Sieges-Beal and Dr. Angela N. Parker talk with Dr. Wylin D. Wilson about the intersection of faith, justice, and healthcare through the lens of womanist bioethics. They explore how Black women’s lived experiences reveal deep ethical gaps in the medical system and how centering the …
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians, & 1st & 2nd Peter without adding any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse references. The first thing you should know is how difficult it was to just read through those books without speaking to any of the revelation …
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Back in January, I received this interesting question from a listener: “So how is Jesus Jewish but Jewish people do not believe he is the messiah?? This is something I’ve been trying to wrap my head around… Nyssa from Houston Texas” That’s a good question. Jesus was the Jewish Messiah. He had all of these prophecies about Himself throughout the OT,…
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians, & 1st Peter without adding any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse references. The first thing you should know is how difficult it was to just read through those books without speaking to any of the revelation that t…
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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared again sit down with Richard Rohr, who returns to discuss the biblical prophets—not as predictors of Jesus or future events, but as truth-tellers who confronted the moral failures of their time. Drawing from The Tears of Things, Rohr highlights how prophets spoke to collective injustice—…
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, 1st & 2nd Thessalonians without adding any commentary or narrative nor any chapter or verse references. The first thing you should know is how difficult it was to just read through those books without speaking to any of the revelation that they contain. …
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Send us a text We could also call this message “The well and river Attributes of the Holy Spirit.” The primary scripture for the significance of wells is below. The full story can be found in John 4:1-42. I am just including the well-relevant portion so we can stay topic centered. Ha let’s go: John 4:13-14 “…13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoe…
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In the last episode of All the Buried Women, co-hosts Beth Allison Barr and Savannah Locke explore the story behind a confidential letter in the SBC’S archives that leads to a pastor’s wife named Maria. They also look at the Southern Baptist Convention's decision to expel churches that ordain women, critiquing the rhetoric of unity and biblical aut…
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, Colossians, and 1st Thessalonians without adding any commentary or narrative. First thing you should know is how difficult it was to just read through those books without speaking to any of the revelation that they contains. But I did it and well it was liked by qui…
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When Balaam was asked to curse Israel, God gave a pretty clear NOPE If you don’t remember the story, King Balak of the Moabites comes to Balaam and says, “I want you to climb up on this mountain above the camp of the Israelites and curse them for me so that they aren’t a threat to my people.” And he offers Balaam a lot of money to do this. And Bala…
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Send us a text Well not so long ago I decided to read the book of Ephesians, James, and Colossians without adding any commentary or narrative. First thing you should know is how difficult it was to just read through those books without speaking to any of the revelation that they contains. But I did it and well it was liked by quite a few listeners …
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