Welcome to Exploring My Strange Bible by Tim Mackie, lead theologian and co-founder of BibleProject.
141 episodes transcribedNew Testament Themes E6 — Some people reject Christianity or the Bible because of something they hear about the end of the world, final judgment, or H...
New Testament Themes E5 — The New Testament shows us that a church is meant to be a group of disciples calling out the best in one another and embodyi...
New Testament Themes E4 — In the Apostle Paul's mind, the good news about Jesus becomes most persuasive when his followers live with incredible genero...
New Testament Themes E3 — In the New Testament, “witness” is what Jesus' followers do together as they live, committed to one another and to Jesus. Ho...
New Testament Themes E2 — Many who are intrigued by Jesus of Nazareth have a difficult time balancing his overwhelming generosity and grace with his c...
New Testament Themes E1 — When we open the New Testament and start reading about Jesus, his message, and his mission, it’s not what most people imagin...
During his earthly ministry, Jesus interacts with multitudes of hurting people. So how does he process, understand, and respond to all the suffering a...
Theology of Work E2 — Many Christians believe the world will ultimately be destroyed when Jesus returns, and so our day-to-day lives don't really matt...
Theology of Work E1 — Whether we’re young and still discovering our career, or perhaps more seasoned in work but new to following Jesus, integrating o...
Prayer and encountering God’s presence are biblical topics we can study, but they’re also very personal experiences for each of us, and so this messag...
Ecclesiastes E2 — In the first teaching of this series, we explored the teacher’s core metaphor for life, which is the Hebrew word hevel, meaning “smo...
Ecclesiastes E1 — In the book of Ecclesiastes, the teacher shows how most of our daily time and energy is spent on meaningless things. The core metaph...
Making of the Bible E3 — The manuscript history of the New Testament is very different from that of the Old Testament. The number of manuscripts, the...
Making of the Bible E2 — In this series of lectures, we’re building the foundation for understanding where the Bible came from. When looking at Script...
Making of the Bible E1 — Many people who view the Bible as God’s word believe it must have come into existence with little or no human agency. But thi...
Torah Crash Course E3 — The books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy tell the story about God’s covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai—and make up tw...
Torah Crash Course E2 — Israel’s liberation from Egypt and the night of Passover were the foundational stories for ancient Israelites, and they’re als...
Torah Crash Course E1 — For many modern readers, the first five books of the Bible—known as the Torah—can feel strange, overwhelming, or confusing. Bu...
In modern Western culture, we have two very different narratives swirling around the first two pages of the Bible. In the first narrative, the creatio...
Many people view science and religious faith as bitter enemies with conflicting views of the universe, especially when you consider the scientific exp...
