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  • John the Maverick Gospel
    Oct 14 2025

    The gospel of John doesn’t mention Jesus’ birth from a virgin, doesn’t show Jesus’ baptism by John, and does absolutely nothing to keep his identity secret - not even don a pair of glasses. This week, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to explain why the gospel of John is so drastically different to the rest of the new testament gospels!

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    43 Min.
  • Was Jesus an Essene?
    Oct 7 2025

    The Dead Sea Scrolls preserve the beliefs of the Essenes, an ancient Jewish sect that were, like Jesus and John the Baptist, expecting the end of the world. Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me today to talk about whether Jesus and John were actually Essenes.

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    48 Min.
  • Does Genesis 1 Contradict Genesis 2?
    Sep 30 2025

    If Genesis 1 is an account of the creation of the world, why is the world recreated in Genesis 2? Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about whether these accounts can be understood as one story, or if something else is going on.

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    48 Min.
  • Why Study the Bible as an Atheist?
    Sep 23 2025

    Why on earth would someone study the scripture of a religion that they don’t even believe in? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to explore that very question!

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    39 Min.
  • Mary Before Jesus
    Sep 16 2025

    Mary is known in the canonical gospels as the virgin mother of Jesus - but what else did early Christian writings say about her? Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me today to talk about the Proto-Gospel of James, and what it says about the mother of Jesus!

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    54 Min.
  • Without Error? A History of Biblical Inerrancy
    Sep 9 2025

    Have Christians always believed the Bible contains no errors or mistakes, or did this understanding develop over time? Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about the Christian view of biblical inerrancy!

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    48 Min.
  • In Search of Q: The Hypothetical Source for Matthew and Luke
    Sep 2 2025

    Understanding where the writers of the gospels got their information is the foundation of source criticism - but how does that work when the original sources are hypothetical? Dr. Bart Ehrman is here today to talk about the Q source!

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    49 Min.
  • The Bible Before the New Testament: A Conversation with Joel Baden
    Aug 26 2025

    Even though it was the religious text of Jesus, the Hebrew Bible is consistently overlooked by many Christians. Which is a shame, honestly, because it’s a fascinating collection of literature and an incredible historical document. Luckily, today I’m joined by Dr. Joel Baden, expert in the Hebrew Bible, to talk about exactly what it is, and how a group of disparate texts were formed into the collection we see today.

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    28 Min.