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Almost Heretical

Join us on a journey of rediscovery as a former pastor and a Bible scholar explore faith, the Bible, church, race, and women's roles in the church. We take a critical look at reformed evangelical theo... Read more

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Hillary McBride - Getting healthy

Hillary McBride - Getting healthy

Many of us are rethinking faith and leaving old beliefs behind, but how do we get healthy? Nate and Tim talk with Dr. Hi... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #2

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Tim Mackie - Riddles in the Bible (Part 1)

Tim Mackie - Riddles in the Bible (Part 1)

PART 1 (Listen to PART 2 here.) Dr. Timothy Mackie (The Bible Project) talks with Tim and Nate about the often missed li... Read more

28 Nov 2018

1hr 10mins

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Scared to Death (Hell Part 1)

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 exasp... Read more

6 Mar 2019

1hr 22mins

Ranked #4

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Tim Mackie - LGBTQ and the Bible (Part 2)

Tim Mackie - LGBTQ and the Bible (Part 2)

PART 2 (Listen to PART 1 here.) Dr. Timothy Mackie (The Bible Project) talks about LGBTQ and the bible, and continues ta... Read more

5 Dec 2018

1hr 5mins

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Rachel Held Evans: Faith, Doubt & De-Weaponizing the Bible

Rachel Held Evans: Faith, Doubt & De-Weaponizing the Bible

Nate & Tim explore the multifaceted nature of the Bible with special guest, author Rachel Held Evans. Delving into h... Read more

25 Apr 2018

1hr 21mins

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Why is there a snake in the garden?

Why is there a snake in the garden?

Rethinking the Fall Part 1 — Tim Ritter kicks off the first episode in a series rethinking the Biblical idea of the Fall... Read more

1 Jan 2018

1hr 7mins

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Rob Bell - Outside the camp

Rob Bell - Outside the camp

We ask Rob Bell what it felt like to hear "Farewell Rob Bell" by John Piper after writing Love Wins and what he wants to... Read more

15 May 2019

1hr 17mins

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Wade Mullen - Church abuse and cover-up

Wade Mullen - Church abuse and cover-up

Tim interviews Wade Mullen (@wad3mullen), a professor who researches the ways evangelical churches and organizations try... Read more

27 Feb 2019

1hr 37mins

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LGBTQ: The so-called Divine Ideal (Part 1)

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... Read more

31 May 2019

1hr 7mins

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Should you go to church? (Patreon Teaser)

Should you go to church? (Patreon Teaser)

This is an episode of Utterly Heretical, Nate and Tim’s second podcast for Patreon supporters. They have a candid conver... Read more

25 Sep 2019

1hr 22mins

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Mako Nagasawa - Beyond penal substitution

Mako Nagasawa - Beyond penal substitution

Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement really the gospel? Is it even true? And what other options are there for making sense... Read more

14 Mar 2018

1hr 32mins

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Silencing women (1 Corinthians 14:34-35)

Silencing women (1 Corinthians 14:34-35)

Part 4 in a series on gender. Nate and Tim discuss some of the more infuriating ways complementation theology affects Ch... Read more

6 Aug 2018

1hr 7mins

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Jesus ended hierarchy

Jesus ended hierarchy

Part 1 in a series on Jesus and gender: Nate and Tim discuss some prerequisites to looking at New Testament texts pertai... Read more

16 Jul 2018

36mins

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To hell with hell (Hell Part 2)

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?) I... Read more

13 Mar 2019

1hr 8mins

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Authority over her own damn head (1 Corinthians 11:2-16)

Authority over her own damn head (1 Corinthians 11:2-16)

Part 2 in a series on gender and the Bible. Nate and Tim discuss the first of six key New Testament passages pertaining ... Read more

19 Jul 2018

38mins

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - Forgiveness and Pharisees

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - Forgiveness and Pharisees

On the 1-year anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, we sit down with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg.... Read more

30 Oct 2019

1hr 11mins

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Adam, then Eve (1 Timothy 2:11-15)

Adam, then Eve (1 Timothy 2:11-15)

Part 6 in a series on gender, power and hierarchy. Nate and Tim wrap up the discussion on 1 Timothy 2, discussing Paul’s... Read more

22 Aug 2018

1hr 11mins

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Husbands and slave masters (Ephesians 5:22-6:9, Colossians 3:18-4:1)

Husbands and slave masters (Ephesians 5:22-6:9, Colossians 3:18-4:1)

Part 3 in a series on Christianity and gender. Nate and Tim discuss two more key passages related to gender, trying to u... Read more

23 Jul 2018

50mins

Ranked #19

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Mark Charles - The truth of our history

Mark Charles - The truth of our history

Mark Charles retells the founding of America to expose political, social and spiritual implications. You may need to sit... Read more

16 May 2018

1hr 26mins

Ranked #20

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Contagious

Contagious

Why sacrifice animals? Why send some people outside the camp? Why all the rules? Nate and Tim discuss how the threat of ... Read more

13 Nov 2019

1hr 14mins

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