Ah, just another progressive heretic who thinks he's smarter than Yahweh. He'll find out.

The DBH 2nd Edition is the only New Testament translation that I trust.

Revelation is a political tirade of a specific time period, its apocalyptic literature, nothing more.

I am so glad that folks are starting to talk about symbolic interpretation. This would prevent so many people from deconstructing.

Aaron looks very similar to voice actor Sam Reigel (minus beard) so it confuses when I see “Sam” taking about 1-2 Samuel in my thumbnails

What is this a portion of? What podcast number?

The implications of whether or not a man can be raised from the dead absolutely does affect your life. "Thats not how history was thought of" [in the bible]... Duh, because it's not a historical document it's a series of parables, fanstastical events, and fear mongering. History is written by victors, but that does not change what a historical FACT is. If the Catholic church had not amassed so much power in political and economic spheres then absolutely nobody would believe that jesus was raised from the dead. "Intellectual" christian apologists are so weak minded.

God is dead and we have killed him, but the news is yet to reach you, I suppose

Fellas, quit the internet please

I resonate so much with this. Thank you Joshua for being so vulnerable and transparent.

I think that Stalin read about Joab in seminary, then patterned his strategy for rule by terror after Joab. Yezhov and Beria were his Joab. Then there’s Torquemada……

What if you were my neighbor who made their own translation?

Very important insights. I have only recently concluded that patriarchy never was God's plan, but merely an ancient accommodation (as with husband-initiated divorce) for a hard-hearted people.

My heart swells every time I hear about the powerful role of female followers of Jesus in the early church. It was completely revolutionary and you can imagine just how much these women must have influenced people who saw them teach. Christianity must have seemed incredibly unusual: it follows a crucified rabbi elevated to the status of God. The man was seen alive after the crucifixion. His followers are in large part women and the culturally marginalized. They heal sickness spontaneously using the name of this man-god.

Just to confirm is it apostle = priest ?

For an alternative view, see Preston Sprinkle. He is a middle of the road NT Scholar who rightly notes, along with many, that Paul is not addressing specific abuses of say...pederasty. There are words in the Greek language readily available to Paul, yet he cross-culturally grabs the language from Leviticus to condemn males who bed males (homosexual activity).

Pete Enns is an apostate false and deceitful teacher of scripture. There is absolutely NO evidence that Junia/Junias was "called" an apostle. Pete Enns constantly and consistently employs " The Oldest Trick In The Book" as a ploy to subvert the information and authority of scripture Genesis ch 3 - - plant seed of doubt - lie - offer a reward for believing the lie

I grew up in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and they still do not ordain women. And only recently did I conclude that they are 2000 years out of date on this issue! In fact I now think to be a "conservative" believer means to fight against the forward movement that God has instituted among humanity.

Here's how Pete Enns subverts God's Word and plants the seed of deception into the minds of people - Genesis chapter 3 ; Plant doubt Tell a lie Offer a reward for believing the lie What Pete is doing here in this video is very deceptive - he is disengeniously appealing to the limits of his own intellect to assert that the authorship and authority of the bible CANNOT be understood or even known. By framing the discussion in this manner, a person with LESS theological education than Pete would be inclined to disregard their own knowledge of the bible because compared to Pete Enns they are not able to compete on a level based on academic qualifications. I see this playing out throughout the deconstruction spaces at this point - "So and so holds degrees in such and such and even he/she/they/them/that/is/was cannot understand the bible, how on earth can you? How DARE you attempt to understand that which these esteemed intellectual scholars seem unattainable?!?!" Do not fall for this version of gaslighting. Pete Enns and those like him have demonstrated that they are acting as an agent of the devil in the words and deeds.

All those Jack wagons must have a different Bible than the one I have....

The real question is: "Were women equal in the OT"? NO. Stop cherry picking silly passages that suit your narrative. You as a women should be ashamed.

The Bible For Normal People are a group of false teachers who are apostate heretics who are acting as agents of Satan to spread hetetodoxical information about God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit etc. They have already raised thousands of $$$ to find their "bible project" and the his video is just another money grab. This man in particular is a Christ denigher and apostate claiming the name of Jesus in the work he does. Avoid avoid avoid

Prov 31 describes a wife who works day and night. Reminds me of the lines "She gets up early. She stays up late" from Short Skirt Long Jacket by Cake. This chapter puts the woman's value in what she accomplishes as work, not really in her good character. It's all financial and food. Also, I wouldn't extend this chapter to women in Israel across time and social status, so it's not fair to say women who lived under the laws of Torah would be treated well. It's clear men have more autonomy than women, and all woman were bought and sold.

Are you saying you'd be okay going back to OT laws in regards to what women were and were not allowed to do?

Women weren't powerless in the OT, but they were classed as property by God's law (made up by men). In Matthew 5, Jesus endorsed God's law and the prophets, so even in the NT, women were property to Jesus.

There is no hell, at least not the modern Christian concept of Hell. Somebody needs to hear that. Somebody needs to be delivered from the outrageous notion that you should live in fear that the God you worship, know, ignore or even reject would prepare a place of eternal, unspeakable, inconceivable torment, pain and suffering...for ever. And how easy is it to end up there? If you didn't know God. If you didn't believe in Him. If you didn't believe in him correctly. If you mess up. If you're baptized wrong. If such a hell exists, it should be nearly impossible to end up there. Just think about it. What kind of God would create and promote such a thing. Seriously, think, meditate, study, go deep into it. Delve into the concept of the worst pain and torture you could imagine. Now take a good while and consider suffering through that for eternity. And eternity. And eternity. And when you're done thinking that, know that eternity will have just begun. Why would we love, devote ourselves to, worship such a being? It is just impossible to believe, isn't it? In and of itself, it's a sick concept. The place they're trying to describe to you does not exist. Be free from that horrible fear. You can still believe in God and not believe in hell. Try it, you'll be able to live a much more peaceful and meaningful life.

I was as cheerful as these good men when I believed in eternal hell.

Sounds like the fear of hell is the only reason these people want to believe. That almost doesn't sound like a Christian to me...and the fruits of many TV preachers prove it.

I mean the Bible technically is "a book of myths" mostly... but also I feel bad for everyone who thinks Jesus was meaningless without Hell.

Hey! I get in trouble for saying that Revelation (pronounced revelations) is not about me! It's all about us. God made a story with other people's lives about us.

In Jesus name Amen. Its only going to get so much worse. Im glad i know and accept Jesus as my savior

Hallowed be Gods Name!

LOL

Sounds like an incredible episode!

thats becausen its a lie

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1. John Piper 2. Nt wright 3. Tim keller

So god lied. The book says he oversees his word in order the perform it. I guess he...what? Took a day off? And yet we're to understand today's book is definitely the ultimate revelation? Your choice of background makes it look like you have foliage growing out of your head.

I often hear Christians respond to societal ills with "The problem is sin" as if that relieves us from action. I view that state rather as a call to action. Let's make CHANGES to our society to disincentivize vice and reward virtue. Dismantling Capitalism and replacing it with an economic system not powered by GREED is a perfect example!

Are there any early church fathers who interpreted the texts this way? I'm unaware of any. Perhaps this is the crowd that wouldn't care about such things. 😄 In that case, why care what the texts say at all of they can mean anything that wasn't to anyone?

As a former Christian, I'm still interested in this culturally relevant book. Not enough Christians take the approach suggested here. Thanks for doing what you do.

My go-to used to be the NIV - until NT Wright pointed out the many errors in the translation. Now I use multiple translation side by side.

Yes! 100%! Just like the civil war and emancipation forced us to take a more holistic view of human bondage in view of the gospel (in ways that it wasn't being viewed before), so we need to take a more holistic view of LGBTQ issues today in view of, for example Christians who grew up in the church and found they were attracted to the same sex, without "choosing" it. Perhaps it's always been a part of the beautiful diversity of God's creation, and humanity living in subsistence in the past didn't have the luxury of even considering such diversity of feelings and expression...?

Jesus started one church The Roman Catholic Church Only one church has Authority History Unity Succession Power

I don’t know much about bible but I think NIV is the worst translation

I just found Brad recently. I’ve been working my way through his channel. Absolutely changed my perspective on Jesus and the role of him in my life. Wonderful and grounding perspective.

100%! Beware of dubious translations that have a bias, or worse: an agenda. The English Standard Version (ESV) is the worst - straight up, mean-spirited Evangelical propaganda.

James Cone and Tom Wright - YES. John Piper - NOOOOOO!!!!

James Cone!!

While I like Rachael Held Evans I do not think she is a theologian.