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Agnostic Bible Study w/ Joe Teel
Studying the Bible, religions, and belief systems honestly.
This show features verse-by-verse breakdowns, historical context, and thoughtful conversations about the texts that have shaped the world. No preaching. No attacks. Just thoughtful exploration of ancient texts and modern beliefs.
Agnostic Bible Study w/ Joe Teel
Latest Episodes
The Case Against New Testament Simplicity (Part 2)
The New Testament can feel like a smooth, finished story until you start asking what happened behind the scenes. I use a movie analogy to make the point: you can love the film and still admit it took edits, choices, and a messy process to get t...
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Did the Idea of Hell Develop Over Time? | Conversations with Christians
Two trillion years is still not eternity, so what does it mean to say someone suffers forever? That’s the question that kicks off a free-flowing “Conversations with Christians” chat between me, Joe Teal, and my buddy Drexur John from the Philip...
My Case Against The Simplicity Of The New Testament - ABS EP 23
A single sentence can hide a thousand assumptions, and “the Bible clearly says” might be the clearest example. When I zoom out from modern certainty and look at early Christianity, the New Testament starts to feel less like a simple answer key ...
How Historians Actually Read the New Testament - ABS EP 22
You can read the New Testament for devotion, or you can read it like an ancient historian and those are not the same project. I grew up being told the Bible is not only a holy book, but a history book, and I didn’t even know there was another w...
The Trinity Is More Complicated Than Most Christians Realize
Imagine getting dropped into the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD and being asked to explain the Trinity on the spot. Could you define Father, Son, and Holy Spirit the way Nicene Christianity eventually does without accidentally sliding into modalis...