Episodes 14
Avg. Duration 34m
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Apple Rating 4.6 (572)
Since Dec 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Christianity is deeper than you've been shown. Each episode, Nate Hanson and Shane Rosenthal sit down with scholars like N.T. Wright and Tim Mackie to talk through Jesus, the Bible, and the origins of Christianity in conversations you can actually follow. Nate came back from deconstruction through scholarship, and Shane hosts The Humble Skeptic podcast.

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Why the gospels hold up as history (Craig Keener)

May 13, 2026 1h 19m

We trust ancient biographies that were written 450 years after the fact. So why do so many Christians get told the gospels can't be trusted as history?New Testament scholar Craig Keener (author of…

Is the gospel just a ticket to heaven? (Dr. Nijay Gupta)

Apr 29, 2026 1h 4m

Most of us were taught the gospel is a ticket to heaven. New Testament scholar Nijay Gupta says that is not what Paul was actually preaching.Nijay Gupta is professor of New Testament at Northern…

What the first Christians believed about Easter

Apr 01, 2026 18m

The hardest critiques of the cross target one version of the gospel. The earliest Christians were teaching something bigger.For a thousand years before penal substitution became the dominant…

What if the Gospels are more reliable than you were told?

Mar 25, 2026 20m

Most Christians were taught to trust the Gospels without ever being shown why they should. The historical evidence is stronger than you think.New Testament scholar Lydia McGrew explains what she…

After the apostles died, did the faith survive?

Mar 18, 2026 13m

Most Christians quietly carry a question they rarely say out loud: after the apostles died, what happened? There's a gap in the story, and in that gap, a worry lives.One man fills it. He was born 35…

N.T. Wright: Christians don't go to heaven? (Part 2)

Mar 11, 2026 21m

Most Christians assume the end of the story is leaving earth for heaven. N.T. Wright says that is not the story the New Testament is telling. (Listen to Part 1 here, and the full interview here.)If…

N.T. Wright: Did Jesus rise from the dead? (Part 1)

Mar 05, 2026 24m

The resurrection isn't a theological idea. It's a historical claim. And most people have never heard the actual evidence historians evaluate. (Listen to Part 2 here, and the full interview here.)NT…

N.T. Wright: Did Jesus really rise from the dead?

Mar 04, 2026 24m

The resurrection isn't a theological idea. It's a historical claim. And most people have never heard the actual evidence historians evaluate.NT Wright, one of the world's leading scholars on early…

The genealogies don't match. That might be the point.

Feb 25, 2026 19m

Matthew and Luke don't give us the same family tree, and the census in Luke has been called a historical invention. So why would anyone still trust the birth narratives?New Testament scholar Caleb…

Were the Christmas stories meant to be history?

Feb 18, 2026 26m

For decades, scholars have claimed that ancient birth narratives were never meant to be taken as history. Then one scholar went and actually read them.New Testament scholar Caleb Friedeman tested…

Tim Mackie: The Bible Isn't What You Think (Part 2)

Feb 11, 2026 21m

There's a story in Genesis where Noah gets drunk and something terrible happens with his son Ham, and the Bible never actually tells you what it was. That's not a mistake. It's a design choice.In…

Tim Mackie: How to Read the Bible (Part 1)

Feb 04, 2026 32m

Most people were taught to believe the Bible, but almost no one was taught how it actually works. Why does Genesis repeat the same words over and over? Why do later stories echo earlier ones in ways…

Christianity's hardest objections have surprising answers

Jan 21, 2026 54m

Rebecca McLaughlin joins Faith Lab to confront Christianity’s hardest objections and ask whether Christian faith can actually stand up to serious scrutiny.In this conversation, Nate and Shelby talk…

Is Faith Supposed to Be Blind? with Shane Rosenthal

Jan 07, 2026 1h 11m

For most people, faith means believing without evidence. A leap. A feeling. Something you are told to accept rather than question.But what if that is not what faith meant at all?In this conversation,…

Deconstruction led me to Jesus

Dec 30, 2025 16m

Nate Hanson reflects on his journey with the podcast Almost Heretical, discussing the process of deconstruction and how it led him to a deeper understanding of Christianity. He shares his experiences…

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