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[Bible] Episode 263: Bart Ehrman - The Gospels & Historical Reliability

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We’re back for our eighth season of the podcast! In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman joins Pete and Jared to discuss the historical reliability of the Gospels, highlighting the roles of oral tradition, authorial bias, and contradictions within the texts. Show Notes → ********** This episode is sponsored by Lumi. To learn more about microdosing THC, go to Microdose.com and use code NORMALPEOPLE to get free shipping and 30% off your first order. ********** This episode is sponsored by Factor Meal Kits. Head to www.factormeals.com/normalpeople50 and use code normalpeople50 to get 50% off. ********** This episode is sponsored by Fast Growing Trees. Right now, they have the best deals online, up to half off on select plants. Listeners get an additional 15% off when using the code NORMALPEOPLE at checkout. Head to FastGrowingTrees.com and use code NORMALPEOPLE at checkout. Offer valid for a limited time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to the Bible for normal people, the only God-ordained

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podcast on the internet. I'm Pete Ens. And I'm Jared Bias.

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Before we get started in the first episode of season 8 of the Bible for Normal People, we just wanted to mention one of our biggest accomplishments last year, which was the start of our online community, the Society of Normal People, which we lovingly refer to around the office as

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son pea yeah that's where our listeners and community members engage with each other

0:28.5

on topics like science and faith deconstruction scripture, and a whole lot more.

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Yeah, and it's where we host our classes, exclusive Q&As with us and our nerds team,

0:38.7

a monthly gathering, kind of like a life group there's one of those that is going on and overall it just

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helps to shape the future of our content books we love getting feedback from

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everyone for me one of the real things that I love about son pea is it really it embodies what Jared and I have always

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wanted to do which is have community where people don't feel alone and they talk

1:00.2

about things and you know topics of interest and it's a safe place for people to

1:05.5

discuss things they can't really talk about necessarily in other context.

1:09.2

Yeah absolutely you stole mine I was going to talk about the emphasis on not being alone because we

1:13.9

hear from so many listeners over the years that where can I talk about this kind of

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thing? There's risk involved with talking about this with people I go to church with or with my family members

1:24.0

but I need a sounding board I need to be able to kind of process these things out loud

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so I can figure out what I believe now and we learn from each other too that's the thing too

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there are a lot of smart people on son.

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Right. A lot of experience, a lot of thinking and it's great.

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Becoming a member gets you ad free podcast episodes, bonus material, all of our

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classes, which is a real important benefit and a community to process your faith alongside.

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And you can learn more and become a member for only $12 a month at The Bible for Normal People.

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