You're listening to The Bible for Normal People, the only God-ordained podcast on the internet.

I'm Pete N's.

And I'm Jared Baez.

Before we jump into today's episode, we wanted to tell you about our October class led by Jared called

The Bible is Not a rulebook.

That's right. I'll be teaching on Tuesday, October 28th from 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time,

and I'm going to be talking about how most of us, even the non-evangelicals among us,

have been told the Bible's job is to hand us moral answers. Sometimes that looks like a rulebook,

sometimes that's treating it like a crystal

ball that can tell us our purpose in life. So how can we use the Bible in a way that's helpful

without making it try to be something it was never intended to be? So Jared will look at problems with

the rule book approach, problems with the magic eight ball or crystal ball approach, and practical ways

the Bible can be used in our life, leaving those other approaches behind.

So, mark your calendars for October 28th from 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time and go to the Bible

for normal people.com front slash rulebook to sign up. That's the Bible for normal people.com front slash rulebook. Sign up today.

We are very excited to let you know that 2026 will be the 10th anniversary of the Bible for

normal people. Now, as you know, our values are curiosity, playfulness, and accessibility.

We've been able to bring the curiosity and playfulness, but over the years,

we have needed folks like you to help with accessibility. We're launching a short campaign over the next

month to raise $60,000. One thing we want to do is provide Spanish language captions for all our

classes. That accessibility is important to us so that people feel welcome, especially

in our society of normal people. We want to simplify our website and launch a simple-to-use app for

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