Christianity is deeper than you’ve been shown.
Nate Hanson sits down with world-class scholars like N.T. Wright, Tim Mackie, and Craig Keener to talk through Jesus, the Bible, and the origins of Christianity in conversations you can actually follow.
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Do Christians go to heaven?
Do Christians go to heaven when they die? NT Wright says Christian hope is resurrection and new creation.
N.T. WrightDid Jesus rise from the dead?
NT Wright on the historical evidence for the resurrection. Not theology, history. We discuss women witnesses, the empty tomb, and why skeptics struggle.
Tim MackieThe Bible isn't what you think
Tim Mackie walks through one of Genesis’s most disturbing stories to show how biblical authors built narrative riddles that unlock across the entire Bible and why that changes everything about how we read it.
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Craig Keener on the historical case for the gospels, the evidence for miracles, and faith that survives doubt.
13Nijay GuptaIs the gospel just a ticket to heaven?
Do Christians go to heaven when they die? NT scholar Nijay Gupta on Paul’s actual gospel and what we got wrong.
12What the first Christians believed about the cross
The early church view of the atonement was bigger than guilt and legal payment. The first Christians proclaimed rescue, not a courtroom.
11Lydia McGrewThe Gospels are more reliable than you think
Lydia McGrew on the evidence for Gospel reliability that most Christians have never been shown.
10After the apostles died, did the faith survive?
Polycarp bridges the gap between the apostles and the rest of church history. The chain is shorter than you think.
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