Faith Lab

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• Why the gospels hold up as history (Craig Keener) 13.05.2026 1ώ 19λ

  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 Christobiography and a four-volume commentary on Acts) is on the show with us. He was a self-described smug atheist before he became one of the most published New Testament scholars alive, and the path he took to find out whether any of this is actually true is worth listening to.🙏 Faith Lab is a listener-supported show. If these conversations are helping you, you can support the show at https://faithlabshow.com/support ★ Support this podcast ★
• Is the gospel just a ticket to heaven? (Dr. Nijay Gupta) 29.04.2026 1ώ 4λ

  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 Seminary and author of Paul for the World. He, Shane Rosenthal, and Nate work through what Paul's gospel actually was, where "I'll fly away" theology came from, and why he thinks C.S. Lewis got heaven wrong.🙏 Faith Lab is a listener-supported show. If these conversations are helping you, you can support the show at https://faithlabshow.com/support ★ Support this podcast ★
• What the first Christians believed about Easter 01.04.2026 18λ

  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 framework, the church proclaimed something wider: that God entered into death to destroy it from the inside. Irenaeus, Athanasius, and Gregory of Nyssa all described it, and their version answers the questions that trip most of us up.🙏 Faith Lab is a listener-supported show. If these conversations are helping you, you can support the show at faithlabshow.com/support ★ Support this podcast ★
• What if the Gospels are more reliable than you were told? 25.03.2026 20λ

  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 calls the "reportage model," a case that the Gospel authors weren't just passing along stories. They were close to the facts, trying to get them right, and highly successful. She walks through the kind of evidence that's hard to explain any other way.🔓 Get the full unedited interview with Lydia McGrew, including her argument that John's long speeches could be real memories and why she thinks Luke's anointing story is a completely different event than the other Gospels describe. https://faithlabshow.com/premium ★ Support this podcast ★
• After the apostles died, did the faith survive? 18.03.2026 13λ

  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 years after Jesus, personally knew people who personally knew Christ, and his own words still survive on paper. His name was Polycarp, and the chain connecting him to the eyewitnesses is shorter than you think.🔓 Faith Lab premium members get full unedited interviews with every guest episode, plus early access and bonus content. Support the show at https://faithlabshow.com/premium ★ Support this podcast ★
• N.T. Wright: Christians don't go to heaven? (Part 2) 11.03.2026 21λ

  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 Christian hope is really resurrection and new creation, then death, salvation, and the church's mission all start to look different.🔓 Get the full unedited interview with N.T. Wright, including his unused answer on why Paul carries so much weight in Christianity and why he sees Paul as a trophy of grace, at https://faithlabshow.com/premium ★ Support this podcast ★
• N.T. Wright: Did Jesus rise from the dead? (Part 1) 04.03.2026 24λ

  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 Wright, one of the world's leading scholars on early Christianity, walks through the case, and explains why the standard skeptical alternatives keep falling apart. Get Surprised by Hope and God's Homecoming🔓 Members get the full unedited conversation with NT Wright, including his extended breakdown of what the New Testament actually says about the afterlife. faithlabshow.com/support ★ Support this podcast ★
• The genealogies don't match. That might be the point. 25.02.2026 19λ

  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?
• Were the Christmas stories meant to be history? 18.02.2026 26λ

  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.
• Tim Mackie: The Bible Isn't What You Think (Part 2) 11.02.2026 21λ

  Tim Mackie explains how the Bible uses design patterns, narrative riddles, and intentional gaps to communicate, and why that changes everything about how we read it.
• Tim Mackie: How to Read the Bible (Part 1) 04.02.2026 32λ

  Tim Mackie explains how the Bible uses design patterns, repeated keywords, and narrative hyperlinking to build meaning across the entire Hebrew Bible.
• Christianity's hardest objections have surprising answers 21.01.2026 54λ

  Rebecca McLaughlin joins Faith Lab to confront Christianity’s hardest objections and ask whether Christian faith can actually stand up to serious scrutiny.
• Is Faith Supposed to Be Blind? with Shane Rosenthal 07.01.2026 1ώ 11λ

  For most people, faith means believing without evidence. A leap. A feeling. Something you are told to accept rather than question. That isn't how the scriptures talk about faith.
• Deconstruction led me to Jesus 29.12.2025 16λ

  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.