The Bible Uncut and Unfiltered
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Because the Bible doesn't need to be watered down or cleaned up to be understood TheBibleUncut.com
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Hi everyone! I'm Colin, a therapist and Biblical theology/languages nerd from NJ. I love helping people learn the Bible beyond the basics of what they'd hear in an average Sunday sermon, without diluting or omitting any challenging or controversial aspects. Check us out on your favorite podcast app!
9 months ago
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Today you can expect: Reviews of the Darth Maul show, The Boys, and Daredevil through a Christian lens A church secretary’s story of misogyny, hypocrisy, abuse—and why she finally walked away Reflections on Philip Yancey and other public confessions of infidelity
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121. Rants with Colin
This week we go off script and share our distilled thoughts on whatever’s been rattling around in our heads. Think Festivus’s “Airing of Grievances” with a few positive notes and several rabbit trails...
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4 days ago
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Nehemiah 2 has an anxious king, a calculated cupbearer, and a mission that may be as much about empire as it is about faith. There’s even a potential cameo from a fan favorite legacy Bible character that might totally change the way you read this chapter!
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120.Building a Wall Around Jerusalem and Making Persia Pay for It
(Nehemiah 2)
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10 days ago
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Nehemiah starts with a prophetic thread running from Jeremiah to Daniel to Ezra—a century-long story of exile, expectation, and anticipated return intentionally written to feel like a new Exodus. But that second Exodus doesn’t quite land the way anyone hoped
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119. The Bible's Disappointing Remake of Exodus (Nehemiah 1)
Nehemiah doesn’t start in Nehemiah. It starts with a prophetic thread running from Jeremiah to Daniel to Ezra—a century-long story of exile, expectation, and an anticipated return that was intentional...
https://thebibleuncut.com/blog%2Fshow-notes/f/119-the-bibles-disappointing-remake-of-exodus-nehemiah-1
17 days ago
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First ever guest post! What if the version of the afterlife you were handed doesn’t hold up under its own logic? What if taking God’s fully loving, fully just, and fully good character seriously starts to unravel everything you believed about heaven and hell?
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The Afterlife Broke My Faith
Guest Post by Anonymous
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25 days ago
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Nehemiah isn’t just about walls going up. It’s one of the last chapters in the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, set in the aftermath of exile, beginning the Second Temple period and shaping a world that will still be standing when Jesus shows up 400 years later.
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25 days ago
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If you've ever wanted to hear Spurgeon refuse to pray for Catholics, Jonathan Edwards encourage violence, or M. R. DeHaan ramble, then you're in luck (and also in need of a therapist).
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117. Tract Record 4:
Bad Christian Advice for Anger, the Reliability of Scripture, Lukewarm Faith, and More
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@tialevingswriter.bsky.social
explores the hard but necessary work of rebuilding life after high control religion—learning to set boundaries, trusting yourself, and healing without jumping into another rigid system.
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116. Reclaiming Identity (ft. Tia Levings):
The Long Road Back to Yourself after High-Control Religion
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One of the most dangerous things you could do in Christianity is actually take “God is love” seriously. Tom Oord returns! And he’s sharing Volume 1 of his brand new Systematic Theology of Love. It’s practical, digestible, and, most importantly, it presents a God worth believing in.
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115. Why Does Love Always Feel Like a Battlefield? (ft. Tom Oord)
One of the most dangerous things you could do in Christianity is actually take “God is love” seriously.
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about 2 months ago
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The American church has seen better days. Or has it? Andrew Hale talks about root issues like collective anxiety, fear of change, generational misunderstandings, and cultures that quietly avoid conflict instead of addressing it are driving us further apart.
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114. Too Afraid To Heal?:
Mending the Fracturing Church (ft. Andrew Hale)
https://thebibleuncut.com/blog%2Fshow-notes/f/114-too-afraid-to-heal
about 2 months ago
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Anna Rollins joins us to talk about her new book Famished and the unexpected similarities between dieting culture and purity culture in the evangelical church. What happens when women are taught that needing anything is evidence of moral failure?
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113. Modest and Malnourished:
When Purity Culture Baptizes Dieting Culture (ft. Anna Rollins)
https://thebibleuncut.com/blog%2Fshow-notes/f/113-modest-and-malnourished
about 2 months ago
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Imagine if you could fearlessly talk theology with a pastor over a glass of wine. This week, we do just that! Wine Pastor Jeremy Jernigan joins us for a conversation that explores faith through the lens of vino.
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112. Faith on the Vine (ft. Jeremy Jernigan)
Imagine if you could fearlessly talk theology with a pastor over a glass of wine. This week, we do just that! Wine Pastor Jeremy Jernigan joins us for a conversation that explores faith through the le...
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2 months ago
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Professional chef, former pastor, wine rep, and podcaster Andrew Camp joins us to explore the sacred, scandalous, and deeply human theology of the table. If the Bible begins and ends with a meal, what does that say about who God is and how we’re meant to live?
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111. Breaking Bread and Barriers at the Biggest Table
(ft. Andrew Camp)
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2 months ago
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Life is fragile, unpredictable, and often terrifying. Fear makes sense. But fear doesn’t get the final word. In this conversation, Ben Price introduces us to feral Spirit—the untamed presence of God that responds to suffering with a quiet and defiant “yeah, but.”
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110. Feral Spirits:
What Beer and Whiskey Teach Us about an Untamable God (ft. Ben Price)
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3 months ago
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Asia Dorsey shares what she’s learned about leaning into heritage, bioregionality, microbes, and the slow spirituality of food. We discuss what it means to eat where you are, honor land beneath your feet, and rediscover faith that grows in seasons, not systems.
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109. The Cultures that Feed Us:
Finding Ancestral Wisdom Under Our Feet and Within Our Guts (ft. Asia Dorsey)
https://thebibleuncut.com/blog%2Fshow-notes/f/109-the-cultures-that-feed-us
3 months ago
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Every meal is theological. You just don’t know it yet. We're starting a new miniseries on the intersection of food and faith—territory most Christians have never explored beyond praying before a meal. But some of our richest theology happens at the table.
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108. Taste and See: An Invitation to a Theology of Food
Every meal is theological. You just don’t know it yet.
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3 months ago
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David Hayward, the
@nakedpastor.bsky.social
, creates art that helps people name, survive, and heal from spiritual abuse. We explore how spiritual abuse works, why organizations pull people toward their worst selves, and stories behind David’s most powerful cartoons.
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107. Drawing the Line: Using Art to Expose Abuse(ft. NakedPastor)
You’ve seen his cartoons on social media; now, it’s time to meet the artist himself. This week, we’re joined by the one and only David Hayward, also known as the NakedPastor. His art has helped countl...
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3 months ago
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Hell is often treated as a core, unquestionable Christian belief, but what if the way it’s been taught has caused more harm than good? Brian Recker joins us to talk about his new book Hell Bent and how hell has been used as a tool of control and spiritual abuse.
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106. Hell Is a Weapon (ft. Brian Recker)
Hell is often treated as a core, unquestionable Christian belief, but what if the way it’s been taught has caused more harm than good? Former pastor Brian Recker joins the podcast to talk about his ne...
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4 months ago
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Licensed therapist Naomi Norton joins us to talk about adverse religious experiences, religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and how these dynamics affect our bodies, identities, relationships, and nervous systems.
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105. Who Hurts, Who Heals, Who Tells Your Story(ft. Naomi Norton)
Spiritual abuse can be incredibly difficult to name, especially when you’ve lived inside an abusive system. Many people don’t even realize the whole of what they’ve experienced until long after the da...
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4 months ago
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Excited to be part of ORTLINE again, a nerdy online theology conference featuring leading thinkers in open and relational theology, hosted by Tom Oord. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. All recordings stay accessible for three months afterward. Hope to see you!
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4 months ago
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Only on this podcast could Schindler’s List, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Star Trek, and The Clone Wars collide in a single moral conversation. We wrestle with Steven Spielberg’s haunting question: What does it mean to do enough with your life?
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104. The World Entire: When Enough Is Enough
Only on this podcast could Schindler’s List, Star Trek, and The Clone Wars collide in a single moral conversation.
https://thebibleuncut.com/blog%2Fshow-notes/f/104-the-world-entire-when-enough-is-enough
4 months ago
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We all know the teaching, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.” But far fewer people know where it comes from—or what it originally meant. What did the biblical authors mean when they talked about the rod? And how should those texts be read today? Join us this week!
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103. Rod Rage: A Closer Look at Spanking in the Bible
We all know the teaching, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.” But far fewer people know where it comes from—or what it originally meant. And here in the U.S., we remain one of the last first world count...
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5 months ago
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From ancient cosmologies to lost artifacts, divine timelines, mythic giants, and more—nothing’s off the table. This episode is full of tough questions, honest responses, and zero fear of the strange stuff in Scripture!
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101. Q&R #7:
Rethinkers of the Lost Ark, Nephilim 2.0, Trippin Apostles, and More
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6 months ago
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We’re celebrating 100 eps of uncut and unfiltered Bible scholarship! We look back at our favorite moments, share a few personal updates, unpack some fun stats, and give you a first peek at what’s coming in 26. Plus, we squeezed in a recap of Theology Beer Camp 25.
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100. 100 Proof: The Story Thus Far
This week, we’re celebrating 100 episodes of uncut and unfiltered Bible scholarship!
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6 months ago
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Psalm 88 is a prayer that ends in dark isolation. It dares to accuse God and call it worship. This week, we trace the deconstruction of an ancient Israelite worship leader to learn why God insisted on leaving this unsettling song right in the middle of scripture.
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99. Hymn for the Deconstructing (Psalm 88)
Psalm 88 is one of the darkest and most overlooked corners of Scripture. It’s a prayer that ends in literal darkness and isolation. It’s the psalm that dares to accuse God and still call it worship.
https://thebibleuncut.com/blog%2Fshow-notes/f/99-hymn-for-the-deconstructing-psalm-88
6 months ago
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From garden to glory, this ep traces the threads that tie the whole Bible together and reveals why this ancient anthology isn’t just a rulebook, but one of the greatest stories ever told. Settle in, you’re about to hear the Bible like you’ve never heard it before!
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98: TL;DR: The Story of the Whole Bible in Just Over an Hour
This week, we’re pouring the Bible straight—unbroken, untamed, and (you guessed it) unfiltered. From garden to glory, we’ll trace the threads that tie the whole thing together and reveal why this anci...
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6 months ago
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Round three of our fundamentalist pamphlets: A not-so-self-aware tale of how one man found absolute truth Anti-communist propaganda thinly disguised as an anti–sex ed sermon End times theology takes Advice from a preacher who fueled the Salem Witch Trials
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97. Tract Record 3:
Bad Christian Advice for Dancing, Sex Ed, Modernism, and More
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6 months ago
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This ep's fundie pamphlets include questions like: What Would Jesus Smoke? Is there a foolproof way to twist scripture so you’re always following the will of God? What happens when Israel gets misused in theology? And what do you do when you see a starving mother?
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96. Tract Record 2:
Bad Christian Advice for Tobacco, Manhood, Knowing the Will of God, and More
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6 months ago
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In this ep, we unpack misconceptions about the plagues, explore the mysterious figures of the destroyer and the mixed multitude, learn the biblical way to treat immigrants, and so much more!
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7 months ago
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In this week’s episode, we wrestle with divine violence, the silence of bystanders, and why freedom without repair isn’t enough. What does Exodus 11 have to say about complicity, reparations, and communal salvation today? Tune in to find out!
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94. Freedom Isn't Enough:
A Study in Sacrifice, Silence, and Solidarity (Exodus 11:1-12:11)
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7 months ago
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Exodus 10 includes previously unexplained parallels to Joseph's story, mistranslations about the presence of the locusts, and perhaps even an unspoken hyperlink to King Tut that completely changes how we view the story!
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93. Sun's Out, Tut's Out (Exodus 10)
This week we’re uncovering layers in Exodus you’ve definitely never heard before in church. Previously unexplained details from Joseph’s story find a parallel in Moses’s final confrontation with Phara...
https://thebibleuncut.com/blog%2Fshow-notes/f/93-suns-out-tuts-out-exodus-10
7 months ago
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Exodus 9 isn’t just about more plagues—it’s about unsettling questions. Why would God raise up Pharaoh for this exact showdown? Why save Israelite slaves while others stayed in chains? New episode out now!
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92. Cracks in the Pharaonic Front (Exodus 9)
Exodus 9 isn’t just about more plagues—it’s about unsettling questions. Why would God raise up Pharaoh for this exact showdown? Why save Israelite slaves while others stayed in chains? And what’s with...
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8 months ago
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For the first time in five years, I sit down and tell my story—from the beginning to where I am today. This video for the Church Stories YT Channel shows what shaped my path and brought me here. I hope my story encourages you and affirms you on your journey as well.
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How I Deconstructed my Fundamentalist Faith - But I'm not done with Church - Colin's Church Story
YouTube video by Church Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6y8bPvm2-Y&t=38s
8 months ago
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Chaos ensues this week as I’m joined by three guests to tackle a pile of vintage fundamentalist pamphlets and read the advice out loud. We cover everything from physical illnesses caused by your sins to "biblical" money management to questionable addiction recovery methods
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9 months ago
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Pleased to endorse
@jonathan-foster.bsky.social
's new micro theology book Centers in the Hands of an Edgy God. It tackles end times issues from an open and relational perspective—and it’s just one of four new releases. Available now for Kindle pre-order for only $2.99 each. Go check them out!
9 months ago
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Hi everyone! I'm Colin, a therapist and Biblical theology/languages nerd from NJ. I love helping people learn the Bible beyond the basics of what they'd hear in an average Sunday sermon, without diluting or omitting any challenging or controversial aspects. Check us out on your favorite podcast app!
9 months ago
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Excited to be one of the God Pods at this year's Theology Beer Camp in St Paul in Oct! Tickets still available if you want to join us there!
9 months ago
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Check out our latest episode with
@paulhoard.bsky.social
and
@billieiswriting.bsky.social
about their new book Eucontamination wherever you listen to podcasts!
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