Christianity is deeper than you’ve been shown.
Nate Hanson digs into the parts of Christianity most of us were never shown: the evidence for Jesus, the strange world of the Bible, miracles, the first Christians, and the people Jesus still changes. Short episodes, grounded in serious scholarship.
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Hi, I'm Nate.
I was a pastor and church planter, then spent most of a decade taking my faith apart, a lot of it out loud on a podcast called Almost Heretical. What brought me back was the scholarship: the history, the earliest sources, and the Bible read in its own world. Faith Lab is where I pass on what I'm finding, one question at a time.
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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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