Podcasts
Monthly podcasts about a variety of topics.
Hear scholars discuss different perspectives on a post topic.
Meet biblical characters in “in-person” interviews based on historical research.
Listen to conversations with people about how their minds and faith are changing as they learn more.
Bible Search and Rescue host Chad Venters interviews Westar scholar Nina Livesey about her new book on Paul, which questions the authenticity of Paul's letters and whether he even existed.
Westar Executive Director David Galston joins Bible Search & Rescue host Chad Venters to discuss the Power and Idolatry Westar Conference coming in May of 2025.
Dr. Steve Hassan joins Chad Venters on Bible Search & Rescue to discuss cults and how people become influenced by mind control. Dr. Hassan is the founder of Freedom of Mind, which helps individuals and families work through the trauma of cults and religious hurt. Visit them at www.freedomofmind.com
Podcast 18: Seeds of Demonization with Dr. Art Dewey.
Podcast 17: Remarkable discoveries in Christian Art with Dr. Ally Kateusz. Image of art below.
Podcast 16: Westar’s 2024 Conference- Confronting Christian Nationalism: A Conversation with Dr. David Galston and Dr. Chad Venters
Podcast 15: Virgin Mary, Meek and Mild? A Conversation with Dr. Elli Elliott and Dr. Chad Venters
Podcast 14: Campus Ministry & Learning with a New Generation
Interview with Rev. Dwight Welch
Podcast 13: Extracanonical Texts and Contemporary Ministry
Interview with Rev. Natalie Renee Perkins
Podcast 12: Psalms for the Generations: Lament Held Together with Abiding Hope
Interview with the Rev. Dr. Wilson Dickinson
Podcast 11: Afterlives of Jesus, Coins, Community and More
Interview with the Rev. Dr. Gregory Jenks
Podcast 10: What Would Jesus Wear?
Interview with Dr. Erin Vearncombe
Podcast 9: Storytelling and Hebrew Scriptures
Interview with Dr. Marti Steussy
Podcast 8:
Looking Backward and Moving Forward
Interview with Dr. John Dominic Crossan
Podcast 7: Changing Views of the Gospel of Thomas
Interview with Dr. Melissa Harl Sellew
Background image: A fragment of the gospel of Thomas, discovered in Egypt in 1945. (Credit: REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo)
Podcast 5: Experiencing the Bible as Story
Interview with Gordon Raynal
Link to post Creation Stories as Creativity Stories
Podcast 4: How Have Your Views Changed?
Interview with Linda Hodges
Podcast 3: How Have Your Views Changed?
Interview with Lynn Tuttle Gunney
Podcast 2: Meet Pontius Pilate
