33: Multiple Heresies: Exploring some challenges to biblical inerrancy

Following the Fire

Yay – Nathan is back! In this episode we follow up with some explanation behind the claims Steve made in the previous episode about how the Bible is not as “inerrant” as we think, although we just scratch the surface. Unfortunately, Steve breaks the rule of only one heresy per episode.

• Nathan’s wife is home! She completed the Pacific Coast Trail!
• Her Instagram
• Book club coming up - Faith After Doubt by Brian McLaren
• Steve’s TikTok- @heystevemartin
• James Dobson
• Book: Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes Du Mez
• Podcast: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
• Episode 32: Dissonance
• Biblical Inerrancy

Some sources on Steve’s crazy claims: (There are many more than these, but these are all a good start/summary of the topic. Also, there are obviously many opinions on these things, so please search out and read multiple sides of the arguments)

• “1 & 2 Timothy and Titus not written by Paul” - link
• “The God of the Israelites was initially named “El” and it became “Jahweh” later in history” - link
• “The Bible never tells us that homosexual relationships are wrong” - start with this book
• “The book of Revelation almost didn’t make it into the Bible at all” - link
• “Job was not a real person” - Book
• “Isaiah was written by multiple authors in different eras” - link
  
• “The Bible is so ancient in some places that we have no idea how to translate it” - link
• “It’s doubtful that Abraham was a real person” - link
• “Moses didn’t write the Pentateuch” - link

• “John was not written by John” - link

• Textual Criticism

• Chiasmus

• Pseudepigrapha

• Parable of the Good Samaritan - Luke 10:25-37

• Parable of the Prodigal Son - Luke 15:11-32

• Parable of Lazarus - Luke 16:19-31

• Henotheism

• Canaanite god “El”

• JHWH

• Deuteronomy 32:8-9

• “The truth shall set you free” - John 8:31-32

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