Welcome to Exploring My Strange Bible by Tim Mackie, lead theologian and co-founder of BibleProject.

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Praying Through Our Fears (Remastered)
Oct 16, 2026
Psalms E1 —The book of Psalms has played a significant role in Jewish and Christian history for thousands of years. Observant Jews have always memorized and prayed the Psalms. At multiple points in…
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Atonement (Remastered)
Oct 09, 2026
The Language of Faith E4 — This is the final episode of a four-part series looking at foundational words and concepts in the Bible and Christian faith. These words rarely come up in modern culture…
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Covenant (Remastered)
Oct 02, 2026
The Language of Faith E3 — This four-part series looks at some of the most common and important words in the Bible and Christian faith that are often misunderstood and underused in modern culture. In…
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Glory (Remastered)
Sep 25, 2026
The Language of Faith E2 — In this short series, we’re looking at three foundational words and concepts in the Bible and Christian faith. These words rarely come up in modern culture, and when they…
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Holiness (Remastered)
Sep 18, 2026
The Language of Faith E1 —- Some of the most important vocabulary words in the Bible and Christian faith are rarely used in modern Western culture, or they’re used in ways totally different from how…
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All Things New or All New Things? (Remastered)
Sep 11, 2026
Resurrection as a Way of Life E5 — In this final teaching of a five-part series, Tim explores the depiction of new creation in the book of Revelation. These final pages of the Bible talk about this…
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Acorns of Fire (Remastered)
Sep 04, 2026
Resurrection as a Way of Life E4 — In this fourth teaching of a five-part series, Tim explores 1 Corinthians 15, one of the most important chapters on the resurrection in the New Testament. The…
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Groaning and Liberation (Remastered)
Aug 28, 2026
Resurrection as a Way of Life E3 — In this third teaching of a five-part series, Tim dives into one of the most exhilarating and beautiful chapters in all of the Apostle Paul’s writings. In Romans 8…
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A Living Hope (Remastered)
Aug 21, 2026
Resurrection as a Way of Life E2 — In this second episode of a five-part series, Tim explores 1 Peter’s opening paragraph and its themes of new birth and living hope, both made possible by Jesus’…
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A New Vision (Remastered)
Aug 14, 2026
Resurrection as a Way of Life E1 — The topics of resurrection and new creation in the teachings of Jesus and the apostles are crucial for how followers of Jesus view the world, the future, and…
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Sharing Grace (Remastered)
Aug 07, 2026
Why Church Matters E2 — Why is sharing our stuff so hard? And how does church play a critical role in helping us form this habit? In this second episode of a two-part series, Tim explores the…
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A Life of Learning (Remastered)
Jul 31, 2026
Why Church Matters E1 — When people think of Christians, openness to new ideas is not usually the first thing that comes to mind. That's because we've lost a key part of the mindset of a “disciple,”…
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A Renewed Creation (Remastered)
Jul 24, 2026
Heaven & Hell E4 — Everything we learn in the Bible about heaven and hell comes from a series of complex, ancient images, and it’s easy to misunderstand them. What do images of eternal death and…
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Divine Judgment and Resurrection Hope (Remastered)
Jul 17, 2026
Heaven & Hell E3 — The definitions of human life and death on pages 1-3 of the Bible are based on the idea that humans can live in a state of death. But the goal of God’s rescue mission is to take…
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Heaven and Zombies (Remastered)
Jul 10, 2026
Heaven & Hell E2 — The biblical authors didn’t see death as something that just happens to you at the end of your physical life. Rather, both life and death are present realities, starting on page…
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Life and Death in Genesis 1-3 (Remastered)
Jul 02, 2026
Heaven & Hell E1 — Popular culture and the media show us many misconceptions about heaven and hell. For example, it may be surprising to learn that, in the Bible, the opposite of heaven is not hell…
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Come, Holy Spirit
Jun 25, 2026
The phrase “Come, Holy Spirit” has deep roots in the Christian Church, across many centuries and traditions. It’s a phrase regularly used both in communal worship and personal prayer, but what does…
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Praying and Acting (Remastered)
Jun 18, 2026
Practicing Faith E3 — In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus models for us how to daily bring our requests to God. But implied in its words are ways of being and acting that will align with our words. In this…
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Feasting and Fasting (Remastered)
Jun 11, 2026
Practicing Faith E2 — In the lives of Jesus and the apostles, we discover the twin practices of fasting—-that is, withholding food from yourself for an intentional reason for a period of time—and…
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Solitude and Community (Remastered)
Jun 04, 2026
Practicing Faith E1 — In the Gospels, we find moments when Jesus steps away from the crowds for times of solitude to reflect and pray. What value did Jesus find in this practice of solitude, and how…
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A Renewed Heavens and Earth (Remastered)
May 29, 2026
New Testament Themes E6 — Some people reject Christianity or the Bible because of something they hear about the end of the world, final judgment, or Heaven. But often, they're not actually rejecting…
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A Community of Good News (Remastered)
May 22, 2026
New Testament Themes E5 — The New Testament shows us that a church is meant to be a group of disciples calling out the best in one another and embodying a faithful witness in their neighborhood and…
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A Generous Gospel (Remastered)
May 14, 2026
New Testament Themes E4 — In the Apostle Paul's mind, the good news about Jesus becomes most persuasive when his followers live with incredible generosity. And that’s because radical generosity…
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Protecting the Witness (Remastered)
May 08, 2026
New Testament Themes E3 — In the New Testament, “witness” is what Jesus' followers do together as they live, committed to one another and to Jesus. How is this understanding of witness different from…
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The Cost of Following Jesus (Remastered)
Apr 30, 2026
New Testament Themes E2 — Many who are intrigued by Jesus of Nazareth have a difficult time balancing his overwhelming generosity and grace with his challenging call to discipleship and making…
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The Kingdom of God Has Arrived (Remastered)
Apr 24, 2026
New Testament Themes E1 — When we open the New Testament and start reading about Jesus, his message, and his mission, it’s not what most people imagine when they think of Christianity. Early on, we…
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A God of Love, a World of Suffering
Apr 16, 2026
During his earthly ministry, Jesus interacts with multitudes of hurting people. So how does he process, understand, and respond to all the suffering and evil he encounters? Tim explores the book of…
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A Future for My Work (Remastered)
Apr 09, 2026
Theology of Work E2 — Many Christians believe the world will ultimately be destroyed when Jesus returns, and so our day-to-day lives don't really matter. But the Apostle Paul teaches the opposite in…
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A Story About Work (Remastered)
Apr 02, 2026
Theology of Work E1 — Whether we’re young and still discovering our career, or perhaps more seasoned in work but new to following Jesus, integrating our vocation with our discipleship to Jesus is…
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Prayer and Paradise
Mar 26, 2026
Prayer and encountering God’s presence are biblical topics we can study, but they’re also very personal experiences for each of us, and so this message combines both. First, Tim shares his personal…
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