Agnostic Bible Study w/ Joe Teel

Studying the Bible, religions, and belief systems honestly. This show features verse-by-verse breakdowns, historical context, and thoughtful conversations about the texts that have shaped the world. No preaching. No attacks. Just thoughtful exploration of ancient texts and modern beliefs.

Agnostic Bible Study w/ Joe Teel is a religion podcast hosted by Joe Teel, with 28 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joe Teel hosts Agnostic Bible Study w/ Joe Teel, a religion show with 28 episodes published.

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  Episode #24

  The Case Against New Testament Simplicity (Part 2)

  Jun 3, 202635 minS1

  <p>The New Testament can feel like a smooth, finished story until you start asking what happened behind the scenes. I use a movie analogy to make the point: you can love the film and still admit it took edits, choices, and a messy process to get to the final cut. That’s how studying New Testament history has felt for me, and it’s why I keep pushing back on the idea that the Gospels are simple.<br/><br/>We dig into oral tradition and why human memory matters, especially as the Jesus movement spreads beyond its original Jewish cont...

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  Episode #24

  Did the Idea of Hell Develop Over Time? | Conversations with Christians

  May 31, 202640 minS1

  <p>Two trillion years is still not eternity, so what does it mean to say someone suffers forever? That’s the question that kicks off a free-flowing “Conversations with Christians” chat between me, Joe Teal, and my buddy Drexur John from the Philippines. We get into the hardest parts of the doctrine of hell without hiding behind easy answers: eternal conscious torment vs annihilationism, whether “separation from God” is its own kind of punishment, and why the idea of never-ending pain creates a massive fairness problem for anyone trying to think clearly.<br/><br/>From there we wrestle with repentance and morali...

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  Episode #23

  My Case Against The Simplicity Of The New Testament - ABS EP 23

  May 27, 202630 minS1

  <p>A single sentence can hide a thousand assumptions, and “the Bible clearly says” might be the clearest example. When I zoom out from modern certainty and look at early Christianity, the New Testament starts to feel less like a simple answer key and more like a long, human historical process: authors writing to real communities, scribes copying by hand for centuries, and later readers arguing about what counts as Scripture and what the text means.<br/><br/>I lay out my case against New Testament simplicity by working from the ground up. We talk about manuscript transmission and why we h...

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  Episode #22

  How Historians Actually Read the New Testament - ABS EP 22

  May 24, 202629 minS1

  <p>You can read the New Testament for devotion, or you can read it like an ancient historian and those are not the same project. I grew up being told the Bible is not only a holy book, but a history book, and I didn’t even know there was another way to approach it. Then I started hearing scholars ask questions I’d never been taught to ask: When was it written? Who wrote it? What sources stand behind it? Why do the Gospels tell the same stories differently, and what can historians actually know with confidence?<br/><br/>We b...

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  Episode #21

  The Trinity Is More Complicated Than Most Christians Realize

  May 20, 202632 minS1

  <p>Imagine getting dropped into the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD and being asked to explain the Trinity on the spot. Could you define Father, Son, and Holy Spirit the way Nicene Christianity eventually does without accidentally sliding into modalism, tritheism, or subordinationism? That thought experiment kicks off a deep dive into why the Trinity became one of the most philosophically demanding doctrines in Christian history, and why “it’s plainly in the Bible” can be a lot harder to defend once you look at the timeline.<br/><br/>I’m Joe Teel, and I’m not trying to convert you or dec...

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