(Re)Story

In the End, The Incarnate Word Supersedes the Inspired Word

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:05:28 +0000

To finish off our conversation on bibliology, we are airing the Dallas Seminary chapel message by Dan Wallace titled "Christ at the Center: A Bibliology Grounded in Christology." This message is the second in his two-part series Bumper Sticker Theology.

You Gotta Prioritize Your Doctrine

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:00:12 +0000

Nathan and Karen host Dr. Dan Wallace, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, to discuss Christian doctrine and the the critical need to prioritize them in order of importance.

Watch Out for Those Heresies!

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:53:43 +0000

Nathan and Karen finish their conversation with Dr. Scott Horrell on the Trinity, focusing on how the early Church rejected various heresies and solidified this essential doctrine. You should too.

Don’t Understand the Trinity? We Can Help

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:42:34 +0000

Dr. Scott Horrell, retired Professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, helps us out with some clarity on the Trinity.

Revelation Spoiler Alert: God Wins

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:29:37 +0000

Nathan and Karen finish their conversation with Dr. J. Scott Duvall on the Book of Revelation. Spoiler alert: God wins.

Providing Some Clarity on the Revelation to John

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:09:14 +0000

Nathan and Karen host Dr. J. Scott Duvall, Fuller Professor of Biblical Studies at Ouachita Baptist University and author of The Heart of Revelation, to provide clarity on the last book of the Bible.

Restory Jesus is the litmus

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:02:22 +0000

Karen and Nathan finish their conversation with Dr. Darrell Bock on the Gospel of Luke, where we see Jesus is the litmus test: if you want to know how you're responding to God, just take a look at how you respond to Jesus.

Whassup, Most Excellent Theophilus?

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:46:59 +0000

Dr. Darrell Bock, Executive Director of Cultural Engagement and Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, joins Karen and Nathan to discuss the background and purpose of Luke's ordered account of Jesus' life.

The Book of Matthew: Jesus Is King

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:41:59 +0000

Karen and Nathan host Dr. Mike Wilkins, Distinguished Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Biola University and author of The NIV Application Commentary: Matthew, to discuss the background and major themes of the Gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew’s Gospel: God Is With Us

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:36:15 +0000

Nathan and Karen move through the book of Matthew with scholar and Matthew expert Dr. Mike Wilkins.

Discovering the Meaning behind “Gospel” & God’s Temple

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:20:25 +0000

Nathan and Karen talk to Drs. Eric Smith, Scott Booth, and Dan Lowery about the meaning behind the word "gospel" and what Jesus' life, death, and resurrection did to God's Temple.

Restory Yahweh Persists

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:15:18 +0000

Nathan and Karen finish their conversation on Genesis with Eden Project’s content advisor Dick Averbeck, talking through the major themes of Genesis 12-50.

Genesis 1-11 (Really Just 1-4)

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:06:54 +0000

Nathan and Karen continue their conversation with Dick Averbeck (one of Eden Project’s content gurus) on Genesis 1-11, but really they only cover chapters 1-4-ish . . . there's just too much!

“In the Beginning”: Foundations for Understanding Genesis

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:07:52 +0000

Nathan and Karen talk to Dr. Richard Averbeck, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a member of Eden Project’s Content Team, about the authorship and significance of Genesis as the foundation of the biblical narrative.

Discovering the Bible’s Bookends

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:01:21 +0000

Nathan and Karen finish their conversation with Dr. Craig Bartholomew and Dr. David Larsen on how placemaking drives the narrative of Scripture. Discover with us how God’s place starts and ends in Eden.

We Make Places & Places Make Us

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:51:20 +0000

Nathan and Karen talk with Dr. Craig Bartholomew, the Director of the Kirby Laing Center, and Dr. David Larsen, a Kirby Laing Senior Research Fellow about a central aspect of what God is doing in the world: placemaking. Turns out making a space into a place is super important, as we form places, but places also form us . . . for better or worse.

A Kingdom of Priests

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:39:21 +0000

Karen and Nathan continue their conversation with Dr. Greg Beale on temple imagery in Scripture and how the Church is to carry on the commission given to Adam.

Gardens, Images, & the Mission of God

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:37:12 +0000

Karen and Nathan talk with Dr. Greg Beale, research professor at Westminster Theological Seminary and one of the foremost experts on the Temple and the book of Revelation. They discuss the pervasive temple imagery throughout the biblical narrative and how critical it is to understand what God is doing in the world. Your mind is about to be blown, so buckle up.

Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:21 +0000

Tim Mackie and Jon Collins (Bible Project) walk Karen and Nathan through some major keys to studying the Scriptures as they are, not as we would make them.

Making Sense of the Bible Through Explainer Videos

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:00:04 +0000

Nathan and Karen host Dr. Tim Mackie and Jon Collins from Bible Project to discuss the way their explainer videos help people make sense of the Bible.

Responding to Critics of the New Testament

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:58:47 +0000

Nathan finishes his conversation with Dan Wallace on New Testament reliability by discussing major variants and how to respond to commonly asked questions regarding the New Testament.

Evidence for the Reliability of the New Testament

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:50:47 +0000

Dr. Daniel B. Wallace, Executive Director of CSNTM (www.csntm.org), joins Nathan to discuss the evidence for the reliability of the New Testament.

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls & Why Are They So Significant?

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:33:53 +0000

Nathan and Karen finish their conversation with Dead Sea Scrolls expert Doug Gropp. We figured out the Dead Sea Scrolls are really important, so you should listen in!

Piecing Together the Dead Sea Scrolls

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:24:02 +0000

Dr. Doug Gropp, a member of the international team of editors for the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), joins Karen and Nathan to talk about the DSS discovery.

It’s a Thick Text: Textual Transmission & the Old Testament

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:21:50 +0000

In this final episode in the series on the Old Testament text, Dr. Scott Booth talks with Nathan and Karen about the compilation and transmission of the Old Testament.

Who Wrote It? Authorship & The Old Testament

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:19:30 +0000

Karen and Nathan continue their conversation with Dr. Scott Booth on the transmission and reliability of the Old Testament. This time, they geek out about authorship.

Vindicating the Vixens

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:17:34 +0000

Nathan and Karen finish their conversation with Sandra Glahn on women in the Bible and a positive vision for gender complementarianism.

Gender & the Bible

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:20:28 +0000

Karen and Nathan talk to Dr. Sandra Glahn, associate professor at Dallas Seminary, about gender in the ancient world and the Bible.

Diggin’ in the Dirt: Unearthing the World of the Bible

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:15:30 +0000

Nathan and Karen finish their conversation on archeology with Dr. Scott Booth and John Harmon.

Setting the Stage: Archeaology & Biblical Context

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:35:25 +0000

Nathan and Karen talk through archeology with Dr. Scott Booth and John Harmon.

Understanding the Material World of the Ancient Near East

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:00:38 +0000

Nathan sits down with archaeologist and ancient Near Eastern expert Dr. Kyle Keimer (M.A., Wheaton College in Biblical Archaeology, Ph.D., UCLA in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) to talk about how understanding what life was like in the world of the Bible unlocks a deeper appreciation of the Scriptures, and the God of the Scriptures.

We’re a Bunch of Statues

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:00:14 +0000

Nathan continues his conversation with Dr. Cathy McDowell, author of The Image of God in the Garden of Eden, to talk about idols, statues, and what it means to be made in the image of God. You don’t want to miss this one!

What’s the Deal with Gardens?

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:00:53 +0000

Dr. Cathy McDowell, ancient Near Eastern expert, archaeologist, and Associate Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary joins Nathan to chat the meaning and importance of gardens in the ancient world. Episode summary: they’re way more important than you probably think . . . tune in to find out why!

What Is Eden?

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:00:36 +0000

Nathan chats with Drs. Eric Smith (PhD, Trinity College, Bristol) and Scott Booth (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) to unpack the biblical idea of Eden.

Gods, Humans, Zones, & Other Interesting Things from the Ancient World

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 05:00:41 +0000

Nathan talks to Dr. Eric Smith & Dr. Scott Booth about how the people in the ancient Near East viewed the world, and the implications that has on our understanding of the Bible.

Learning To Ask the Right Contextual Questions

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:02:11 +0000

Nathan hosts Marty Solomon, President of Impact Campus Ministries and host of the Bema Podcast, to talk about learning to ask the right questions of the Bible by reading the Scriptures through the lens of Jewish Rabbinic literature.

What to Do When You Need a New Hermeneutic

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:00:28 +0000

Marty Solomon, co-host of the Bema Podcast, sits down with Nathan to share his story of how the Lord used tension points in his life to form a new way of seeing the Scriptures.

It’s High Time To Let the Bible Be What It Is

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:04:44 +0000

Nathan and Mike Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm, finish their conversation on the worldview of the ancient Near East and First Century Jew. In order to understand Scripture, context is critical. We must take the Bible on its own terms and let it be what it is, not what we would make it.

You Gotta Get Into the Heads of the Ancient Israelites

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:02:41 +0000

Nathan talks to Dr. Mike Heiser, biblical theologian and author of "The Unseen Realm," about the importance of understanding the worldview of the ancient Israelites.

Welcome To the World of the Bible!

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:58:05 +0000

Nathan talks to Drs. Scott Booth and Eric Smith, advocates for dead languages and biblical context, about the world of the ancient Near East, or the world of the Bible.

We Carry This Way of Being To Our Neighborhoods & Nations

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:08:46 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 12

Our Deepest Desires and Desperations Guide Us into What Is True about Us

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:03:48 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 11

The Present Is Our Only Opportunity for Connecting

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:02:40 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 10

We Grow in Safe, Secure Environments of Grace

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:01:11 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 9

There Are No Experts in the Company of Jesus

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:00:04 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 8

We Pay Attention to the Spirit's Active Presence in Us, around Us, & for Us

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 01:58:53 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 7

Awareness of Our Need Is a Precondition for Relational Connection

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:26:33 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 6

We Are Discovering God Is Better Than We Believed

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:25:28 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 5

Early Formative Experiences Shape How We Relate

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:22:39 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 4

Sin Alienates Us from God, Ourselves, & Others

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:21:11 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 3: "We believe we are created in the image of God, who is inherently relational. As such, the quality of our lives is the quality of our relationships."

The Quality of Our Lives Is the Quality of Our Relationships

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:19:29 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 2: "We believe we are created in the image of God, who is inherently relational. As such, the quality of our lives is the quality of our relationships."

God Is Love

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:17:56 +0000

Nathan unpacks Eden Creed Tenet 1: "We believe God is triune: Father, Son, and Spirit, and has joyfully existed as a community of love for eternity. God is love."

What Is the Eden Creed?

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:16:37 +0000

Dustin sits down with Nathan to discuss the origin and heart behind The Eden Creed.

What's My Next Step with Eden Project?

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:48:28 +0000

Karen finishes her conversation with Eden Project co-founders Nathan Wagnon and Duke Revard as they talk through ways you can get involved in Eden Project’s mission to (re)train people to connect deeply with God, themselves, and others. Learn more at www.TheEdenProject.com.

What Is Eden Project doing?

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:46:27 +0000

Duke and Nathan unpack how Eden Project is addressing the unique challenges facing the Church and world today.

East of Eden

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:44:50 +0000

Karen continues her conversation with Duke and Nathan as they discuss the unique challenges sin presents as we live in exile, or east of Eden.

What Is Eden Project?

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:42:08 +0000

Karen interviews Eden Project's Nathan Wagnon and Duke Revard on the origin and purpose of Eden Project.