Rethinking the Bible with Jack Pelham

Latest Episodes
Episode 51: These Are Your Choices
DESCRIPTIONJack discusses the big picture of our choices here on this Earth where God set our lives. He demonstrates that basically, we have two choices, and can pretend more. The Script for This Epis
Episode 50: Jack is a Guest on the Your Church Friends Podcast
DESCRIPTION: Jack is a guest on the Your Church Friends Podcast, with Muireadhach (Murdoch) and Chris. The discussion is about how God wants us to think about the Bible, and how good we naturally ar
Episode 49: How’s It Going At Church?
DESCRIPTION: Jack reads an essay called Hows It Going At Church?. It tackles the question of whether the church member views his own church in some idealized wayas he thinks the church is supposed t
Episode 48: Have the Miracles Really Ceased?—And Why Many Don’t Really Want to Know
DESCRIPTION: Jack explores the question of whether any or all of the Bible-times miracles still exist on Earth todayand more importantly, why it is that so many Christians today dont seem to really
Episode 47: The Christmas Truce of 1914
DESCRIPTION: This unusual episode consists of nothing more than a recording of Jack reading a piece he wrote on the Christmas Truce of 1914a most peculiar event in World War I that raises the questio
Episode 46: Who Can Explain the Fear?
DESCRIPTION: Jack asks why there is so much fear that typifies the Christians and their fellowships today, when Romans 8 paints a picture of the Christians being delivered from slavery to fear. Its a
Episode 45: Is Divorce the ONLY Thing that God Hates?
DESCRIPTION: Jack discusses Malachi 2:16, where some translations say that God hates divorce. He asks whether divorce is the only thing God hates, and whether there might not be some very serious issu
Episode 44: The Golden Rule and Who Is Responsible for Filling Up the Emotional Void You Naturally Have Inside
DESCRIPTION: Jack discusses the common problem of people hoping to fill up their internal emotional voids, and how Jesus Golden Rule may just provide a lot of the answer to this problem. A professi
Episode 43: Dysfunctional Christianity
DESCRIPTION: Jack reads and discusses an article from his blog (jackpelham.com) about how so much of Christianity today is dysfunctional, with believers not turning out very much like Jesus.
Episode 42: Why There is Suffering In This World, and Why Getting Mad at God About it is Foolish.
DESCRIPTION: In this episode, we deal with questions that frequently arise, and that are rarely answered well. Why doesnt God answer our prayers as we might think he should? Why are we in this world