The Biblical Mind

By Center For Hebraic Thought

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The Biblical Mind is dedicated to helping its audience understand how the biblical authors thought, promoting Bible fluency through curious, careful reading of Scripture. It is hosted by Dr. Dru Johnson and published by the Center for Hebraic Thought, a hub for research and resources on the intellectual world of the Bible.

Episode Date
Rethinking Women in Ministry: From Genesis to Paul (Preston Sprinkle) Ep#249
Apr 23, 2026
Inside the Bible Business: The Story behind Publishing the NIV (Paul Caminiti) Ep. #248
Apr 16, 2026
Was Paul a Philosopher? Rethinking the Apostle as Rabbi and Thinker (Joseph Dodson) Ep. #247
Apr 09, 2026
Bible First: The Bible And Politics Go Great Together, But How? (Mike Tolliver) Ep. #246
Apr 02, 2026
The Truth About Iran: Religion, Power, & the Rise of Underground Churches (Farhad Rezaei) Ep. #245
Mar 26, 2026
Where Is the Ark of the Covenant? Legends, Evidence, & Real Possibilities (Chris McKinny) Ep. #244
Mar 19, 2026
Embodied Knowing: Polanyi, Scripture, and the End of the Mind-Body Divide (Dru Johnson) Ep. #243
Mar 12, 2026
Antisemitism and the Holocaust: Or, How Normal People Become Killers (David Pileggi) Ep. #242
Mar 05, 2026
Syndicated: The Bible Bar - Genesis 1 (Joshua Berman & K Lawson Younger) Ep. #241
Feb 26, 2026
Is “I’m Sorry” Biblical? Honor, Social Order, and Forgiveness in Scripture (Joshua Berman) Ep.#240
Feb 19, 2026
Love, Justice, and the American Prison System: A Biblical Rethink (Abigail Pasiuk) Ep. #239
Feb 12, 2026
Archaeology of the Everyday: Grounded Theology in Ancient Israel (Backfish & Shafer-Elliott) Ep. #238
Feb 05, 2026
Redeeming Eden & Eve: How the Bible Strategically Uplifts Women (Ingrid Faro) Ep. #237
Jan 29, 2026
Seeing What’s Really There: A Guide to Biblical Allusions (Matt Swale) Ep. #236
Jan 22, 2026
The State of Hebraic Thought In 2026 (Dru Johnson) Ep. #235
Jan 15, 2026
Sacrifice, Atonement, and Presence: Maybe Leviticus Doesn't Mean What We Think? (Phil Bray) Ep #234
Jan 08, 2026
ICYMI: How Old Testament Laws Can Shape Christians Today (Carmen Imes) Ep. #233
Jan 01, 2026
ICYMI: Is the NT Just Stoic Philosophy? (Jonathan Pennington) Ep. #232
Dec 25, 2025
Faith, Innovation, and the Church's Future: Rethinking Tech and Ministry (Kevin Kim) Ep. #231
Dec 18, 2025
Getting Egypt Out of Israel: The Exodus Plagues as Spiritual Formation (Avery & Wadholm) Ep. #230
Dec 11, 2025
Hebraic Thought On The Big Screen? Biblical Themes in Non-Biblical Movies (Dru Johnson) Ep. #229
Dec 04, 2025
Equip the Church to Think Biblically: How Your Church Can Fuel This Work
Dec 03, 2025
Fueling Hebraic Thought: How You Can Help
Dec 02, 2025
Why Scholars Gather: A Tour Through the Wild World of Biblical Academia (Dru Johnson) Ep. #228
Nov 27, 2025
Where Is God? Eucharist, Trauma, and Divine Presence in Poland (Ela Wyrzykowska) Ep. #227
Nov 20, 2025
On Biblical Masculinity, The Boy Crisis, And The Church's Missed Mission (Anthony Bradley) Ep. #226
Nov 13, 2025
What The Chosen Gets Right (And Wrong): Archaeology, Pharisees, and Color (Jeffrey Garcia) Ep. #225
Nov 06, 2025
Creation, Rest, and Reign: What Genesis Meant to the Ancient World (Rachel Booth Smith) Ep. #224
Oct 30, 2025
Israel’s Rituals, God’s Needs, and the Covenant That Changed Everything (John Walton) Ep. #223
Oct 23, 2025
Cultural Rivers, Order, and Covenant: Tools For Reading Scripture Well (John Walton) Ep. #222
Oct 16, 2025
Unlocking The Deep Structures of Scripture: The Bible's Unified Message (Joshua Berman) Ep. #221
Oct 09, 2025
Attachment Theory, God’s Presence, & The Image of God: How God Heals Us (Geoff Holsclaw) Ep. #220
Oct 02, 2025
Pharisees, Torah, and Sacrifice: What We Miss When We Misread the Law (Paul Sloan) Ep. #219
Sep 25, 2025
Is "Eye For An Eye" Christian? Jesus, Justice, and The Limits of Vengeance (Dru Johnson) Ep. #218
Sep 18, 2025
Feasting on Hope: Sacraments, Trauma, and Formation in the Church (Hannah King) Ep. #217
Sep 11, 2025
Theology in the Mother Tongue: Oral Bible Translation and Embodied Faith (Fausto Liriano) Ep. #216
Sep 04, 2025
The Illusion of Intelligence: Why AI Can’t Replace Embodied Life (Noreen Herzfeld) Ep. #215
Aug 28, 2025
Becoming God’s Family: Against Church Hurt, Isolation, and Autonomy (Carmen Imes) Ep. #214
Aug 21, 2025
Literature and Idealism: Or, How The Bible Is A "Thick" Story (Karen Swallow Prior) Ep. #213
Aug 14, 2025
Tribes, States, & Empires: Scripture’s Vision for a Virtuous Political Order (Yoram Hazony) Ep. #212
Aug 07, 2025
Just War, Christianity, and The Call to Serve: The Ethics of Military Service (Darren Duke) Ep #211
Jul 31, 2025
Building a Movement: Why the Church Needs Hebraic Thought—and What We’re Doing About It Ep. #210
Jul 24, 2025
Jesus Under Every Rock? Rethinking Christ-Centered Reading & Preaching (Chris Wright) Ep #209
Jul 17, 2025
The NAR, Power, and Prophecy: Inside America’s Forgotten Christian Movement (Matthew Taylor) Ep. #208
Jul 10, 2025
Hollywood, Scripture, and Politics: Joan Didion and the Power of Story (Alissa Wilkinson) Ep. #207
Jul 03, 2025
Wine, Worship, and Craftsmanship: A Biblical Theology of Alcohol (John Dunne) Ep #206
Jun 26, 2025
Is Nationalism Biblical? Yoram Hazony on Nations, Empires, and Justice (Yoram Hazony) Ep. #205
Jun 19, 2025
Do You See What I See? Worship, Joint Attention, and Being Human (Cockayne & Salter) Ep. #204
Jun 12, 2025
How Artists Think Biblically: Liturgies, Ritual, and the Weight of Words (Douglas McKelvey) Ep. #203
Jun 05, 2025
Is Abraham a Hero or a Warning? How Genre Makes or Breaks Your Bible Reading (Andy Judd) Ep. #202
May 29, 2025
Storge, Justice, and the Ten Commandments: Rethinking Biblical Love (Mike Tolliver) Ep. #201
May 22, 2025
Managing Fame, Faith, and the Stage: Inside the (Christian) Music Industry (Nick Barre) Ep. #200
May 15, 2025
Why Intellectual Humility Is the Key to Understanding Scripture (Matt Whitman) Ep. #199
May 08, 2025
Evolution and Identity: A Jewish Perspective on Science and Belief (Rachel Pear) Ep. #198
May 01, 2025
Is Evolution a Dirty Word? Muslim Perspectives on Science and Religion (Shoaib Malik) Ep. #197
Apr 24, 2025
Can Muslims, Jews, and Christians Talk About Science and Scripture? (Dru Johnson) Ep. #196
Apr 17, 2025
Syndicated: Jesus and Jewish Law (Logan Williams and Paul Sloan) Ep. #195
Apr 10, 2025
ICYMI - Wisdom of Primal Peoples in the Era of World Christianity (Jangkholam Haokip) Ep. #194
Apr 03, 2025
Is God Really Unchanging? Challenging Classical Theism’s View of God (R.T. Mullins) Ep. #193
Mar 27, 2025
Why We Struggle to Read the Bible—And How to Fix It (Alex Goodwin) Ep. #192
Mar 20, 2025
Faith, Politics, and Media: Rethinking Christian Political Involvement (Kaitlyn Schiess) Ep. #191
Mar 13, 2025
From the Five Percent Nation to Biblical Scholar: CHT Fellow Hakeem Bradley Ep. #190
Mar 06, 2025
The Contemporary Worship Music Pipeline, or "Where Did The Psalms Go?" (Marc Jolicoeur) Ep. #189
Feb 27, 2025
Listening to the Bible: Why Scripture Was Meant to Be Heard (Dru Johnson) Ep. #188
Feb 20, 2025
The Rapture, the Mark of the Beast, & Christian Eschatology—Fact & Fiction (Matt Halsted) Ep. #187
Feb 13, 2025
How Scripture Reads Scripture: Understanding Biblical Intertextuality (Brent Strawn) Ep. #186
Feb 06, 2025
American Christian Nationalism and the Way of Jesus (Caleb E. Campbell) Ep. #185
Jan 30, 2025
Joseph's Brothers Never Sold Him Into Slavery (Ari Lamm) Ep. #184
Jan 23, 2025
The State of Hebraic Thought in 2025 (Dru Johnson) Ep. #183
Jan 16, 2025
Hebraic Thought, "What Hath Darwin...", and What's Coming Next (Dru Johnson) Ep #182
Jan 09, 2025
ICYMI: The Church's Alarming Neglect of the Old Testament (Brent Strawn) Ep. 181
Jan 02, 2025
ICYMI: The Biblical Authors vs. Greek Philosophy (Joseph Dodson) Ep. 180
Dec 26, 2024
Judaism is About Love (Shai Held) part 2 Ep. 179
Dec 19, 2024
Judaism is About Love (Shai Held) part 1 Ep. 178
Dec 12, 2024
What Do You Want? (Mike Tolliver) Ep 177
Dec 05, 2024
Where Are We Going? (Mike Tolliver) Ep. 176
Nov 27, 2024
So, What Happened? (Dru Johnson) The Biblical Mind Ep. 175
Nov 21, 2024
Why Does Church Matter? Learning from Jazz (Mark Glanville)
Apr 24, 2024
When No One Reads Books Anymore
Mar 02, 2024
Will AI Take Over the World (Adam Graber)
Feb 23, 2024
Scripture, Sexuality, and Podcasting (Preston Sprinkle)
Nov 29, 2023
Why We Need the Global Church (Stephen T. Pardue)
Nov 14, 2023
Are Psychedelics Good for Depression, or Anything at All? (Ben ”Doc” Askins) [Full Episode]
Oct 21, 2023
Why Is Leviticus so Hard to Read? (Dr. Jay Sklar)
Aug 30, 2023
A Bend in the Road for TBM and CHT, and Farewell Celina!
Jul 28, 2023
’Fireside’ Chat: Distance between Seminaries and Churches (Matt LaPine)
Jun 30, 2023
Is ’Systemic Injustice’ Biblical? (Michael Rhodes)
Jun 09, 2023
Technology Isn’t a Neutral Tool (Jason Thacker)
Jun 05, 2023
ICYMI: How ’Christianese’ Is Like Corporate Jargon (Valerie Hobbs)
May 05, 2023
ICYMI: Jesus Shows That God and Humans Are a Good Match (Lucy Peppiatt)
Apr 28, 2023
What the Image of God Is and Is Not (Carmen Imes)
Apr 21, 2023
Understanding the Slaughter of the Canaanites in the Book of Joshua (Paul Hinlicky)
Apr 07, 2023
Is It Time to Quit ’Quiet Time’? Discussing Our View (Dru Johnson & Celina Durgin)
Mar 28, 2023
Women in the Early Church (Nijay Gupta)
Mar 24, 2023
Trying to Master the Bible? Try Savoring It Instead (Andrew Abernethy)
Mar 17, 2023
Jazz, Justice, and the Gospel (William Edgar)
Mar 10, 2023
Trusting Reality: ’Longing to Know’ Turns 20 (Esther Meek)
Mar 03, 2023
Old—and New—Testament Violence and the Shalom of God (Matthew J. Lynch)
Feb 24, 2023
ICYMI: Don’t Skip the Poems (Michelle Knight)
Feb 17, 2023
The State of Jewish–Christian Relations (Pesach Wolicki)
Feb 10, 2023