Faith Lab

Tim Mackie explains how the Bible uses design patterns, narrative riddles, and intentional gaps to communicate, and why that changes everything about how we read it.

Show Notes

There's a story in Genesis where Noah gets drunk and something terrible happens with his son Ham, and the Bible never actually tells you what it was. That's not a mistake. It's a design choice.

In part two of our conversation, Bible Project co-founder Tim Mackie walks through how the biblical authors crafted narratives with intentional gaps, layered patterns, and riddles that unfold across entire books. We get into why "inerrancy" might be the wrong word, what Jesus actually did when asked about marriage and divorce, and why Tim says the Bible isn't a rule book but an epic narrative pointing to a person.

Want the full, unedited conversation? Members get the complete interview with Tim Mackie, including his thoughts on the LGBTQ conversation, church, and more that we trimmed for time: faithlab.supercast.com
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Creators and Guests

Host
Nate Hanson
Co-host of Faith Lab
Guest
Tim Mackie
Biblical scholar, teacher, and co-founder of BibleProject

What is Faith Lab?

What if Christianity could handle your toughest questions?

Most Christians have never heard the depth of evidence that exists for the faith they already hold. Faith Lab changes that. Every episode, scholars like N.T. Wright and Tim Mackie explain what they've spent their careers studying about Jesus, the Bible, and the origins of Christianity, in conversations you can actually follow.

Hosted by Nate and Shelby Hanson. Nate spent years in ministry alongside Francis Chan before a season of deconstruction led him to question everything. What brought him back wasn't blind faith. It was the scholarship.