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Faith Lab

Nate Hanson & Shane Rosenthal
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Christianity is deeper than you've been shown. Each episode, Nate Hanson and Shane Rosenthal sit down with scholars like N.T. Wright and Tim Mackie to talk through Jesus, the Bible, and the origins of Christianity in conversations you can actually follow. Nate came back from deconstruction through scholarship, and Shane hosts The Humble Skeptic podcast.

  1. APR 29

    Is the gospel just a ticket to heaven? (Dr. Nijay Gupta)

    Most of us were taught the gospel is a ticket to heaven. New Testament scholar Nijay Gupta says that is not what Paul was actually preaching. Nijay Gupta is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary and author of Paul for the World. He, Shane Rosenthal, and Nate work through what Paul's gospel actually was, where "I'll fly away" theology came from, and why he thinks C.S. Lewis got heaven wrong. 🙏 Faith Lab is a listener-supported show. If these conversations are helping you, you can support the show at https://faithlabshow.com/support ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 4m

  2. APR 1

    What the first Christians believed about Easter

    The hardest critiques of the cross target one version of the gospel. The earliest Christians were teaching something bigger. For a thousand years before penal substitution became the dominant framework, the church proclaimed something wider: that God entered into death to destroy it from the inside. Irenaeus, Athanasius, and Gregory of Nyssa all described it, and their version answers the questions that trip most of us up. 🙏 Faith Lab is a listener-supported show. If these conversations are helping you, you can support the show at faithlabshow.com/support ★ Support this podcast ★

    18 min

  3. MAR 25 ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Lydia McGrew: Full Interview on Gospel Reliability

    Lydia McGrew spent years building a cumulative case for the historical reliability of the Gospels and Acts. In the public episodes, we covered the reportage model, undesigned coincidences, and the evidence from Acts. But the full conversation goes further. In the unedited interview, Lydia makes her case that John's long speeches can be understood as real memories, not later theological inventions. She also walks through why she believes the woman who anoints Jesus in Luke is actually a different event than the one described in Matthew, Mark, and John, and what that tells us about how carefully the Gospel authors were working. You also get a fuller exchange on the relationship between literary artistry and factual reporting, and why a well-crafted narrative doesn't mean a fictionalized one.

    1h 16m

  4. MAR 25

    What if the Gospels are more reliable than you were told?

    Most Christians were taught to trust the Gospels without ever being shown why they should. The historical evidence is stronger than you think. New Testament scholar Lydia McGrew explains what she calls the "reportage model," a case that the Gospel authors weren't just passing along stories. They were close to the facts, trying to get them right, and highly successful. She walks through the kind of evidence that's hard to explain any other way. 🔓 Get the full unedited interview with Lydia McGrew, including her argument that John's long speeches could be real memories and why she thinks Luke's anointing story is a completely different event than the other Gospels describe. https://faithlabshow.com/premium ★ Support this podcast ★

    20 min

  5. MAR 18

    After the apostles died, did the faith survive?

    Most Christians quietly carry a question they rarely say out loud: after the apostles died, what happened? There's a gap in the story, and in that gap, a worry lives. One man fills it. He was born 35 years after Jesus, personally knew people who personally knew Christ, and his own words still survive on paper. His name was Polycarp, and the chain connecting him to the eyewitnesses is shorter than you think. 🔓 Faith Lab premium members get full unedited interviews with every guest episode, plus early access and bonus content. Support the show at https://faithlabshow.com/premium ★ Support this podcast ★

    13 min

  6. MAR 11

    N.T. Wright: Christians don't go to heaven? (Part 2)

    Most Christians assume the end of the story is leaving earth for heaven. N.T. Wright says that is not the story the New Testament is telling. (Listen to Part 1 here, and the full interview here.) If Christian hope is really resurrection and new creation, then death, salvation, and the church's mission all start to look different. 🔓 Get the full unedited interview with N.T. Wright, including his unused answer on why Paul carries so much weight in Christianity and why he sees Paul as a trophy of grace, at https://faithlabshow.com/premium ★ Support this podcast ★

    21 min

  7. MAR 5

    N.T. Wright: Did Jesus rise from the dead? (Part 1)

    The resurrection isn't a theological idea. It's a historical claim. And most people have never heard the actual evidence historians evaluate. (Listen to Part 2 here, and the full interview here.) NT Wright, one of the world's leading scholars on early Christianity, walks through the case, and explains why the standard skeptical alternatives keep falling apart. Get Surprised by Hope and God's Homecoming 🔓 Members get the full unedited conversation with NT Wright, including his extended breakdown of what the New Testament actually says about the afterlife. faithlabshow.com/support ★ Support this podcast ★

    24 min

  8. MAR 4 ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    N.T. Wright: The Full Unedited Interview

    What if nearly everything you were taught about heaven, the resurrection, and what it means to be "saved" is built on an assumption the Bible never actually makes? In this subscriber-exclusive bonus episode, we're releasing the full, unedited conversation with N.T. Wright, one of the most influential New Testament scholars alive. This is everything from our interview, including material that was cut for time from the published episodes, combined into one extended conversation covering the historical evidence for the resurrection, how we know the gospels give us the real Jesus, why Wright believes the Bible's story isn't about us going up to heaven but about God coming down to us, what Jesus actually believed about himself, what happens after we die (and after that), and why Paul matters more than you might think. Wright also discusses his new book God's Homecoming and explains how a single line from Revelation 21 turns the entire "go to heaven when you die" framework on its head.

    56 min
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Christianity is deeper than you've been shown. Each episode, Nate Hanson and Shane Rosenthal sit down with scholars like N.T. Wright and Tim Mackie to talk through Jesus, the Bible, and the origins of Christianity in conversations you can actually follow. Nate came back from deconstruction through scholarship, and Shane hosts The Humble Skeptic podcast.

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  • Creator
    Nate Hanson & Shane Rosenthal
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Faith Lab
  • Show Website
    Faith Lab
  • Provider
    Nate Hanson

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