Biblically Speaking

Cassian Bellino
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  • Christianity
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Do you every wish you could raise your hand in church to clarify what the pastor just said? Do you need more context? I felt the same way. So I sat down with PhDs, theologians, and scholars and hit "Record." Biblically Speaking is for curious Christians seeking clear answers to big Bible questions. Each episode unpacks Scripture in context so you can understand the Word as if you were there when it happended, making the Bible easier to understand and God easier to know and love. If you're looking to grow in faith with real insights and a fresh perspective, this podcast is your guide.

  1. 3d ago

    #100 Understanding Hebrews chapter by chapter + Dr. Madison Pierce

    What is the central argument of Hebrews? Jesus isn't from Levi so why does Hebrews think he can be a priest at all? What is "God's rest"? Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses:  https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week):  https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15  https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig… Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate   Rev. Dr. Madison N. Pierce is Lecturer in New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. She is the author of Divine Discourse in the Epistle to the Hebrews (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and the co-author of Reading the Later New Testament as Christian Scripture (Baker Academic, 2026). Madison is ordained in the Reformed Church in America as a Minister of Word and Sacrament. She is also a New Testament Editor at Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies and a co-host of The Two Cities podcast. Recommended reading inspired by this episode: 📘 Isaiah by John Goldingay -  https://www.amazon.com/Isaiah-New-International-Biblical-Commentary/dp/1565632230 📘 The Message of Isaiah https://www.ivpress.com/the-message-of-isaiah?srsltid=AfmBOopxYejZ34sXradmhEtYPCriCWsEWgyfVj4N2tVpnjSOyhcI7RN_ 📘 Isaiah 40–66 https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/isaiah-40-66-return-and-restoration/ https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…

    1h 12m

  2. Jun 16

    #99 Isaiah 53 in its original translation + Dr. Kevin Grasso

    What do we need to know about Isaiah 53 before reading it? Where are we in history?  What is going on in ministry?  Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses:  https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week):  https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15  https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig… Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Dr. Kevin Grasso is a biblical scholar, author, and linguist. He holds a PhD in Hebrew Language from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as an MA in Linguistics (focusing on the Biblical Hebrew verbal system) and an MA in Comparative Religion (focusing on Paul and second temple Judaism). His academic work has appeared in leading journals and edited volumes, where he applies theoretical linguistics to exegetical problems. His current research focus is on the Messiah, law, faith, and justification in Paul's letters. Alongside his academic career, Kevin is the co-founder and CEO of Biblingo, an innovative and effective way to learn biblical Greek and Hebrew." You can connect with him at kevin@biblingo.org Also,one cool thing about Dr. Kevin is that he can actually speak biblical Greek and Hebrew conversationally (something very few people - even scholars - can do). He lived in Israel for several years and knows a lot about the original languages and culture of the Bible. Recommended reading inspired by this episode: 📘 Isaiah by John Goldingay -  https://www.amazon.com/Isaiah-New-International-Biblical-Commentary/dp/1565632230 📘 The Message of Isaiah https://www.ivpress.com/the-message-of-isaiah?srsltid=AfmBOopxYejZ34sXradmhEtYPCriCWsEWgyfVj4N2tVpnjSOyhcI7RN_ 📘 Isaiah 40–66 https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/isaiah-40-66-return-and-restoration/ https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…

    1h 4m

  3. Jun 9

    # 98 PART 2 of Understanding the difference between a church and a cult + Anna KitKo

    What if the most dangerous spiritual abuse doesn’t look abusive at all? What if it looks like loyalty, obedience, and being ‘on fire for God’? How theology, prophecy, and deliverance get distorted. Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses:  https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week):  https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15  https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig… Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate   Dr. Anna Kitko originally a British-trained Cambridge graduate, Anna’s clinical work focuses in the realm of Cults and New Religions by weaving together an eclectic background in Theology, World Religion, Christian Apologetics, and modern Psychology for a therapeutic experience that is spiritually focused and mindful of the boundaries of Holy Scripture.  She carries two undergraduate degrees from the University of Florida in Philosophy and Religion as well as a Master of Biblical Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary. On top of this, Anna is a current Research Associate with the University of Salford, Manchester UK, carrying a Master of Science in the Psychology of Coercive Control and having authored the first psychometric in the world measuring spiritual abuse in demonic deliverance settings. Respectively, she is a member and regular lecturer for the International Cultic Studies Association and the Director of Theological Integrity for Ratio Christi: Campus Apologetics Alliance; an international Christian Apologetics network. Locally, Anna is Theological Director of Integrated Wellness Tennessee, a non-profit mission providing clinical mental health care to those in the community who otherwise could not afford care financially.  Her expertise focuses on cases of spiritual abuse, cultic and coercive control, brainwashing, domestic violence, human trafficking, terrorism, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Dissociation, and spiritual pathologies such as Prelest. She is an unabashed Christian and the center of her therapeutic interventions is housed in an office modeled after a 12 th century monastic cloister.  Anna possesses a knowledge of a vast array of historic therapeutic interventions from Mesopotamian exorcism protocols, to meridian work, and all the way to modern interventions such as Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR. She also is well versed in the healing of popular and fraudulent mental health interventions such as SOZO and Apostolic Demonic Deliverance.  email: annakitko@ratiochristi.org YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@annakitko Recommended reading inspired by this episode: 📘 The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse - https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Power-Spiritual-Abuse-Manipulation/dp/0764201379 📘 Combating Cult Mind Control -  https://www.amazon.com/Combating-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0967068827 📘 A Church Called Tov https://www.amazon.com/Church-Called-Tov-Goodness-Promotes/dp/1496446003 https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…

    1h 3m

  4. Jun 2

    # 97 PART I of Understanding the difference between a church and a cult + Anna Kitko

    How do you define a spiritual cult or high-control group? What separates deep commitment from coercion? Why is ‘high control’ such a critical psychological category? Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses:  https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week):  https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15  https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig… Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate   Dr. Anna Kitko originally a British-trained Cambridge graduate, Anna’s clinical work focuses in the realm of Cults and New Religions by weaving together an eclectic background in Theology, World Religion, Christian Apologetics, and modern Psychology for a therapeutic experience that is spiritually focused and mindful of the boundaries of Holy Scripture.  She carries two undergraduate degrees from the University of Florida in Philosophy and Religion as well as a Master of Biblical Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary. On top of this, Anna is a current Research Associate with the University of Salford, Manchester UK, carrying a Master of Science in the Psychology of Coercive Control and having authored the first psychometric in the world measuring spiritual abuse in demonic deliverance settings. Respectively, she is a member and regular lecturer for the International Cultic Studies Association and the Director of Theological Integrity for Ratio Christi: Campus Apologetics Alliance; an international Christian Apologetics network. Locally, Anna is Theological Director of Integrated Wellness Tennessee, a non-profit mission providing clinical mental health care to those in the community who otherwise could not afford care financially.  Her expertise focuses on cases of spiritual abuse, cultic and coercive control, brainwashing, domestic violence, human trafficking, terrorism, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Dissociation, and spiritual pathologies such as Prelest. She is an unabashed Christian and the center of her therapeutic interventions is housed in an office modeled after a 12 th century monastic cloister.  Anna possesses a knowledge of a vast array of historic therapeutic interventions from Mesopotamian exorcism protocols, to meridian work, and all the way to modern interventions such as Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR. She also is well versed in the healing of popular and fraudulent mental health interventions such as SOZO and Apostolic Demonic Deliverance.  Recommended reading inspired by this episode: 📘 The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse - https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Power-Spiritual-Abuse-Manipulation/dp/0764201379 📘 Combating Cult Mind Control -  https://www.amazon.com/Combating-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0967068827 📘 A Church Called Tov https://www.amazon.com/Church-Called-Tov-Goodness-Promotes/dp/1496446003 https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…

    1 hr

  5. May 19

    #96 Most Asked Bible Questions Answered by Dr. Frank Turek

    Can we trust the bible that we have? Are there historical errors in the Bible? Is Jesus actually God himself? Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses:  https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week):  https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15  https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig… Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate   As the President of CrossExamined.org,Dr. Frank  Turek presents powerful and entertaining evidence for Christianity at churches, high schools and at secular college campuses that often begin hostile to his message. He has also debated several prominent atheists including Christopher Hitchens and David Silverman, former president of American Atheists. Dr. Frank hosts an hour-long TV program each week called I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist that is broadcast Wednesday nights on DirecTV Channel 378 (the NRB Network). His radio program called CrossExamined with Frank Turek airs on 122 stations every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. eastern and is available continuously on the free CrossExamined App. Dr. Frank is widely featured guest in the media as a leading apologetics expert and cultural commentator. He has appeared on hundreds of radio programs and many top TV programs including: The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, Faith Under Fire, and Politically Incorrect. He also writes a column for Townhall.com. A former aviator in the US Navy, Frank has a master’s degree from the George Washington University and a doctorate from Southern Evangelical Seminary.  He and his wife, Stephanie, are blessed with three grown sons.  Dr. Frank Turek’s website: cross examined.org Recommended reading from Dr. Frank Turek: 📘 I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist ​​https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Have-Enough-Faith-Atheist/dp/1581345615 📘 Stealing from God https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-God-Atheists-Need-Their/dp/1612917011 📘 Correct, Not Politically Correct https://www.amazon.com/Correct-Not-Politically-Same-Sex-Transgenderism/dp/1607087073 https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…

    1h 3m

  6. May 12

    #95 Does 1 Corinthians 14 Mean Women Can’t Lead? + Dr. Lynn Cohick

    What were women doing in gathered worship while men were prophesying? Is Paul saying women cannot lead? Is Paul forbidding all speech from women in church? Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses: https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week): https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15 https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig... Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Dr. Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Houston Christian University. Dr. Cohick currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Biola University and previously served on the board for Langham Partnership. Dr. Cohick served as president of the Institute of Biblical Research (IBR) for six years, and has previously served as provost for two evangelical seminaries. Dr. Cohick taught at Wheaton College for eighteen years, as well as the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (Africa International University) in Kenya. Dr. Lynn is the founding president of the Center for Women in Leadership, a principal with Dr. Sandra Glahn and Dr. George Kalantzis on the Visual Museum of Women in Christianity project, and is the host of The Alabaster Jar podcast. Dr. Lynn Cohick's website: https://www.lynncohick.com/ Recommended reading from Dr. Lynn Cohick: Women in the World of the Earliest Christians - Lynn H. Cohick https://www.logos.com/product/5988/women-in-the-world-of-the-earliest-christians Christian Women in the Patristic World - Lynn H. Cohick & Amy Brown Hughes https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/products/9780801039553_christian-women-in-the-patristic-world Ephesians (New Covenant Commentary Series) — Lynn H. Cohick https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Ephesians.html?id=MfEFBAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj...

    1h 2m

  7. May 6

    #94 WOMEN’S ROLE IN CHURCH + Dr. Lynn Cohick

    So… is Jesus a feminist? When people ask, “What does the Bible say about women?” what do you think they are usually really asking? What were women generally expected to do, not do, say, and not say? Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses: https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week): https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15 https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig... Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Dr. Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Houston Christian University. Dr. Cohick currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Biola University and previously served on the board for Langham Partnership. Dr. Cohick served as president of the Institute of Biblical Research (IBR) for six years, and has previously served as provost for two evangelical seminaries. Dr. Cohick taught at Wheaton College for eighteen years, as well as the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (Africa International University) in Kenya. Dr. Lynn is the founding president of the Center for Women in Leadership, a principal with Dr. Sandra Glahn and Dr. George Kalantzis on the Visual Museum of Women in Christianity project, and is the host of The Alabaster Jar podcast. Dr. Lynn Cohick's website: https://www.lynncohick.com/ Recommended reading from Dr. Lynn Cohick: Women in the World of the Earliest Christians - Lynn H. Cohick https://www.logos.com/product/5988/women-in-the-world-of-the-earliest-christians Christian Women in the Patristic World - Lynn H. Cohick & Amy Brown Hughes https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/products/9780801039553_christian-women-in-the-patristic-world Ephesians (New Covenant Commentary Series) — Lynn H. Cohick https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Ephesians.html?id=MfEFBAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj...

    1h 4m

  8. Apr 28

    #93 Tony Dungy on Being a Christian All the Time

    Was there a moment where faith stopped being inherited and became personal? What did ‘Christian first’ begin to change in you practically? Did that conviction ever put you at odds with football culture early on? Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses: https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week): https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15 https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig... Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Tony Dungy is a former professional football player and retired NFL coach. After playing college ball for the University of Minnesota, Dungy played three seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers. Beginning his coaching career in 1980, Dungy went on to serve as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and later the Indianapolis Colts. He guided the Colts to a Super Bowl victory in 2007. Considered one of the brightest young minds in the NFL, Dungy landed his first head coaching opportunity in 1996, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tapped him to lead the club. For a franchise that had long been the league's doormat, Dungy, with his calm demeanor and ability to connect with players, was a breath of fresh air, bringing both respectability and victories to a team sorely lacking in both areas. However, despite making the Bucs a regular playoff contender, Dungy was fired after the 2001 season. Again, he was not out of work long. In January 2002, the Indianapolis Colts hired Dungy to be its next head coach. During his remarkable seven-year run with the Colts and its star quarterback, Peyton Manning, Dungy turned the franchise into a perennial Super Bowl contender. The Vince Lombardi trophy finally came Dungy's way on February 4, 2007, when the Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, 29-17, in Miami. The victory made Dungy the first African American to coach a Super Bowl–winning club. It also made him just the third person in NFL history to win a title as a player and as a head coach. Following the 2008 season, and after 31 seasons patrolling an NFL sideline, Dungy retired from coaching. Since stepping down as head coach of the Colts, Dungy has worked as an analyst for NBC's "Football Night in America." In addition, Dungy, a committed Christian, has remained active in a number of charitable causes, including Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Prison Crusade Ministry. Recommended reading inspired by Tony Dungy: 📘 Quiet Strength — Tony Dungy https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Strength-Principles-Practices-Priorities/dp/1414318022 📘 Uncommon — Tony Dungy https://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Finding-Your-Path-Significance/dp/1414326823 📘 The Mentor Leader — Tony Dungy https://www.amazon.com/Mentor-Leader-Secrets-Building-Consistently/dp/1414338066 https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj...

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Do you every wish you could raise your hand in church to clarify what the pastor just said? Do you need more context? I felt the same way. So I sat down with PhDs, theologians, and scholars and hit "Record." Biblically Speaking is for curious Christians seeking clear answers to big Bible questions. Each episode unpacks Scripture in context so you can understand the Word as if you were there when it happended, making the Bible easier to understand and God easier to know and love. If you're looking to grow in faith with real insights and a fresh perspective, this podcast is your guide.

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  • Creator
    Cassian Bellino
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    117
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Cassian Bellino
  • Show Website
    Biblically Speaking

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