I enjoy Mike winger. It's on YouTube.

Another vote for Ancient Faith Radio.

Their flagship podcasts (in my opinion) within that production family are Lord of Spirits and The Whole Counsel of God.

I highly recommend Tim Keller's podcasts.

RIP TK!

jonb02 said:

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If you're of protestant persuasion I think you'll enjoy Exploring My Strange Bible and BibleProject. Those are also pretty good and even keeled. Exploring My Strange Bible does a great job of explaining a book or story in the bible in a way that goes through the context you skipped in sunday school. But, I'd have to say EMSB still leaves a lot off in terms of the tackling the biggest broadest subjects. You get a bunch of 'cool facts' about the bible, not as much insight in to how it all plays together compared to Lord of Spirits. Like they didn't have a deep view on each of the sacraments comes from and the history of it. Of course, that is more a reflection of their denomination than anything.

For example, EMSB's first series is on Jonah. And how Jonah is the only prophetic book about the prophet and not the prophecy. Jonah's not a good prophet. He doesn't do what God calls him to. He runs away from God. He despises that God wants Jonah to preach to Jonah's enemies - the Assyrians. Who have slaughtered Jews. Mackie drives home that there is this undercurrent in the story of A) satire of prophets/Jews being proud of their position in front of God while also not doing what God asks and B) that everything is just so over the top size and reaction wise. Ex: The slightest trouble makes all the sailors repent. The slightest preaching by Jonah makes all of Nineveh repent.

Its great, its eye opening. Its been a while since I listened to it but I remember them being a little mealy mouthed with the idea of Jonah surviving three days in a fish. I think they concluded that it was a great example to it being a satire in their minds.

Then you listen to Lord of Spirits and its a different view. Jonah doesn't survive being eaten by the fish. The story says he went beneath the pillars of the earth (that is the Abyss - the deepest parts of Sheol.) Jonah totally died. God resurrected him and had the fish spit him out on the shores closest to Assyria. The ease of repentance from the sailors and Assyrians are reflections of God's will being done even when his messengers don't care to do God's will. They aren't really concerned about it being satire, nor the line of reasoning that if it is satire it discounts the story.

And Lord of Spirits goes straight to Jesus saying that the only prophecy that the Pharisees will get is the prophecy of Jonah (a foreshadowing that he will die for 3 days, go to Sheol, and then be resurrected). There is a line that brings up that Jesus's stating this makes it more plausible that is not just a satire.

Bible in a Year by Father Mike Schmidt is a good one if you're interested in listening through the bible with a mini sermon each episode. I really like it, Schmidt seems like a really kind and fun person to be around.