OnScript
Engaging Conversations on Bible and Theology
Matthew Bates, Matthew Lynch, Erin Heim, Dru Johnson, Amy Brown Hughes, & Chris Tilling · OnScript
Show overview
OnScript has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 333 episodes. That works out to roughly 170 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 15 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 51 episodes published.
From the publisher
Bringing you engaging conversations on Bible and theology (hosted by biblical scholars and theologians).
Latest Episodes
View all 333 episodesIlker Mimiroglu – Ancient Lystra
Libby Backfish and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott – Grounded Theology
Amy, Jules, and Matt Talk Theology and Biblical Studies
Jonathan Lyonhart – Zeus Was an Atheist
J. Warren Smith – Early Christian Theology
Collin Cornell – God Draws Near
Kevin Vanhoozer – Mere Christian Hermeneutics (Part 2)
Kevin Vanhoozer – Mere Christian Hermeneutics (Part 1)
Jen Singletary – When Things Become Deities (in the ancient Near East)
Malcolm Foley – The Anti-Greed Gospel
Ervine Sheblazm – The Emotionally Healthy Paul
Episode: Gird your emotional loins! Dr. Sheblazm takes us on a journey inward, to those painful places that few want to go, in order to retrieve what no one thought existed, […] The post Ervine Sheblazm – The Emotionally Healthy Paul first appeared on OnScript.
Brian Toews – Voices of the Sages
Episode: Imagine the writers of Scripture around a table discussing, sometimes arguing about, and ultimately seeking deeper wisdom about God, humanity, and the world. In his recent book, Voices of the […] The post Brian Toews – Voices of the Sages first appeared on OnScript.
Carmen Imes – Becoming God’s Family
Episode: Matt L. talks with Carmen about the third in her “Bearing” > “Being” > “Becoming” series with IVP. Her subtitle, “Why the Church Still Matters” explains the (ambitious) goal of […] The post Carmen Imes – Becoming God’s Family first appeared on OnScript.
Marty Folsom – Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation
Episode: In this third conversation with Marty Folsom, we turn to the Doctrine of Creation in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics for Everyone, Volume 3. Having explored Barth’s theological method and doctrine […] The post Marty Folsom – Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation first appeared on OnScript.
Ingrid Faro – Redeeming Eden
Episode: Ingrid Faro talks with Matt Bates about overlooked, less-known, vilified, and misunderstood women in the Old Testament. Like … Jehosheba (did you know about her?). She argues that the […] The post Ingrid Faro – Redeeming Eden first appeared on OnScript.
Mark Scarlata – Wine, Soil, and Salvation in Scripture
Episode: Mark Scarlata’s new book Wine, Soil, and Salvation in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament (CUP, 2025) explores the intricate dance between earth and sustenance. Scarlata argues that wine becomes the unique […] The post Mark Scarlata – Wine, Soil, and Salvation in Scripture first appeared on OnScript.
Paul Sloan – Jesus and the Law of Moses
Episode: Did Jesus offer a radical reworking of the law? Did he subvert the Jewish law of his day? Was he exposing legalism, nationalism, or ritualism in favor of compassion? Paul […] The post Paul Sloan – Jesus and the Law of Moses first appeared on OnScript.
Dru Johnson – Understanding Biblical Law (with surprise guest)
Episode: Dru suggests that biblical law is something to think with and not just about. Matt and Dru discuss this idea and its many implications that were articulated in Dru’s recent book Understanding Biblical […] The post Dru Johnson – Understanding Biblical Law (with surprise guest) first appeared on OnScript.
Cor Bennema – Imitation in Early Christianity
Episode: In this episode Chris Tilling interviews Cor Bennema about his new book, Imitation in Early Christianity: Mimesis and Religious-Ethical Formation (Eerdmans, 2023). What does it mean to say that early Christians imitated […] The post Cor Bennema – Imitation in Early Christianity first appeared on OnScript.
Brent Strawn – Shifting Imagery and Psalm 23 (In Parallel)
Episode: With a biblical poem that shifts imagery (Ps 23), and another (Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”) that provides perspective, Brent Strawn takes us into an “uber-famous” biblical poem-this “nightingale of […] The post Brent Strawn – Shifting Imagery and Psalm 23 (In Parallel) first appeared on OnScript.