What happens when you spend years investigating Bigfoot, UFOs, demons, strange dreams, and the unexplained… and the unexplained starts following YOU home?

For our 100th episode of No Longer Nomads, we sit down with Nate and Luke from Blurry Creatures for a wild conversation about the “Hitchhiker Effect”—the idea that prolonged exposure to paranormal phenomena may lead to strange encounters of your own.

From a bizarre dream about hundreds of green parrots that seemingly came true the very next day, to two roommates experiencing nearly identical terrifying dreams, unexplained figures caught on security cameras, strange activity inside their homes, and encounters that seem impossible to dismiss as coincidence… this conversation goes deep.

But underneath the paranormal stories is a much bigger question: What if the supernatural world described in Scripture is far more real—and far closer—than modern Christianity is comfortable admitting?

We explore Bigfoot, Genesis 6, prophetic dreams, demons, spiritual warfare, UFO phenomena, the power of Jesus’ name, and why the Church may be dangerously unprepared to talk about the supernatural.

The guys also share how a podcast that started with a simple question about Bigfoot eventually became a vehicle for conversations about Scripture, the Gospel, and people encountering Christ in some of the darkest moments of their lives.

• Is the “Hitchhiker Effect” real?

• Can supernatural encounters follow you home?

• Can God use dreams to get our attention?

• And what happens when the paranormal collides with a biblical worldview?

Welcome to Episode 100 of No Longer Nomads.

QUESTION:Have you ever experienced something you simply couldn’t explain?

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The Apostle Paul explained by a historian: short, bald, likely a widower, circumcised Timothy himself, once preached circumcision, and may have died wondering if he'd failed.

Josh sits down with historian, archaeologist and August Media founder Dr. Matthew Larsen — Yale, Princeton, Copenhagen, and now a chaired professor at the University of Texas — to meet the Paul most Christians never have. A former persecutor and a maverick who clashed with the apostles who'd walked with Jesus, whose letters are blunter in Greek than any translation shows, and whose whole life pointed at Jerusalem before he was shipped to Rome and executed. Underneath the history is a bigger question: what if you can be faithful to what God called you to and still feel like you're failing?

In this episode:

- Six things people don't know about Paul — appearance, Timothy, circumcision, marriage, Jerusalem, and where he was born

- How the apostles received the man who used to kill them

- Paul vs. the "super-apostles"; why his letters are sharper in Greek

- How did Paul die? Spain, Rome, and the 2008 excavation under St. Paul Outside the Walls

- 1 Corinthians 5: "I will hand this man over to Satan" — what the Greek actually says

- Second Corinthians as four letters stitched together

- Phoebe, Euodia, Syntyche, Junia — the women who funded and led

- Long hair, beards, and what's cultural

- Was Paul's life a success or a failure — and what that means for us

Guest:

► August Media — https://augustmedia.co/

► Nobody Like Paul and The Desert (series)

Chapters:

(00:00) Cold open

(00:56) August Media

(03:38) What genre is The Desert?

(05:52) Who was Paul?

(08:08) #1 Short, bald, bow-legged — who plays Paul in the movie?

(09:57) #2 Paul circumcised Timothy himself

(11:39) #3 Paul once preached circumcision

(12:43) #4 A widower

(13:04) #5 Was his life a success?

(14:58) The first four centuries, and archaeology

(16:39) How the apostles received him

(18:03) A maverick and the super-apostles

(22:03) Blunter in Greek

(23:52) How did Paul die?

(26:30) The 2008 excavation

(29:12) #6 Born in Galilee, deported to Tarsus

(32:05) Sneaking into a dozen ancient prisons

(34:45) The Corinthian correspondence

(36:41) "I will hand this man over to Satan"

(41:31) Success or failure?

(45:45) Women, hair and Phoebe

(50:27) "Can I grow my hair out?"

(50:56) August Media

Related: The Desert Isn't Punishment, It's Preparation — Dr. Matthew Larsen's first conversation, Ep. 67

Topics: Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, was Paul married, how did Paul die, Matthew Larsen, August Media, New Testament history, 1 Corinthians 5, Phoebe, early church, biblical archaeology

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No Longer Nomads — because no one was meant to wander alone.

In this episode of No Longer Nomads, Josh sits down with his mom for a personal conversation about their family's story—the good parts and the messy ones.

They talk about what it was really like raising six kids, the years when things went off the rails, difficult decisions they had to make as parents, and how JoAnn held onto her faith when she couldn't see how the story was going to end.

They also unpack Psalm 23 from a perspective you may not have considered before.

Why does it say God *makes* us lie down?

Why are so many of us uncomfortable with slowing down

And what does “the valley of the shadow of death” look like when the valley isn't death at all—but cancer, family problems, fear, disappointment, or years of unanswered questions

JoAnn also shares what happened when her husband was diagnosed with stage-four cancer, why there were moments in the emergency room when she couldn't feel God's presence at all, and how she learned to recognize His presence afterward.

Today, their family's story looks very different.

This conversation is about what happens when life doesn't follow the plan—and what it looks like to keep going anyway.

// In this episode //

• The Doyle family's years of rebellion and uncertainty

• What JoAnn did when her kids started walking away

• The advice that changed how they parented

• Why slowing down can be so difficult

• A different way to understand Psalm 23

• Walking through a stage-four cancer diagnosis

• Spiritual warfare and forgiveness

• Waiting 10–15 years for an answer to prayer

• Why difficult seasons can change you for the better

• What JoAnn wishes parents understood about raising kids

// About No Longer Nomads //

Real stories. Raw truth. Gospel-centered transformation.From former Muslims meeting Jesus, to people breaking free from cults, to stories of survival and redemption—this podcast is here to remind you: You were never meant to wander alone.

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If you've ever gone through a season where you couldn't see what God was doing, this episode is for you.

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