In Part 2 of Problems with Mark, we dig deeper into the Gospel's most challenging questions. We examine apparent contradictions, historical difficulties, the mysterious ending of Mark, and the ways later scribes may have attempted to resolve the book's unfinished conclusion. We also explore what Mark's portrayal of Jesus reveals about the development of early Christian theology and ask whether later Gospel writers were responding to weaknesses in Mark's account.

Whether you're a believer, skeptic, or simply curious about biblical origins, this episode takes a careful look at the evidence and invites listeners to think critically about one of Christianity's earliest and most influential texts.

Join us as we continue separating tradition from text and ask: How reliable is Mark, and what happens when we read it on its own terms?

This is Part One of our series on the Gospel of Mark — and we’re going straight to the texts themselves. Why do Jews reject the Gospel of Mark? Not because they’re stubborn. Not because they’re spiritually blind. But because when Mark is read as a Jewish text — in its original scriptural, theological, and covenantal context — it repeatedly breaks Jewish law, Jewish expectation, and Jewish theology. We’re going to look at the passages. We’ll examine Mark’s opening citation of Isaiah. We’ll look at the moment Jesus declares sins forgiven. We’ll examine the declaration that all foods are clean. And we’re going to ask a historical question — not a devotional one: Is Mark preserving Jewish scripture… or repurposing it? Because when you read Mark carefully, something startling emerges: The Jesus of Mark often makes perfect sense in a Greco-Roman religious world — but becomes deeply problematic inside a Jewish one. This isn’t anti-Christian rhetoric. This is historical analysis. #GospelOfMark #JewishChristianDebate #HistoricalJesus #BiblicalScholarship #Torah #SecondTempleJudaism #GrecoRomanWorld #BibleAnalysis #ChristianOrigins #InterfaithDialogue

Is morality something handed down from God—or something we built ourselves? For many Christians, morality only makes sense if it comes from God. Without divine commands, they’re told there’s no objective good or evil—only opinion, chaos, and moral collapse. But is that actually true? In this episode, we examine the claim that morality depends on Christianity. We ask whether moral truth requires God, whether the Bible offers a coherent moral framework, and whether religious belief has actually made humanity more ethical—or simply more obedient. We explore where moral instincts come from, how cultures develop moral systems, and whether ideas like good, evil, justice, and human dignity stand on their own without divine authority. If morality is real, does it point to God—or does it point to us? #Christianity #Deconstruction #BiblicalScholarship #QuestioningFaith #BibleCriticism #FaithAndScience #Exvangelical #ReligiousDeconstruction #Genesis #BiblicalLiteralism #ChristianPodcast #ScienceVsReligion #BeliefSystems #Theology #CriticalThinking #TheseArentOurIdeas