Trusting the Bible
Conversations with experts in Biblical studies

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Names and Lists – Making sense of the Old Testament
Andrew and James Bejon take a look at Judges chapters 10 and 12 to talk about messy families, the significance of Biblical names, and to ask…
Andrew Ollerton & James Bejon
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Violence & Horror – How do we read Judges 19?
Andrew is joined by the Revd Dr Helen Paynter to look at horror and violence in the Old Testament through the lens of Judges 19.
Andrew Ollerton
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Law & Instruction – How do we read Deuteronomy?
Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by Dr Daniel Block to look at Old Testament law and instruction through the lens of Deuteronomy 27.
Andrew Ollerton
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Poetry & Allegory — How do we read Song of Songs?
Andrew is joined by Dr Ros Clarke to talk about how we read poetry and allegory in the Song of Songs. Ros helps us to unpack some of the ric…
Andrew Ollerton
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Stories & Strangeness – Taking the Old Testament seriously
Andrew and Peter discuss talking animals, miraculous events, the bizarre breeding program we find in Genesis 30 and how we might become conf…
Andrew Ollerton
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Trusting the Gospels - End of series roundtable discussion
In this final episode, Dr Peter J Williams, Dr Dirk Jongkind and Dr Chee-Chiew Lee join us again for a final roundtable discussion with Dr A…
Andrew Ollerton & Dirk Jongkind & Chee-Chiew Lee & Peter J Williams
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Taking risks in the Gospel of John - Dr Chee-Chiew Lee pt2
In this episode, Dr Andrew Ollerton and Dr Chee-Chiew Lee delve further into her research into persecution and what it means to take risks i…
Andrew Ollerton & Chee-Chiew Lee
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Reading the Gospels - Dr Chee-Chiew Lee pt1
In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton speaks to Dr Chee-Chiew Lee about the experience of reading the four different Gospel perspectives.
Andrew Ollerton & Chee-Chiew Lee
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Can we have confidence in the manuscripts? - Dr Dirk Jongkind pt2
In this episode, Dr Andrew Ollerton and Dr Dirk Jongkind ask whether we can have confidence to trust the Gospel manuscripts and how the Gosp…
Andrew Ollerton & Dirk Jongkind
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The written Gospels - Dr Dirk Jongkind pt1
In this episode, Dr Andrew Ollerton speaks to Dr Dirk Jongkind about the process through which the Gospels were preserved and came to be wri…
Andrew Ollerton & Dirk Jongkind
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Are the Gospel writers credible? - Dr Peter J Williams pt2
In this episode, Dr Andrew Ollerton and Dr Peter J Williams continue their discussion of the credibility of the four Gospels. Who were the G…
Peter J Williams & Andrew Ollerton
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Trusting the Gospels - Dr Peter J Williams pt1
In this episode, Dr Andrew Ollerton and Dr Peter J Williams discuss how we gauge trustworthiness in everyday life and how we approach the qu…
Peter J Williams & Andrew Ollerton