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Faith Lab

by Nate Hanson
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About the show

Christianity is deeper than you've been shown. Nate Hanson digs into the parts of Christianity most of us were never shown: the evidence for Jesus, the strange spiritual world of the Bible, miracles, the first Christians, and true stories of people Jesus changed. Short episodes, grounded in serious scholarship. Earlier episodes feature conversations with scholars like N.T. Wright, Tim Mackie, and Craig Keener. Nate was a pastor, spent most of a decade deconstructing, and came back through scholarship. Faith Lab is free and listener-supported. Help keep it going at faithlabshow.com/support.

Latest episodes

  • Craig Keener: Why the gospels hold up as history

    May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    Our best source on Alexander the Great was written 450 years after he died, and historians trust it. Mark was written about 40 years after Jesus. So why are the gospels the only ancient texts we're told to doubt? Craig Keener, author of…

  • Nijay Gupta: Is the gospel just a ticket to heaven?

    April 29, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    Most of us were handed a gospel that works like a ticket to heaven: believe, die, fly away. New Testament scholar Nijay Gupta says that was never the headline of what Paul preached. Gupta is the Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament…

  • What the first Christians believed about the cross

    April 1, 2026 · 18 min

    The hardest critiques of the cross, like "he was only dead for a day and a half" and "anyone would take that deal," all target one version of the gospel. The earliest Christians were teaching something bigger. In this solo episode, Nate…

  • Lydia McGrew: The Gospels are more reliable than you think

    March 25, 2026 · 20 min

    Most Christians were taught to trust the Gospels without ever being shown why they should. The historical evidence is stronger than you think. New Testament scholar Lydia McGrew lays out what she calls the "reportage model," the case that…

  • After the apostles died, did the faith survive?

    March 18, 2026 · 13 min

    After the apostles died, did the faith survive? One man nearly answers that question by himself. Polycarp was born around 69 AD, just 35 years after Jesus, personally knew people who had personally known Christ, and his own words still…

  • N.T. Wright: Do Christians go to heaven? (part 2)

    March 11, 2026 · 21 min

    Most Christians assume the story ends with leaving earth for heaven. N.T. Wright says the New Testament tells a different one: resurrection, new creation, and God coming to dwell with his people. In part 2 of our conversation, Wright walks…

  • N.T. Wright: Did Jesus rise from the dead? (part 1)

    March 5, 2026 · 24 min

    Did Jesus actually rise from the dead? The resurrection is a historical claim, and most people have never heard the evidence historians evaluate. N.T. Wright walks through the case and explains why the standard skeptical alternatives keep…

  • Caleb Friedeman: Why the genealogies don't match

    February 25, 2026 · 19 min

    Matthew and Luke don't give us the same family tree for Jesus, and the census in Luke has been called a historical invention. So why would anyone still trust the birth narratives? New Testament scholar Caleb Friedeman compared them against…