Found in Translation
armchair bible banter for liberation and healing
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No More Sacrifice! (LIVE from QCF Conference 2026)
What is the Best Bible Translation:
Decolonizing Translation: First Nations Version with Terry Wildman
Season 8 – James
Exposing Wealth & Social Control (James 5)
Desire, Defection, and Detainees - James 4
The One Where We Curse a Lot – James 3
What if "Faith vs Works" isn't about heaven? – James 2
Cutting the Oppressor-Brain Vibes – James 1
The Subversive Religion of Jesus' Little Brother – Introducing James
Season 7 – Matthew under Authoritarianism
What is the Great Commission? – Matthew 28 & Recap with Kalie May Hargrove
What Was Jesus' Atonement Theory? – Matthew 27 with Mae Forrest Barnes
How Does Jesus' Arrest & Trial Expose State Violence? – Matthew 26 with Brian Murphy
Who Are the Least of These? – Matthew 24 & 25 with Trey Ferguson
What Got Jesus Angry? – Matthew 23 with Jenna DeWitt
Why Did Jesus Cleanse the Temple? – Matthew 21 & 22 with Naphtali Renshaw
Did Jesus Oppose Patriarchy? – Matthew 19 & 20 with Kalie May Hargrove
Why is Peter Called Satan by Jesus? – Matthew 16-18 with Avery Arden
What Did Jesus Learn From the Canaanite Woman? – Matthew 14 & 15 with Elle Dowd
Why Did Jesus Speak in Parables? - Matthew 12 & 13 with Ell of TWIBAR
Was Jesus an Anarchist? – Matthew 10 & 11 with Rev. Terry Stokes
Did the Roman Centurion Have a Boyfriend? – Matthew 8 & 9 with Micah Belong
Resisting Mammon – Matthew 6 & 7 with Matt Tebbe
Did Jesus Talk About the Male Gaze? - Matthew 5 with Frances Cutshaw
Was Jesus tempted to be a dictator? - Matthew 3 & 4 with Mae Forrest Barnes
Jesus Was Born on Occupied Land
Reading Matthew's Gospel Under Authoritarianism – An Introduction
Season 6 – Romans
Junia, Phoebe, & Romans in Review
Wink-Wink (Romans 12 & 13)
Election Isn't About Heaven & Hell (Romans 9-11)
Everything Collaborates (Romans 8)
The Fleshy Bits (Romans 7)
Lawlessness (Romans 6)
Who Is God Saving Us From? (Romans 5)
What is "Faith vs Works" Really About? (Romans 4)
Judgementalism Feeds Supremacism Feeds Death (Romans 3)
With Great Torah Comes Great Responsibility (Romans 2)
Dismantling Domination, with Micah Belong (Romans 1:24-32)
Introducing Romans – "Everyone Belongs"
Season 5 – Hebrews
Faithfulness is Hopeful Solidarity (Hebrews 13)
The Leftist Expectations of Grace (Hebrews 12:14-29)
Reared for Community, not Conformity (Hebrews 12:1-13)
A Great Cloud (Hebrews 10-11)
Blood and Glory (Hebrews 6b-9)
What Good is Doctrine if You're Still Scapegoating? (Hebrews 5-6a)
The Hidden Weave of Belonging (Hebrews 3-4)
Solidarity, Not Suffering (Hebrews 2)
Do Not Revere What Resists Liberation (Hebrews 1)
Introducing Hebrews – A Radically Anti-Sacrificial Letter
Matthew 5 Part Two
Season 4 – John
What Kind of Story is This?
The Dude Stays Present
The Spirit, Scapegoating, Pronouns, and How to Forgive Sins
Mary Magdalene's Surprising Connection to the Beloved Disciple
Does Jesus Cleanse Us From Purity Itself?
Three Thousand Years of Beautiful Tradition
Bringing It All Together (John 3:16)
Longevity is Not the Point
The Semantic Satiation of Glory
Rise Up!
In the Beginning was the Conversation
Introducing the Gospel of John
Season 3 – Galatians
Galatians 6 – One Final Dunk on the ESV
Galatians 5:13-26 – Basically Don't be a D*ck
Galatians 5:1-12 – Dad Jokes
Galatians 4 – Exorcising the World Systems
Galatians 3:6-29 – Grafted In
Galatians 3:1-5 – You Are More Than Your Brain
Galatians 2 – Cultural Conformity vs Holy Belonging
Galatians 1 – Desire, Tradition, and Destruction
Introducing Galatians
Season 2 – Ephesians
Ephesians 6:10-24 – Blood and Body
Ephesians 6:1-9 – Yikes
Ephesians 5:18-33 – R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Ephesians 5:1-17 – Verses Versus Vices
Ephesians 4:17-32 – Anger and Gratitude
Ephesians 4:1-16 – Buildings, Bodies, and John Wayne
Ephesians 3 – The Mystery, Technicolor Humanity, and Dispensationalist Poppycock
Ephesians 2:11-22 – Foreskins, Hostility, and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:1-10 - Bodies, Status Quos, and Liberation
Ephesians 1:15-23 – Y'all, Heart, Faith, Church
Ephesians 1:1-14 – Desire, Generosity, and Liberation
Season 1 – Matthew
Matthew 27 & 28 – The End of the Age
Matthew 26 – A World in Three Verses (The Eucharist)
Matthew 25 – Virgins, Name-Calling, and Praise
Matthew 24 – Antisemitism, the nature of glory, and the path of violence
Matthew 22-23 – Hypocrites, Resurrection, Hardship & Privilege
Matthew 20 & 21 - Generosity, a Ransom for Many, and Faithfulness
Matthew 19 - That time Jesus said patriarchy disqualifies you for marriage
Matthew 17 & 18 – Transfiguration and Matthew's Favorite Metaphor
Matthew 16 – "Wicked & Adulterous," God vs Caesar, Church, Hell, and Jesus' Humanity
Matthew 14 & 15 – Unlawful, Eucharist, Little Faith, & the Naughty List
Matthew 13 – Parables
Matthew 12 – Outlawing "Law" Language
Matthew 10 & 11 – Souls, Angels, and Miracles
Matthew 8 & 9 - Trust, Nicknames, and Outsiders
Matthew 7
Matthew 6
Matthew 5 - Part One
Matthew 4
Matthew 3
Matthew 2
Matthew 1
Introduction
Introducing the Show and the Translation