Hey, I'm Matt, and if you're interested in understanding the Bible better and you prefer your Christianity quick and punchy with a healthy side of humor, and an equally healthy side of me not telling you what to do, we're probably going to get along great.
The Beatitudes are super-famous even among non-Bible people, but what do they mean and where do they fit in the bigger picture of Jesus' teaching?
Matt Whitman
he Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is a spectacular chunk of Bible that gives us a long look at who Jesus is and what he's about.
Here's a practical guide to what makes each of today's most popular Bible translations unique.
Christians have had a way they've communicated stuff about Jesus to people in other cultures that they've been going with for a long time. Is it time for a change?
Where did the chapters and verse numbers in the Bible come from, and are they a good idea?
How is the Bible translated? Why does it have to be? What all goes into doing it well?
This video is about how to do text criticism.
This time around, we are looking at how Christians have reconciled the New Testament manuscripts throughout the centuries.
In all the manuscripts that support the Bible, there are hundreds of thousands of points of disagreement. How does that affect your faith?
Why aren't there any originals of the Bible? Matt Whitman explores in The Ten Minute Bible Hour.
Let's talk about The Didache, 1 Clement, and The Shepherd of Hermas; three super-popular books among early Christians that weren't considered scripture.
You've probably heard of the Apocrypha (also called the Deuterocanonical Books), and have probably heard some opinions about it too. Here are some more.
Who decided what books should go in the Bible? The answer might surprise you.
There were tons of books written about Jesus in the early days of Christianity, but many aren't in the Bible. Why is that?
There are a few passages in the Bible that purport to be the direct words of God, but who actually put pen to paper to write the 66 books of the Bible?
In this one, Matt Whitman is going super basic and talking about what the Bible is going for at the most elemental level.
Have you ever wondered what happened to Paul after the Bible? Matt Whitman poked around at the places Paul hung out in his last days after the Bible.
In Acts 28 Paul finally makes it Rome. But we don't entirely get closure.
Like I said in the title, in Acts 27, dude completely loses his ship.
In Acts 26, Paul relies on his story to accomplish something redemptive in a difficult spot.
So many people want to knife Paul to death, but in Acts 25 he makes a bold play to avoid probably knifing.
A moment of courtroom drama turns throw-up-a-little-bit-in-your-mouth worthy when lawyers start lawyering in the dirtiest fakest ways.
Drusilla, great granddaughter of Herod the Great, comes up only briefly in the New Testament, but she’s still an important figure because she’s a woman who...
People who professionally follow God decide to make an oath to God to lie about a bunch of stuff and then murder someone. It's disappointing.
Paul is facing his enemies in a hearing that wants to turn ugly, but he's a got a social grenade up his sleeve and he knows how to use it.