Faith Adjacent

We went on a field trip, and we’re here to tell you about it! Join Erin, Evan, Knox, and Jamie as we discuss our yeses and nos of experiencing the Dead Sea Scrolls at The Museum of the Bible. You’ll hear about having our assumptions challenged (in such a good way), witnessing an influencer’s deconstruction origin story in real time, and so much more! Most importantly, you’ll learn more than you ev...

For our final main feed episode of 2025, we’re talking about our NOs of Christmas! Join Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we discuss listener stories about communion farts, sexy Christmas carols, and live manger scenes gone awry. Should we hold birthday parties for Jesus, and what constitutes a bad versus good case of diarrhea? You’ll have to listen to find out!  MENTIONS​ Get 50% off your first month...

As 2025 comes to a close, we thought we would pick our most favored and most forsaken topics of the year! Join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we discuss things like Christian pushback against ICE, the closing of Joann Fabric and Crafts, Pope Leo XIV, and so much more! You’ll also hear what is favored for each of us right now!  MENTIONS​ Give the gift of The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Here’s the link...

In this very special episode, Erin and Evan are joined by rare two-time guest Beth Allison Barr! Listen along as we discuss her latest book, Becoming the Pastor’s Wife, and ask her questions about things like church shopping, whether or not to stay in a Southern Baptist Church, and so much more! Who are some of Beth’s favorite women in medieval history, and is A Knight’s Tale an accurate represent...

Today, we’re replacing The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Faith Adjacent Thanksgiving Parade! Join Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we share our own pics for Biblical-themed parade floats, balloons, commentators, and more!  MENTIONS​ Give the gift of The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Here’s the link | Here are the Diplomas  Bundle Sale! Get 25% off all our episode bundles!  End Times Sq...

It’s time for our monthly Favored or Forsaken episode! Join Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we discuss woke nuns, a TikTok social experiment, and the recent influx of little Jesuses appearing all over cities. You’ll also hear what is favored for each of us right now!  MENTIONS​ Give the gift of The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Here’s the link | Here are the Diplomas  Woke Nuns: Nuns Return Land to...

Get your worship flags ready and warm up that hot tub because we’re talking about weird ministries! Join Erin and Evan as we discuss listener comments about unorthodox church ministries such as puppet and cookie ministries. What is the deal with Erin’s childhood orange ministry, and what does swallowing a live goldfish have to do with spreading the Gospel? You’ll have to listen to find out! ...

In today’s latest Stuff We Didn’t Get in Sunday School, we’re unpacking Biblical Inerrancy! Join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we discuss the history behind the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, some alternatives to digging your heels in on this concept, and why people tend to use inerrancy as a litmus test for salvation. What is meant by Jesus being the Word of God, and what do foreskins have t...

Do you have a moment for me to tell you about our latest Faith Adjacent episode? Today we’re evangelizing about The NOs of Evangelism! Join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we discuss listener comments about public nuisance fines, hermit crabs, evangelism tracts, and so much more! Is Evan a secret cult leader, and which of us is most likely to invite a door-to-door evangelist into their home? You’ll have...

In honor of the release of our Rogue One and Andor episode bundle at The Faith Adjacent Shop, we’re sharing our Sacred Cinema of the movie that started it all, Star Wars: A New Hope. Listen along as Knox, Jamie, and Erin unpack the sacred and secular aspects of this 1977 classic! You’ll hear about some recasting suggestions, bible studies that could be based on the film, tons of fun facts, and so...

Today, we're sharing an episode of the No Small Endeavor podcast. These days, our culture is marked by political unrest, polarization, and anxiety. Beauty and art feel like a luxury, or even a distraction. In a special series, No Small Endeavor is asking: What if art, beauty, and poetry are exactly what we need to face the crisis at hand? Can poetry help us protest, pray, lament, and even hope? Ho...

It’s time for our monthly Favored or Forsaken! Join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we discuss the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, the current shakeup with Maverick City Music, and create our dream CCM Super Bowl halftime shows. You’ll also hear what’s favored for each of us right now!  MENTIONS​ Want to hear the spicy version? Listen on Patreon The Archbishop of Canterbury: Learn about Sarah...

Zach Lambert, Pastor and author of Better Ways to Read the Bible, is joining Erin and Evan to answer your questions! You’ll hear questions about engaging with people who interpret the Bible differently than you, how to actually comprehend what the Bible is saying, and so much more! What is God’s will for our lives, and why are we so obsessed with violence in the Bible? You’ll have to listen to fin...

While Evan is OOO, Jamie and Erin are doing their own Q&A! You’ll learn about the relatively recent history of rapture theology, some tips for a post-deconstruction journey, and how faith does or doesn’t interact with astrology! Are there some things we wish we hadn't learned from our moms, and how important is church? You’ll have to listen to find out!  MENTIONS​ Scripture Referenced: 1...

Today, we’re holding an induction ceremony into the Faith Adjacent Hall of Fame! You’ll hear about people and concepts that have been foundational to our faith journeys. What can we learn from public figures such as Fred Rogers and Henri Nouwen, as well as the unsung heroes keeping the church running? Can our faith still be impacted by tattoos we got when we were nineteen? You’ll have to listen to...

It’s time for our monthly Favored or Forsaken episode! Join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we reflect on Charlie Kirk’s death, discuss whether or not Christians should get plastic surgery, and explore the upcoming slate of Christian adjacent cinema. You’ll also hear what’s favored for each of us right now!  MENTIONS​ All the bundles! Check them out at The Faith Adjacent Shop Christians and Plastic...

Gas up the tank and buckle up because we’re taking you on an end-of-summer road trip! Hop in the car with Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we discuss real Christian tourist attractions such as The Museum of the Bible, The Ark Encounter, and The Holy Land Experience. Then we’ll keep the engine going as we each create our own Christian immersive experience! You’ll hear about heavily themed water parks, Exod...

Prepare to set sail on a Women of the Bible cruise with Erin, Evan, and special guest Dr. Ingrid Faro in this episode presented by Zondervan. We each present our ideal cruise itineraries, complete with ports of call, deck parties, themed merch, and more! Which heroine of the faith would lead a spelunking excursion, and which Disney princess would team up with an Old Testament icon for an Alaskan d...

Today, we’re discussing all the things we hate that we love and the things we love to hate about Christian culture, both past and present. Join Erin and Evan as we discuss listener comments about plastic communion cups, Carman, Christy Miller, and so much more! Can we all just go back to the simpler days of fully leaning into inerrancy, and what caused us to immediately have to include a disclaime...

It’s time for another Favored or Forsaken episode! Join Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we discuss Doug Wilson’s recent CNN interview, happenings over at the Kennedy Center, and the Vatican’s use of hot priests. You’ll also hear what’s favored for each of us right now!  MENTIONS​ Broadway Bundle: Get it here!    Doug Wilson Interview: Short Version | Long Version   Doug Wilson Deep Di...

Blow your shofar and don your clown makeup, because we’re talking about Godspell! In honor of our Broadway Bundle release at The Faith Adjacent Shop, Erin and Evan are giving this chaotic Biblical musical the Faith Adjacent treatment. You’ll hear about favored and forsaken aspects, songs that could be used as worship songs, which character in the Bible would make this musical their whole personali...

Cue the fog machine and get ready to work through your religious trauma because we’re talking about Shiny Happy People: A Teenage Holy War. Join Erin, Evan, and Jamie as we unpack season two of this Amazon Prime docu-series. You’ll hear about our own experiences with faith-based internship programs and conferences, the history and legacy of Teen Mania, and so much more!  MENTIONS​ Shiny Happy...

Today, we’re unpacking listener stories about women’s ministry! Join Erin, Jamie, and Evan as we unpack comments about communion clowns, “modest” dress, questionable women’s events names, and so much more! Come for the conversation surrounding obsession within women’s ministry over diet culture, stay for the brainstorming session about romantasy Naked and Afraid fan fiction. MENTIONS​ Source Mater...

It’s time for another Favored or Forsaken! Join Jamie, Erin, and Evan as we discuss Turning Point USA’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit, Christians turning on Chip and Joanna Gaines, and if the Pixar movie Elio is teaching children to summon demons. You’ll also hear what is favored for each of us right now!  MENTIONS​ Want to learn more about Prayer? Get our Prayer course! Be sure to use code...

Dust off your iambic pentameters and hold on to your rhyming couplets because we’re talking about Biblical poetry today! Join Erin, Evan, and the Official Poet Laureate of the Pod, David Gate, as we discuss the spiritual resistance of poetry! David also tries to teach Erin and Evan (and you) how to write poetry, and we force him to play Mad Libs with the Psalms. What actually constitutes poetry, a...