"The Church Is The Third Testament" | May 17, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of interpreting the Bible in light of modern values and the idea of a 'Third Testament.'

Someone stands up in a pulpit and says the quiet part out loud: parts of the Bible are “problematic,” so maybe we should rip those pages out and replace them with a brand-new “Third Testament.” The backlash makes sense, but we don’t want to stop at outrage. We want to ask the harder question: what are the Scriptures, and how are we supposed to read them when a passage feels confusing, offensive, or simply impossible to square with modern instincts? Our conclusion is simple and challenging: t...

People in this episode

Host: Father Don Wolf

Topics covered

• Bible interpretation
• Christianity
• Scripture
• modern ethics
• religious discourse

Keywords

• Bible
• Third Testament
• interpretation
• Christianity
• religion
• offensive passages
• modern ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Books & works: The Church Is The Third Testament

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