Dr. Esau McCaulley is back - this time to talk about Lent, fasting, and the church calendar. Dr. McCaulley and Kaitlyn discuss why Christians (even Protestants!) observe Lent, how we can use this time to grow closer to God, and how fasting can spiritually form us in powerful ways. - Sponsor - Glorify - Sign up for the #1 Christian Daily Devotional App to help you stay focused on God. Go to https://glorify-app.com/CURIOUSLY to download the app today! - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.be...
Mar 11, 2025•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we're kicking off a new segment - Kids Say the Most Heretical Things. instead of starting with a question, we let kids take a crack at explaining why we put ashes on our heads for Ash Wednesday. Their answers—funny, profound, and sometimes theologically questionable—give us insight into what we’re really teaching in church, whether we mean to or not. Along the way, we'll explore the history and significance of Ash Wednesday, how it connects to repentance, mortality, and Christian hope...
Mar 04, 2025•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kaitlyn is joined by New Testament scholar Kat Burgett to talk about a troubling passage in Exodus concerning slavery - they discuss what the law says, what it means, and how it changes over time. Dr. Burgett shows us a few ways to understand puzzling passages of Scripture, and reminds us to read every tricky passage in light of the whole story of Scripture. - Sponsor - Zocdoc - Stop putting off those doctor’s appointments! Go to https://www.zocdoc.com/KAITLYN - Sponsor - Listen to scripture thr...
Feb 25, 2025•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Dominick Hernandez joins Kaitlyn to answer an age-old question: How did people like Adam and Eve live longer than we do now? Dr. Hernandez describes a few of the main approaches to answering this question, reminds us that we shouldn’t be dogmatic about things the Bible isn’t dogmatic about, and (passionately) explains why we should read the genealogies in the Bible! - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 10% off your first month - Sponsor - Hiya Healt...
Feb 18, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Vincent Bacote joins Kaitlyn to talk about God sovereignty, creation and redemption, and the job God gave humans to take care of the world. They explore the question, “Why does God take care of us?” and discuss the beauty of God’s providence over all things. - Sponsor - For 15% off first order of Blueland cleaning products, go to this link: https://www.blueland.com/CURIOUSLY...
Feb 11, 2025•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and theologian Dr. Barry Jones joins us again this week to answer a perennial question: why didn’t God just make us obey? Dr. Jones leads us through three powerful reasons God chose to create humans with the capacity for freely chosen relationship with Him. - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 10% off your first month - Sponsor - Glorify - Sign up for the #1 Christian Daily Devotional App to help you stay focused on God. Go to https://glorify-app...
Feb 04, 2025•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Carmen Imes joins the podcast this week to talk with Kaitlyn about how we read the Bible, how to ask good questions, and the beginning of the whole human race! Dr. Imes answers the question: If Adam and Eve had two boys, where did all the people come from? She gives two main answers to the question as well as helpful tips on being a better Bible reader. - Sponsor - Listen to scripture throughout your day. Go to https://www.dwellbible.com/CK for 25% off! - Sponsor - Glorify - Sign up for the ...
Jan 28, 2025•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's Kaitlyn's turn to answer your questions! Producer Mike joins her to talk about whether the trinity was separated on the cross, what to do with contradictions in the Bible, how do we teach salvation to kids, and more! Do you or your kids have questions for future Curiously Kaitlyn episodes? Make sure to submit them at http://holypost.com/curiously - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 10% off your first month - Sponsor - Hiya Health - Go to https://w...
Jan 21, 2025•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast New Testament scholar and Holy Post pundit Amy Peeler joins Kaitlyn to talk about Mary the mother of Jesus, the nature of the Trinity, and fairytales in the Bible! Dr. Peeler answers “If Jesus’ dad is the king, is his mother the queen?” with both a yes and a no! Plus: Kaitlyn and Dr. Peeler talk about how Protestants should honor and value Mary. - Sponsor - For 15% off first order of Blueland cleaning products, go to this link: https://www.blueland.com/CURIOUSLY - Sponsor - Learn from some of th...
Jan 14, 2025•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and author Mike Erre joins Kaitlyn this week to answer “How do we know when God is talking to us?” Mike reminds us how amazing it is that God talks to us at all, and gives biblical guidance on discerning when God is speaking. Kaitlyn and Mike share how they have heard God in their lives, and why they believe God still speaks to his people today. - Sponsor - Listen to scripture throughout your day. Go to https://www.dwellbible.com/CK for 25% off!...
Jan 07, 2025•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a special bonus episode, Kaitlyn teaches the story of Jonah to two Sunday School students. It's full of rabbit trails, random questions, and surprisingly profound insights that can only be found in a Sunday School classroom. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have Kaitlyn as your Sunday School teacher, here's your chance to find out! Sponsor - Glorify - Sign up for the #1 Christian Daily Devotional App to help you stay focused on God. Go to https://glorify-app.com/en/curiously t...
Dec 31, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we answer the question on every little kid's mind tonight: Is Santa real? Scholar and author Grace Hamman answers this question, with a twist. She tells us the story of the real St. Nicholas - the shoes, the miracles, the theological bickering! - and explains what Christians today can learn from the faithful of the past. Sponsor - Get a 2 month free trial of the Logos Bible Study app when you go to https://www.logos.com/CURIOUS...
Dec 24, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Justin Brierley joins Kaitlyn to answer one of the most important questions we’ve heard: How do we know God is real? Justin explains some compelling reasons to believe in God, describes the difference between knowing and proving that God is real, and helps parents and Sunday school teachers talk to kids (and grown ups!) about believing in God in our pluralistic and skeptical age. - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 10% off your first month - Sponsor - ...
Dec 17, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast New Testament scholar Dr. Jonathan Pennington joins Kaitlyn to talk about two big ideas: the kingdom of God and eternal life. Are these two things different? Can we have eternal life without the kingdom, or the kingdom without eternal life? Dr. Pennington helps us see how the life and teaching of Jesus point to the good news of God's just and loving reign over all things. - Sponsor - For 15% off first order of Blueland cleaning products, go to this link: https://www.blueland.com/CURIOUSLY - Spon...
Dec 10, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our very own New Testament scholar Dr. Esau McCaulley joins Kaitlyn to talk about fear: who feared Jesus, who felt safe with Jesus, and how scary the resurrection might actually be. Dr. McCaulley shows us how Jesus' disciples responded to him in different stories in the gospels, eventually pointing us towards the (somewhat terrifying!) hope that Jesus' resurrection gives us. - Sponsor - Glorify - Sign up for the #1 Christian Daily Devotional App to help you stay focused on God. Go to https://glo...
Dec 03, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Biblical scholar and president of the National Association of Evangelicals Walter Kim joins Kaitlyn to talk about the Tower of Babel! Dr. Kim explains how the Bible is historically reliable - but also why that question is less important than what the story in Genesis 11 teaches us about humanity and God. He even draws on ancient inscriptions to explain this strange story - in a way that actually makes sense! - Sponsor - Blueland - For 15% off first order of Blueland cleaning products, go to this...
Nov 26, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast For this week's Curiously, Kaitlyn, we're releasing a Holy Post Plus Exclusive episode of Getting Schooled by Kaitlyn Schiess. Revelation is perhaps the most mysterious book in the Bible. Many take it as a map of the future—but maybe it's more about theology and faithfulness than we realize! Kaitlyn breaks down how this book which often scares us is actually a strong message of hope. - Sponsor - Go to https://helloned.com/CURIOUSLY or enter code CURIOUSLY at checkout to get 15% off. - Sponsor - ...
Nov 19, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Author and astrophysicist Deborah Haarsma joins us to tackle a tough theological and scientific question - why did God make the other planets? Dr. Haarsma shows us how Scripture describes God's cosmic creation, tells us how her scientific training helps her experience God in a different way, and gives us some guidelines for thinking about faith and science. - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 10% off your first month - Sponsor - Glorify - Sign up for t...
Nov 12, 2024•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and theologian Corey Widmer is back, this time to talk about how to read the Bible well, how to understand violence in the Bible, and how to think about the Trinity. This week, an older kid asks "Does the God of the Old Testament and Jesus have different moralities?" Dr. Widmer teaches us how understanding who God is can help us better understand confusing or even horrifying stories in Scripture. - Sponsor - The National Association of Evangelicals - Listen to the Difficult to explore how...
Nov 05, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Music director and producer Dr. Wen Reagen joins us to talk about angels, ghosts, and demons, oh my! Dr. Reagan explains the different kinds of angels, how depictions of angels have changed throughout church history, and what he thinks about Halloween. - Sponsor - Hiya Health - Go to https:// www.hiyahealth.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 50% off your first order - Sponsor - The National Association of Evangelicals - Listen to the Difficult to explore how Christians can become peacemakers. Go to https:...
Oct 29, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast New Testament scholar Nijay Gupta joins Kaitlyn to answer another baptism question: why do we have to go underwater?! Dr. Gupta explains the significance of water in the ancient world and in the Bible, and shows us how something scary can also be beautiful. - Sponsor - Go to https://helloned.com/CURIOUSLY or enter code CURIOUSLY at checkout to get 15% off. - Sponsor - The National Association of Evangelicals - Listen to the Difficult to explore how Christians can become peacemakers. Go to https:...
Oct 22, 2024•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and theologian Sharon Hodde Miller joins Kaitlyn to answer a deeply personal and theological question: how do we know what God wants us to do? Dr. Miller explains three different levels of this question, and offers practical advice for people seeking God’s will for their life. - Sponsor - Hiya Health - Go to https://www.hiyahealth.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 50% off your first order - Sponsor - The National Association of Evangelicals - Listen to the Difficult to explore how Christians can b...
Oct 15, 2024•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Keith Johnson joins Kaitlyn to answer the question: Why are we in the world if we are just tiny specks to God? Dr. Johnson teaches us about creation, why God does anything, and if we actually are just “tiny specks” to God. Plus, he answers an even thornier question: Why did God make us in the first place, especially if he knew we would sin? - Sponsor - For 15% off first order of Blueland cleaning products, go to this link: https://www.blueland.com/CURIOUSLY - Sponsor - The National Associati...
Oct 08, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, instead of kid questions, we're talking about YOUR questions! Kaitlyn is joined by Producer Mike to answer questions about the Trinity, teaching kids in church, and complementarianism. Plus: Kaitlyn gets some pop quiz kid questions! - Sponsor - The National Association of Evangelicals - Listen to the Difficult to explore how Christians can become peacemakers. Go to https://www.nae.org/introduction-difficult-conversations-podcast-series/ to check it out! - Sponsor - The Leader’s Way Po...
Oct 01, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and theologian Steve Bezner joins Kaitlyn to answer a series of important questions: Why do we have to get baptized? Does it have to be in front of other people? Do I have to say all the words? Dr. Bezner helps us understand what baptism means, why we do it, and why those other people being there is important. - Sponsor - Hiya Health - Go to https://www.hiyahealth.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 50% off your first order - Sponsor - Listen to scripture throughout your day. Go to https://www.dwell...
Sep 24, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Theologian Gayle Doornbos joins Kaitlyn to tackle a tricky question with big implications: Does God control us, or do our brains do that? Dr. Doornbos helps us understand how God’s sovereignty and our agency can possibly make sense together. Then she answers another tricky kid question: If God is in control, does that mean he makes us do “the bad stuff”? - Sponsor - For 15% off first order of Blueland cleaning products, go to this link: https://www.blueland.com/CURIOUSLY - Sponsor - Go to https:...
Sep 17, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and theologian Corey Widmer joins Kaitlyn to talk about two things that have confused and divided Christians for centuries: baptism and communion. Dr. Widmer helps us understand what these sacraments are, how they’re related to each other, and why some traditions “fence the table.” Plus: he and Kaitlyn agree that sometimes you need to dance to communion. - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 10% off your first month - Sponsor - Hiya Health - Go to...
Sep 10, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pastor and theologian Mika Edmondson joins Kaitlyn to talk about Satan, the problem of evil, and redemptive suffering. Dr. Edmondson tackles two tough kid questions about Satan: Why doesn't God take away Satan's power? Why does God sometimes let Satan do whatever he wants? He and Kaitlyn also discuss how the Black church has endured suffering, and what we can learn from their witness in American history today. - Sponsor - Go to https://www.fromourplace.com and use code CURIOUSLY to get 10% off s...
Sep 03, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Theologian Dr. Han-Luen Kantzer Komline joins Kaitlyn to answer a huge question: Where does evil come from? Dr. Kantzer Komline explains some wrong answers to the question, some biblical passages that can help answer it, and a better question we can ask instead. (And, surprise, there’s more Augustine!) - Sponsor - Better Help - Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 10% off your first month - Sponsor - Hiya Health - Go to www.hiyahealth.com/CURIOUSLY to receive 50% off your first ...
Aug 27, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Historian and pastor Dr. Jennifer Powell McNutt joins Kaitlyn to help us understand how the Bible comes to us. Who passed it down to us? What languages has it been it? How can we trust that we’re hearing from God in the Bible? Dr. McNutt shows us how even the story of Bible translation and transmission is a testament to God’s grace and provision for us. - Sponsor - Go to https://helloned.com/CURIOUSLY or enter code CURIOUSLY at checkout to get 15% off. - Sponsor - For 15% off first order of Blue...
Aug 20, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast