Hello Dan and Bible Project team. I’d noticed Dan’s absence from both occasional interactions and credits. Thank you for the update on your leaving BP, Dan. Thank you for all you’ve contributed using your gifts through this ministry. It makes me sad to hear this, but I’m assuming God has other, good plans for your life and that of those closest to you. As God brings you to mind-He has His ways of doing this in me-I’ll be praying for you. Shalom.

Just can’t say enough about how this podcast has encouraged, fed, strengthen, taught, etc etc etc etc for me. Its worth diving in and listening and then listening again and again and again.

Feeds my soul and my mind and my heart. Thank you Bible Project!

Thank you Bible Project team for the consistent, thoughtful, heartfelt dedication to helping others see Jesus in all of the Bible. As a lifelong reader of scripture, your podcast along with other resources has helped me understand and love Jesus even more!

I have gotten so much out of listening to this podcast over the past few months. Undoubtedly, I will be listening to it for a long time to come. I highly recommend anyone interested in a well-researched, extensive, complex podcast centered on Jesus and the Bible to check it out.

This podcast is such a gift. I’m so glad I was introduced to the Bible project. The resources are such high quality, it’s impossible not to share. You guys have not only completely transformed my own personal Bible study, but now my friends and family. Thank you guys!!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹

Jesus is full of rhetorical inquiry, which is the approach of this podcast. Providing perspective, context, research, and humility with which we then turn and question ourselves in examining our relationship to God and each other. I am so grateful for this effort and execution. It is done in a loving manner. Thank you.

Just hearing the opening music calms me and makes my pulse slow. If I only had one podcast I could listen to the rest of my life - this would be it. Tim & Jon and the entire amazing staff that puts this show on and all the videos and content demonstrate such devotion to quality and depth at every turn. Even their printed annual report blew me away! I have read through it several times and keep it in my magazine rack. If I had a wish it would be a more overtly open and affirming and less paternalistic stance. But I understand the complexities of Christianity in 2024 and under it all there is love and grace for everyone in their messaging. Enjoying the Sermon on the Mount lots. Keep the diversity coming in the podcast - the future is bright!

BibleProject Team: INCREDIBLE JOB! I’ve been listening to this podcast for 6 or so years now and I can’t get enough. I’m REALLY enjoying the new Sermon on the Mount series - I love the different spin on what you’ve had and how it weaves in and out of the podcast format, app short videos and scripture meditation. I feel really engaged with this Sermon. I’m excited to hear how you utilize all the pieces of the puzzle here at the end of the series…the foundation you’re setting is awesome! Thank you!!

Overall this is an great and educational podcast and I love it. The only one I was disappointed with was the episode on sex and desire, the woman on there seemed to really not understand what men go through and the battle it is everyday to avoid thinking about lustfulness. She also seemed to have a major problem with submission. I just thought we were going to get more biblical thoughts on the subject and not her opinions. But it’s literally the only episode I’ve been disappointed and it is an incredible podcast.

I have been listening to these guys Tim Mackie and Jon Collins for over a year now and they are fantastic! Tim is the nerd and Jon is the sidekick who keeps Tim on track and asks the hard questions. I have learned more in the last year than I have in my life up to now!! Highly recommend this podcast series!!

I like it a lot and I think it’s a great podcast but my one problem is the noise not noise, but sound effect at the start because I use this to help me go to sleep but the noise always like kind of wakes me up a little but other than that it’s a great podcast

this is great, ive been studing the bible for 40 yrs and ive learned so much from Bible Projects, i recomend it to everyone. it doesnt mater what denomination you fit in youll learn a lot.

Hello, I just wanted to share that this is the most transformative application that I’ve come across. The founders of this organization are very thoughtful, humble, insightful, and entertaining. If there was a way to make this available on the Apple TV, I would welcome that. I’ve been a Christian since 1966 and I feel like had I had access to this learning format, I would be much further along. Tremendous props to the BibleProject team for your dedication to authenticity of the original language, storytelling, creativity with illustrations, and producing results in my heart. God bless you!

Thank SO much for going back to the old format!

I LOVE the Bible Project and have followed, listened, prayed and read for years with you. My trust of Tim and his trachung goes as far back as Blackhawk church in Madison, WI! My husband and I visited the church numerous times while visiting family in the area during the year of EAT THIS BOOK! Amazing! This said PLEASE go back to the original format of the podcast. It feels so disjointed with jumping from this person to that person and all the extra music and sounds distracts unnecessarily. John and Tim you are more than enough and it was such a wonderful way to learn. Please don’t get caught up in frills. Today for the first time I wondered if I could keep listening. I never want to fee that way about the Bible Project!!! We love the teaching so much. Please go back to the basics. ❤️

First off, thank you so much for your hard work in spreading the word. That being said, if you are willing to hear some constructive feedback coming from a loving place, I would like to comment on the new format. All the additional people, coupled with the intense over-production makes the podcast almost unbearable to listen to now. I’ve had to turn certain episodes off because all the odd dinging/sounds/sidetracking became so distracting and bothersome. Please, please, PLEASEEEE go back to the original format of just John and Tim without all the unnecessary music/sounds/additional people! Please never underestimate the power of simplicity! What you guys had was incredible…In any case, thank you so much again for your hard work on helping spread the Word - God bless you all!

I used to totally love this podcast. It felt like I was sitting down at a coffee shop listening in on a phenomenal theological discussion. Now it feels so scripted and not as natural. The content is still really good but it just doesn’t have the same feel.

I am loooving this format in 2024. I love the back and forth, the extra special attention and deep talks to build the info. So incredibly done. Thank you.

I literally can’t listen to the podcast anymore with the obnoxious sound effects. Content is great, stop the music from ruining the show 😢 May the lord bless you guys 🙏

Absolutely love this podcast. I’ve binged every episode and have listened to many twice or probably more. Tim and Jon are both great and a joy to listen to. This podcast used to be a real conversation between two guys digging into and hashing out the Bible but since at least the beginning of 2024, the new format has not been working for me. There are other people interrupting every few minutes and it is very hard to actually focus on the conversation. It feels like I’m listening to a book on tape with commercials now. Still my favorite podcast, but I’m open to finding a new favorite at this point.

I have listen, loved and financially supported The Bible Project for years... that said I am deeply concerned with my favorite "bible nerd" Tim continuing to label the land in Jesus day- through the 'Sermon on the Mount' series as Palestine. That is factually INCORRECT. I have emailed the show repeatedly only to receive form letter responses. It is a shame. Stick to the truth.

Love this pod ya’ll, and while I love the idea of your Sermon focus for 2024, unfortunately I’m not feelin’ the new format. IMO this brand was built on—and is all about—a) Tim’s humble & unique expertise/perspective + b) his and Jon’s relaxing fireside-chat style flow. But now, I just don’t soak up the message as much when Michelle and others are inserted into the talk. No disrespect to them cuz their vibe and content are fine, it’s just that those segments disrupt the flow of the narrative and my listening experience. My hope is that you’ll bring back the simple and the old-school. Thank you for all that you do!

This used to be one of my favorite podcasts BECAUSE it was less produced and felt like I was just a fly on the wall listening to John and Tim talk. Please consider bringing back that format! All the extras are so distracting and really take away from the experience significantly.

I’m not one to leave reviews, especially critical ones, but I can see that others feel the same. Apart from it feeling disjointed, the new segments feel dumbed down—as though the speakers think I have to have the content dumbed down and explained slowly. I know that’s not the intent, and I’m confident a lot of hard work went into it, but it rubs me the wrong way. When Tim and John talked, I felt like I was listening to a genuine conversation, and I would rather have just that.

What a great podcast. Your attention to detail and explaining it in a way that a non-seminarian can understand and making it relevant to our Jesus Movement now! Thank you! Midge Noble #iamgaywithgod

I love Bible project! Thank you guys !

Bring back a simpler format or maybe have a pared down option to listen to without the extra random segments.

As someone who has recently strayed from my faith and love of Jesus, this podcast has refreshed my soul and renewed my desire to get closer to Him. Thanks guys

I very much enjoyed the previous format where Tim and Jon discussed the biblical passages in depth. I gave the new format a chance for over a month and I don’t care for it. The new format cuts the discussion with Tim and Jon quite a bit and some of the segments with the other people such as Dan Gumall are not necessary and are distracting, and almost dumb-down the podcast. Please bring back the previous format, I like the long discussions Tim and Jon like to have explaining the Bible.

Thank you for providing such wise and welcome insights into the beatitudes.

I’m not sure the reasonings or motivation for the new style of the podcast. And maybe this is like when Facebook used to make changes to the news feed and everyone would say “bring back the old Facebook”. But it felt like the old podcast was like the behind the scenes conversations where Tim and John would hash out the preconceived notions that needed to be dismantled and nail down what needed to be in the script. But this new format seems to be trying to achieve a different purpose. I think I would rather have the classroom experience transferred into podcast episodes over this new format that seems like it’s trying to copy some sort of NPR style of field reporting.

Bibleproject is such a pillar of comfort, conviction, grace, and community in my life since 2018. When the Sermon on Mount series came out I was so excited! I love walking slowly through scripture “with many cups of tea” as Tim would say! At first I felt lost in a way at how difficult it was for me listening to the new style. I thought it was just the many new voices or the random music toots between sentences or something. I felt like I was betraying the project to feel so negatively about it. But reading the community of feedback and their expression of similar experiences has made me feel much more settled. Ultimately I trust the content is good even with the new format but I will add to the pack saying that I hope the listener’s experience is taken into account and that they can fix some of the things that feel a bit more jumpy and interrupted / punctuated strangely with the music and multiple interviews / themes within one episode.

I am fascinated by the new sermon in the mount series . And rethinking the word “blessed” has had an immediate impact on how I see my life as the parent of a teenager with special needs . I’m looking forward to personal transformation through this series. I can’t thank you enough.

It takes him forever to GET TO THE POINT- a LONG WINDED BLOW THAT is so circuitous that at the end you dont know what they were talking about- Blessed cant be that complicated— use a few bullet facts. Geez- I want to learn but come on

Really appreciate Bible Project and was very excited for sermon on the mount. However, the new style of podcast has been a struggle. It feels really jumpy. I understand trying something new and maybe it’ll smooth out or my expectations will change. Hope this is something they get feedback on from the community.

The older style of the show - conversational between Tim and Jon, with occasional guests - was great! The style of the podcast was so informative, easy to follow, and inviting - it felt like sitting in on a Bible study with friends. The new style of the show is very distracting with all of the background noise. I understand the heart behind it is probably to help capture people’s attention but unfortunately it makes it hard to listen and follow. God’s word will captivate people’s hearts and attention. I think people enjoyed just hearing you guys talk about it. Not much more is needed. God bless you and thank you for all you do.

I love this podcast, the content, and the conversations between Tim and John. Unfortunately I won’t be able to listen anymore with the new format for the sermon on the mount series. I realize your changing the edit to match other media, but I can’t follow along while I’m driving or working which is when I traditionally can listen. All the speaker shifts and sound markers take me out of the conversation. God Bless, catch you again next year if the format can be followed. I recommend BEMA for other listeners that share my situation.

Please turn off the random background noises and dings, it’s so distracting compared to y’all’s past podcasts. I can’t keep a thread of the conversation because of these unexpected noises.

So much great information, which makes it easier to understand the Bible!

So informative and helpful and eye opening.

Thank you for the clear and insightful explanations. Your teachings are split into comprehensive, digestible segments. In Jesus' name, I pray for God to bless and protect BibleProject and each member of the team at BibleProject, and that He will continue to use you and your creativity to reach more and more lives. You've helped me so much in my understanding of the scriptures. I'm so thankful with how God has used you to touch my life.

Thanks for the work put into drawing us all closer to Jesus!!

WHY do you make random statements that contradict scripture? You say Jesus “planned his sermons ahead” kind of like a comedian plans his skit - and yet Jesus himself told the disciples not to plan their words beforehand because the Spirit will give them words to say in the moment (Luke 21:14). I appreciate the intent behind this podcast but often you give the wrong information from your imagination instead of scripture. A casual tone is one thing but inventing from your own imagination to mischaracterize Jesus- it’s annoying.

Nothing has made me love the Bible more than this podcast. Thank you for all you do, guys.

I have been walking with Jesus since I was a young child and have always had lots of questions about the Bible, especially Old Testament narratives. This podcast thoughtfully and intelligently digs deep into questions that I never felt like I got a good answer to in Sunday school and gives me a such a helpful perspective for reading the whole Bible. I am so grateful for all the work that goes into these podcasts- they really draw me closer to God and His word.

Eye opening. Just plain eye poppingly excellent! Profound! My goodness!!!

I could’ve listened to the NASA astronaut interview all day. It was too short! This episode allowed me to see our world in a whole new perspective.

I love this podcast. I’m so incredibly thankful. Listen to it and see how Jesus is truly the hope and light of the world.

This topic has been fantastic. So thought provoking. It has made me think about sin, evil, chaos, and the pull towards decreation with a different view. Loved the episode of Jesus sending the disciples out and their “dragon fighting.” I’ve recommended this to so many people.