Show Notes:
- Terry Fretheim’s essay, “Is God Affected by Our Prayers?“
Why We Must Care When Churches are Persecuted
December 12, 2025
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it
About Enter the Bible Podcast
The Enter the Bible podcast is where you can get answers (or at least reflections) on everything you wanted to know about the Bible but were afraid to ask. Each season, the podcast hosts address questions submitted by listeners. If you have a question you’d like us to discuss in the upcoming season of the Enter the Bible podcast, submit it here.
About The Bible in a Year Podcast
This podcast guides you on a journey through the books of the Bible, providing insights on how Scripture can shape your life today. Each episode focuses on one or two books of the Bible in fun, engaging, and authentic conversations between Luther Seminary faculty and guest Bible scholars who are experts on the book(s) in question. Join us as we make our way through the Bible in a year — new episodes drop every Wednesday in 2026!
Recent episodes
The Bible in a Year Podcast
December 5, 2025
Journey with us in 2026 for a weekly walk through all 66 books of the Bible, discovering more about Scripture and how it shapes our lives today
Calling the Ancestors in Matthew 1
November 20, 2025
When we open the Gospel of Matthew, we are met not with a miracle, a teaching, or even a dramatic story—but with a genealogy.
Featuring
Terence E. Fretheim
Terence E. Fretheim was Elva B. Lovell Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where he taught for over forty years. He was the author of many articles and books, the most recent of which are: Creation Untamed: The Bible, God, and Natural Disasters (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010); About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions (Revised and Expanded Edition; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009). Professor Fretheim passed away in November 2020 at the age of 84.
Hosted By
Kathryn Schifferdecker
Kathryn M Schifferdecker is Professor and Elva B. Lovell Chair of Old Testament at Luther Seminary. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisconsin, before coming to Luther in 2006. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to Working Preacher, Word & World, and the author of "Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job" (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.
Eric Barreto
Eric D. Barreto is the Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament. He holds a B.A. in religion from Oklahoma Baptist University, an M.Div. from Princeton Seminary, and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Emory University.
Prior to coming to Princeton Seminary, he served as associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, and also taught as an adjunct professor at the Candler School of Theology and McAfee School of Theology.