What happened to Jesus between Good Friday and Easter Sunday? Explore the ancient Christian tradition of the Harrowing of Hell, tracing its roots in Scripture and early Christian theology to a remarkable vision of Christ descending into the realm of the dead, shattering its gates, and liberating those held captive, revealing a radically hopeful understanding of resurrection and a divine love that reaches beyond even death.

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Who were the Knights Templar, and how did an order of warrior monks become one of the most powerful and mysterious institutions in medieval Christianity? This episode of The Unintentional Heretic explores their dramatic rise and fall, the legends of hidden treasures and secret knowledge that surround them, and what their history reveals about Christianity’s complicated relationship with wealth, violence, and political power.

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How did the understanding of God evolve in ancient Israel, and what can history, archaeology, and mythology tell us about that process? In this episode of The Unintentional Heretic, Dr. Justin Sledge, creator of the popular Esoterica YouTube channel, joins me to explore the fascinating evolution of Israelite religion and how we can take our sacred stories seriously without needing them to be literally or historically factual.

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