Jeff Forester & Chris Zarbaugh
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Banter, scripture, and everyday discipleship.
The Bible Guys pairs Jeff and Chris in brisk, friendly conversations through passages like 1 Corinthians. Episodes often start with jokes, drafts, mailbags, or mild gripes before turning toward communion, spiritual gifts, temptation, church order, and everyday discipleship.
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The Bible Guys is a daily Christian devotional shaped by scripture, jokes, side stories, and a lot of conversational momentum. Jeff and Chris usually take the scenic route. A passage from 1 Corinthians may arrive after dad jokes, a favorite-drinks draft, a mailbag question about Christmas traditions, or a segment built around whatever made Chris mad that week. That looseness is part of the appeal. The show treats ordinary banter as the doorway into practical Bible teaching rather than as dead air to be trimmed away. Once the text arrives, the pace stays brisk. Recent episodes linger over Paul’s teaching on communion, head coverings, food offered to idols, temptation, spiritual gifts, ministry support, and finding common ground with people outside church culture. The pair speaks in accessible church language. Terms like sanctification, glorification, transubstantiation, conscience, and submission appear, but they are quickly connected to metaphors, experience, listener questions, or a concrete example from congregational life. The show can be firm. It argues that communion is symbolic, that some Corinthian customs need cultural context, and that Christian freedom should be measured by its effect on other believers. It also avoids a cold debate-club feel. Jeff and Chris regularly soften hard claims with humor, mutual correction, and reminders that the point is changed lives rather than winning an argument. Their reading of Paul is practical, not academic. They talk about believers heading to work, churches trying to reach people who distrust church, leaders who should be cared for without being exploitative, and spiritual gifts meant to help the whole community. The result is a devotional for people who want Bible teaching with personality. It is structured enough to follow a text and loose enough to feel like a real conversation.
Made for: The show suits Christian listeners who want daily Bible reflection without a formal sermon tone. It especially fits people who like practical application mixed with jokes, stories, and friendly disagreement.
What sets it apart: Its distinctive texture comes from the long runway before the lesson: drafts, mailbags, jokes, pet peeves, and personal stories are part of the devotional engine. The scripture teaching feels conversational without losing clear theological commitments.
The Bible Guys, featuring Jeff Forester & Chris Zarbaugh, is a daily podcast with two guys who like talking about the Bible in fun and practical ways! We think you can grow as much as you want to grow and a daily devotional can help. Join us every Monday thru Friday and get ready for some laughs, engaging stories, and unexpected Bible conversations.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
The Bible Guys turns sustained scripture reading into practical, good-humored conversations about faith, conscience, grace, and Christian responsibility.
Jeff Forester and Chris Zarbaugh read substantial stretches of scripture, then turn the text over in conversation. Their easy banter keeps The Bible Guys approachable, while the discussion stays attentive to what a passage means for belief and conduct.
Paul's letters meet cigars, social media, and friendly detours before Jeff and Chris bring you back to grace.
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A relaxed, plainspoken start on spiritual gifts that ends by setting up the next step.
The episode keeps a relaxed focus on spiritual gifts and opens with a rerun note, a hiatus mention, the new studio, and the August 31 return before settling into 1 Corinthians 12.
A chatty but clear walk through communion, correction, and the meaning of the Lord's table.
The Bible Guys focus on order at the Lord's Supper, and the talk stays on communion, symbolism, and Paul's correction of the church. The opening runs a little long, but once they settle down, the reading is clear and easy to follow.
A plainspoken take on temptation, surrender, and God's way out.
This Bible Guys episode pushes back on the familiar line that God will not give more than can be handled, then keeps moving toward surrender, temptation, and the search for a way out.
A conversational Bible study that turns ministry rights into a question about real-life change.
The Bible Guys open with Stump the Pastor and then settle into 1 Corinthians 9, where Paul giving up his rights becomes the real hinge of the discussion.
A casual Bible discussion that turns Christian freedom into a question of love.
The episode opens in the show's familiar loose register before settling into Paul's warning about food offered to idols and the harder question of what should, and should not, be done.
Galatians moves from law to grace and lands on belonging, adoption, and the freedom of being God's children.
Bible Guys Classics: Galatians 3 & 4 starts with familiar banter, then settles into Paul's case for grace, promise, and belonging. Abraham, the law as a guardian, and adoption language all stay in plain speech, so the teaching feels clear without sounding stiff or overworked.
A clear, conversational walk through faith, law, and grace.
This episode moves from familiar banter into a focused discussion of faith, the law, and what it means to be made right with God. One speaker keeps the pace steady while the other presses the plain questions a listener would expect, which gives the exchange an easy,…
Warm Galatians teaching with a long warm-up and a practical landing.
Bible Guys opens with some rerun housekeeping and a cities question before settling into Galatians 1, where Paul's authority and the source of his gospel take center stage.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Chris and Jeff open with rerun notes, a planned return on August 31st, and numbers from their audience reach: listeners in 48 of 50 U.S.
The Bible Guys kick off with their usual back-and-forth before turning to order at the Lord's Supper.
The Bible Guys introduce their discussion on 1 Corinthians 11, focusing on the controversial topic of head coverings in worship, starting with a lighthearted segment to ease into the serious subject.
The episode opens with the hosts joking around before the teaching really gets going.
The Bible Guys discuss 1 Corinthians 9, focusing on Paul's challenges to run and find common ground, while engaging in a lighthearted draft of their favorite non-alcoholic drinks.
Paul lets go of his rights.
Food becomes the test case.
The Bible Guys discuss listener questions about Christmas traditions, blending humor and practical Bible application.
The hosts engage in playful banter and a whisper challenge before transitioning into a Bible-based devotional segment.
The hosts discuss a satirical news article about glitter found in an ancient church carpet, blending humor with Bible-themed content.
The hosts discuss biblical perspectives on sin and church discipline in a lighthearted, practical devotional format.
The hosts discuss the concept of 'do as I say, not as I do' and share personal frustrations about technology listening to conversations.
The hosts celebrate Thanksgiving, sharing personal traditions and expressing gratitude, while framing their discussion within a Bible-based devotional context.
The Bible Guys offer a daily devotional podcast with humorous and practical Bible discussions, currently on hiatus with reruns until August 31st.
Two hosts discuss Bible passages with humor and practical application, starting with a dad joke segment.
The hosts discuss a Bible passage in a lighthearted, practical way, with a guest co-host filling in for Jeff.
The hosts introduce a segment about what made Chris mad this week, then begin discussing Paul's third missionary journey from the Bible.
The hosts discuss a listener's mailbag question about dangerous experiences where they should have been injured but weren't, while also promoting upcoming changes to the show.
A daily devotional podcast discussing a passage from Paul's letter to the Thessalonians about standing firm in faith, with humorous personal anecdotes.
The Bible Guys discuss encouragement during persecution and Jesus' return in a lighthearted Bible study format.
The hosts discuss the difference between encouragement and flattery, then play a whisper challenge game using a Lord of the Rings quote.
The hosts discuss whether people in heaven know what is happening on earth, based on biblical evidence.
The hosts introduce a rerun segment where they answer a listener's question about the difference between an Israelite and a Jew.
The hosts discuss a listener's question about what the Bible says regarding cremation and the scattering of ashes, addressing concerns about bodily resurrection.
The hosts discuss a listener's question about Hebrews 9:27 and the resurrection of Lazarus and Tabitha.
The hosts introduce a week of answering listener questions about the Bible, starting with a question about whether the dead are waiting in heaven.
Two hosts engage in a lighthearted Bible-based segment called 'Two Truths and a Lie' to discuss faith in a practical way.
The hosts introduce an episode about Acts 16 from the Bible, but the transcript shows them casually discussing Disney songs and a deer sighting before getting into the main content.
The hosts discuss a controversy about candy corn and plan a draft of top candies for the season.
The Bible Guys discuss Acts 15 and the Jerusalem Council while humorously comparing biblical laws to modern weird laws in Michigan.
The hosts discuss wrapping up Galatians and share an embarrassing story about confusing biblical figures Zacchaeus and Nicodemus during a church message.
The hosts discuss a popular segment about Chris's weekly frustrations, focusing on a traffic incident where a driver didn't pull up enough at a red light.
Fantasy football starts things off.
Paul confronts Peter in public.
Paul comes in hot.
Things get rowdy fast.
Paul and Barnabas keep moving.
Paul heads out.
Yesterday's mix-up turns into the setup.
Acts 11 gets a messy entrance.