In this episode, we explore one of the most revealing fractures in early Christianity: the stark difference between Paul’s cosmic, supernatural “Christ event” and the grounded, deeply human Jesus portrayed in the synoptic Gospels. Rather than choosing sides, we trace how these two incompatible visions shaped the faith we inherited—and what happens when we strip away the metaphysics to recover the ethical, imaginative, and profoundly human teacher at the heart of the older stories. It’s a journey across two Jesuses: one suspended on a cosmic cross, the other laughing at a dinner table—and an invitation to reconsider which one speaks more powerfully to our world today.

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