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I created this podcast – to attempt to retell some of my favourite Bible stories in a way that might help us to hear them as their first listeners would have done so. Such a retelling may not help us to know exactly what happened, but I hope it might help us to delve into those truths that they were trying to communicate.
Episodes
Jul 29, 2026
Jul 29, 2026
30 min
He lived about 600 years before the writing of the New Testament, and yet two writers made a point of including him in its story.
Why you need to know the story of Epimenides of Knossos in order to appreciate both the Book of Acts and the Letter to Titus.
Based on Acts 17:16-31 and Titus 1:12-16, and on The Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Media in this Episode
The following Creative Commons music was used for this media project:
"AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Music: Podcast Music Vol 25 -- Evening Calm
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13189-podcast-music-vol-25-evening-calm
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Jul 15, 2026
Jul 15, 2026
28 min
A young man travels to visit the Apostle Paul in prison. He almost ends up paying for his kindness with his life!
Based on Philippians 2:19-30 and Philippians 4:10-23.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: What Remains
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13531-what-remains
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Jul 1, 2026
Jul 1, 2026
42 min
A young boy visits the Temple of God in Bethel, little knowing that it is doomed to be destroyed within a few years.
Based on the story of the foundation of the temple at Bethel in 1 Kings 12:25-33, and on the story of the golden calf at Mount Sinai in Exodus 31:18-32:24.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Desert Night
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/480-desert-night
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Jun 17, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
32 min
This is the story of Ezekiel's fantastic vision of the glory of the Lord in Babylon and what it meant to him.
Ezekiel describes his vision in Ezekiel 1. This story also includes Ezekiel's vision of the departure of the glory of the Lord from the temple in Jerusalem, which is described in Ezekiel 10-11.
The lament of the exiles is taken from Psalm 137.
The story of Naaman that is referenced is found in 2 Kings 5:1-19.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Halo Stream Music Vol. 1-10
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/search?q=halo+stream+Music
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Jun 3, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
22 min
It seems as if Moses' first marriage is on the rocks, but look, there seems to be a new woman in his life, and she seems to be... a Cushite?
To quote a good friend of mine, "Is that in the Bible?
The story is based on Numbers 12:1-16. The reference to Moses and Zipporah's divorce comes from Exodus 18:1-9, and the story of the emergency circumcision is found in Exodus 4:24-26.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
"AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Music: Madeira’s Misty Giants
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13697-madeiras-misty-giants
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May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026
18 min
Guest storyteller, Micah the Wise Old Llama Enby, joins us to tell the story of how Joseph managed to get the pigeons to sacrifice shortly after the birth of Jesus.
Based on Luke 2:22-24 and on the nativity story in the Gospel of Luke.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
"AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Music: Cherish
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/498-cherish
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May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
34 min
There are two contradictory stories told of the death of King Saul in the Bible. So, who dunnit? And, maybe more importantly, why did they do it?
And was it murder most foul?
Based on the two stories of the death of Saul in 1 Samuel 31 and 2 Samuel 1, and the story of the raid on Ziklag by the Amalekites is in 1 Samuel30.
Also references the sad tale of Saul's "genocide" of the Amalekites as told in 1 Samuel 15.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
"AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Music: The Backrooms Music Vol. 26
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13625-the-backrooms-music-vol-26
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Apr 29, 2026
Apr 29, 2026
32 min
King Saul is told by the Prophet Samuel to do something terrible. Could such a message truly come from God, or did something interfere with the transmission?
Based on 1 Samuel 15.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
"AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Music: Clair De Lune - Cello Improvisation
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13213-clair-de-lune-cello-improvisation
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Apr 15, 2026
Apr 15, 2026
29 min
The man who had been born blind may not have seen Jesus and his disciples walking towards him, but he heard them. He heard what the disciples asked and what the teacher replied. What was he thinking and feeling as they were all talking about him, but no one was talking to him?
Based on John 9.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
"AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
When The Power Fades
Produced by Sascha Ende
Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13620-when-the-power-fades
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Apr 1, 2026
Apr 1, 2026
25 min
This is the story of how the author of the Gospel of Matthew came to make his strange adaptations and expansions of the story of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Why on earth did he insist that Jesus mounted and rode two donkeys at once?
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com
Media in this Episode
The following music was used for this media project:
"AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
"Waltz of the Carnies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Entry of the Gladiators
Public domain
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