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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
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
This is an infamous story of Elisha's cursing of some children and a bear attack, retold to help us think of some of the important issues it raises.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Elizabeth was having a hard time. After years of struggling with infertility, she was finally pregnant -- if only she could really believe it. Maybe if her husband would actually talk to her that would make it a bit easier...
Based on Luke 1:5-80. Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
This is the story of a real life journey of Magi to crown a king that took place a couple of years before the Gospel of Matthew was written. Did it influence Matthew's nativity story?
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Harry was not a good shepherd. In fact, he had been voted worst shepherd of the year for three years running. But one night, his sense of wonder was the thing that mattered most of all.
Merry Christmas!
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
The church in Corinth holds a really bad Lord's Supper, which prompts Paul to write to them and tell them how it should be done. A story based on 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Move over "Bennifer" and "Brangelina" as we meet Achsathniel (Achsah and Othniel) the power couple that took the hearts of the tribes of Israel in the days of the Judges.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Job had three daughters. This is the story of his eldest. (And, sorry, it has nothing to do with pancakes and everything to do with recovery from trauma.)
Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Satan comes to report before Yahweh, but there is a bit of confusion about the relationship between the two of them. Based on Job 1 and 2.
Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
The story of Michal, the daughter of Saul and the first wife of King David -- the woman who learned, in the end, that she was worth a whole lot more than one hundred pieces of flesh.
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Manoah is a self-centred, narcissitic mysogynist. Why is his story in the Bible anyways? We explore that question in this episode of Retelling the Bible.
Show notes for this episode have been posted at RetellingtheBible.Wordpress.com