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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
Mar 23, 2022
Mar 23, 2022
23 min
In a desperate midnight encounter, Joshua seeks to answer the age-old question: is God on our side? Based on Joshua 5:13-15.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Music:
AhDah Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Symmetry by Kevin MacLeod
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Mar 9, 2022
Mar 9, 2022
25 min
Based on Exodus 34:29-35, this is the strange story of Moses, his shiny skin and his veil.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Feb 23, 2022
Feb 23, 2022
23 min
Moses encounters a wonder in the Midian Desert, but what is the truly amazing thing about it? Based on Exodus 2:1-4:17.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022
29 min
The is the story behind the story of the meeting of Jesus and Nathanael at the beginning of the Gospel of John, told in order try and understand the meaning of Jesus' cryptic statement about a fig tree.
Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
Jan 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022
20 min
The story of the wedding in Cana (from John 2:1-12), but told from the point of view of the servants who were in a rather hostile work environment.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.com.
Jan 12, 2022
Jan 12, 2022
33 min
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.
Dec 22, 2021
Dec 22, 2021
24 min
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.
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
25 min
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.
Dec 8, 2021
Dec 8, 2021
18 min
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!
Nov 24, 2021
Nov 24, 2021
26 min
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.