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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
Feb 24, 2021
Feb 24, 2021
27 min
Paul escapes from the city of Damascus in a basket, but who is he actually running away from?
Feb 10, 2021
Feb 10, 2021
29 min
A family goes up to sacrifice at Shiloh and are shocked to discover what is going on there. Based on a description of the situation at that sanctuary in 1 Samuel 2:11-36.
Jan 27, 2021
Jan 27, 2021
25 min
Jonah has decided that he cannot actively fight against what God is asking him to do, but that doesn't mean that he cannot resist! Based on Jonah 3-4 in the Bible.
Show notes are posted at https://retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2021/01/25/5-2-jonah-the-passive-aggressive-prophet/
Jan 13, 2021
Jan 13, 2021
29 min
Some of the most mysterious passages in the Bible have to do with the Beast and the number of the Beast in Revelation. This is the story of how those passages came to be written and why.
Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020
9 min
A special Christmas poem as my Christmas blessing to you. Merry Christmas.
Nov 25, 2020
Nov 25, 2020
33 min
A story of an idol, an ephod and some teraphim and all of the problems they caused.
Nov 11, 2020
Oct 28, 2020
Oct 28, 2020
19 min
A man, desperate and filled with regret, encounters a ghost out on the lake. Yes, it is a story from the Bible! Happy Halloween.
Oct 14, 2020
Oct 14, 2020
32 min
The remarkable story of how the first book of prophecy came to be written.
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
19 min
A retelling of one of Jesus' parables for our modern context and crisis.