Retelling the Bible
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
After over a year shut up inside an ark, Noah comes out to see a beautiful rainbow. Can you blame him for being a little bit loopy? Dedicated to the memory of "Bear" Vasquez who inspired it alongside the scripture.
Based on Genesis 9:8-19.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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Here is special bonus for my faithful listeners! I was recently on this episode of The Word in Black and Red (https://linktr.ee/twibar) with Micah, Ell and Mason Mennenga. We had a wide-ranging discussion about three of the plagues of Egypt in Exodus 8:20-9:12.
We had a ball and made some really interesting connections to our present-day struggles. How many plagues have we had to live through over the last five years?
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Jesus called God Father. What did he mean by using that very human metaphor and what did he learn about that from Joseph, the father who raised him?
Based on Matthew 13:55-57, Mark 6:3, Matthew 6:7-9, Matthew 7:7 and Luke 13:4-5 among many other sayings of Jesus about God as Father.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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The amazing untold tale of how the story of the emergency circumcision that Zipporah performed on her son might have been added to the Book of Exodus.
Based on Exodus 4:24-26 and especially on 1 Maccabees 1-2.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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She was always different, and she suffered as a result. But she possessed some remarkable abilities. The people who owned her were only too happy to profit from that!
Based on Acts 16:16-24 and Galatians 3:27-28.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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W. Scott McAndless joins Micah, and new guests Kalie and Blue as they explore the meaning of these strange connected stories. Why does God harden Pharaoh's heart? What is this staff of the God(s)? Who is getting circumsized, who's feet (ha!) are being touched, and who is Zipporah's Bridgegroom of Blood? What does it mean for God to hear us? And where does God's penis enter the story? Find out at least nine different interpretations...
A group of exiles are put to work making and firing bricks on the plain of Shinar. When they make a delivery to the worksite, they are awestruck by the massive ziggurat that is being built, but they also find reason to hope.
Based on Genesis 11:1-9 and Deuteronomy 32:8-9.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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For this episode you are invited at the last minute to a wedding in Cana of Galilee. You'll be amazed when you discover who the happy couple is!
Based on John 1:43-2:12, with reference to Micah 4:4 and John 21:2,
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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A special bonus for our listeners. W Scott was a guest on The Word in Black and Red again this week for a fascinating discussion of the story of the baby in the basket. You're not going to want to miss this one. Thank you to TWIBAR for sharing this with us. Go to https://linktr.ee/twibar for more of this exceptional podcast.
Warning: Do take the warning at the beginning of the episode seriously. Explicit language and topics.
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A very troubled man stumbles into a valley filled with bones and has a very disturbing but ultimately hopeful vision.
Based on Ezekiel 37:1-14. and on 2 Kings 25:1-6.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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A special bonus for our listeners. W Scott was a guest on The Word in Black and Red this week for a fascinating discussion of the story of the Midwives in Egypt. You're not going to want to miss this one. Thank you to TWIBAR for sharing this with us. Go to https://linktr.ee/twibar for more of this exceptional podcast.
Warning: Do take the warning at the beginning of the episode seriously. Explicit language and topics.
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Happy Easter to all my listeners. He is a special little Easter egg just for you. A surprising story of a strange race that interrupts the Gospel of John's story of the resurrection. Enjoy.
Based on John 20:1-10.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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You know that story about the time when a woman anointed Jesus and everyone was criticizing her because of it?
Which story?
Based on John 12:1-8.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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When his country is invaded by an alliance of three powerful enemies, King Jehoshaphat seems to be out of all hope and luck. But then he comes up with a rather unusual plan in response. And a one, and a two and a one, two, three... all together now!
Based on 2 Chronicles 20:1-30.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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The Prophet Jeremiah and the other refugees in Egypt have lived through the very same events. They all agree on the basic facts and events. Yet, they tell two very different stories of what has happened to them. This episode explores the duelling narratives to understand how this sort of thing happens.
Based on Jeremiah 44.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, is disturbed to hear that some rabble-rouser is feeding thousands of Galileans with bread and fish that Herod feels rightly belong to him. Won't somebody think about the poor king and how this affects his profits?
Based on Mark 6:30-44.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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The most powerful politician in the world gives unlimited power to an immigrant who proceeds to disrupt the entire system of the whole country and the world. Sound familiar?
Based on Genesis 41:37-45:15.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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This is the story behind the question that Jesus was asked about divorce. There was more at stake in that exchange than we usually realize!
Based on Mark 10:2-12, Mark 6:17-29 and the Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus.
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Abraham sends his most trusted servant off to obtain a wife for the son who won't speak to him. But first, he insists that the man make a bizarre oath.
Based on Genesis 24.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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A year or so ago, I explored the trauma that Isaac suffered when his father tried to sacrifice him on Mount Morah. In this episode, I tell the story of the tragic aftermath of that harrowing event.
Based on the story that is told in Genesis 22:19-Genesis 24:67. The story of Hagar's encounter with El Roi is told in Genesis 16.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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