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
What was an Ethiopian eunuch doing travelling down a desert road from Jerusalem to Gaza anyway?
Based on Acts 8:26-40.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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In this bonus episode, W. Scott McAndless has a wide-ranging and very important discussion about the story told in Genesis 45:1-47:12 with Micah Belong the Wise Old Llama Enby, host of "The Word in Black and Red." I'm pleased to be able to share this with my followers.
What does Joseph's weeping have to teach us about the redemptive process? How can we reimagine our family dynamics in ways that bring healing? And how ...
Abram makes his way down to Egypt to survive a famine and decides to use his smoking-hot wife to make himself a fortune!
Based on Genesis 12:10-20.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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As far as we can tell, the original manuscript of the Gospel of Mark ended strangely and abruptly at chapter 16, verse 8.
This is the story of how the author (lets call him Mark) decided to end his gospel in what seems like such a surprising way to us.
Based on Mark 16:1-8 with reference to Mark 3:20-35, Mark 15:6-15 and 1 Corinthians 15:5-7.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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The Gospel of Mark includes an odd little incident, mentioned in none of the other gospels, in which Jesus is arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Today's episode is a narrative exploration of the story of the young man who ran away naked in the garden.
Based on Mark 14:51-52.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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In this extra special episode, W. Scott engages in a wide-range discussion about the amazing story of Tamar with the good folks at "The Word in Black and Red." Sex, prostitution, masturbation, this discussion touches on all of it!
And, yes, the language is explicit and sometimes crude so be advised!
This is finally it, the dramatic story of how the Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh murdered Uzzah! Or is that really what happened?
Based on 1 Samuel 6:19-7:2 and 2 Samuel 6:1-11.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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How the Hebrew people's story of the flood was changed by their encounter with the Babylonian story. And how the story ought to change today.
Based on Genesis 6:1-9:17 and the Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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Two brothers vow to take revenge on the young prophet who has prophesized their doom, but they didn't reckon on being betrayed by an object of power!
Based on 1 Samuel 4.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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The young boy Samuel finds that his dreams are troubled by a strange box that he shares his bedroom with at the temple in Shiloh.
Based on 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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This is a special extra episode of the podcast. W. Scott McAndless is in conversation with the host of The Word in Black and Red about the story of Jacob and his wives in Genesis.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
A disaster is coming but Pharaoh is given ample warning and puts a righteous person in charge of getting ready. What could go wrong?
Based on Genesis 41:25-57 and Genesis 47:13-26.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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A young couple takes their month-old son on a trip to the temple in Jerusalem to perform a required sacrifice.
Based on Luke 2:21-39.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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This is an extra little Christmas Card for my wonderful listeners. Many happy wishes to you all at this most wonderful time of the year!
Based on Mark 1:40-45.
Show Notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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This is a special extra episode of the podcast -- a collaboration with The Word in Black and Red.
I join TWIBAR's host, Micah Benji Belong (the Wise Old Lama Enby) for a free-wheeling discussion about the story of Jacob and Esau and my own unique take on it in my Episode 4.10 Can I Interest you in a Nice Bowl of Stew.
For more The Word in Black and Red, look up https://linktr.ee/twibar.
There are two genealogies of Jesus in the Gospels. They cannot be reconciled with each other. What do we do with that?
We recognize that the gospel writers were story telling!
Based on Luke 3:23-38 in comparison with Matthew 1:1-17.
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This is a special episode, a discussion of the biblical story of the demoniac out of whom Jesus cast many demons with the curious assistance of a large herd of pigs. The discussion took place over three time zones between Garry Stevens of the History in the Bible Podcast (in Australia), Steven Guerra of the History of the Papacy podcast (in the USA) and W. Scott McAndless (in Canada).
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While the people in Thessalonica wait to receive a letter from the Apostle Paul, the city has an important event that will change how they read that letter.
Based on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
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There are many stories in the Bible about women who saved the nation by producing sons, but the story of Tamar has got to be the most extreme example.
Based on Genesis 38 and a follow-up to Episode 7.22, Onan the Man with the Plan.
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The story of two men who heard the same story that Jesus told but somehow managed to pass on two wildly different versions of it. Based on Luke 14:15-24 and Matthew 22:1-10.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
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