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Retelling the Bible seeks to retell Bible stories in ways that allow listeners to hear them and understand more of what the original author intended people to understand. The focus is not on the historical events behind the stories, but on helping us, as listeners to enter into the stories.
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Signup to Generate a PitchRetelling the Bible seeks to retell Bible stories in ways that allow listeners to hear them and understand more of what the original author intended people to understand. The focus is not on the historical events behind the stories, but on helping us, as listeners to enter into the stories.
Retelling the Bible is hosted by W Scott McAndless. The show has published 243 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Extra: Shelomith's Son & Eye for an Eye" (27 October 2026, 62 minutes), "10.22 You get a nation. You get a nation. Everybody gets a nation!" (21 October 2026, 28 minutes), and "10.20 When God Clogged the Wheels" (23 September 2026, 26 minutes).
Retelling the Bible publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 243 episodes.
Booking probability for Retelling the Bible is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Retelling the Bible requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Retelling the Bible's contact route on record: public web form.
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W Scott McAndless hosts Retelling the Bible, a religion podcast with 243 episodes published.
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Episode #244
Join us for this special crossover episode with The Word in Black and Red Rig, and W Scott McAndless join host Micah as we explore the ancient codes of justice in Leviticus 24:10-23. Why is the punishment for blasphemy...
The wild biblical story of the time when a god named Elyon divided up the nations of the earth and assigned each one a god -- including Israel. Based on Deuteronomy 32:7-9 . Show notes have been posted at...
Episode #241
The ancient Israelites told and retold the story of the escape from Egypt to help them understand the various empires they dealt with. Maybe we can do the same. Based on Exodus 14-15 . Media in this Episode The...
Episode #240
Jacob comes to the Jabbok River where he is forced to deal with his inner demons (or an external God) in one the most bizarre wrestling matches ever! Based on Genesis 32:3-32 . Show notes have been posted at...
Episode #239
Rachel decides to take bold and dangerous action. But why does she want to steal her father's household gods? Based on Genesis 31:1-33 . Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com. Media in this...
Episode #238
Jacob comes up with a plan to finally get free of his father-in-law by... making sheep and goats stare at striped rods. Based on Genesis 30:25-31:16 . Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com...
He lived about 600 years before the writing of the New Testament, and yet two writers made a point of including him in its story. Why you need to know the story of Epimenides of Knossos in order to appreciate both the...
Episode #236
A young man travels to visit the Apostle Paul in prison. He almost ends up paying for his kindness with his life! Based on Philippians 2:19-30 and Philippians 4:10-23 . Show notes have been posted at...
Episode #235
A young boy visits the Temple of God in Bethel, little knowing that it is doomed to be destroyed within a few years. Based on the story of the foundation of the temple at Bethel in 1 Kings 12:25-33 , and on the story of...
Episode #234
This is the story of Ezekiel's fantastic vision of the glory of the Lord in Babylon and what it meant to him. Ezekiel describes his vision in Ezekiel 1 . This story also includes Ezekiel's vision of the departure of the...
Episode #233
It seems as if Moses' first marriage is on the rocks, but look, there seems to be a new woman in his life, and she seems to be... a Cushite? To quote a good friend of mine, "Is that in the Bible? The story is based on...
Episode #232
Guest storyteller, Micah the Wise Old Llama Enby, joins us to tell the story of how Joseph managed to get the pigeons to sacrifice shortly after the birth of Jesus. Based on Luke 2:22-24 and on the nativity story in the...
Episode #231
There are two contradictory stories told of the death of King Saul in the Bible. So, who dunnit? And, maybe more importantly, why did they do it? And was it murder most foul? Based on the two stories of the death of...
Episode #230
King Saul is told by the Prophet Samuel to do something terrible. Could such a message truly come from God, or did something interfere with the transmission? Based on 1 Samuel 15. Show notes have been posted at...
Episode #229
The man who had been born blind may not have seen Jesus and his disciples walking towards him, but he heard them. He heard what the disciples asked and what the teacher replied. What was he thinking and feeling as they...
Episode #228
This is the story of how the author of the Gospel of Matthew came to make his strange adaptations and expansions of the story of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Why on earth did he insist that Jesus mounted and rode...
Episode #227
While wandering in the desert with a very ungrateful people, Moses comes up with a truly inspired plan to get them to stop complaining. Based on Exodus 17:1-7 . Show notes have been posted at...
Episode #226
A newly anointed King Saul has a strange encounter with a group of prophets who are rocking out to the music, and it changes everything for him, for a while. Based on 1 Samuel 10:5-12 and 1 Samuel 16:14-23 . Show notes...
Episode #225
The Book of Acts tells a wild story about what happened while Paul was in Corinth, and it involved a guy named Sosthenes. Later, Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth with a guy named Sosthenes . Coincidence...
Episode #224
What was the fourth gospel writer doing with his prologue? Was he writing a commentary on Genesis 1 or a treatise on Greek philosophy? No, he was telling a story. Based on John 1:1-18 , Genesis 1:1-2:4 and the Old...
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