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Hosted by W Scott McAndless · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 238 episodes
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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.
W Scott McAndless hosts Retelling the Bible, a religion show with 238 episodes published.
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 . Medi
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 Bo
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 retellingthebible.wo
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
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
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 Nu
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
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 Saul
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 retelling
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 w
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
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 retellingthebible.wordpress.
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 h
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? Mayb
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 Testam
In 2 Thessalonians, a rule is given, but does that rule mean what we've assumed it does? This is the story of the person who wrote that rule and why. Based on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 . Show notes have been posted at retel
Herod was upset that people weren't focusing on how great he was, so he decided to set up his own social media company to get the message out. His post have finally been found! Based on Matthew 2:1-18 . Shownotes have be
If you completely forgot Luke's entire story of the birth of Christ, how differently would you hear the Nativity story in Matthew's Gospel? Based on Matthew 1-2 . Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpres
I was greatly blessed to be part of this discussion on The Word in Black and Red podcast. In particular, discussing "Masking" with my neurodivergent (and otherwise diverse) siblings was transformative for me (Starts at 1
Joseph goes to sleep troubled, not knowing what to do about Mary. But in his sleep, he is visited by four ghosts who, you might say, will teach him the true meaning of Christmas. Based on Matthew 1 . Show notes have been
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Retelling the Bible is hosted by W Scott McAndless. The show is categorised under religion (spirituality) and has published 238 episodes.
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