Retelling the Bible

By W Scott McAndlessReligion & Spirituality Christianity

Retelling the Bible episodes

February 23, 2022 6.4 No More Beating Around the Bush
Moses encounters a wonder in the Midian Desert, but what is the truly amazing thing about it? Based on Exodus 2:1-4:17.
Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
24 min
February 09, 2022 6.3 What was Nathanael Doing Under the Fig Tree
The is the story behind the story of the meeting of Jesus and Nathanael at the beginning of the Gospel of John, told in order try and understand the meaning of Jesus' cryptic statement about a fig tree.
Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
30 min
January 26, 2022 6.2 Don’t Bother me with the Details
The story of the wedding in Cana (from John 2:1-12), but told from the point of view of the servants who were in a rather hostile work environment.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.com.
21 min
January 12, 2022 6.1 Baldilocks and the Two Bears
This is an infamous story of Elisha's cursing of some children and a bear attack, retold to help us think of some of the important issues it raises.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
34 min
December 22, 2021 When Elizabeth Heard Mary‘s Greeting
Elizabeth was having a hard time. After years of struggling with infertility, she was finally pregnant -- if only she could really believe it. Maybe if her husband would actually talk to her that would make it a bit easier...
Based on Luke 1:5-80. Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
24 min
December 15, 2021 The Other Journey of the Other Magi
This is the story of a real life journey of Magi to crown a king that took place a couple of years before the Gospel of Matthew was written. Did it influence Matthew's nativity story?
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
26 min
December 08, 2021 The Tale of the Headless Shepherd
Harry was not a good shepherd. In fact, he had been voted worst shepherd of the year for three years running. But one night, his sense of wonder was the thing that mattered most of all.
Merry Christmas!
19 min
November 24, 2021 5.24 The Supper Before the Last
The church in Corinth holds a really bad Lord's Supper, which prompts Paul to write to them and tell them how it should be done. A story based on 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
27 min
November 10, 2021 5,23 Achsathniel: Israel‘s First Power Couple
Move over "Bennifer" and "Brangelina" as we meet Achsathniel (Achsah and Othniel) the power couple that took the hearts of the tribes of Israel in the days of the Judges.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
31 min
October 27, 2021 5.22 Aunt Jemima‘s Story
Job had three daughters. This is the story of his eldest. (And, sorry, it has nothing to do with pancakes and everything to do with recovery from trauma.)
Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
26 min

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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…