Retelling the Bible

By W Scott McAndlessReligion & Spirituality Christianity

Retelling the Bible episodes

October 13, 2021 5.21 The Lord and the Attorney General
Satan comes to report before Yahweh, but there is a bit of confusion about the relationship between the two of them. Based on Job 1 and 2.
Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
23 min
September 29, 2021 5.20 The 100 Foreskin Princess
The story of Michal, the daughter of Saul and the first wife of King David -- the woman who learned, in the end, that she was worth a whole lot more than one hundred pieces of flesh.
38 min
September 15, 2021 5.18 Me, Myself and Manoah
Manoah is a self-centred, narcissitic mysogynist. Why is his story in the Bible anyways? We explore that question in this episode of Retelling the Bible.
Show notes for this episode have been posted at RetellingtheBible.Wordpress.com
28 min
September 01, 2021 5.18 Ahithophel: Hell Hath no Fury Like an Angry Grandpa
Here is a Bible story that I bet you have never heard. Ahithophel was King David's greatest counsellor, and the story of how and why he betrayed him will blow you away.
Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
34 min
August 18, 2021 5.17 Uriah: Kill the Messenger
You've heard the story from David's point of view. You've heard it from Bathsheba's. Don't you think it's time to understand Uriah's side of the story?
35 min
August 04, 2021 5.16 A Gleam Glows in the Gloom of the Grave
This is a biblical story that didn't quite make it into the Bible. It only gets referred to here and there. It is the story of how Jesus descended into hell.
Show notes are posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.
26 min
July 21, 2021 5.14 Isaiah Meets a Young Woman
Here is a look at the story behind one of the most famous prophecies in the Book of Isaiah -- the prophecy o Immanuel. Who was the "young woman," why was she pregnant, and what was she doing there? All shall be revealed!
Show Notes posted at www.retellingtheBible.com
31 min
July 07, 2021 5.14 The Healing of Jairus
Ever wonder what the background story of the people who came to Jesus looking for a miraculous healing might have been? Here is the strangely intersecting story of two of them. Based on Mark 5:21-43.
Show notes have been posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com.
28 min
June 23, 2021 5.13 Being: And God created a gardener
All God wants is a garden, a nice place to walk in the cool evening breezes, but everything just keeps going wrong. Based on the creation story told in Genesis 2:4-3:24.
Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com
35 min
June 09, 2021 5.12 Isaiah was bored!
Isaiah had a remarkable vision of God that still affects how we see God. But what were the events in his life that set him up to see what he saw? Based on Isaiah 6:1-8.
Show notes have been posted at https://retellingthebible.wordpress.com/2021/06/05/5-12-isaiah-was-bored/
28 min

About Retelling the Bible

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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…