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Faith Across Borders

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Faith Across Borders is a podcast series by the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders in which Bible passages around different themes take center stage. Guests from diverse cultural backgrounds explore how these texts are read, interpreted, and lived out in their own contexts. In this way, the series reveals how the Bible speaks across boundaries of language, nation, and culture—and how different perspectives can deepen and enrich your own reading.

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🗣️“Shout it aloud, do not hold back” | Worship in Many Colors 25.06.2026 27:01

What does it mean to shout aloud and sing for joy — especially when joy looks and sounds different across cultures? In this episode of Faith Across Borders , Samuel explores Isaiah 12:6 together with pastor Shirene Augustine Straker and pastor Paulus Schellevis. From Curaçao and Surinamese church contexts to Dutch Reformed traditions and intercultural communities in the Netherlands, they reflect o...

🐉“Behold, A Great Red Dragon,…” | How Cultures Interpret the Dragon 24.06.2026 31:13

What do we see when we read about the great red dragon in Revelation 12? In this episode of Faith Across Borders , Samuel explores one of the Bible’s most vivid and mysterious images: the dragon. Together with Rev. Fulco Timmers and Rev. Dr. Larry Dorkenoo. Two people from different cultural and theological background. They reflect on how Revelation 12 is understood across contexts — from African...

🐍“If Your Son Asks for Bread…” | How Culture Shapes Bible Reading 15.04.2026 31:54

“If your son asks for bread, you will not give him a snake.” For many of us, this sounds obvious. But in some cultures, snake is considered a delicacy. So what does this example really communicate? In this episode of Faith Across Borders, two pastors one from Ghana and one from China explore how cultural background shapes the way we read and understand the Bible. What seems clear in one culture ma...