Retelling the Bible

This is just a quick announcement of two things I have published a new book. It is a collection of the transcripts of the second season of Retelling the Bible. For more information, see https://www.amazon.ca/Retelling-Bible-Season-2-Transcripts/dp/B0BF38CTWJ or search on smashwords.com I am launching a new Patreon site at https://www.patreon.com/retellingthebible . I want to use that site to give...

Onesimus was a slave who ran away from his cruel master. This is his story. It changed the world. Based on the Letter to Philemon. Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com . The following music was used for this media project: Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: http...

Ordinary herder and dresser of sycomore trees, Amos of Tekoa, suddenly sees his life transformed when he sees, of all things, a plumb line. Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com The following music was used for this media project: Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist websit...

After a fantastic (and enormous) meal, Yahweh and Abraham sit down to have a weird discussion about the fate of a wicked city and what might save it. Based on Genesis 18:16-33 . Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com .   The following music was used for this media project:   Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License (CC BY 4.0): https:/...

Abraham and Sara have some unexpected guests for dinner. This should just be a simple and straightforward story, right? Apparently not! Based on Genesis 18:1-15 . The following music was used for this media project: Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com Mus...

This is a very special collaborative episode together with "A Podcast of Biblical Proportions." In this episode, I tell the story of the infamous beef between the Prophets Jeremiah and Shemaiah and how it contributed to the composition of two important biblical books. The story is followed by a discussion of biblical storytelling between myself and Gil Kidron! Show notes posted at retellingthebibl...

I was always told that the abused woman in this story did a good thing by choosing to love her abuser. I'm afraid I can't read the story in that way anymore. Based on 2 Kings 5:1-19 . Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com The following music was used for this media project: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License: https://filmmusic.io/st...

Three people resist the evil of their times by finding solidarity despite ethnic and economic differences. Based on Exodus 1:8-2:10 . Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com . Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Ether Vox" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By...

Come with Simeon and Joses to the Mount as we listen to Jesus deliver some of the most enduring words ever spoken. How did they hear them? Based on Matthew 5:38-42 (and Monty Python). Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com . Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Colossus by Kevin MacLeod Lin...

What do we do with that story about the time when the sun and the moon stood still in the sky? We retell it, of course! Based on Joshua 10. Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com . Music: Unholy Knight by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4563-unholy-knight License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Stormfront by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.fil...

Everyone knows that Jesus said, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." But actually, the trick that he pulled before that spoke volumes more. Show notes posted at RetellingtheBible.wordpress.com . Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Kawai Ki...

The story of two gospels that were prized by two different churches and how they may have influenced each other.  Show notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com . Music: AhDah by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3345-ahdah License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The Other Side of the Door by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4500-the-ot...

What was a married woman doing wandering all over the Galilean countryside with a bunch of men to whom she was not related? 

A woman decides to pull off a surprise anointing of Jesus at a dinner party, setting off a series of important discussions. Based on  Mark 14:3-9 . Show Notes posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com . Music: AhDah Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Canon In D Interstellar Mix by Kevin MacLeod...

In a desperate midnight encounter, Joshua seeks to answer the age-old question: is God on our side? Based on  Joshua 5:13-15 . Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com . Music: AhDah Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Symmetry by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.fil...

Based on Exodus 34:29-35 , this is the strange story of Moses, his shiny skin and his veil. Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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!

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 .

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 .