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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.

Retelling the Bible W Scott McAndless

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.8 • 14 Ratings

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.

    8.13 David Cuts Corners

    8.13 David Cuts Corners

    When King Saul goes into a cave to "cover his feet," the tension is palpable because his enemy David and a few hundred men are hiding further inside the cave!
    Based on 1 Samuel 24.
    Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.

    The following music was used for this media project:

    "AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Noble Race" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Support Retelling the Bible

    If you would like to support the work that I do creating these stories, go to patreon.com/retellingthebible and choose a level of support!

    • 41 min
    8.12 The Nepo Baby of Gerar

    8.12 The Nepo Baby of Gerar

    This is the story of a king who had a little problem!
    Based on Genesis 20, this episode was written and recorded in response to a challenge on an episode of the podcast The Word in Black and Red.
    Read the show notes at retellingthebible.wordpress.com. Also includes the cultural references made in the story.

    Media in this Episode

    The following music was used for this media project:

    "AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Yesteryears (DECISION) by Sascha EndeFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/244-yesteryears-decisionLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    Support Retelling the Bible

    If you would like to support the work that I do creating these stories, go to patreon.com/retellingthebible and choose a level of support!

    • 37 min
    8.11 What He Lost When the Coin Was Tossed

    8.11 What He Lost When the Coin Was Tossed

    Did you ever wonder what happened to the guy who didn't get chosen to be the replacement for Judas Iscariot in the twelve? Well, have I got a story for you!
    The episode is based on Acts 1:15-26.
    Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.

    Media in this Episode

    The following music was used for this media project:

    "AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Feelings (instrumental) by Sascha EndeFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/158-feelings-instrumentalLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    And, of course, I must acknowledge the songwriting brilliance of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for "The Last Supper"!

    Support Retelling the Bible

    If you would like to support the work that I do creating these stories, go to patreon.com/retellingthebible and choose a level of support!

    • 30 min
    Extra: Joseph Centralizes Power (Part 2)

    Extra: Joseph Centralizes Power (Part 2)

    Join Micah, Ell, Mat, Joshua Maria Garcia, and W. Scott McAndless as they continue to discuss Genesis 47:13-26. How does Joseph centralize power? How does Joseph's power grab affect his family? And can a good person change things from the inside, or is corruption inevitable? Hear some answers to these questions and more on this first part of a two-part episode of The Word in Black and Red!
    Thank you to "TWIBAR" for being willing to share this episode with my followers.
    For more The Word in Black and Red Episodes, go to https://linktr.ee/twibar
    This is a great companion to my episode 8.2 How Joseph Enslaved Egypt.
    There is some explicit language.

    • 37 min
    Extra: Joseph Centralizes Power (Part 1)

    Extra: Joseph Centralizes Power (Part 1)

    Join Micah, Ell, Mat, Joshua Maria Garcia, and W. Scott McAndless as they discuss Genesis 47:13-26. How does Joseph centralize power? How does Joseph's power grab affect his family? And can a good person change things from the inside, or is corruption inevitable? Hear some answers to these questions and more on this first part of a two part episode of The Word in Black and Red!
    Thank you to "TWIBAR" for being willing to share this episode with my followers.
    For more The Word in Black and Red Episodes, go to https://linktr.ee/twibar
    This is a great companion to my episode 8.2 How Joseph Enslaved Egypt.
    There is some explicit language.

    • 44 min
    8.10 Bachos

    8.10 Bachos

    What was an Ethiopian eunuch doing travelling down a desert road from Jerusalem to Gaza anyway?
    Based on Acts 8:26-40.
    Show notes have been posted at retellingthebible.wordpress.com.

    Media in this Episode

    The following music was used for this media project:

    "AhDah" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Yesteryears (DECISION) by Sascha EndeFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/244-yesteryears-decisionLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    Sound Effect by Zapsplat.com

    Support Retelling the Bible

    If you would like to support the work that I do creating these stories, go to patreon.com/retellingthebible and choose a level of support!

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Mighty Prius ,

Makes You Think

Thoroughly enjoy this podcast. The author uses an oblique approach in presenting well known Bible passages. At the end of a podcast, I often go “huh, never thought of it that way or never presented that way.”

I don’t have to agree with someone IOT to listen to them. Iron sharpens iron!

Also love the music.

won't fall asleep ,

You’re a Godsend!!!🙏❤️🙏

Thank you for having such an inspirational and talented Bible story voice. Lost my inspirational pastor whom I loved and you have given him back PLUS!!!

This Ken ,

Reminded me of why I left the Presbyterian church.

I left the church because I had a Marxist pastor who loved Castro. I knew too many people who were lucky to escape with their life’s from Cuba to sit in church and listen to such garbage.

The first season is interesting but then he goes off trying to twist the Old Testament to fit his Marxist ideology. He must be one of the Christians who believes that the Old Testament is a collection of tales having no value to New Testament Christian’s.

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