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Jason Kirk, Emily Kirk, and friends are finding the Bible is so much better and weirder than we were taught as church kids. Story by story, we're having fun learning history, religion, literature, mythology, and the amazingly weird stuff. All are welcome! Perfect five-star rating on Apple Podcasts! Contact us at vacationbibleschoolpodcast@gmail.com, if you like! (Sure, it's long! Copy and paste like Matthew did the Gospel of Mark!)
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SOLOMON, the fake-deep pharaoh (with Wes Howard-Brook)
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We are so freaking back. We're joined by Seattle University professor emeritus Wes Howard-Brook, author of works like Come Out My People: God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond, to discuss: King Solomon wasn't actually all that wise ... ... and the cutting-a-baby story isn't about what a great guy he was. In fact, the Bible's authors mean…
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DAVID & BATHSHEBA: The discourse (with April Ajoy)
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Hello! Let's sprint through a big (but action-packed) portion of the Book of Samuel and then focus on the story of King David and Bathsheba. Almost everything you've ever heard about this story has nothing to do with what's actually in the Bible, but what else is new? Around the 40-minute mark, we're joined by creator April Ajoy (of TikTok, Instagr…
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DAVID & JONATHAN: Biased toward love (with Mason Mennenga)
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We're back in the Book of Samuel, starting in chapter 18, where giant-killer David meets Israel's other war hero, Prince Jonathan. To quote Taylor Swift, sparks fly. Platonic sparks, your Sunday school teacher assures you. There's a case these two were just extremely affectionate political allies. That case has been made, and we're not very interes…
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DAVID VS GOLIATH: Are we the baddies? (with Andrew Whitehead)
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Samuel chapter 17! We've reached a Bible story everybody PRETTY MUCH knows, though there are still lots of fun details. It wasn't a slingshot, for one thing! Goliath is the Statue of Liberty of Michael Jordans, David is Mr. Have It Both Ways, and King Saul's descent into madness ramps up right now! Emily is mostly concerned with whether this Philis…
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KING SAUL: Himbo Boss Baby vs. Dungeon Master Dick Cheney
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Samuel 7-16! The Bible contains a LOT of genres. Uh-oh, you're now in the middle of a Machiavellian historical novel about Derek Zoolander! Time for our regular installment of Which Part Of This Story Will White Christian Americans Try To Contort Into Propaganda For White Christian America? Does this episode include weird math, exaggerated war stuf…
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SAMUEL: "The Messiah" and the golden hemorrhoid rats
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We're entering a whole new chunk of the Bible, and it might be a surprise chunk! Why we're now in Samuel instead of Ruth, the book that's up next according to Christian Bibles! Yet another barren womb! As always, when the Bible reuses a story, the variations are everything! The Bible's first usage of "the messiah" is a fine time to talk about how p…
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JUDGES: Righteous invasion of Ehud (with Jon Bois)
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It's time to bring on the internet's beloved Jon Bois to discuss: The Bible's best story book so far, if you have the non-exploding stomach for it: Judges. Meet Ehud, the left-handed sphincter-bursting assassin! Homeschool middle school during the end of the world! Christian culture stuff like Carman, MxPx, Five Iron Frenzy, James Dobson, Amy Grant…
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WAR DADS AND LADY WAR DADS ASSEMBLE. It's a new Bible section! Joshua is the dude version of LIVE LAUGH LOVE, but also somehow the most feminist book yet. Rahab, the Bible character whose job is most ignored by church, and also a military mastermind. THE WALLS OF JERICHO: pretty cool, but mostly for reasons besides those made up by Sunday school, C…
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DEUUUTERONOMY: Actually super important and mostly really good??
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The final book of the Torah, the one we NEVER talked about in church, actually ... kinda rules at times? In the story, at the edge of Canaan, Moses reframes everything that's happened to this point, retconning the horrors of Numbers and synthesizing the Bible's competing God ideas into one coherent theology that more or less works for everyone on e…
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NUMBERS: Maybe the Bible's worst book!
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The fourth book of the Bible! As always, remember the Bible has been written, edited, and interpreted by LOTS of people, and we're under no obligation to treat its angriest voices as definitive of the entire thing. The actual story resumes! Things are finally happening! Numbers gives us phrases like "wandering in the wilderness," "land of milk and …
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Q&A: Heresy reviews, salvation fear, and animal souls
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Hi pals! Taking a break from the main Bible storyline to hit some listener questions, such as: What's the Protestant holiday calendar like? Which Bible verse most contradicts its own book? There's a Toad the Wet Sprocket song about the apostles being sick of Paul lol. What are the Bible's best name meanings? Every Catholic heresy, given a thumbs up…
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Our first attempt at doing an entire book in one episode, and it happens to be one of the weirdest, grossest, narrative-lightest books. Yay! Spending as little time as possible on the chapters about bodily discharges, we promise. Leviticus has Bad Verses! Drown the Bad Verses in dorky red tape ... ... and/or insist we simply become eco-socialists e…
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TABERNACLE: I feel God in this Minecraft tailgate (with Rev. Chris Lee)
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Pretty much the whole last half of Exodus, except for the Ten Commandments-adjacent rules and the Golden Calf chapter Why yes, we DID have fun talking about quite arguably the most boring stretch of the whole Bible! Why yes, you CAN recreate a very accurate Tabernacle in Minecraft Let's talk high church "versus" low church Featuring special guest p…
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GOLDEN CALF: God's marshmallow test (with Jane Coaston)
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Exodus 24, Exodus 32, and so forth (there's a whole lot of laws and blueprints mixed within the storyline) ... Think the Bible itself is weird? Wait'll you get a load of church history! Unchallenged faith: is that really even faith? Aaron at Mount Sinai: total idiot, good cop, willing scapegoat, nepotism hire, anarcho-pacifist, retcon reclamation, …
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TEN COMMANDMENTS: Wife Guy Moses and God's TOS page
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Exodus 20! How many of these Ten do we agree to keep today? They all seem pretty simple, obvious, or outdated, right? Well!! Tried something new: recorded a Zoom with a few of our Patreon Associate Pastors, plus Interfaith Council guests: Michael Elkon (@BravesAndBirds) and Hasan Masood (@hasmas)! Let's hear it for idols! Now Lord, when you say "mu…
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SINAI: What's the Bible about? (with Richard Elliott Friedman)
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Exodus 19-20ish, the part about Moses leading the Israelites to meet Huge Loud Scary Firestorm God Greatest pyro entrance of all time Is monotheism having a moment? We're joined by Dr. Friedman (author of Who Wrote the Bible and many other books) to talk Prince of Egypt (he did some work on it), the Bible's overall storyline (it has at least one!),…
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Q&A: Our stories, Christian punk rock, and Baptist spaceships
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Support for this program occurs at patreon.com/vbspodcast, where we have stickers, mugs, a Discord, hats (for now), early episode access, and so forth! - Taking a break from the main storyline, where we're making hilariously little progress (but having fun anyway), to talk whatever y'all wanted. - Oh family, it's testimony time! - Christian punk ro…
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THE RED SEA: First of all, it wasn't the Red Sea
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Exodus 13-18, one of the most Google Maps portions Something similar to the story could've happened! But there's no way to know! And that's ok! Let's discuss the Indiana Jones of Bible scammers, Jurassic Jesus Park in Kentucky, and ladies being prophets Tips appreciated at supportvbs.com. Gonna send VBS stickers to monthly donors, for starters Foll…
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PASSOVER: From Destroyer to Matzo Hunt (with Charlotte Wilder, Bobby Big Wheel, & Alex Kirshner)
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Exodus 12! God's bug-out bag & Mean Tooth Fairy! From mythology to religion, from polytheism to ... ? Jewish friends explain one of their favorite holidays! Follow @TheWilderThings, @BobbyBigWheel, & @Alex_Kirshner Thanks to Mike Altman, Brad Haggard, Scott Alan Johnson, & Ben McCloskey 8-bit "Awesome God" by TECHNO FUN Tips appreciated at supportv…
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MOSES: Secret battles of the Mega Man gods
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Exodus 1-11! The Bible's Luke/Obi-Wan duo! Made it to Book 2! REALLY important book! Moses rises, falls, rises into one of the world's biggest heroes Plagues are more metal than you've ever realized! Weird circumcision stuff? Yes always Let's talk the movie Prince of Egypt Tips appreciated at supportvbs.com! (Plus maybe merch and/or donor bonuses a…
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JOSEPH: Coat is a lie! Genesis recap! Children like Veggie Tales!
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Genesis 37-50! It doesn't feel like every third verse is missing! You can do ANYTHING with Joseph. See: Veggie Tales & Technicolor Dreamcoat Finished Genesis! It's about lady spies, Babylon allegory, and everything else! Tips appreciated at supportvbs.com! (Plus maybe merch and/or donor bonuses at that link by the time you see this) Follow @VBSpodc…
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ABRAHAM: Daddy issues (with Rodger Sherman and Shaker Samman)
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Genesis 12-35! God's putting together a crew! Faaatherrr Aaabraham, Mother of Dragons Growing up Jewish! Growing up Muslim! Quran is pretty cool, btw So much weird sex stuff??? "The Nature Boy" Jacob "The Snake-ob" #TeamEsau Follow guests @rodger & @shakersamman Tips appreciated at supportvbs.com! (Plus maybe merch and/or donor bonuses at that link…
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NOAH: Ecoterrorist Russell Crowe (with Ryan Nanni and Michael Felder)
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Genesis 6-11! Happy animals with Cap'n Noah (while 99.9% of life drowns)! Catholic-Protestant multiverses NES bootlegs for the Lord Aronofsky's most biblical horror movie, reviewed Please be patient, God ain't finished with God yet! Follow guests @celebrityhottub & @inthebleachers Tips appreciated at supportvbs.com! (Plus maybe merch and/or donor b…
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CREATION: Dirtbag Adam vs. Rookie God
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Genesis 1-5! Release the Sea Monster Cut! Please bear with God, it's His first day on the job! Wait, how many Gods are here? Someone please put Eve in charge Please stop pooping on Cain's rutabagas Snake might not be Satan btw Extended Universe lore from John Milton Tips appreciated at supportvbs.com! (Plus maybe merch and/or donor bonuses at that …
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