The Living Bible Series

The Living Bible Series consists of 50 half-hour episodes narrated by Pastors and Christian Scholars discussing the bible.

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Season 1

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Creation

The Genesis creation narrative is the story of creation for both Judaism and Christianity.

30:23

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve, according to the story of creation of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman and the ancestors of all humans.

28:34

Cain and Abel

The motive for Cain's crime is typically assumed to be jealousy, but the narrative never states this, nor does it provide a reason for God's rejection of his sacrifice.

30:00

The Flood

The Genesis flood makes up chapters 6 to 9 in the book of Genesis.

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The Rainbow and The Tower of Babel

Even though the rainbow is a natural phenomenon today, it must be remembered that it had never rained before this event.

30:12

Abram

There was a severe famine in the land of Canaan, so that Abram and Lot and their households, traveled south to Egypt.

30:38

Abram and Lot

Abraham and Lot divide the land and settle in separate lands.

28:15

Abraham's Covenant

God speaks to Abraham and makes a covenant with him.

29:31

Sodom and Gomorrah

Three angels bring a message to Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah is destroyed.

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Sarah The Mother of Nations

God promises that Sarah will give birth to a son. She gives birth to Isaac.

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Isaac Father of Jacob and Esau

Isaac married Rebekah. She gave birth to two sons, Esau and Jacob.

28:08

Jacob and Esau Part 1

Jacob deceived his father by pretending to be Esau and thereby taking his birthright.

30:05

Jacob and Esau Part 2

Jacob fell in love with Rachel. He was deceived into taking her sister Leah as his wife. Rachel was barren but Leah gave birth to four sons.

Season 2

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Trouble in the Land of Israel

Shechem is killed by Jacob and Simeon for defiling their sister.

34:19

The Life of Joseph Part 1

Joseph interprets a dream for Pharaoh and is then put in charge of the whole of Egypt.

27:04

The Life of Joseph Part 2

Joseph is reunited with his father and brothers.

29:13

Moses Part 1

Moses is found in a basket in a river by Pharaoh's daughter.

44:07

Moses Part 2

God commands Moses to bring his chosen people out of Egypt into the Promised Land.

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Moses Part 3

From Egypt, Moses led the Israelites to biblical Mount Sinai, where he was given the Ten Commandments from God, written on stone tablets.

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Moses Part 4, Nadab and Abihu

Some of the Israelites make a golden calf to worship instead of God. The tabernacle is built.

43:00

Miriam and Aaron

Moses sends men who discover that Canaan is a good land. People loose trust and God says that they will never see the Promised Land.

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Moses' Sin at the Waters of Meribah

The Israelites arrive in the desert of Zin with no water for them. The people questioned why Moses had led them out of Egypt. God made Moses draw water out of a rock by striking it with his staff.

33:34

Death of Moses

The death of Moses was at God’s command: “So Moses died according to the word of the Lord.”

27:31

Taking of Jericho, Achan

The march around the city for seven days, the shouts and blowing of the ram's horn trumpets, the crumbling of Jericho's walls—all are dramatic and unforgettable.

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Sun and Moon Stand Still, Cities of Refuge

So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar.

24:09

Deborah, Barak, and Jael

Israelites had been under the control of the Canaanite king Jabin and the commander of his army, Sisera. The Canaanites had 900 chariots of iron and ruled over Israel for 20 years (Judges 4:2–3).

Season 3

26:11

Gideon's Army

Gideon was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is recounted in the chapters 6 to 8 of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.

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Shibboleth and Sibboleth, Samson

The trees in the parable stand for different kinds of people. The good fruits are symbols of good works. The olive is the type of a person who loves the Lord.

24:29

Ruth

The book tells of Ruth's accepting the God of the Israelites as her God and the Israelite people as her own.

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The Child Samuel, Eli and His Sons

Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. His genealogy is also found in a pedigree of the Kohathites and in that of Heman, his great-grandson.

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The Ark Among the Phillistines

The Philistine captivity of the Ark was an episode described in the biblical history of the Israelites.

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David and Goliath (David Kills Lion)

David, sent by his father to bring provisions to his brothers serving in Saul's army, declares that he can defeat Goliath. Refusing the king's offer of royal armor, he kills Goliath with his sling.

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Saul and the Witch of Endor

With the death of Saul's son, the elders of Israel come to Hebron and David is anointed king over all of Israel.

23:44

David's Great Sin

David calls her husband, Uriah the Hittite, hoping that he will go home to his wife and the child will be presumed to be his. Uriah does not visit his wife.

34:19

The Story of Absalom

Absalom, David's third son, by Maacah, was born in Hebron. He moved at an early age along with the transfer of the capital to Jerusalem, where he spent most of his life.

40:49

Solomon Annointed King

The Bible credits him as the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem, beginning in the fourth year of his reign, using the vast wealth he had accumulated.

31:25

Queen of Sheba

Solomon was a king who sinned. His sins included idolatry, marrying foreign women and, ultimately, turning away from Yahweh.

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Elijah, Jezebel Procures for Ahab Naboth's Vineyard

Elijah warns Ahab that there will be years of catastrophic drought so severe that not even dew will form.

Season 4

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The Death of Ahab, Elijah Translated

War broke out east of the Jordan River, and Ahab with Jehoshaphat of Judah went to recover Ramoth-Gilead. During this battle, Ahab disguised himself, but he was mortally wounded by an unaimed arrow.

32:48

Naaman Cured of the Leprosy

Before Elijah was taken up into the whirlwind, Elisha asked to ""inherit a double-portion"" of Elijah's spirit.

42:01

The Rebuilding of Jerusalem

Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem

42:20

The Book of Esther

The Book of Esther, it relates the story of a Hebrew woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people.

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God Speaks to Job, God Blesses Job

The Book of Job is first poetic book in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Addressing the problem of theodicy – the vindication of the justice of God in the light of humanity's suffering.

44:40

The Fall of Satan

The people of Judah think that performing the sacrifices is sufficient to fulfill their part of the Covenant, and that God will protect them. Jeremiah disagrees.

57:23

The Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel is a biblical apocalypse, combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology (the study of last things) which is both cosmic in scope and political in its focus.

28:27

The Book of Jonah

The Book of Jonah is one of the Prophets in the Bible. It tells of a Hebrew prophet named Jonah who is sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh but tries to escape the divine mission.

43:15

The Birth of Jesus

In Christian theology the nativity marks the birth of Jesus in fulfillment of the divine will of God, to save the world from sin. John used baptism as the central sacrament of his messianic movement.

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The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness

The Gospels include eight pre-resurrection accounts concerning Jesus' power over nature.

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Jesus Christ Feeding Five Thousand

In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem takes place in the days before the Last Supper, marking the beginning of his Passion.

35:53

The Last Supper

The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.

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Narrator: Nicole Warner

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