Vacation Bible School Podcast

• 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, Instagram, the Evangelicalish podcast, and more) to discuss the way this story constantly gets argued about by the internet's angry Christian men. Plus we talk Rapture trauma, childhood persecution fantasies, and other fun stuff!!! To be clear, this is the fun part of the episode.
• Let's also mostly wrap up the story of David, a boy who became a kingpin seemingly parodied by his own propaganda and just about the weirdest guy ever to pick as a supposed model for Jesus. His story's not quite done, but next time, we'll turn toward the original Finance Instagram bro: King Solomon.

Intro song: k.d. lang's cover of "Hallelujah"

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• There's a case these two were just extremely affectionate political allies. That case has been made, and we're not very interested in it. 
• Interpret this story however you want. We're completely convinced this was the Bible's first great romance. Thanks. 
• We're also joined by popular YouTuber, podcaster, and theologian Mason Mennenga to discuss how this story is just one of many examples that show scripture reflects how we view it.
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Pre-intro: "The More I Seek You" as performed by Maple City Worship

• 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 Philistine-Israelite war is cruelty-free toward animals.
• We're excited to be joined by Andrew Whitehead, author of numerous works explaining the dangers of Christian Nationalism. Yep, this relates to how the David and Goliath story gets taught in church!
• Is there praise for Five Iron Frenzy? Friend, this is an episode of the Vacation Bible School Podcast. Of course there's praise for Five Iron Frenzy.

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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, Creed, DC Talk, and comic Bibles!
• Plus Samson, Delilah, Gideon, Deborah, and more Judges stories that get mangled in Sunday school!
• Intro song: "Don't Save Me" by Haim. 

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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 earth (except the despicable Jebusites). 
• Upgraded lore, now including IRON GHOST GIANTS (and way less murder). 
• Talmud rabbis vs. Oprah's collected life advice: who ya got? 
• You want some more weird penis rules? Say less. 
• God and Moses perform their finale duet, VeggieTales-style. 
• There are patriarchal parts that really suck, because this was written ~2,600 years ago by a guy with specific bad ideas, and we'll try to talk context. 
• But for the most part, this is the most coherent and best-written book of the Bible so far. It's also possibly just about the most historically important book in the entire Bible. Yep!  
• Thank you to scholar friends Brad Haggard, Mike Altman, and Jason Smith for taking a look at our notes. Any errors are the fault of Jason (host Jason, not Smith Jason) and nobody else. 
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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 every seven years, as Leviticus clearly commands.
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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 pastor Reverend Chris Lee of St John's With St Mary's Mansfield
• And! Let's! Finally! Wrap! Up! Exodus, a dude book also about ladies
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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, or all the above? 
• By now, Moses and God are an old married couple ...
• Oh no, the big dweebs who wrote Leviticus just did a murder spree (for the Lord) ...
• Why a calf, anyway?
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• Next up: God's traveling tailgate rig, the Tabernacle

• 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!), "Old Testament God vs. New Testament God" (not really a thing), the origin of the Golden Rule (maybe the story that revolves around Sinai), and a lot more!
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- 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 rock bands, ranked! 

- Why were Cain's veggies bad, if most of the dietary laws were about regulating dangerous meat?

- Sunday school teachers, youth pastors, and finding God in s e c u l a r culture 

- What's the Bible say about refugees?

- The terrible Baptist hymn about spaceships is ... on the right track!

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