Wholly Buyable
Advertising Creative Director Chas Bayfield takes you on a road trip through the Bible, leaving one significant item of baggage at home- religion. He tells the story from Genesis to Revelation and explains how this more than any other book has impacted western culture. Wholly Buyable is a podcast for people who might never normally pick up a Bible but who feel they should perhaps know a little more about it than they currently do. After all, the Bible is a book for everyone, not just believers. Listeners will be taken through action sequences worthy of a 21st century TV drama. They will be seduced by erotic poetry and bombarded with hallucinatory visions. Fill your boots with betrayal, brutality, beauty and, believe it or not, comedy. This isn’t your average Bible podcast; no one will be told what to believe but everyone who joins in the journey will hopefully feel that they know the world’s best-selling book a little better.
Wholly Buyable
78: Gold, Ivory and Baboons (1 Kings 8-11)
Solomon's reign is spectacular, if only for its opulence.
Foreign rulers make pilgrimages just to marvel at the wealth and wisdom of Israel's king.
But all is not golden in this particular kingdom.
Solomon slowly begins to lose his grip on what being king of Israel actually means.
His marriages are foreign alliances and he appears to be putting his faith in his own power rather than in God.
In Bible terms, this is a huge red flag and by the end of his reign, the nation that looked so solid under the rule of David begins to crack.
Chapters covered: 1 Kings 8-11
Written and produced by Chas Bayfield
Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music
Cover art by Lisa Goff
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Conversions:
4 tons = 4000kg
13 tons = 14000kg
18 miles = 30km
2000miles = 3200km
23tons = 20,865kg
1.7tons = 1540kg