Faith Across Borders
Faith Across Borders is a podcast series by the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders in which Bible passages around different themes take center stage. Guests from diverse cultural backgrounds explore how these texts are read, interpreted, and lived out in their own contexts. In this way, the series reveals how the Bible speaks across boundaries of language, nation, and culture—and how different perspectives can deepen and enrich your own reading.
Episodes
3 episodes
🗣️“Shout it aloud, do not hold back” | Worship in Many Colors
What does it mean to shout aloud and sing for joy — especially when joy looks and sounds different across cultures?In this episode of Faith Across Borders, Samuel explores Isaiah 12:6 together with pastor Shirene August...
🐉“Behold, A Great Red Dragon,…” | How Cultures Interpret the Dragon
What do we see when we read about the great red dragon in Revelation 12?In this episode of Faith Across Borders, Samuel explores one of the Bible’s most vivid and mysterious images: the dragon. Together with Rev. Fulco Timmers a...
🐍“If Your Son Asks for Bread…” | How Culture Shapes Bible Reading
“If your son asks for bread, you will not give him a snake.”For many of us, this sounds obvious. But in some cultures, snake is considered a delicacy. So what does this example really communicate?In this episode of Faith ...