
Bible, Glitter and Glue
In each weekly episode, Bible teachers, David and Mary Nelson, study and discuss an event from the Bible and then exchange ideas for creative teaching.
Episodes
130 episodes
Conquering Land and Fighting Giants
When the Lord told the Israelites to divide the land, Caleb had a special request from Joshua. Caleb was an old man, but remembered forty-five years earlier when he was one of the twelve spies who had spied out of Canaan. Because Caleb had fait...
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Season 12
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Episode 10
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20:34

The Gibeonite Trick
People in the town of Gibeon were afraid Joshua’s nearby army would overpower them. They pretended to be from a faraway place and tricked Joshua and his army into promising to keep them safe. When the Israelites later heard that the Gibeonites ...
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Season 12
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Episode 9
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23:31

Achan's Sin
Because Joshua believed the Lord would help the Israelites win another battle, he led the people in attacking the city of Ai. Israel lost miserably. The Lord told Joshua that one of the Israelites had taken things for himself during the battle ...
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Season 12
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Episode 8
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27:48

The Fall of Jericho
Joshua led the people in a battle to overtake the walled city of Jericho. Instead of soldiers, priests and musicians led the people in marching around the walls of the city. After seven days of this, the people shouted and blew trumpets. Immedi...
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Season 12
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Episode 7
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24:25

Crossing the Jordan
After forty years of wandering in the desert, it was time to cross over the Jordan River and take the land that God had promised. Joshua instructed the priests to carry the Ark of the Covenant and begin walking into the Jordan. Even though the ...
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Season 12
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Episode 6
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24:38

Rahab Helps the Spies
Joshua sent two spies over the Jordan River and into the city of Jericho. Rahab, a woman in the city, let the spies stay at her house. When the city officials searched for them, she hid them on her rooftop under stalks of flax. She told the spi...
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Season 12
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Episode 5
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22:13

Easter Special 2025
In this episode, David and Mary read Luke chapter 24.Other verses you might like to read at Easter are...Jesus is buried. (Luke 23:50-56)The empty tomb (Luke 24:1-12)Appearances after the resurrection (Luke ...
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9:45

The Death of Moses
As the time of Moses’ death drew near, the Lord told him to appoint Joshua as the new leader of Israel. Moses appointed Joshua and told him and all of the people to be strong and courageous because the Lord would be with them as they entered th...
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Season 12
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Episode 4
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19:30

Balaam and His Donkey
Enemies of the Israelites paid money to a sorcerer named Balaam so that he would call a curse on God’s people. The Lord spoke to Balaam, but Balaam did not listen. As Balaam and his donkey travelled along a road, an angel of the Lord blocked th...
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Season 12
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Episode 3
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23:21

The Bronze Snake on a Pole
When Israel camped in the wilderness, the Lord continually provided the people with manna and quail to eat. Even though He provided for their needs, their impatience and discontentment caused them to reject the food that God had provided. As a ...
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Season 12
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Episode 2
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19:57

Moses Does Not Honour God
Forty years had passed since the Israelites left Egypt to go to the land the Lord had promised them. After camping in an area called Kadesh, they ran out of water. When the people complained to Moses and Aaron, the Lord commanded Moses to speak...
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Season 12
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Episode 1
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26:14

Twelve Spies and 12 Tribes
As the people of God approached the land of Canaan that God had promised them, Moses took a census to record the number of people in the twelve tribes. A representative from each of these tribes entered into the land of Canaan to spy it out. Wh...
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Season 11
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Episode 11
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22:29

Nadab and Abihu
God wanted everyone to know He was holy. Moses told the priests and the people how to worship God through sacrifices and offerings. God then revealed His presence by appearing as fire in the Tabernacle, in the Holy of Holies. Instead of worship...
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Season 11
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Episode 10
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25:26

The Tabernacle
On their journey to the land of promise, God instructed the Israelites to build a tabernacle. This tent structure, its furnishings and even the clothes worn by the priests serving in it were special and beautiful. When asked to give supplies an...
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Season 11
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Episode 9
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24:36

The Golden Calf
Moses was on a mountain receiving the Ten Commandments from God. Down below, the people became anxious that Moses had been gone for so long. They begged Aaron to make a god for them to worship. He collected their gold jewellery and made a golde...
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Season 11
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Episode 8
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29:56

The Ten Commandments
The Lord knew that His people would need rules so that they could get along and they would know how to love and obey Him. When the Israelites came to Mount Sinai, Moses went up on the mountain, and the Lord laid out his covenant with his people...
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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29:57

God Provides Water, Manna and Quail
Within days of leaving bondage in Egypt and heading toward the land God had promised them, the people began to grumble and pine for the comforts of their old life. Despite their complaints, the Lord provided for their needs over and over. He ca...
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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20:19

Crossing the Red Sea
God’s people were finally on their way to their own land, Canaan! A pillar of cloud led the way by day, and a pillar of fire guided them at night. As the Israelites arrived at the edge of the Red Sea, Pharaoh and his army caught up with them. P...
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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27:04

The First Passover Meal
During the final and terrible plague upon Egypt, the firstborn children and even the firstborn of the livestock died as death passed through Egypt. Only those who followed God’s specific instruction to mark their doors were safe. As the angel o...
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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21:28

Let My People Go
Moses and Aaron told Pharaoh that the Lord wanted His people to stop being slaves and to leave Egypt. Pharaoh became angry and treated the Israelites even more harshly. One after another, the Lord sent ten different plagues upon the Egyptian pe...
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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26:27

The Lord Speaks to Moses from a Burning Bush
Even though Moses grew into adulthood in the Pharaoh’s palace, he always knew he was a Hebrew. After killing an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew slave, Moses fled to Midian for his own safety. During the next forty years, he married and helped...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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29:51

The Birth of Moses
Almost 400 years had passed since Joseph’s family, the Israelites, moved to Egypt. They were now slaves, and the current Pharaoh worried they had become so numerous. He ordered the deaths of all baby boys born to them. One mother, Jochebed, pla...
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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20:38

Merry Christmas 2024
Merry Christmas from David and Mary!We will be back producing more episodes in January.Scripture reading today: Luke 2:8-20If you...
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7:27

Joseph Saves His Family
Egypt and the regions near it experienced a seven-year famine. When Joseph’s brothers travelled to Egypt to obtain grain, Joseph did not reveal his identity until he saw that they were sorry for what they had done to him in the past. Joseph rev...
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Season 10
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Episode 12
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26:42
