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 I met James Matteson at the recent New Testament Association meeting. But I immediately felt as if I had known him for a long time. His father, Dr. Earle Matteson, and my father, Dr. Arthur Allen, were fellow pastors and great friends out west. And I came to know his father Earle when I was teaching at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College and Dr. Matteson served as interim president.


James has a podcast called the Bible Bard. But it is not just any podcast. The Bible Bard is available not only in English, but also in Spanish, Swahili, Urdu, Bengali, and Chechewa. The programs can be accessed on Spotify, Soundcloud, and Amazon podcasts as well as the website www.BibleBard.org.


“The Bible Bard podcast presents only what the literature of the Bible directly says about a subject,” writes James. “Whether you are a Muslim listener, a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Presbyterian, an Anglican, or an atheist, the Bible Bard is not interested in discussing what any Christian denomination or religious teacher asserts that the Bible teaches. It is to the Bible alone that we look.”


A list of topics from previous podcasts is available in the archive on the website. Matteson works closely with national speakers from Bolivia, Kenya, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Malawi in producing the language versions. For more information you can contact him at BibleBardUS@gmail.com.

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