Announcing: Scripture Stories for Little Saints
A new podcast from Faith Matters to help you rediscover storytime as sacred time.
Faith Matters is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Sarah and Josh Sabey to share the audiobook of The Bible Storybook: The Old Testament as a podcast for listeners of all ages to enjoy. Everyone will be able to listen to 25 of the 50 stories, released in time to pair with your Come Follow Me study, completely free.
We’re so excited to make these stories available! You can support this work by listening and sharing, inviting your friends to listen, and by becoming a paid Substack subscriber or Friend of Faith Matters donor. As a thank you, donors and paid subscribers will have access to the entire Bible Storybook audiobook and the Book of Mormon Storybook audiobook via a private podcast link. Your support makes this collaboration possible!
Follow Scripture Stories for Little Saints on Spotify or Apple Podcasts now to be notified of new episodes in your podcast app! To be notified of new episodes via email, go to faithmatters.org/account and turn on notifications for Scripture Stories for Little Saints.
Listening to subscriber-only episodes
Apple Podcasts
If you open the Scripture Stories for Little Saints page on our website and then click on a “paid” episode, at the top it will say “open in app,” “transcript,” and “Listen via...”
If you click on “Listen via...” it brings up all the different platforms.
If you click “Apple Podcasts” it will open the Apple Podcasts app and bring up a box that says “Add Podcast: Follow a show by URL,” and then give you the option to cancel or follow.
If you click “follow,” the private podcast will show up in the Apple Podcast app for you, and you’ll be able to listen to every episode.
Spotify
To listen on Spotify, search “Scripture Stories for Little Saints” in the Spotify app. Click on the lock icon to listen to one of the subscriber-only episodes. It will bring up a dialog box that says “Love this show? Support the creator with a subscription” and then has the option to click “Let’s go” or “Not now.”
Click “Let’s go” to link your Substack account to Spotify. It should bring up your account and then give you the option to “Link Account.” You can then sign in to you Substack account, and then agree to connect your Spotify and Substack accounts. Then when you open the show on the Spotify app, you’ll be able to play the subscriber-only episodes.
Please email us at info@faithmatters.org if you need help accessing the private episodes! We are grateful for your support and happy to help.
Listening Along with Come, Follow Me
Because the stories are written in chronological order and the Bible is not, we will release some stories before they come up in Come, Follow Me. Below is a schedule of which episodes to listen to each week, if you’d like to use this along with Come, Follow Me.
January 12-18 (Genesis 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5)
1. The beginning of everything (Genesis 1)
2. The Bitter, Tasty, Forbidden Fruit (Genesis 2-3)
January 19-25 (Genesis 3-4; Moses 4-5)
2. The Bitter, Tasty, Forbidden Fruit (Genesis 2-3)
3. Cain, who was a perfectionist (Genesis 4)
February 9-15 (Genesis 6-11; Moses 8)
4. Noah, the man who saved things (Genesis 6-9)
5. The people who tried to climb to heaven (Genesis 11)
February 16-22 (Genesis 12-17; Abraham 1-2)
6. The man who learned to be generous (Genesis 12)
7. The followers and their promise (Genesis 12-15)
8. The God who sees (Genesis 16)
9. Son of laughter (Genesis 17-21)
February 23-March 1 (Genesis 18-23)
9. Son of laughter (Genesis 17-21)
10. The boy who lived (Genesis 21)
11. Lot and his wife and their daughters (Genesis 18-19)
12. The sacrifice (Genesis 18-22)
13. Finding a wife (Genesis 23-24)
March 2-8 (Genesis 24-33)
13. Finding a wife (Genesis 23-24)
14. The world in Rebekah’s belly (Genesis 25)
15. The amazing, goodlooking, athletic brother (Genesis 25-33)
16. Jacob, who traveled through time and wrestled an angel (Genesis 28-35)
17. Two sisters, a lot of babies, and their strange names (Genesis 29-30)
March 9-15 (Genesis 37-41)
18. Band of brothers (Genesis 35-45)
March 16-22 (Genesis 42-50)
18. Band of brothers (Genesis 35-45)
19. Giving food and taking dignity (Genesis 46 - Exodus 1)
March 23-29 (Exodus 1-6)
19. Giving food and taking dignity (Genesis 46 - Exodus 1)
20. A conspiracy of women to save the boys (Exodus 1-2)
21. Moses, who learned he had power (Exodus 2-4)
22. The freedom plan (Exodus 5-15)
April 6-12 (Exodus 7-13)
22. The freedom plan (Exodus 5-15)
April 13-19 (Exodus 14-18)
22. The freedom plan (Exodus 5-15)
23. A new law and a new king (Exodus 16-40)
April 20-26 (Exodus 19-20; 24; 31-34)
23. A new law and a new king (Exodus 16-40)
April 27-May 3 (Exodus 35-40; Leviticus 1; 4; 16; 19)
23. A new law and a new king (Exodus 16-40)
24. The sin eaters (Leviticus)
May 4-10 (Numbers 11-14; 20-24; 27)
25. Moses’ 70 helpers (Numbers 9-11)
26. All of God’s children are prophets (Numbers 11-20)
May 11-17 (Deuteronomy 6-8; 15; 18; 29-30; 34)
27: Moses gives advice and says goodbye (Deuteronomy)
May 18-24 (Joshua 1-8; 23-24)
28: The conquest (Joshua-Judges 16)
May 25-31 (Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16)
28: The conquest (Joshua-Judges 16)
June 1-7 (Ruth; 1 Samuel 1-7)
29: Ruth, who lost a husband and gained a family (Ruth)
June 8-14 (1 Samuel 8-10; 13; 15-16)
30: The first king (Judges 19 - 1 Samuel 10)
31: The king who trusted a shepherd (1 Samuel 10-17)
June 15-21 (1 Samuel 17-18; 24-26; 2 Samuel 5-7)
32. Two boys who decided to be brothers (1 Samuel 18-20)
33. David faces another giant (1 Samuel 22 - 2 Samuel, Psalms)
June 22-28 (2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 3; 6-9; 11)
33. David faces another giant (1 Samuel 22 - 2 Samuel, Psalms)
34. Solomon who was less remarkable than a lily (1 Kings 2-11; Proverbs; Ecclesiastes)
June 29-July 5 (1 Kings 12-13; 17-22)
35. A man and a woman whose miracles ran out (1 Kings 12-17)
36: Elisha, who was nobody (1 Kings 19 - 2 Kings 2)
July 6-12 (2 Kings 2-7)
36: Elisha, who was nobody (1 Kings 19 - 2 Kings 2)
37. A little girl without a name (2 Kings 5)
38. More with us (2 Kings 6)
July 13-19 (2 Kings 16-25)
42. Hezekiah, the man who fought for today (2 Kings 18-20; Isaiah 36-39)
July 27-August 2 (Ezra 1; 3-7; Nehemiah 2; 4-6; 8)
49. The Rebuilders and The Remained (Ezra; Nehemiah)
August 3-9 (Esther)
48. The queen of Persia (Esther)
August 10-16 (Job 1-3; 12-14; 19; 21-24; 38-40; 42)
46. A story about a man called Job (Job)
August 17-23 (Psalms 1-2; 8; 19-33; 40; 46)
33. David faces another giant (1 Samuel 22 - 2 Samuel, Psalms)
August 24-30 (Psalms 49-51; 61-66; 69-72; 77-78; 85-86)
33. David faces another giant (1 Samuel 22 - 2 Samuel, Psalms)
August 31-September 6 (Psalms 102-3; 110; 116-19; 127-28; 135-39; 146-50)
33. David faces another giant (1 Samuel 22 - 2 Samuel, Psalms)
September 7-13 (Proverbs 1-4; 15-16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1-3; 11-12)
34. Solomon who was less remarkable than a lily (1 Kings 2-11; Proverbs; Ecclesiastes)
September 14-20 (Isaiah 1-12)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
43. Isaiah and the new city called Zion (Isaiah)
September 21-27 (Isaiah 13-14; 22; 24-30; 35)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
42. Hezekiah, the man who fought for today (2 Kings 18-20; Isaiah 36-39)
43. Isaiah and the new city called Zion (Isaiah)
September 28-October 4 (Isaiah 40-49)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
43. Isaiah and the new city called Zion (Isaiah)
October 5-11 (Isaiah 50-57)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
43. Isaiah and the new city called Zion (Isaiah)
October 12-18 (Isaiah 58-66)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
43. Isaiah and the new city called Zion (Isaiah)
October 19-25 (Jeremiah 1-3; 7; 16-18; 20)
44. Jeremiah and the rich who became poor and the poor who became rich (Jeremiah)
October 26-November 1 (Jeremiah 31-33; 36-38; Lamentations 1; 3)
44. Jeremiah and the rich who became poor and the poor who became rich (Jeremiah)
November 2-8 (Ezekiel 1-3; 33-34; 36-37; 47)
45. The dreamer, playwright, poet, artist, Ezekiel (Ezekiel)
November 9-15 (Daniel 1-7)
47. The memory keepers (Daniel)
November 16-22 (Hosea 1-6; 10-14; Joel)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
41. Hosea and his strange marriage advice (Hosea)
November 23-29 (Amos; Obadiah; Jonah)
39. Jonah and the whale and the bush (Jonah)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
November 30-December 6 (Micah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah)
40. What the prophets said (Isaiah; Amos; Micah; Joel)
December 7-13 (Haggai 1-2; Zechariah 1-4; 7-14)
50. Healing in his wings (Zachariah; Malachi)
December 14-20 (Malachi)
50. Healing in his wings (Zachariah; Malachi)