



TESTAMENT 42. Gospel of Luke (Chapter 20)
This Testament tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Breathe Bible Audio CD available at https://amzn.to/3CPRa4x Gospel of Luke available at https://amzn.to/3M6sTId Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq …

Extra 9. Vikings
STORY of AMERICA 🇺🇸 We go raiding alongside Norse adventurers who sailed up and down the USA coast and settled in large areas of the world including North America during an era of Scandinavian expansion from 780 to 1100 AD. Let’s examine the exploration, raids, conquests and colonization of the N…

EXTRA 111. Wood Runners
STORY of AMERICA 🇺🇸 Coureur des Bois or wood runner Étienne Brûlé (1592-1632), was the first European to cross Pennsylvania and later, the first to see Lake Superior. Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) administered the affairs of New France and took personal charge of organized explorations of the u…

Pharisees
Jesus called the Pharisees "hypocrites," "blind guides," "generation of vipers," and compared them to "whitewashed tombs". E181. Books about Pharisees at https://amzn.to/4hdP2la Books about Sadducees available at https://amzn.to/3XGDfVk How Jesus Became Christian by Barrie Wilson at https://amzn.…

283. Dispensationalism
A theological system that interprets the Bible by dividing history into distinct periods called "dispensations," each characterized by a unique way God interacts with humanity. Dispensationalism emphasizes a literal interpretation of scripture, particularly Old Testament prophecies about Israel, an…

LITERATURE 1.16 Quest of the Historical Jesus (Chapter 5.1)
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) gives us one of the first historical treatments of the life of Jesus in his pioneering book (1906) that reviews all prior work on the question of the "historical Jesus" and points out how Jesus of Nazareth's image has changed with the times—while offering his own synop…

Extra 8. Mel Gibson's Apocalypto, part 2
STORY of AMERICA 🇺🇸 Mark guests on podcaster Steve Guerra's show Beyond the Big Screen to analyze the Mel Gibson film Apocalypto, set in Mesoamerica during the Mayan civilization & Aztec Empire. Enjoy this HISTORICAL JESUS Extra. Check out the YouTube versions of this episode which has accompany…

282. Parable of the Lost Son
The Prodigal Son refers to the story in the Gospel of Luke (15:11-32) about a son who squanders his inheritance and later returns to his father, who welcomes him back with a celebration, despite the anger and jealousy of his brother. Christians believe the parable illustrates God's unconditional lo…

Who were the Sadducees?
Jesus called Sadducees a “wicked and adulterous generation” (Matthew 16:1-5). E179. Books about Sadducees available at https://amzn.to/3XGDfVk How Jesus Became Christian by Barrie Wilson at https://amzn.to/3DyFfbA From Jesus to Christianity by L. Michael White at https://amzn.to/4008FpD Other bo…

TESTAMENT 41. Gospel of Luke (Chapter 19)
This Testament tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Breathe Bible Audio CD available at https://amzn.to/3CPRa4x Gospel of Luke available at https://amzn.to/3M6sTId Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq …