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Send us Fan Mail What made Pontius Pilate, the man named in the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds, send an innocent Jesus to the cross despite knowing the truth? In this powerful look at Mark 15:1-15, the episode examines Pilate as a failed Roman governor who recognized Jesus’ innocence and the envy-driven motives of His accusers, yet still delivered Him up for crucifixion. Through vivid historical cont...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of the Vice Chancellor’s Hour, we walk with Jesus into the Garden of Gethsemane as He faces the full weight of His coming suffering. Fully God yet fully human, Jesus is stretched to His emotional and spiritual limits — distressed, sorrowful to the point of death — yet He responds with raw honesty and perfect submission. Discover how Jesus models faithful,...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode, the pastor explores Mark 14, where Jesus and His disciples sing a hymnfull of themes of distress, steadfast love, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph right before heading to the Mount of Olives. Jesus then predicts that all the disciples will fall away and specifically tells Peter he will deny Him three times before the rooster crows twice, despite Peter’s pa...

Send us Fan Mail Discover the profound depths of the Lord’s Supper in this powerful episode. We journey through its rich past as the fulfillment of the Passover and the Suffering Servant’s once-for-all sacrifice, its vital present reality as communion with Christ that strengthens believers and warns the unworthy, and its glorious future hope as a foretaste of the Kingdom feast to come. Far more th...

Send us Fan Mail What if every detail of your life was already part of an eternal plan, and the only question is whose plan you’re following?  In this powerful episode the VC walks through Mark 14:12-25 as Jesus meticulously arranges the final Passover meal with supernatural precision while announcing His betrayal. With the shadow of the cross looming, the teaching masterfully contrasts Jesus’ bea...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the VC  a brilliantly “sandwiched” passage where Mark places the beautiful story of a woman anointing Jesus with a fortune in rare perfume between the murderous plot of the religious leaders and Judas Iscariot’s betrayal. While powerful men scheme in secret to kill Jesus and one of His own inner-circle disciples prepares to sell Him out, an unnamed woman breaks an...

Send us Fan Mail In a world of chaos and uncertainty, could Christ's return be the ultimate source of hope and justice? This powerful episode unpacks Mark 13:26-27, where Jesus describes the Son of Man arriving in clouds with great glory and power, sending angels to gather His elect from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. The teaching draws striking parallels to Christ's humble...

Send us Fan Mail What does Jesus look like right now, not as a baby or a dying man on the cross, but as the reigning Son of Man? In this powerful episode the VC looks into the dramatic climax of Mark 13, where Jesus describes terrifying tribulation followed by His glorious return in clouds with great power and glory. Drawing from Daniel 7, you’ll see Christ as the divine Judge who slays the monste...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most sacred, historic building in your world—the center of everything you thought mattered to God—was suddenly prophesied to be completely wiped out? In this powerful episode on Mark 13, we sit with Jesus on the Mount of Olives as He drops a bombshell on His disciples: the magnificent Jerusalem Temple is coming down. Total destruction. No coming back. This isn’t just s...

Send us Fan Mail  Jesus delivers a shocking prophecy about the temple and the VC unveils the epic biblical story of the temple beginning in the Garden of Eden and progressing through the tabernacle the first temple its destruction and the magnificent yet doomed structure in Jesus' day. Discover how this grand narrative reveals God's presence with his people and makes Jesus words utterly...

Send us Fan Mail We love to go big!  Bigger numbers, bigger crowds, bigger budgets.  In this episode we will look at what Jesus saw that everyone else missed.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the VC describes how Jesus unleashes a blistering takedown of religious showmen who parade in flowing robes, snag the best seats, and devour widows' houses while pretending to pray for show.  

Send us Fan Mail Jesus corners the religious leaders with one piercing question from Psalm 110: If the Messiah is David's son, why does David call Him "My Lord"? This single verse explodes their neat theology, revealing Christ as both human and divine Lord—fully man, yet eternally God. Stop settling for a tame Jesus; this episode demands you face the full, authoritative Christ of Sc...

Send us Fan Mail Good questions are powerful.  In this episode we see Jesus putting on a master class in how to ask powerful questions.

Send us Fan Mail One of the greatest dangers to learning is trying to look smart.  In this episode, Jesus shows us how dangerous it can be.

Send us Fan Mail When you have enemies, they come at you in a number of different ways.  In this episode, the VC analyzes the ways enemies use traps to catch the Christian.

Send us Fan Mail Jesus lived under constant threat of death, but he wasn't shy about speaking the truth anyway.  In this episode the VC points to Jesus' teaching on who the real owner and faithful servants are of his kingdom.

Send us Fan Mail If you take command, you had better be authorized!  Jesus doesn't disagree, but it does open up a whole new avenue of questioning.  In this episode we see Jesus confronted and how he deals with confrontation.

Send us Fan Mail The obstacles in our path are impossible to overcome sometimes, yet Jesus does not call us to despair.  Instead He gives us an answer to our problems.  In this episode, the VC encourages us with the teachings of Jesus regarding the believers response to impossible problems. 

Send us Fan Mail The world today and of Jesus' day aren't so different.  The undermining of important institutions happened then, and happens now. In this episode the VC looks at how Jesus answered that challenge and what that means for us as his people.  

Send us Fan Mail Jesus is well known for his many blessings, but we would be wise to pay attention to his curses as well.  One curious incident is his cursing of a tree.  If you have ever wondered about the significance of the cursing of a tree, this is the episode for you.  

Send us Fan Mail The whole world seems to be debating what kind of leader we need.  In this episode, the VC will look how the Bible presents the leaders for which we all look.

Send us Fan Mail A lot of life is timing.  We don't control that at all, but God does.  In this episode we hear about Paul's excitement about God's timing and what that means for us.

Send us Fan Mail We have ideas in our minds of what makes a hero, but we're sometimes surprised. In this episode, the VC looks at one of the heroes who pops up out of one the most unlikely places.  

Send us Fan Mail We have ideas about what we want out of life, and we hate to miss an opportunity.  In this episode, the VC looks at a time some disciples seized an opportunity and a lesson ensued.