Historical Jesus

He was a Jewish, Galilean tax-collector until he met Jesus of Nazareth, who said to him, "Follow me." From that day Matthew was one of his disciples. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! History in the Bible podcast at https://amzn.to/3ZuHAwO Garry Stevens books available at https://amzn.to/3ZAM19f   Gospel of Matthew available at https://amzn.to/3LEeP8F ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and...

We continue the Testament of Luke which relates the story of Jesus coming for humankind. Gospel of Luke available at  https://amzn.to/3M6sTId Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq                                 &...

Pocahontas (1596–1617) befriended the daring English explorer and adventurer John Smith (1580–1631) in 1608 and later converted to Christianity. She married the Virginia tobacco planter John Rolfe (1585-1622) in 1614 and bore their son. Pocahontas has entered the pantheon of modern popular culture is a subject of art, literature, and film. Numerous places, landmarks, and products in th...

The books of the New Testament are the foremost source for the life and teachings of Jesus and the detailed chronology in which it took place. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation!   History in the Bible podcast with Garry Stevens at https://amzn.to/3ZuHAwO   Garry Stevens books available at https://amzn.to/3ZAM19f   ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining...

The Woman Caught in Adultery (adulterae) is a New Testament passage (pericope) that relates a message of mercy and forgiveness balanced with a call to holy living have endured in Christian thought. Both "let him who is without sin cast the first stone" and "go, and sin no more" have found their way into common usage. The English idiomatic phrase to "cast the first stone" is derived from this passa...

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 synopsis and interpretation in this seminal work of biblical criticism. Quest of the Historical Jesu...

Jesus and the Woman taken in Adultery is a story found in the Gospel of John. There is, however, a broad academic consensus that the passage is a later interpolation added after the earliest known manuscripts of the Gospel of John. Nevertheless, many scholars conclude that the story does record an actual event in the life of Jesus and believe it was a well-known story circulating in the oral tradi...

The four canonical gospels are the foremost sources for the life and message of Jesus and the detailed geography in which it took place. E139. History in the Bible podcast with Garry Stevens at https://amzn.to/3ZuHAwO   Garry Stevens books available at https://amzn.to/3ZAM19f   ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreo...

We continue the Testament of Luke which relates the story of Jesus coming for humankind. Gospel of Luke available at  https://amzn.to/3M6sTId Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq                                 &...

Indentures are agreements between two parties about long-term work. The length of servitude might be a specified number of years or until the servant reached a certain age. Some people indentured themselves in order to gain passage to America or to escape debt and poverty. Discovery that Virginia was the perfect environment to cultivate tobacco led to Jamestown's success… and to a great dea...

Divisions did not appear in the original texts of Judaeo-Christian bibles. The long quest for ways to point more precisely to biblical content that led to a book-chapter-verse system began in the middle ages and eventually evolved, through trial and error, into the system or method we use today. E138.  Gospel of Mark available at https://amzn.to/3X3m9Ba Gospel of Luke available at https://amz...

The Gospel of Mark (Chapter 4) describes the kingdom of heaven as being like a tiny mustard seed that grows into a large tree. It symbolizes that the kingdom of God, though it may start small, will grow and become a significant and powerful force. Hearing Jesus podcast available at https://amzn.to/3QLEpee Rachel Grohl books available at www.rachelgrohl.com Gospel of Mark available at https://amzn....

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 synopsis and interpretation in this seminal work of biblical criticism. Quest of the Historical Jesu...

The Gospel of Mark (Chapter 4) emphasizes the importance of sharing the wisdom of God's word, the slow process of spiritual growth, and the significance of faith growing over time. Hearing Jesus podcast available at https://amzn.to/3QLEpee Rachel Grohl books available at www.rachelgrohl.com Gospel of Mark available at https://amzn.to/40rYHOt ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materia...

Matthew's Gospel, recounts the story of the call of the first disciples, Simon Peter and Andrew. When they encounter Jesus, the Capernaum fishermen drop everything and follow him. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! Bishop Robert Barron books available at https://amzn.to/44W7nwN Gospel of Matthew available at https://amzn.to/3LEeP8F ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joini...

We continue the Testament of Luke which relates the story of Jesus coming for humankind. Gospel of Luke available at  https://amzn.to/3M6sTId Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq                                 &...

STORY OF AMERICA — English investors who funded the establishment of the Virginia colony may have been concerned with the glory of England and the spreading of the Anglican religion to the natives, but above all, they demanded that the new enterprise turn a profit. Tobacco eventually proved to be the economic base for Virginia for the next two centuries. The original Jamestown colonists had...

Was Jesus of Nazareth the Jewish Messiah? What is a Messiah? E136. Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman podcast at https://amzn.to/46zMgCx Bart Ehrman books available at https://amzn.to/46EU0U4   ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet  SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this F...

Was Christ human, divine, or both? Let’s see what St. Thomas Aquinas has to say regarding this intricate doctrine. Books by Paul Gondreau available at https://amzn.to/41vDEMt   Dominican Friars Thomistic Institute Credo at https://amzn.to/41uEbhQ   ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on  https://patreon.com/markvinet &n...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was a German-British Baroque composer. His most famous work, the 1742 oratorio Messiah with its "Hallelujah" chorus, is among the most popular works in choral music. The text from Messiah was compiled from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. Zadok the Priest is a British anthem that was composed by Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727. T...

Let’s investigate the humanity of Jesus using Stoic philosophy, Concupiscence, Docetism, Monophysitism, the Council of Constantinople (381 AD), and the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD).  Books by Paul Gondreau available at https://amzn.to/41vDEMt   Dominican Friars Thomistic Institute Credo at https://amzn.to/41uEbhQ   ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials wh...

Jesus begins his Ministry in the region surrounding the sea of Galilee. Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation!  Books by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson available at https://amzn.to/46ORT00 Gospel of Luke available at https://amzn.to/3M6sTId ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet  SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any...

We continue the Testament of Luke which relates the story of Jesus coming for humankind. Gospel of Luke available at  https://amzn.to/3M6sTId Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq                                 &...

STORY OF AMERICA — In 1607, after many years of unsuccessful American settlements, the English founded the colony of Jamestown in Virginia. Eastern Virginia is called ‘Tidewater’ because the rivers moved to the rhythm of the ocean before they finally merge with Chesapeake Bay. The area between the James and York rivers is known simply as "the peninsula," and it is here that our s...

The 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom a book of the Old Testament is named, was known as Isaiah. The Book of Isaiah is quoted many times by New Testament writers as direct prophetic revelations of the nature, purpose, and detail of the death of Jesus. The Book of Mormon reveals that all things prophesied by Isaiah have been and will be fulfilled. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah u...