The Burros of Berea Podcast

The Burros of Berea travel to Berean Bible Church in Virginia Beach to have a Roundtable Discussion to discuss the Preterist Worldview and its effect on society. We were joined by Pastor David Curtis, Jeffrey T. McCormack, Robert Cruickshank, Mike Sullivan (author of Armageddon Deception) and his wife, Denise Sullivan, all of Berean Bible Church, as well as, author Pete Wrue, and president of Amer...

In Part 2 of his conversation with Andy, Rick begins to show the nature of relationships with the Creator and how the covenant relationship begins. Prior to their study of the Epistle to the Hebrews, it is important to understand the meaning of covenant and how the man Abraham believed God and what that meant. It's a fascinating deep dive into the origins of man, how a Creator would consider His c...

The Burros of Berea continue their testimony series at Berean Bible Church with Pete and Rachael Wrue! After a long time of study apart and then together, this dynamic duo, and our second married couple in our testimony series, made the decision to co-write a book that best described their alternative eschatalogical view of the Bible, titled, The Return of Christ: Why are we still waiting? As you...

Rick sits down with Andy in Giraffe Studio to begin preparation for the upcoming study of The Epistle to the Hebrews. Drawing from his past, Rick begins an overall discussion of Protology, the study of origins, found within the pages of Genesis to bring into focus the relationship between the Creator and the Created versus a self-generating chaotic and unfeeling universe. As with most studies, a s...

The Burros of Berea sit in the studio for a Christmas HollyDay Edition! We discuss the favorite songs we all sing at Christmas and in particular the ones that deal with the special night when Jesus was born. If you've ever wondered who wrote some of the timeless carols that we all sing this time of year you'll want to tune in! If you love to hear horrible singing, you may want to stick around unti...

The Burros of Berea sit down in the sanctuary of Berean Bible Church with Denise Sullivan, wife of our friend and author, Mike Sullivan, to hear her personal testimony. She was raised in the Church of Christ as a pastor's daughter in eastern North Carolina. Much like other testimonies we've heard, Denise tells us of living in two worlds, one based on church life and the troubles that can come with...

The Burros of Berea return to Berean Bible Church in Virginia Beach to sit down with special guest, Karen Rogers, author of Racing With My Shadow, The Compelling True Story of America's First Leading Female Jockey to hear her testimony. It's a fascinating life story of a young woman who was being sexually abused by her stepfather then catapulted to fame as a winning female jockey in the highly com...

In one of our most heart-wrenching moments in our podcast history, Emily Malloy-French sits down in the studio with The Burros of Berea to share her testimony. After Emily explains a horrific sexual assault that happened during her teenage years, Rick shares his own personal story of being "viciously raped" by a sixteen year old boy when he was the age of five. It's a story of tragedy and triumph,...

The Burros of Berea take a break from their biblical studies to discuss two historical events surrounding Thanksgiving. You'll learn why Thomas Jefferson hated it and also why the author of "Mary had a little lamb", Sarah Josepha Hale, fought so hard for four decades to establish once and for all a truly American holiday. If you would like to support this podcast become a patron at: www.patreon.co...

The Burros of Berea welcome Dr. Don K. Preston into Giraffe Studio to share his personal testimony. After having a frightening conversion as a child, Dr. Preston tells us how his father and mother poured their efforts into him to study the bible, memorize scripture and eventually help him in becoming a minister at a young age. From there Dr. Preston would tell of God's providence over his life as...

Rick and Andy sit down in Giraffe Studio with Michael Hessler. Mr. Hessler was a successful electrical engineer focused on Aerospace technology and managed a firm worth 120 million dollars both domestically and internationally when he was suddenly diagnosed with the debilitating disease lupus compounded with rheumatoid arthritis. After being told that he was going to die in a few months, he left h...

Tiziana, Andy and Rick sit down in Giraffe Studio to complete their immersion study of Mary Magdalene. Tiziana brings the understanding of women's place in society in the Greek and Roman culture and how this spilled over into the Christian church. Ultimately, the gospels all agree and mention this pivotal woman in the early church movement. Thanks for listening! If you'd like to support this podca...

The Burros of Berea interview Christian Fiction Author and Screenwriter, Brian Godawa. Brian has written many novels including The Chronicles of the Nephilim series, End Times Bible Prophecy, When Giants Were Upon the Earth, and Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment which is in its ninth printing. He has also written several full length feature films including To End All...

The Burros of Berea sit in the studio with Ryan and Emily Malloy-French to discuss two very interesting sections of scripture that sound a little spooky. Billy brings in some Extreme Sour Warheads for the cast to try. The group then go on to tell their happiest memories of Halloween and scariest stories from their past. It's a fun and spooky episode! If you'd like to become a patron of this podcas...

This week author, theologian and president of American Vision, Gary DeMar, sits down in the studio with The Burros of Berea to share his personal testimony. After being raised Roman Catholic, Mr. DeMar eventually moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan where he attended Western Michigan University on an athletic scholarship for the shot put. On one particular day two friends would play an integral role on hi...

The Burros of Berea sit down with Author and Theologian, Michael Sullivan, to revisit our study of the Olivet Discourse. Mr. Sullivan breaks down important points found within the Discourse and aligns them with the book Revelation. During our study the cast begin to question the eschatological position a Full Preterist takes on the apocalyptic and prophetic texts found within the bible and its opp...

Rick and Andy sit down in Giraffe Studio with Christian filmmaker, Dave Christiano to hear his testimony. After becoming a Christian in the late 70's, Dave shares the gospel with his twin brother, Rich, who becomes a Christian a year later. Soon they both would embark on a lifelong career of making and distributing Christian films that never shy away from the gospel of Jesus Christ. It's a fascina...

Tiziana "Mom So Hard" Severse hosts her first ever episode of Notes from the Underground! Rick and Andy sit in with her to discuss one of the most critical characters in the New Testament, Mary Magdalene. It's a deep dive look into the first person to see Jesus alive after His resurrection. They also discuss the way a man dominant Church and one Pope in particular would change the course of histor...

Special guest, Charlton R. Carter III joins the Burros of Berea in the studio for our series finale on the Book of Esther. As Esther and Mordecai make critical political moves to assure the salvation of the Jewish race, the destruction of Haman's progeny and fulfill a thousand year grudge match between the Israelites and the Amalekites of old. In the end, each of us have taken away a better unders...

The Burros of Berea welcome two very special guests into Giraffe Studio! Derek and Ryann Lambert of the MythVision Podcast join us to tell their story and struggle for life, liberty and the pursuit of truth in reality. For some of our listeners this may be a hard episode to listen to. After being a Christian since the age of twelve, Derek's journey through life has been one of tragedy and triumph,...

The Burros of Berea finally get back to our summer series! After a busy summer of interviewing several people from around the country the Burros come together in the studio and pick up in Part 7 where they left of in the Book of Esther. Where we left off the "enemy of the Jews", Haman, had just paraded Mordecai around the city in pomp and circumstance. When Haman leaves the Citadel with his head c...

In our final testimony from the series recorded at Berean Bible Church, Michael Sullivan (author of House Divided, and Armageddon Deception) sits down with the Burros of Berea and shares his fascinating story. As a teenager, Michael was introduced to the gospel and during a downturn in his life he reached out to God for salvation. Over the course of his life he would be influenced by some of the m...

The Burros of Berea sit down with Jeffrey and Veronica McCormack of Berean Bible Church to hear their testimonies. After meeting while both serving in the military, Jeffrey and Veronica tell their story of becoming Christians and developing a friendship based on studying the Bible and ultimately get married. Through the years they both discover truths found in scripture that challenge one another...

In this special episode the Burros of Berea sit down in a roundtable discussion with Pastor David Curtis of Berean Bible Church, Glenn L. Hill, Robert Cruickshank, Jeffrey T. McCormack and Michael Sullivan to discuss the Preterist perspective on Eschatology and the Millennial Reign. This is part of the special episodes recorded live at Berean Bible Church of Virginia Beach in late July 2022. We be...

We continue the testimony series at Berean Bible Church of Virginia Beach with our guest, Robert Cruickshank. Coming up in the 1980's as a Roman Catholic and finding a passion for the words of the bible, Bob began a journey of study in his early childhood and teenage years that has remained to this day. Throughout the years his beliefs changed and he began sharing his research with others. If any...