Preserving Bible Times

One of Doug Greenwold’s fundamental teaching sessions, this audio/video was originally recorded at the IBC 2017 Conference in Zeeland, Michigan and later distributed as a complimentary video to selected supporters of Preserving Bible Times . This session will explain what all the hubbub is about regarding biblical context and precisely why it should become a priority for any serious student of the...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show archives from May 30, 2024. Where does the idea of The Trinity come from? On the heels of Trinity Sunday, Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, explains the nature of The Holy Trinity, presenting the biblical evidence for the three-fold nature of God. For more Biblical context resources, vi...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show archives, May 16, 2024: Do we encounter the Holy Spirit prior to Pentecost? Join Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, focuses on Pentecost when, with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we became the Church. What other encounters with the Holy Spirit may have occurred prior to Pentecost, an...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, March 31, 2021, this is a contextual look at the major events of Holy Week from Palm Sunday, to Maundy Thursday, to Good Friday in anticipation of Easter Morning. Join Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times , along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, as they elaborate on the context of Passion Week from Palm Sunday to the Last Suppe...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, March 21, 2024, unpacking the context of “The Passion”. Join Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times , along with Jim, David and the Broken Road Radio Morning Show audience, as they help us differentiate between the terms “The Passion” and “the crucifixion”, revealing the incredible depth of the former. For more Biblical context resources, visi...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show on January 23, 2025: The nature and purpose(s) of synagogues in 1st-century Israel and the church today. Join Pastor Robbie Pruitt of  Preserving Bible Times , along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, as they discuss how synagogues functioned in both great and small towns across Israel during Bible times, citing recent archaeological finds...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, February 15, 2024: Prayer, fasting and the imposition of ashes. Daniel 9 vs. Matthew 6. Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times , along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, offers an in-depth look at the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday and asserts it is the motivational context behind prayer and fasting that counts, whether publi...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show from January 12, 2023: Wanna be a disciple of Jesus? Comfortable with total submission? Join Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David, and the Morning Show audience, as they discuss and describe the nature of a disciple in first century Israel and what any self-respecting rabbi would have expected of their disciple. For mor...

Taken from the archives of the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, from December 31, 2014, here is "The However Many Wisemen". Join Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, from Broken Road Radio as they relate the historic and cultural context of that visit by the magi to Bethlehem, including the why’s and wherefore’s of those three gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. F...

Join Preserving Bible Times Executive Director, Robbie Pruitt, as he focuses on Advent and Christmas and preaches "Prepare the Way for God's Love" for the 4th Sunday of Advent. For more Biblical Context Resources, visit us at https://preservingbibletimes.org

Taken from the archives of the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, December 23, 2015: Why Nazareth? …And the problem with shepherds. Join Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, and the Broken Road Radio audience as they address the questions of how those angels might have looked to those shepherds on that Judean hillside, why shepherds were chosen as the target audience in...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, on December 12, 2024, and exploring the contextual hiccups in the Netflix production of “Mary” and how the book of Zephaniah relates to Advent. Join pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, as they review the Netflix movie about the life of Mary, mother of Jesus, and then moves us into Advent...

An Advent reflection, beginning at minute 7, taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, December 12, 2012. Doug Greenwold, along with Jim and David, examines a couple of calculation methods relating to the month of the birth of Christ and details the history behind the arrival of the clan of David in Nazareth. For more Biblical context resources, please visit Preserving Bible Times at https://...

Taken from the Broken Road Morning Show on July 25, 2024: The feeding of the 5,000 according to Peter via Mark, including Jesus walking on water. Listen as Jim, David, and Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, and the Morning Show audience, examines Mark’s account of these miracles and relates the varying accounts from the companion Gospels. For more Biblical context resources, visit us...

Listen in on The Broken Road Radio Morning Show, August 22, 2024, as Jim, David, and Pastor Robbie Pruitt discuss Paul's Prison Epistles and focus on his letter to the church at Colossae. Pastor Robbie Pruitt of  Preserving Bible Times , along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, highlights Paul’s circular letter to the  church at Colossae and a mysterious letter to the church at Laodici...

From the Broken Road Radio archives, Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times joins Jim and David for a look at a basic framework for the study of scripture, referring us to his “5 Storylines of Scripture” as a way to orient our thinking and then to “The Bermuda Triangle of the Soul”, from the teachings of Dr. David Allen. For more resources, please visit: https://preservingbibletimes.org

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, July 12, 2024: Did Amos wear overalls? A look at the blue-collar prophet and how that connects with Mark 6:7-13. Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David, Sharon and the Morning Show audience, explains how a prophet who tended sheep and cultivated sycamore figs could be called to something higher, an allusion to Mark 6:7-1...

Taken from the Broken Road Morning Show, on June 6, 2024, The Lord of the Sabbath — “lawfare” was used as a weapon in first century Israel, too. Join pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Broken Road Radio Morning Show audience, as they furnish the backstory on how the Pharisees attempted to entrap Jesus and His disciples using Sabbath regulations for pickin...

Taken from the Broken Road Morning Show on May 30, 2024. Just where does the idea of The Trinity come from? On the heels of Trinity Sunday, Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, explains the nature of The Holy Trinity, presenting the biblical evidence for the three-fold nature of God. For more Biblical context resources, please visit:...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, May 16, 2024: Do we encounter the Holy Spirit prior to Pentecost? Join Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, as they focuses on Pentecost when, with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we became the Church. What other encounters with the Holy Spirit may have occurred prior to Pentecost. For...

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show, on May 9, 2024: Just how central is the Ascension to God’s plan for salvation? Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim Park and the Morning Show audience, explains how the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, both brought to fruition with the Ascension, are all integral to the completed work of Jesus.

Taken from the Broken Road Radio Morning Show on April 27, 2024: The difference between “sheep” and “sheepish”, from Ezekiel 34:1-10, Psalm 23, and John 10:1-10. Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, Sharon, and the Morning Show audience, teaches on the relevance of sheep and shepherding to a fuller understanding of Jesus as The Good Shepherd and why we are a flock instea...

Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Listen to Jesus the Good Shepherd, taken from the Broken Road Morning Show, from April 27, 2023. What is the difference between good shepherds and bad shepherds, and what does it mean that Jesus is The Good Shepherd from John 10. Join Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David, and the Broken Road Radio Morning Show audience, as they discuss t...

Taken from the Broken Road Morning Show, April 20, 2023, Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, takes a deep dive into John 20, the scene at the tomb, and the amazing parallels between John 20, Genesis 3, Eve and Mary Magdalene, at the resurrection as Jesus reveals himself as the Gardener.

Taken from the Broken Road Morning Show, April 6, 2023: Maundy Thursday is about both a new command and a sea change in pastoral leadership. Pastor Robbie Pruitt of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim, David and the Morning Show audience, recounts the foot washing and the awesome contextual relevance of Psalm 118:27, the concluding hymn sung at the Last Supper (The Hallel) For more Biblical con...