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Opening Up the Gospels
I’ll be talking about the importance of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John for our theology, faith, and relationship with God by chronologically walking through the life of Jesus.
Episode 1 - Christianity and True Friendship - Opening Up the Gospels
In this premiere episode of my weekly video series, Opening Up the Gospels, I talk about the first...
Episode 2 - Distorted Versions of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
In 2 Corinthians 11, the Apostle Paul warned of others who would come and preach “another...
Episode 3 - The Gospels and the End of the Age - Opening Up the Gospels
All of human history is moving towards one ultimate end. Scripture tells us that a day is coming...
Episode 4 - The Gospels as God's Story - Opening Up the Gospels
In the past 3 episodes of this series, I’ve discussed three reasons why I wanted to talk about...
Episode 5 - Pondering the Life of Jesus, Part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
When Jesus performed a miracle or taught with authority during His two-year ministry, the crowds...
Episode 6 - Pondering the Life of Jesus, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
In episode 5 of Opening Up the Gospels, I introduced Biblical meditation and a prayerful pondering...
Episode 7 - Introduction to Matthew's Gospel - Opening Up the Gospels
Who wrote Matthew and when was it written? What are some of the key themes of Matthew’s...
Episode 8 - Introduction to Mark's Gospel - Opening Up the Gospels
Mark is the shortest, most succinct, and most action-packed Gospel out of the four of them. In this...
Episode 9 - Introduction to Luke's Gospel - Opening Up the Gospels
Luke’s Gospel is unique in so many ways – from the way he narrates Jesus’ birth to...
Episode 10 - Introduction to John's Gospel - Opening Up the Gospels
John’s Gospel is perhaps the most unique one out of the four. In this episode, I cover...
Episode 11 - Zechariah and Elizabeth - Opening Up the Gospels
Luke begins his Gospel by giving us details of an aged couple, Zechariah and Elizabeth, from the...
Episode 12 - Zechariah and the angel Gabriel - Opening Up the Gospels
In Luke 1, Zechariah is ministering in the Temple, standing and offering incense to the LORD. The...
Episode 13 - Announcing the Birth of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
Once again scripture records the angel Gabriel’s appearance, this time to a young girl named...
Episode 14 - Mary and Elizabeth - Opening Up the Gospels
While Herod and the leaders of the Jews are filled with self-importance and jockey for power in...
Episode 15 - The Birth of John and the Scandal in Nazareth - Opening Up the Gospels
After at least 9 months of being mute, Zechariah’s son John is born. His tongue is loosed and...
Episode 16 - Joseph's First Dream - Opening Up the Gospels
On a real night over 2000 years ago, Joseph lay his head down to sleep, undoubtedly troubled in his...
Episode 17 - The Census and the Journey to Bethlehem - Opening Up the Gospels
Mary and Joseph travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem, a small historic town in Judea. Though...
Episode 18 - The Birth of Jesus (part 1) - Opening Up the Gospels
In the little town of Bethlehem in southern Israel, Jesus, the future King of Israel and the Maker...
Episode 19 - The Birth of Jesus (part 2) - Opening Up the Gospels
So often we approach the little town of Bethlehem and peer at the Babe in that manger and walk away...
Episode 20 - The Birth of Jesus (part 3) - Opening Up the Gospels
What does the helpless Babe lying in an animal feed trough tell us about what God is like? In the...
Episode 21 - The Shepherds (part 1) - Opening Up the Gospels
God could have announced the birth of Jesus to the elite ruling class in Jerusalem, but He chose to...
Episode 22 - The Shepherds (part 2) - Opening Up the Gospels
Lowly shepherds are given the “good news” that a baby who was “Christ the...
Episode 23 - The Early Days of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
When Jesus was eight days old, He was circumcised according to the Law. 32 days later, Mary and...
Episode 24 - Simeon (part 1) - Opening Up the Gospels
As Mary and Joseph are in the Temple to offer their sacrifice and present Jesus before a priest, a...
Episode 25 - Simeon (part 2) - Opening Up the Gospels
Luke 2 tells us about an aged Jew, Simeon, who had been eagerly waiting for the fulfillment of all...
Episode 26 - Anna - Opening Up the Gospels
Luke tells us about another person who meets Mary, Joseph, and Jesus in the Temple when Jesus was...
Episode 27 - The Visit of the Magi (part 1) - Opening Up the Gospels
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem, “wise men” from the East came to visit Jesus and...
Episode 28 - The Visit of the Magi (part 2) - Opening Up the Gospels
The entourage of Magi from the East meet with Herod in Jerusalem and follow the star they saw to...
Episode 29 - The Flight to Egypt - Opening Up the Gospels
Joseph wakes Mary and Jesus and they all depart Bethlehem for Egypt by night. It was not too long...
Episode 30 - The Childhood of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
After the circumstances of the birth of Jesus, the Gospels fall silent and give us no information...
Episode 31 - Jesus at Twelve - Opening Up the Gospels
The Gospels only give us one glimpse into the years of Jesus’ life between his birth and the...
Episode 32 - Eighteen Years of Silence - Opening Up the Gospels
The Gospels offer no record of Jesus’ life and words between His visit to the Temple at 12 and...
Episode 33 - Introduction to John the Baptist (part 1) - Opening Up the Gospels
All four Gospels tell us about John the Baptist, making him an extremely important figure in the...
Episode 34 - Introduction to John the Baptist (part 2) - Opening Up the Gospels
John the Baptist as a very unique individual. After 400 years of prophetic silence in Israel, the...
Episode 35 - John the Baptist and the Maccabean Revolt - Opening Up the Gospels
In 166BC, the Jews revolted against their Greek oppressors in a time historians call the Maccabean...
Episode 36 - The Message of John the Baptist part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
The story of John the Baptist precedes the ministry of Jesus in all four Gospels and is critical for...
Episode 37 - The Message of John the Baptist part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
The significance of John’s message to the nation of Israel is only heightened when we see that...
Episode 38 - The Message of John the Baptist part 3 - Opening Up the Gospels
John the Baptist said that the One coming after Him (who we know to be Jesus of Nazareth) would...
Episode 39 - The Message of John the Baptist part 4 - Opening Up the Gospels
John the Baptist said that the One coming after Him (who we know to be Jesus of Nazareth) would...
Episode 40 - Introducing the Public Ministry of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
The Gospels are often seen as a collection of random events where Jesus is haphazardly wandering...
Episode 41 - The Baptism of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
The baptism of Jesus is a very familiar scene to many, but there is so much confusion about it. Why...
Episode 42 - Jesus in the Wilderness - Opening Up the Gospels
Immediately following His baptism in the Jordan River, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the...
Episode 43 - The Inquisition from Jerusalem - Opening Up the Gospels
While Jesus was still in the wilderness, priests and Levites from Jerusalem came to Bethany beyond...
Episode 44 - Behold, the Lamb of God - Opening Up the Gospels
On the day that Jesus emerges from the wilderness, John the Baptist declares something very...
Episode 45 - The First Disciples - Opening Up the Gospels
Just two days after emerging from the wilderness, Jesus meets a handful of fishermen from Galilee in...
Episode 46 - Jesus and Nathanael - Opening Up the Gospels
Just another day later according to John’s gospel, Jesus meets a friend of Philip’s...
Episode 47 - The Wedding at Cana - Opening Up the Gospels
Perhaps only a week after His emergence from the wilderness, Jesus heads to Cana in Galilee with His...
Episode 48 - A Look at the Temple - Opening Up the Gospels
What was the Temple in Jerusalem like in Jesus’ day? It was absolutely magnificent – in...
Episode 49 - The Cleansing of the Temple - Opening Up the Gospels
The very first, overtly public act of Jesus’ ministry was the cleansing of the Temple in...
Episode 50 - Jesus and Nicodemus - Opening Up the Gospels
At some point after Jesus cleanses the Temple, He meets with Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. In this...
Episode 51 - On the Way to Galilee - Opening Up the Gospels
As Jesus’ disciples were baptizing, a dispute arises between John’s disciples and a Jew...
Episode 52 - The Woman at the Well - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus heads north to Galilee after John the Baptist was imprisoned, but first passes through...
Episode 53 - Introduction to the Early Galilean Ministry - Opening Up the Gospels
After being rejected in Jerusalem by the Jewish authorities, Jesus heads to Galilee to begin his...
Episode 54 - Jesus' First Rejection in Nazareth - Opening Up the Gospels
Upon His return to Galilee, Jesus enters his hometown of Nazareth and stands up in the synagogue on...
Episode 55 - Healing at the Pool of Bethesda - Opening Up the Gospels
While in Jerusalem for feast of the Jews, Jesus heals a paralyzed man at the Pool of Bethesda. When...
Episode 56 - The Miraculous Catch of Fish - Opening Up the Gospels
In light of yet another rejection by the Jews in Jerusalem, Jesus leaves the feast and heads to...
Episode 57 - Miracles in Galilee - Opening Up the Gospels
While traveling with His first four official disciples, Jesus’ fame spreads in Galilee like...
Episode 58 - The Second Galilean Circuit - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus makes another circuit throughout Galilee, yet the Gospels record only two significant events...
Episode 59 - The Calling of Matthew - Opening Up the Gospels
Many in Israel looked upon tax collectors with disdain because of their dishonesty and greed. By the...
Episode 60 - The Calling of the Twelve - Opening Up the Gospels
After continuing all night in prayer, Jesus chooses twelve of His disciples that would go on to be...
Episode 61 - Introduction to the Middle Galilean Ministry - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus has already amazed crowds and confounded the Jewish authorities. In the next period of His...
Episode 62 - Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount - Opening Up the Gospels
The Sermon on the Mount is arguably the most well-known of Jesus’ teachings, yet its meaning...
Episode 63 - The Sermon on the Mount, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus begins the famous Sermon on the Mount with the “beatitudes”, a series of...
Episode 64 - The Sermon on the Mount, part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
In Matthew’s version of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches His disciples to pray. Though...
Episode 65 - The Sermon on the Mount, part 3 - Opening Up the Gospels
In Matthew’s version of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches His disciples to pray. Though...
Episode 66 - The Centurion's Servant and the Widow's Son - Opening Up the Gospels
In a move that undoubtedly surprised many of the Jews, Jesus heals a Roman centurion’s son...
Episode 67 - The Sinful Woman at Jesus' Feet - Opening Up the Gospels
While dining with some Pharisees, Jesus encounters a sinful woman who shed tears of repentance on...
Episode 68 - Encounter with Jesus' Mother and Brothers - Opening Up the Gospels
While Jesus was with a large crowd, His mother and brothers come searching for him. Not only was...
Episode 69 - Jesus Teaches in Parables - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus’ parables are well-known but often misunderstood in modern times. Jesus did not use the...
Episode 70 - Jesus Calms the Storm - Opening Up the Gospels
After a long, tiring day of ministry, Jesus calms a storm on the Sea of Galilee. The juxtaposition...
Episode 71 - Healings in Galilee - Opening Up the Gospels
After Jesus calms the storm, He heals a demonized man in the region of the Gerasenes. Upon His...
Episode 72 - The Sending of the Twelve - Opening Up the Gospels
After only a few months of being Jesus’ formal disciples, the Twelve are sent out two-by-two...
Episode 73 - Introduction to the Late Galilean Ministry - Opening Up the Gospels
The Late Galilean Ministry begins the second year of Jesus’ public ministry to Israel. Many...
Episode 74 - The Feeding of the Five Thousand, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus miraculously feeding 5,000 men is one of the more well-known stories from the Gospels. Yet the...
Episode 75 - The Feeding of the Five Thousand, part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus miraculously feeding 5,000 men is one of the more well-known stories from the Gospels. Yet the...
Episode 76 - Jesus Walks on the Water - Opening Up the Gospels
In this well-known scene from the Gospels, Jesus walks on the water and once again demonstrates His...
Episode 77 - Confrontation with the Pharisees - Opening Up the Gospels
Just a day after feeding the 5,000 and walking on the water, Jesus encounters Pharisees from...
Episode 78 - The Bread of Life - Opening Up the Gospels
Just before the second Passover feast of His ministry, Jesus delivers His well-known “eat my...
Episode 79 - The Journey to Tyre and Sidon - Opening Up the Gospels
After winnowing down His following in Galilee, Jesus heads north to Tyre and Sidon and begins...
Episode 80 - Feeding the Four Thousand - Opening Up the Gospels
After spending time in Tyre and Sidon, Jesus continues His ministry among Gentiles by heading...
Episode 81 - The Leaven of the Pharisees - Opening Up the Gospels
Once again Jesus gets into a conflict with the Pharisees. This time, they seek a sign from Jesus to...
Episode 82 - Peter's Confession of the Christ, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
On the road to Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks His disciples who they believe He is. Peter responds...
Episode 83 - Peter's Confession of the Christ, part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
On the road to Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks His disciples who they believe He is. Peter responds...
Episode 84 - The Transfiguration - Opening Up the Gospels
After predicting His suffering, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a high mountain and is...
Episode 85 - Introduction to the Late Perean and Judean Ministry - Opening Up the Gospels
In the last extended period of Jesus’ two-year ministry, we discover Him ministering mainly in...
Episode 86 - Jesus' Final Days in Capernaum - Opening Up the Gospels
After rejecting Galilee and before heading south to Perea and Judea, Jesus returns to Capernaum to...
Episode 87 - The Journey to the Feast of Tabernacles - Opening Up the Gospels
After being rejected in Galilee, Jesus’ own brothers tell Him to head south to the Feast of...
Episode 88 - The Sending of the Seventy - Opening Up the Gospels
As He heads south to Judea, Jesus sends out an additional seventy(-two) of His disciples ahead of...
Episode 89 - Mary of Bethany - Opening Up the Gospels
On His way to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stops in Bethany to stay at the house of...
Episode 90 - Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
In the fall of the final year of His ministry, Jesus enters Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles...
Episode 91 - Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
In the fall of the final year of His ministry, Jesus enters Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles...
Episode 92 - Ministering in Judea and Perea - Opening Up the Gospels
After the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus continues ministering in Judea and Perea. This episode looks...
Episode 93 - Woes to the Pharisees - Opening Up the Gospels
As the window of opportunity for their repentance slowly closes, Jesus offers harsh rebukes to the...
Episode 94 - Teaching in Judea Between the Feasts - Opening Up the Gospels
After the Feast of Tabernacles in October, Jesus gives an extended teaching to the crowds in Judea...
Episode 95 - Perean Ministry Between the Feasts - Opening Up the Gospels
Between the Feast of Tabernacles in October and the Feast of Dedication in December, Jesus ministers...
Episode 96 - Dining with the Ruler of the Pharisees - Opening Up the Gospels
Upon heading into Jerusalem for the Feast of Dedication, Jesus dines with a member of Israel’s...
Episode 97 - Healing of the Man Born Blind - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus heals a man born blind by making mud from dirt and spit, rubbing it on his eyes, and telling...
Episode 98 - Jesus is the Good Shepherd - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus continues His rebuke of the Jewish authorities in John 10 just prior to the Feast of...
Episode 99 - Jesus at the Feast of Dedication - Opening Up the Gospels
After traveling about Judea and Perea for several months, Jesus teaches in the Temple at the Feast...
Episode 100 - Parables in Bethany Beyond the Jordan - Opening Up the Gospels
After withdrawing again to Bethany Beyond the Jordan after the Feast of Dedication, large crowds...
Episode 101 - The Parable of the Prodigal Son - Opening Up the Gospels
In Bethany Beyond the Jordan just after the Feast of Dedication, Jesus gives a series of parables to...
Episode 102 - The Parable of the Dishonest Manager - Opening Up the Gospels
While still in Bethany Beyond the Jordan, Jesus gives a story to the tax collectors and sinners who...
Episode 103 - The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus continues His extended teaching in Bethany Beyond the Jordan with a parable directed at the...
Episode 104 - Last Words in Perea - Opening Up the Gospels
With only a short time remaining before His crucifixion in Jerusalem, Jesus closes His Perean...
Episode 105 - The Raising of Lazarus - Opening Up the Gospels
Just on the doorstep of Jerusalem and only a short time before His crucifixion, Jesus raises Lazarus...
Episode 106 - Overview of Jesus' Final Journey to Jerusalem - Opening Up the Gospels
After raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus and the Twelve take leave of the crowds and angry Jewish...
Episode 107 - The Cleansing of Ten Lepers - Opening Up the Gospels
On His journey southward for the Passover feast, Jesus encounters ten lepers near a village on the...
Episode 108 - The Coming of the Kingdom - Opening Up the Gospels
On the way to Jerusalem for the final Passover feast of His ministry, Jesus is asked by Pharisees...
Episode 109 - The Parable of the Persistent Widow - Opening Up the Gospels
After describing to His disciples how His kingdom would be established, Jesus encourages them...
Episode 110 - The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector - Opening Up the Gospels
After instructing His disciples on persistent prayer, Jesus shares another parable directed at the...
Episode 111 - The Rich Young Ruler - Opening Up the Gospels
On His way to Jerusalem, Jesus encounters a rich young ruler who asks how he can obtain eternal...
Episode 112 - Jesus' Third Prediction of Suffering - Opening Up the Gospels
Just outside of Jericho, Jesus depicts His coming suffering to the Twelve in perhaps more detail...
Episode 113 - Jesus and Zacchaeus in Jericho - Opening Up the Gospels
On His way to Jerusalem for the final Passover feast of His 2-year ministry, Jesus stops through...
Episode 114 - Jesus Anointed at Bethany - Opening Up the Gospels
After staying with Zacchaeus in Jericho and traveling to Bethany before the Sabbath, Jesus attends a...
Episode 115 - Introduction to Passion Week - Opening Up the Gospels
The four Gospels narrate the final week of Jesus’ life and the events surrounding His...
Episode 116 - The Triumphal Entry, Part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
On Sunday of Passion Week, crowds gather to laud Jesus as He enters into Jerusalem on a donkey. The...
Episode 117 - The Triumphal Entry, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
On Sunday of Passion Week, crowds gather to laud Jesus as He enters into Jerusalem on a donkey....
Episode 118 - Passion Week Monday - Opening Up the Gospels
Upon His entry into Jerusalem on Monday, Jesus once again turns over the tables of the money...
Episode 119 - Passion Week Tuesday, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
On the journey back into Jerusalem on Tuesday morning of Passion Week, Peter sees the fig tree that...
Episode 120 - Passion Week Tuesday, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
As Jesus’ final day of His public ministry to Israel, Tuesday of Passion Week is filled with...
Episode 121 - Passion Week Tuesday, Part 3 - Opening Up the Gospels
As Jesus’ final day of His public ministry to Israel, Tuesday of Passion Week is filled with...
Episode 122 - Passion Week Tuesday, Part 4 - Opening Up the Gospels
In His final day of public ministry, Jesus continues to silence His opponents and asserts His...
Episode 123 - Passion Week Tuesday, part 5 - Opening Up the Gospels
On the final day of His public ministry, Jesus pronounces severe woes over the Pharisees and...
Episode 124 - The Conclusion of Jesus' Public Ministry - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus’ public ministry comes to a close on Tuesday of Passion Week. This episode reviews the...
Episode 125 - The Last Supper, Part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
On Thursday of Passion Week and on the first formal day of the Passover Feast of 29AD, Jesus asks...
Episode 126 - The Last Supper, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
As the ten disciples and Jesus come into the upper room to meet Peter and John for the Passover...
Episode 127 - The Last Supper, Part 3 - Opening Up the Gospels
After the disciples arrive to the upper room and find their place at the table, Jesus formally...
Episode 128 - The Last Supper, Part 4 - Opening Up the Gospels
After rising from the table to wash His hands, Jesus takes on the task of a slave and washes His...
Episode 129 - The Last Supper, Part 5 - Opening Up the Gospels
After washing His disciples’ feet, Jesus reclines at the table and says that one of the...
Episode 130 - The Last Supper, Part 6 - Opening Up the Gospels
During the Passover meal just hours before His crucifixion, Jesus breaks bread and tells His...
Episode 131 - The Journey to Gethsemane - Opening Up the Gospels
Judas has departed and the Passover meal in the upper room comes to a conclusion. Jesus takes His...
Episode 132 - Jesus' Words in the Temple - Opening Up the Gospels
After leaving the upper room and before entering the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus and the eleven...
Episode 133 - From the Temple to Gethsemane - Opening Up the Gospels
Instead of being concerned with Himself and His own well-being while His betrayer was out conspiring...
Episode 134 - Jesus' Arrest in Gethsemane - Opening Up the Gospels
After praying with His sleeping disciples nearby, Jesus is arrested in Gethsemane by a large crowd...
Episode 135 - From Gethsemane to Annas - Opening Up the Gospels
A garrison of Roman troops and Temple guards arrest Jesus bind Him and take Him from Gethsemane to...
Episode 136 - The Private Inquisition of Caiaphas - Opening Up the Gospels
After His capture in Gethsemane, Jesus is escorted to the house of Annas, who subsequently sends Him...
Episode 137 - Before the Sanhedrin, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
After being privately questioned by Caiaphas, the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council, is gathered...
Episode 138 - Before the Sanhedrin, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
Luke’s Gospel details the account of Peter’s three denials of Jesus as well as...
Episode 139 - Before Pilate, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus is led from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium, Pilate’s residence in the early...
Episode 140 - Before Pilate, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
As the Jewish authorities hurl false accusations of Jesus before Pilate, the Roman governor...
Episode 141 - Before Herod - Opening Up the Gospels
Pilate determined that Jesus was a Galilean and was not under his jurisdiction, so he sent Him to...
Episode 142 - Back to Pilate - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus was sent back to Pilate after His interrogation before Herod Antipas, and the Jews were even...
Episode 143 - Jesus' Final Sentencing - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus, the promised seed of Genesis 3, the promised king of Israel from David’s line from 2...
Episode 144 - The Road to the Cross, Part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
After a final sentencing by Pilate, Jesus is led from the Praetorium to Golgotha, the site of His...
Episode 145 - The Road to the Cross, part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
As Jesus is laboriously carrying His cross to Golgotha, He turns to the crowds and the weeping women...
Episode 146 - The Crucifixion of Jesus, part 1 - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus of Nazareth is crucified in typical Roman fashion, and the soldiers cast lots for His...
Episode 147 - The Crucifixion of Jesus, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
According to Matthew’s Jesus is mocked and derided by four separate groups as He hung on the...
Episode 148 - The Crucifixion of Jesus, part 3 - Opening Up the Gospels
The Gospels indicate that darkness covered the land for three hours as Jesus hung on the cross. And...
Episode 149 - The Death of Jesus - Opening Up The Gospels
Around the 9th hour or 3pm on Friday of Passion Week, Jesus utters a number of phrases recorded by...
Episode 150 - The Burial of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
Jesus died on a Friday (“the Preparation Day”) and was buried before the beginning of...
Episode 151- The Resurrection of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
While all four of the Gospels give unique details surrounding the events of Jesus’...
Episode 152 - Jesus' Post Resurrection Appearances, Part 1 - Opening Up The Gospels
After His resurrection, Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene and two pilgrims on the road to Emmaus. The...
Episode 153 - Jesus' Post Resurrection Appearances, Part 2 - Opening Up the Gospels
Just a short time after His resurrection, the Gospels record Jesus’ appearance to His...
Episode 154 - Jesus' Post Resurrection Appearances, Part 3 - Opening Up the Gospels
After His resurrection, the Jesus appears to His disciples several times, giving undeniable proof...
Episode 155 - The Great Commission and the Ascension of Jesus - Opening Up the Gospels
At the end of His ministry, Jesus commissions His eleven apostles to continue His mission to call...
Episode 156 - Overview and Concluding Thoughts - Opening Up the Gospels
In 2013, I set out to produce a weekly video on the life of Jesus as narrated by Matthew, Mark,...