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Volume 16
Volume 16 | Cultures In Conflict
PREVIEWHow do you live in a culture where the worldview conflicts with Christianity? Learn from Paul as he presents his beliefs to the most powerful court in Athens and settles among the Greco-Romans of Corinth, who valued wealth and class, worship of mu... MORELocations:
Athens 105 58, Greece, Corinth,Tags:
Ray Vander Laan, That That World May Know, Jesus, Acts, Paul, Bible, Greece, Athens, Corinth, Rome, Priscilla, Aquila, Areopagus, Archaeology, History, -
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16.1 | Engaging the Mind: Paul in the Stoa of Athens
PREVIEWThe people of the Bible lived in temple-building cultures. Temples provided pagan gods with a place to live, keeping them close to the people who worshiped them. Even Israel did the same – first Solomon, then Nehemiah and Zerubbabel, and eve... MORELocations:
Athens 105 58, Greece,Tags:
Ray Vander Laan, That That World May Know, Jesus, Acts, Paul, Bible, Greece, Athens, Corinth, Rome, Priscilla, Aquila, Areopagus, Archaeology, History, -
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16.2 | Engaging the Heart: Paul Before the Areopagus
PREVIEWWhen the disciples arrived with Jesus in Jerusalem, they marveled at the unbelievable beauty of the Lord’s temple. According to the Bible, the original temple built by Solomon was also absolutely stunning. And yet, in both cases it wasn't en... MORELocations:
Athens 105 58, Greece,Tags:
Ray Vander Laan, That That World May Know, Jesus, Acts, Paul, Bible, Greece, Athens, Corinth, Rome, Priscilla, Aquila, Areopagus, Archaeology, History, -
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16.3 | Turning Weakness Into Strength
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16.4 | The Lord's Supper: Discerning the Body
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16.5 | Transforming the Chaos
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Volume 15
Volume 15 | A Clash of Kingdoms
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERA Clash of Kingdoms
02:42:45 minutes
Like the Roman Empire, today’s governments or organizations can become centered on power and believe their messages are the “good news.” As Christians, we’re called to proclaim God’s name in all the earth (1 Chronicle... MORELocations:
Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy, Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy, Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan, Jerusalem, Israel, Philippi, Greece, Qatzrin, Israel, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel, The Parthenon, Thessaloniki,Tags:
Ray Vander Laan, Focus on the Family, Zondervan, Bible, Acts, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Greece, Rome, Paul, gospel, Jesus, Caesar, colony, heaven, -
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15.1 | The Gospel of Caesar
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERThe Gospel of Caesar
00:32:01 minutes
Followers of Jesus believe that the Bible contains the inspired revelation of the Creator of the universe. “Gospel” is the word that’s often used – the good news that God is redeeming a broken world through His So... MORELocations:
Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
ray vander laan, philippi, paul, greece, acts, philippians, bible, macedonia, caesar, augustus, marc antony, octavian, jesus, -
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15.2 | The Believers
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERThe Believers
00:30:45 minutes
The Jews of Jesus’ day lived in homes meant to house an entire extended family, with several rooms situated around a common courtyard. A family’s home in that patriarchal society was known as a “beth ab,” which means, &ldqu... MORELocations:
Philippi, Greece, Qatzrin, Israel,Tags:
paul, jesus, acts, philippians, philippi, caesar, colony, bible, -
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15.3 | The Powers of Darkness
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VIEW TRAILERThe Powers of Darkness
00:32:15 minutes
Jesus came with a unique message, preaching to the Jewish people that “the kingdom of heaven has come near” (Matthew 4:17). But from the beginning, there was another king who hates the shalom that God creates and loves life’... MORELocations:
Capernaum, Israel, Delphi, Greece, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
acts, philippians, greece, philippi, delphi, apollo, pythia, bible, paul, jesus, -
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15.4 | The Philippian Jailer
PREVIEWAt one point during his ministry, the Apostle Paul was at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He was accused by some Jews of bringing a Gentile into the courts where only Jews were allowed. He hadn’t, but they thought he did and a riot started. W... MORELocations:
Caesarea-By-The-Sea, Israel, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
caesarea by the sea, caesar, israel, greece, philippi, paul, jail, acts, philippians, bible, jesus, -
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15.5 | Confronting the Empire
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VIEW TRAILERConfronting the Empire
00:33:22 minutes
Paul’s missionary journeys were generally marked by conflict. Sometimes, his message clashed with the Jews, who were often skeptical about Jesus or jealous of Paul’s success. Even more often, Paul’s teaching angered the governing... MORELocations:
Philippi, Greece, Thessaloniki,Tags:
Paul, Silas, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Acts, 1 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Alexander the Great, Caesar Augustus, Octavian, Roman Empire, gospel, Jesus, Greece, missionary, caesar, -
Volume 14
Volume 14 | The Mission of Jesus
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VIEW TRAILERThe Mission of Jesus
2:36:35 minutes
It’s easy to think of the Bible as a collection of short stories, but each one makes up a greater story – one story of a God who created the universe and entrusted it to His human partners to care for it. They were unfai... MORELocations:
Capernaum, Israel, Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy, Colosseum, Rome, Italy, Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy, Horvat Susita (Hippos), Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, Mount of Olives, Israel, Rome, Italy, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel,Tags:
Israel, Italy, Jerusalem, Rome, Capernaum, Hippos, Susita, Galilee, Mount of Olives, Temple Mount, Crucifixion, Ascension, Pentecost, demoniac, legion, strong man, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Acts, Great Commission, Jesus, disciples, Father's house, gospel, -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.1 | Capernaum: Jesus Binds the Evil One
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VIEW TRAILERCapernaum: Jesus Binds the Evil One
32:33 minutes
Jesus left heaven to be born in a filthy shepherd’s stable, as if to say, “I’ll leave heaven to enter the brokenness of your world.” Much of His teaching ministry, though, took place in a very different sort ... MORELocations:
Capernaum, Israel, Sea of Galilee,Tags:
Israel, Capernaum, synagogue, Jesus, Mark, Matthew, Sea of Galilee, Galilee, demoniac, strong man, -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.2 | Decapolis: The Other Side - Jesus and the Man from the Tombs
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Volume 14
Lesson 14.3 | Crucifixion: The Coronation of a King
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VIEW TRAILERCrucifixion: The Coronation of a King
28:48 minutes
The Colosseum in Rome is famous for many reasons, not least of which because it was built by the spoils of war from the destruction of Jerusalem, the military defeat of the Jews. In the Roman world, it was assumed that if Caesar was... MORE -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.4 | Ascension: The King Takes His Throne
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VIEW TRAILERAscension: The King Takes His Throne
31:51 minutes
It was customary in the Roman world to consider the emperor a divine being. New emperors would claim this status because they believed that when the previous ruler died, he would ascend to heaven to be seated among the gods, making ... MORELocations:
Jerusalem, Israel, Mount of Olives, Israel,Tags:
Ascension, Matthew, Luke, Acts, Jesus, Great Commission, Rome, Caesar, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel, Galilee, -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.5 | Pentecost: God Changed His Address
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VIEW TRAILERPentecost: God Changed His Address
31:43 minutes
After His resurrection, Jesus spent about 40 days with His followers in Jerusalem and back in the Galilee region, where they had received much of their training. He explained that after His ascension to heaven, He would send them a ... MORELocations:
Jerusalem, Israel, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel,Tags:
Jerusalem, Israel, Temple Mount, Mount Moriah, Jesus, Pentecost, Southern Stairs, temple, tabernacle, God, Luke, Acts, Peter, tongues, Holy Spirit, -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.1 | When the Rabbi Says "Come"
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VIEW TRAILERWhen the Rabbi Says "Come"
00:28:07 minutes
For a first century Jew, to follow a rabbi meant to "be covered with the dust of his feet." When Jesus called His disciples, it was implied that they would begin this process of becoming like Him by following closely in His footsteps. Tr... MORELocations:
Bethsaida, Israel, Korazin, Israel, Scythopolis,Tags:
Bethsaida, Torah, Tanakh, Beth Sefer, Beth Midrash, Talmidim, -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.2 | When the Rabbi Says "Go"
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VIEW TRAILERWhen the Rabbi Says "Go"
00:21:27 minutes
Most of Jesus' ministry was spent in Jewish communities, proclaiming the good news of God's kingdom to the people of Israel. His greater intention, though, was for His Jewish followers to bring this message to the Gentile world around them, a worl... MORELocations:
Eremos Topos, Israel, Omrit, Israel, Scythopolis,Tags:
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Volume 6
Lesson 6.3 | The Presence of God - A Countercultural Community
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VIEW TRAILERThe Presence of God - A Countercultural Community
00:23:38 minutes
When the believers began to bring the message of the gospel to the world of the Gentiles, they quickly realized that their faith made them extremely countercultural. How would they explain the good news in places where they couldn't engage in the ... MORELocations:
Priene, Turkey,Tags:
Agora, Agoranomos, Bouleuterion, Prytaneum, -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.4 | Living Stones
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VIEW TRAILERLiving Stones
00:21:27 minutes
When questioned about his message, Paul tells the Athenians that the one and only God "does not live in temples made with hands" (Acts 17:24). Naturally, anyone who was curious about Jesus in the Greco-Roman world would ask the early bel... MORELocations:
Priene, Turkey,Tags:
Propylaeum, Pronaos, Naos, -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.5 | The Very Words of God
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VIEW TRAILERThe Very Words of God
00:30:51 minutes
In ancient times, people craved words of counsel and knowledge from their gods. The city of Didyma in what is now modern-day Turkey functioned as one of three main oracles, places where ordinary people would travel to hear advice and predictions o... MORELocations:
Didyma, Turkey,Tags:
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Volume 7
Lesson 7.1 | Run! The Passion of Elijah
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VIEW TRAILERRun! The Passion of Elijah
00:21:47 minutes
As the gospel of Jesus spread across a Gentile world unfamiliar with the teachings and culture of the Jews, the early church faced an interesting challenge %u2013 meeting different cultures in their own context to demonstrate the redeeming power o... MORELocations:
Aphrodisias, Turkey , -
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15.1 | The Gospel of Caesar
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERThe Gospel of Caesar
00:32:01 minutes
Followers of Jesus believe that the Bible contains the inspired revelation of the Creator of the universe. “Gospel” is the word that’s often used – the good news that God is redeeming a broken world through His So... MORELocations:
Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
ray vander laan, philippi, paul, greece, acts, philippians, bible, macedonia, caesar, augustus, marc antony, octavian, jesus, -
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15.2 | The Believers
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERThe Believers
00:30:45 minutes
The Jews of Jesus’ day lived in homes meant to house an entire extended family, with several rooms situated around a common courtyard. A family’s home in that patriarchal society was known as a “beth ab,” which means, &ldqu... MORELocations:
Philippi, Greece, Qatzrin, Israel,Tags:
paul, jesus, acts, philippians, philippi, caesar, colony, bible, -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.3 | The Presence of God - A Countercultural Community
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERThe Presence of God - A Countercultural Community
00:23:38 minutes
When the believers began to bring the message of the gospel to the world of the Gentiles, they quickly realized that their faith made them extremely countercultural. How would they explain the good news in places where they couldn't engage in the ... MORELocations:
Priene, Turkey,Tags:
Agora, Agoranomos, Bouleuterion, Prytaneum, -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.3 | Crucifixion: The Coronation of a King
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERCrucifixion: The Coronation of a King
28:48 minutes
The Colosseum in Rome is famous for many reasons, not least of which because it was built by the spoils of war from the destruction of Jerusalem, the military defeat of the Jews. In the Roman world, it was assumed that if Caesar was... MORE -
Volume 6
Lesson 6.4 | Living Stones
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VIEW TRAILERLiving Stones
00:21:27 minutes
When questioned about his message, Paul tells the Athenians that the one and only God "does not live in temples made with hands" (Acts 17:24). Naturally, anyone who was curious about Jesus in the Greco-Roman world would ask the early bel... MORELocations:
Priene, Turkey,Tags:
Propylaeum, Pronaos, Naos, -
Volume 14
Lesson 14.4 | Ascension: The King Takes His Throne
PREVIEW
VIEW TRAILERAscension: The King Takes His Throne
31:51 minutes
It was customary in the Roman world to consider the emperor a divine being. New emperors would claim this status because they believed that when the previous ruler died, he would ascend to heaven to be seated among the gods, making ... MORELocations:
Jerusalem, Israel, Mount of Olives, Israel,Tags:
Ascension, Matthew, Luke, Acts, Jesus, Great Commission, Rome, Caesar, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel, Galilee, -
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15.4 | The Philippian Jailer
PREVIEWAt one point during his ministry, the Apostle Paul was at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He was accused by some Jews of bringing a Gentile into the courts where only Jews were allowed. He hadn’t, but they thought he did and a riot started. W... MORELocations:
Caesarea-By-The-Sea, Israel, Philippi, Greece,Tags:
caesarea by the sea, caesar, israel, greece, philippi, paul, jail, acts, philippians, bible, jesus, - LOAD MORE
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