Introduction to the Maccabean Revolt (with Je...

Fr. Mike highlights how God fights as a heavenly ally with the people of Israel in 2 Maccabees 11, and encourages us to actively fight alongside God in our daily battles. In our reading of Wisdom, Father points out how God corrects us little by little so we can learn to trust him ...  Show more

Today, Fr. Mike discusses the confidence that faith in God can provide as we fight the battles of our lives. He also engages with the riddles found in Wisdom 10 and points out that we can now not only understand the characters, stories, and allusions of Scripture, but can recogni ...  Show more

It's perhaps the best known Jewish festival of the year, but what exactly are Hanukkah's origins, and why was it first celebrated?

On today's episode of the Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined once again by Dr Jodi Magness to answer these questions and unravel the hol ...

For the 219th episode of 'The Bible in a Year,' Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence discuss the prophecy of the end of Israel. Additionally, the two discuss another vision Ezekiel receives from God, idolatry in the temple, and God's judgement & departure from the temple. Jo ...  Show more

In this episode we explore the history of Israelite religion under Hellenism and the Roman empire. We examine the ways in which Judeans responded to, absorbed, and resisted Hellenic culture resulting in messianic movements, the Sadducee sect, Pharisee sect, and Essene sect. We in ...  Show more