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Ron Campbell
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Every week we take a close look at God's great love for us. Along the way we will answer some of the most difficult questions like: Were we created or are we a cosmic accident? If there is a God, how can I know who He is? Does God really love me? If so, why does He allow so many bad things to happen? Come join us on the greatest journey of all!

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    Part 5 The First Church Council: Podcast 114

    In this eight-part series we will be looking at a timeline from Jesus’ death and resurrection in 33AD up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD and how the gospels and nearly all of the New Testament came together during this time.  This week in Part 5 we look at the very first Church Council in Jerusalem around 50AD and how their decision shaped the future of how the Church operates today.  Spoiler alert!!  It might be better to get your theology from someplace other than network television.       Jeremiah 31:31-33 NKJV "[31] Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah- [32] not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD. [33] But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.   Matthew 26:27-29 NKJV [27] Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. [28] For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.      Acts 15, “6 Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.  7 And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: “Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, 9 and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they…22 Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.”  NKJV   Acts 15, “23 They wrote this letter by them: The apostles, the elders, and the brethren, To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.  Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, “You must be circumcised and keep the law”—to whom we gave no such commandment—25 it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who will also report the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29 that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.”  NKJV

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    Part 4 James’ Death Changes Everything: Podcast 113

    In this eight-part series we will be looking at a timeline from Jesus’ death and resurrection in 33AD up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD and how the gospels and nearly all of the New Testament came together during this time.  This week in Part 4 we look at how James’ death impacted our timeline and Paul’s first missionary journey.  Along the way we also find the very first part of the New Testament being written around 48AD, a short 15 years after Jesus’ death and resurrection.       Acts 11, “Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. 2 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. 4 So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover. 5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. 7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” 9 So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. 11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.12 So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying… 18 Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. 19 But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.”  NKJV   Acts 12-13, “25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose surname was Mark.  13-1 Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers…2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.”  NKJV

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    Part 3 Paul Enters the Picture: Podcast 112

    In this eight-part series we will be looking at a timeline from Jesus’ death and resurrection in 33AD up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD and how the gospels and nearly all of the New Testament came together during this time.  This week in Part 3 we look at Paul’s conversion a few years after Jesus’ death in 35AD and his trip to meet with Peter 3 years later in 38AD.     Galatians 1, “15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, 16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, (Acts 9:19-22) I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and (Acts 9:23-25) returned again to Damascus. (Acts 9: 26-30) 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. 20 (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)”  NKJV   1st Cor 15, “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve…8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.”  NKJV

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    Part 2 The Post Resurrection Appearances: Podcast 111

    Part 2 The Post Resurrection Appearances: Podcast 111   In this eight-part series we will be looking at a timeline from Jesus’ death and resurrection in 33AD up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD and how the gospels and nearly all of the New Testament came together during this time.  This week in Part 2 we look at all of Jesus’ post resurrection appearances in the 40 days after His resurrection.     a.     Appearance in the garden   Matt 28, verses 9-10 John 20, verses 14-18   b.    Appearance to Peter   1st Cor 15, verses 3-8   c.     Appearance on the road to Emmaus   Mark 16, verses 12-13 Luke 24, verses 13-18   d.    Appearance to the 10   Luke 24, verses 36-43 John 20, verses 19-25   e.    Appearance to the 11 (Thomas)   John 20, verses 26-29   f.      Appearance to 500 (Galilee)   Matt 28, verses 16-20   g.     Appearance at the Sea of Tiberias John 21, verses 1-14               f. Appearance to James   1st Cor 15, verses 3-8               g. Appearance to all the Apostles (Acts 1:4)   Luke 24, verses 49-53 Acts 1, verses 4-11   h.    Last of all to Paul   1st Cor 15, verses 3-8

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    When Were the Gospels Written Part 1: Podcast 110

    In this eight part series we will be looking at a timeline from Jesus’ death and resurrection in 33AD up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD and how the gospels and nearly all of the New Testament came together during this time.  This week in Part 1 we start with an overview of how this 37 year timeframe changed the world!   “The fact that something is written down is persuasive to people not used to asking questions like: ‘Who wrote it, and when?’ ‘How did they know what to write?’ ‘Did they, in their time, really mean what we, in our time, understand them to be saying?’ ‘Were they unbiased observers, or did they have an agenda that colored their writing?’  Ever since the nineteenth century, scholarly theologians have made an overwhelming case that the gospels are not reliable accounts of what happened in the history of the real world.  All were written long after the death of Jesus, and also after the epistles of Paul, which mention almost none of the alleged facts of Jesus’ life.”  Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, 2006   “Such skepticism has become endemic in Gospel studies as a result of form criticism.  Many New Testament scholars seem to suppose that the more skeptical of the sources they are, the more rigorously historical is their method.  But this is not how historians usually work.  In good historical work it is no more an epistemic virtue to be skeptical than it is to be credulous.  In everyday life, we do not systematically mistrust everything anyone tells us…When someone is who is in a position to know what they tell us does so, we normally believe them.  But we keep our critical faculties alert and raise questions if there is specific reason to doubt.  There is no reason why historical work should be substantially different in its dialectic of trust and critical assessment.” Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2006

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    The Form Critics Were Wrong Part 2: Podcast 109

    The Form Critics from over 100 years ago have had a huge impact on how we look at the Bible today.  The question is, were they right.  My contention is that they were wrong on most points.  This week we finish looking at the mistakes they made and how it impacts their theories.    “Virtually every element in this construction has been questioned and rejected by some or even most scholars.  Many of these criticisms are rooted in the much better and fuller information that is now available about the way oral traditions operate in predominantly oral societies.”  Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2006  page 246    “The works of our Savior were always present, for they were true: those who were healed, those who rose from the dead, those who were not only seen in the act of being healed or raised, but were also always present, not merely when the Savior was living on the earth, but also for a considerable time after his departure, so that some of them survived even to our own times.”  Eusebius quoting from Quadratus, Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., p. 4.3.2    “Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace.  Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the source of the first evil, but even in Rome…Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty: then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind.” Tacitus, The Annuals, 15.44    “I have asked them if they are Christians, and if they admit it, I repeat the question a second and third time, with a warning of the punishment awaiting them.  If they persist, I order them to be led away for execution; for, whatever the nature of their admission, I am convinced that their stubbornness and unshakeable obstinacy ought not to go unpunished…They also declare that the sum total of their guilt or error amounted to no more than this: they had met regularly before dawn on a fixed day to chant verses alternatively amongst themselves in honor of Christ as if to a God, and also to bind themselves by oath, not for any criminal purpose, but to abstain from theft, robbery, and adultery…This made me decide it was all the more necessary to extract the truth by torture from two slave-women, whom they called deaconesses.  I found nothing but a degenerate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths.”   Pliny the Younger, The Letters, 10.96

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    The Form Critics Were Wrong Part 1: Podcast 108

    The Form Critics from over 100 years ago have had a huge impact on how we look at the Bible today.  The question is, were they right.  My contention is that they were wrong on most points.  This week and next week we will look at the mistakes they made and how it impacts their theories.    “Virtually every element in this construction has been questioned and rejected by some or even most scholars.  Many of these criticisms are rooted in the much better and fuller information that is now available about the way oral traditions operate in predominantly oral societies.”  Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2006  page 246

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    Who Were the Form Critics: Podcast 107

    This week we introduce some of the basic ideas and methods of the form critics  who pioneered much of the skepticism we see directed at the Bible over 100 years ago.  Do their ideas still hold up today?    “The works of our Savior were always present, for they were true: those who were healed, those who rose from the dead, those who were not only seen in the act of being healed or raised, but were also always present, not merely when the Savior was living on the earth, but also for a considerable time after his departure, so that some of them survived even to our own times.”  Eusebius quoting from Quadratus, Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., p. 4.3.2   “It is a curious fact that nearly all the contentions of the early form critics have by now been convincingly refuted, but the general picture of the process of oral transmission that form critics pioneered still governs the way most New Testament scholars think.”  Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2006

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Every week we take a close look at God's great love for us. Along the way we will answer some of the most difficult questions like: Were we created or are we a cosmic accident? If there is a God, how can I know who He is? Does God really love me? If so, why does He allow so many bad things to happen? Come join us on the greatest journey of all!

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    Ron Campbell
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