Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, recounts the intriguing and much under appreciated story of Barabbas in the saga of Passion Week, and goes on to explain the fine art of scourging in both the Roman and Hebrew contexts …

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Passion Week: It was a man that carried the water, and there were no roosters. Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times enlightens us with some of the historic and cultural context of first-century Israel during that critical time we know as Passion Week. There are some “ahaa!” moments here …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, delivers the historic and cultural context surrounding all we thought we knew about Jesus arriving in Jerusalem on what we have come to call “Palm Sunday” …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times joins Jim and David for a look at Zaccheus up in that sycamore fig tree in Jericho as Jesus and his entourage passed by (Luke 19:1-9), revealing to us the cultural and historic context we likely have missed before … 

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times recounts the story of Lazarus in the context of the time and culture, noting that this episode in Jesus’ ministry would have marked the start of the last 40 days in His earthly ministry …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times elaborates on John, Chapter 3 and the visit of Nicodemus with Jesus, Nicodemus having been selected by John as the “federal man” and the perfect representative of both the Jewish religious establishment and the world of Greek thought …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times highlights the new Preserving Bible Times website and, along with Jim and David, probes the character and motives of Nicodemus from the Book of John, Chapter 3 …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times, along with Jim and David, offers us still more insights into John, Chapter 2 and The Wedding at Cana …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times continues our journey to The Woman at the Well, stopping to relate the context of the healings by Jesus and the miracle at The Wedding at Cana as detailed in John, Chapter 2 …

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Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times takes us to the Gospel of John, Chapter 1 in preparation for a deeper look at John 4 and Jesus’ example there of Grace before Peace and Grace before Truth. Doug also describes how our views of God the Father, quite subtly, are frequently colored by our early remembrances of our human fathers … 

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