Part III: The Parable of The Good Samaritan — Doug Greenwold continues with his analysis of the historical and cultural context behind the parable and of Jesus’ reasons for telling it in response to the question from the “expert in the law” …

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Part II: The Good Samaritan in Context — Doug Greenwold continues to set the stage for us as we examine the parable of the Good Samaritan, taking a long look at just who this “expert in the law” was and what he really intended with his question for Jesus …  

Doug Greenwold sets the scene for the famous parable of the Good Samaritan, explaining the origins of the party of the Pharisees and the invasion of Greek culture into Israel …

Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times discusses ways we might interject the teaching of biblical context into seminaries and local churches and the importance of doing so …    

Properly translated, the word is “shamelessness”. Not “boldness”. Not ” persistence”, either. Doug Greenwold takes a well-known parable of Jesus and turns it right side out for us. Luke, Chapter 11. The Parable of the Midnight Visitor revisited …

Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times reveals for us the historic context and the astounding significance of Barabbas’ release by Pontius Pilate, and exposes the stunning power of what Jesus really meant by those last words on the cross …

Doug Greenwold explores those teaching sessions Jesus had with his disciples during Passion Week in Jerusalem, expaining to us about those early figs that weren’t there and how that mountain was really moved …  

Doug Greenwold tells us the story behind the story we all receive regarding Palm Sunday, both the symbolism of the palm branch and the threat of revolution implicit in Jesus’s claim that “the rocks would cry out” …   

Doug Greenwold of Preserving Bible Times teaches us the cultural aspects of Jesus’ walk through Jericho and explains why we find Zacchaeus hiding in that sycamore-fig tree …

Doug Greenwold, just returned from Israel, recounts his visit to Jerusalem and then connects for us the stories of Lazarus, Lent and Jesus’ plan to engineer his own death (John:11) …