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The Narrow Gate and the House on the Rock (9 of 9)
The sermon ends with a road, a warning about wolves, and a storm that hits both houses. What the two ways meant to people expecting a national deliverance.
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Clean and Unclean: Why Jesus Was Cryptic (2 of 6)
People had been tortured to death for refusing unclean food. Saying what he said plainly would have told a nation its martyrs died in the wrong ditch.
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Lord of the Sabbath: What the Conflict Was About (1 of 6)
The Pharisees were not a secret police and had no authority to enforce anything. Understanding what they actually were changes every scene they appear in.
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When Was Jesus Born? The Date Theories (12 of 12)
September, December, or unknowable. The constellation argument, the nine-months-from-death calculation, and the priestly course theory, each weighed honestly.
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What Is the Ascension of Jesus? (11 of 12)
Forty days after the resurrection he was taken up from the Mount of Olives. What the ascension claims, why it is enthronement language, and what it began.
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The Resurrection Appearances of Jesus (10 of 12)
Who saw him, in what order, and over how long. The appearances the Gospels record, the earliest creed listing them, and the detail that resists invention.
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The Crucifixion of Jesus: What Happened (9 of 12)
What the Gospels record about Golgotha, the darkness, the torn veil, and the burial, plus what Roman crucifixion actually involved and why the burial matters.
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What Happened During Holy Week? Day by Day (8 of 12)
A staged royal entry, a cursed fig tree, a day of failed traps, a Passover meal reassigned, and six trials before dawn. The final week laid out in order.
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Jesus in Judea and Perea: The Final Year (7 of 12)
He set his face toward Jerusalem, and the great parables come from this stretch. The Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the sign that got him killed.
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Peter’s Confession and the Transfiguration (6 of 12)
The hinge the Gospels turn on. A confession at the foot of a pagan shrine, the harshest rebuke six verses later, and glory on a mountain a week after that.