Greg, Rachel, and Emily discuss the origin of the Medo-Persian Empire, how it claimed the title of world power from Babylon, and the work God did through Daniel.

Greg, Rachel, and Emily continue their discussion of world powers with Babylon, and the 4 brave Hebrews we follow through the book of Daniel.

Transcript:

https://open.substack.com/pub/haltingtowardzion/p/hananiah-mishael-azariah-and-daniel?r=1mbq24&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Why don't we know about Assyria? Why does a secular classical education ignore it?

Greg, Rachel, and Emily ask these questions and more as they discuss ancient Assyria/Persian culture.

Greg, Emily, and Rachel summarize Israel's history up to the point they left off with the Phoenicians and Egyptians and setting the foundation of the Davidic Covenant as the framework for history going forward.

God commanded His people to read His word out loud- that requires it to be written down.

Join Greg, Rachel, and Emily as they discuss the impact of the Phoenician alphabet, the artist as a part of history and culture, why it is and has been imperative that history is written our history down, and much more.

Transcript:

https://haltingtowardzion.substack.com/p/947b3ccf-e3b0-4b48-917f-7d6652f540d1

Greg, Rachel, and Emily discuss the Phoenician/Punic/Canaanite peoples and what they brought to culture, technology, art, and what their relationship was like with Israel... and why that matters today.

Transcript:

https://open.substack.com/pub/haltingtowardzion/p/purple-dye-and-child-sacrifice?r=1mbq24&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

"Your ultimate priorities generate your ethics"

Join Greg, Emily, and Rachel as they continue their discussion of the 10 commandments. Why should we not kill? What does kill even mean? What is the significance of the marriage covenant? Why are liars grouped together with murderers and adulterers? Who and what defines ethics and why can't ethics change as time moves on?

Our hosts discuss all these questions and more in this weeks episode

Transcript:

https://open.substack.com/pub/haltingtowardzion/p/the-worldview-that-shaped-western?r=1mbq24&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Moses went up to Mount Sinai and received the law from God. What does that mean for Isreal? For us? for all cultures? Join Greg, Rachel, and Emily as they discuss the first 4 of the 10 commandments.

Transcript:

https://open.substack.com/pub/haltingtowardzion/p/the-law-on-mount-sinai?r=1mbq24&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Why does having an accurate record of history matter in God's story? Why does it matter that we tell a story in order? Why is it that secular histories refuse to consider the Bible an accurate historical text?

Join Greg, Rachel, and Emily as they discuss all this and more in this week's episode.

Transcript:

https://haltingtowardzion.substack.com/p/6c193884-cbf8-4048-a736-f348d5160ff6

Greg, Rachel, and Emily discuss "the gift of the Nile" -Egyptian. Tune in for their discussion of Egyptian Geography, Mythology, and death rituals, along with plenty more. 

https://open.substack.com/pub/haltingtowardzion/p/egypt-reaching-for-deity?r=1mbq24&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true