(Bonus PDF) This article explores the importance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and the importance to the Christian faith.

(Bonus PDF) This article explains in detail the brutality of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

(Bonus PDF) The history and brutality of crucifixion in ancient times is not well understood by many.

(Bonus PDF) This biography of Rev. Graham details his remarkable life.

S03-E05 We feature Reverend Billy Graham and the speech from 1958 “Why the cross?” It is an appropriate recording to post to the podcast since it is Thursday of Holy Week, just before Christ was crucified. As a Christ-follower myself, there is nothing more central to the Christian faith than the death and resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It is part of the central message of the faith and essential for it to be meaningful. In addition to this audio episode, I also provide several PDF documents: first, a biography of Reverend Graham, second, second, a general article on how crucifixion occurred in ancient times, third, an article focused on the crucifixion of Jesus and finally, an article on the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. All four articles come from Wikipedia. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes, Amazon Music/Audible, Castbox.fm, Deezer, Facebook, Gaana, Google Podcast, iHeartRadio, Player.fm, Radio Public, Samsung Listen, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Twitter. and Vurbl. Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the individual episodes at http://historicvoices.org, podcast review and rating section within iTunes and other apps, or email to me. Thanks for listening, David Arendale, [email protected]

(Bonus PDF) C.S. Lewis argued that a decision to believe in Christianity was a logical decision. This article provides one of his arguments to support that choosing to believe is not a blind leap of faith.

(Bonus PDF) This short article by McDowell shares why the resurrection of Christ is so important.

(Bonus PDF) Josh McDowell has been one of the most staunch defenders of the Christian faith through logical arguments and evidence. This Wikipedia story shares more about him as a person.

S03-E04 Josh McDowell and his speech “A logical defense of the Christian faith”. McDowell has spoken to millions of college students over the past forty years. His most popular public lectures were on a logical defense for the Christian faith. McDowell traveled the country making presentations with sponsorship by various organizations. An emphasis of his talks was that a choice to believe in the Christian faith is not a leap of faith. Rather, there is plenty of evidence that can lead someone to make a decision for believing in Christianity. This particular speech is a long-one at over an hour. It is packed with the evidence that led Josh McDowell as a skeptic to make this decision. I thought this a good episode in the context of our approach to Easter in a few weeks.

In addition to this audio episode, I also provide several PDF documents: one a biography of Mr. McDowell and an article about one of key arguments for the faith originally written by C.S. Lewis, an enormously influential Christian who also argued that Christianity was not a blind leap of faith.

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S03-E03  Dr. Howard Hendricks provides another of his popular speeches “Characteristics of a Leader”. Dr. Hendricks has been an enormously influential author, consultant, and teacher for half a century. Dr. Hendricks spent most of his career at Dallas Theological Seminary teaching a generation of leaders both in and outside the Christian church. This particular lecture on the characteristics of a leader has been given many times over the years to students, church leaders, and community leaders. I have listened to this lecture many times like the previous one in this podcast series. There are always new insights to learn for my own personal development.