While God’s essential nature cannot be known by us, we can know God to the extent that He has revealed Himself to us. God has particularly revealed Himself in His Word, the Bible. We also consider some good things that result when we truly know Him.

We continue the conversation with Dr. Thomas Reilly. His book, “Saving the Nation: Chinese Protestant Elites and the Quest to Build a New China” was recently published by Oxford University Press. Among other things, we discuss the YMCA in its earlier years

Our guest on the program is Dr. Thomas Reilly, professor of Asian Studies at Pepperdine University, a Christian university in Malibu, California. Reilly has spent significant time in China, particularly in Shanghai, and is familiar with both the government-approved churches as well as the so-called ‘underground churches.’

Our days on this earth pass by so quickly. How can we find meaning in life, when our lives are so short? Psalm 90 gives us some answers.

You would think that Herod’s son and grandson, also regional kings, would respond to Jesus in a better way than Herod. But they didn’t. We learn about Herod’s descendants from the gospels and the Book of Acts.

The gospel-writer Matthew gives us one story about King Herod the Great. It’s in connection with Jesus’ earliest days on earth. In that story we can see ourselves and can understand why Jesus came to this earth years ago.

The gospel writer, Luke, records many of the details surrounding Jesus’ birth. Among those details, is the decree of Caesar Augustus. We a closer look at that ruler and some of those who later ruled from ancient Rome.

Continuing the conversation, Jeff and Randal focus on the future. What would the future be for us, if Jesus has not been raised from the dead?

In this episode Randal and Pastor Jeff talk about the crucial importance of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Focusing on 1 Corinthians 15, they discuss how the resurrection gives believers great hope.

In Acts 8, a church leader named Philip helped a man understand what he was reading from the Old Testament. To help us properly interpret certain verses in the Bible, we need extra help.