Scripture Uncovered

Jesus hung on the cross from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM in Good Friday, and then he was placed in the tomb. At 7:00 AM on Easter Sunday morning, he was raised from the dead. What happened during the 40 hours between his death and resurrection?

Dr. C. explores those hours in this Podcast.

Dr. Creasy’s thoughts on Jesus’ crucifixion, Good Friday morning.

Holy Week liturgies typically portray Judas as the archetypical betrayer, a malignant figure responsible for Jesus’ arrest, trial and crucifixion. But Judas is a far more complex character than that. In this Podcast, Dr. C. investigates Judas and he explores what may have motivated him to betray Jesus.

After Jesus’ dramatic entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday he spent the night in Bethany, the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. The next morning, he returned to Jerusalem . . . and that’s when trouble really began!

Today is Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week. In the liturgical churches, Holy Week remembers Jesus’ last week on this earth. It remembers—through prayer, liturgy and contemplation—Jesus entering Jerusalem on the week of Passover, A.D. 32; of his being acclaimed by huge crowds of Passover pilgrims; of his escalating encounters with the Jewish leadership; of his celebrating the Passover meal with his disciples; of his arrest by the Jewish leadership in the Garden of Gethsemane; of his midnight trial before the Sanhedrin; of his trial before the Roman procurator, Pontius Pilate; and of his crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection.

This week, Dr. Creasy will record a series of Podcasts, walking us through the week that forever changed history.

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As we head into the fourth week of Lent, Dr. Creasy explores Deuteronomy 25: 5-6, two short verses on the “kinsman-redeemer,” and he does so with a wonderful story!

Dr. C. reflects upon the meaning of Lent. Is it a time to give up trivial desires (“I’m giving up desserts for Lent!”), or might we take a deeper look at the season? Dr. C. explores the story of king David to chart the course.

Last week Dr. C. talked about “reading the gaps” of Scripture, and he used the “Sacrifice of Isaac” and the “David and Bathsheba” stories to illustrate the technique. This week, Dr. C. follows up on those stories, exploring the consequences of Abraham’s and David’s actions.

Dr. C’s back from his “Israel HIGHLIGHTS” teaching tour, and what a tour it was! Dr. C. taught many of our favorite bible stories onsite, where they happened, adding color, tone and texture to the narratives.

Once you travel “In the Footsteps of Jesus” with Dr. C., you’ll never read Scripture in the same way again!

In his first Podcast since returning, Dr. C introduces another technique useful for reading biblical narrative, a technique he calls “reading the gaps.” Join us as Dr. C. examined two stories—the “Sacrifice of Isaac” (Genesis 22) and “David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11).

When the young David killed Goliath, he became a national hero, and within five years, David was commanding a fierce band of king Saul’s army. Saul—a man who looked like a king, but didn’t have the heart of a king—grew increasingly jealous of David, finally sending a team of men to assassinate David in his bed.

David escaped, and he went on the run. Recruiting six hundred very tough mercenaries, David went to work for the Philistines, Israel’s sworn enemy. Yet, all the while, David played the double agent, feeding information to Saul’s son, Jonathan, as Jonathan fed misinformation about David to Saul.

The confrontation between David and king Saul was inevitable. Saul had every resource tasked to find David. And finally, at the caves of En Gedi—David’s hideout—the two meet.

This is a GREAT story!