Season 1
A man lame for 38 years is healed by Jesus in the most remarkable place - a five-sided pool at Bethesda. Details of the pool are themselves a bit controversial, as was the healing of this man at the time that it happened. Join David Alley as he reads John 5 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
On his walk back to Nazareth Jesus goes through Samaria - a region not overly hospitable to Jews. Jesus meets a woman at the well and has (for her) a most surprising encounter, which results in the entire city of Sychar coming to faith in Christ. Along the way we learn about double speak, and about the Samaritan religion and about true worship. Join David Alley as he reads John 4 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Nicodemus wanted to follow Jesus, but was a Pharisee. In this chapter Nicodemus has a nightime meeting with Jesus, possibly in secret, to discuss what it means to be his follower. In their conversation we learn about what it means to be born again, something about how to enter the kingdom of heaven, and find the most famous bible verse of all, John 3:16 Join David Alley as he reads John 3 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
There are seven signs or miracles in John, and this is the first, a remarkable creative miracle at a wedding. The wine had run out, but Jesus creates more from six amphora vessels filled with water. CS Lewis said this was not a remarkable miracle because.... Join David Alley as he reads John 2 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
John the last of the four evangelists opens his gospel up with an astounding set of verses, and commences to reveal Jesus to the world in a completely different way to the previous three Gospels. Join David Alley as he reads John 1 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Jesus is alive!!! And he appears multiple times to his disciples in surprising ways revealing himself again. In this chapter he walks with two disciples on the road to Emmaus, a town 11 kilometres away, but they don't realise it is him until a few hours later. Join David Alley as he reads Luke 24 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Jesus is tried, declared innocent, and then sentenced to death. A more unjust scenario could not be described. Luke 23 describes Luke's account of the passion of Christ. Join David Alley as he reads Luke 23 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Luke recounts the last supper and the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus is in such agony that blood comes out in his sweat, a condition known as hematohidrosis. Join David Alley as he reads Luke 22 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
Jesus in the temple starts commenting on the gifts given both the big and the small. Then this video moves into Luke's version of the Olivet Discourse, wehre Jesus warns them about what is ahead, and gives them a unique prayer to pray... "pray that you will escape..." Join David Alley as he reads Luke 21 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.
The Pharisees want to know who gives Jesus permission to do the things he does, like tear up the temple. Jesus doesn't answer the question. But then they try to trap him with other questions, and he does answer those, with the most remarkable comments. Join David Alley as he reads Luke 20 and then discusses the chapter and these issues.