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This is a replay of my seminar speech at the Garrettsville 2011 seminar on the topic of the Resurrection. We discuss the various major concepts of resurrection within Full Preterism, and then show why we believe the Individual Body View is the biblically correct one. If you are interested in the preterist explanation of the resurrection issue, this is the podcast for you! There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

We look at some of the other Jewish and Christian events that occurred while Paul was on his way to Rome, or just after he arrived there. The writing of the gospel of John most likely occurred here, along with the epistle of James, and the three epistles of John. We also look at the first two prison epistles of Paul (Ephesians and Colossians) which were written sometime after Paul reached Rome. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

We cover the events mentioned in Acts 27-28, from the last few months of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea, until he was sent to Rome by Festus the Roman Governor (or Procurator). We discuss the whole voyage, especially the shipwreck on the island of Malta. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

In book three of the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius, he tells the story of the two grandsons of Jude (the brother of Jesus) who were arrested and brought before the Roman court to investigate their aspirations to the Davidic throne in Jerusalem. There are some historical problems associated with this story, which we explore and try to resolve here. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

It is pretty clear from reading Paul's epistles to the Thessalonians (written in AD 51) that Paul was familiar with the Gospel of Matthew. There are over a dozen strong similarities and allusions to the material found in Matthew 23-25, too much in fact to explain away as coincidence. We also look at some possible and likely dates for the other three gospels (Mark, Luke, and John). There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

We discuss the events mentioned in Acts 24-26, which occurred there in Judea right after Paul was arrested in Jerusalem at the feast of Pentecost in AD 58. We talk about the possibility that Luke and Acts may have been written by Luke while Paul was there in Caesarea for two years, or at least did all the research in preparation for writing them at that time. We also look at some of the theories about who Theophilus was. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

We look at the theory that Theophilus might have been one of the former High Priests of the Ananus family. There are a lot of historical reasons why this theory makes sense. However, on a later podcast we will suggest an even better possibility that Theophilus was a government official in Nero's court at Rome. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

After Paul was arrested in the temple, he was put on trial there in Jerusalem before Ananias b. Nedebaeus (the current High Priest). When a plot against his life was discovered, Paul was then sent to Caesarea, where he remained under guard for two years. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

We look at the final events at the end of Paul's third missionary journey, and his arrival in Jerusalem for the festival of Pentecost (June AD 58). He presented the Gentile contributions to the saints in Jerusalem. While he was in the temple purifying himself, he was arrested on charges of polluting the temple. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

We look at the last year or so of Paul's third missionary journey when he wrote the two epistles to the Corinthians (AD 57), as well as the letter to the Christians in Rome (AD 58). There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

We survey the major details involved in Paul's third missionary journey beginning in the Spring of AD 54 and ending with his arrival in Jerusalem in June of AD 58. This was an amazing period of fruitful evangelistic activity for Paul, which resulted in the full establishment of several churches in Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, from whom he raised a contribution to take to the needy saints in Jerusalem. It was on this third journey that Paul wrote three of his big epistles (1 & 2 Corinthians, and Romans). The gospel of Mark may have been written about this time as well. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send an email to preterist1@preterist.org and request it by its date.Support the show

This is Part Three of a three part series on Acts 1:9-11 and the Ascension. It is mainly concerned with the question by critics about what the phrase "in like manner" means here. In what sense will the Parousia occur "in like manner" to the Ascension? There is only one PDF for all three parts of this series. Email us if you would like to have a copy of the PDF lesson outline: "Acts 1:9-11 In Like Manner" on 9/18/2011. Please request it by title and date. Here is our email address: preterist1@preterist.orgSupport the show

This is Part Two of a three part series on Acts 1:9-11 and the Ascension. It is mainly concerned with the question by critics about what the phrase "in like manner" means here. In what sense will the Parousia occur "in like manner" to the Ascension? There is only one PDF for all three parts of this series. Email us if you would like to have a copy of the PDF lesson outline: "Acts 1:9-11 In Like Manner" on 9/18/2011. Please request it by title and date. Here is our email address: preterist1@preterist.orgSupport the show

This is Part One of a three part series on Acts 1:9-11 and the Ascension. It is mainly concerned with the question by critics about what the phrase "in like manner" means here. In what sense will the Parousia occur "in like manner" to the Ascension? There is only one PDF for all three parts of this series. Email us if you would like to have a copy of the PDF lesson outline: "Acts 1:9-11 In Like Manner" on 9/18/2011.Support the show

This is a condensed version of my Kansas City seminar speech on the topic of the Resurrection of the Dead and the Change of the Living. We explain the resurrection from an Individual Body perspective and a literal rapture perspective. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Email us if you would like to have a copy of it: "Resurrection and Change" on 6/19/2011. Please request it by title and date. Here is our email address: preterist1@preterist.orgSupport the show