This special Christmas edition of the podcast features Shane’s man-on-the-street interviews that he recorded at a local Christmas festival. In particular, he asked whether the holiday, with all its memorable characters, is rooted in mythology, history, or a little of both. In the second half of the program, Shane reads selections from Justin Martyr’s First Apology, which provides insight into the compelling nature of early Christian proclamation.
SHOW NOTES
Articles
Proof of the Gospel (PDF), selections from Justin Martyr, Eusebius & Augustine
Isaiah’s Prophecy of the Messiah’s Birth, Shane Rosenthal
The Bethlehem Prophecy: An Exploration of Micah 5:2, Shane Rosenthal
Sprinkled Nations & Speechless Kings, Shane Rosenthal
Finding Christ in All of Scripture (PDF), Shane Rosenthal
A New Way of Reading Scripture, Shane Rosenthal
Why Should We Believe The Bible? (PDF), Shane Rosenthal
First Apology of Justin Martyr, online text version
Books
The Writings of Justin Martyr, hardback edition
Proof of the Gospel, Eusebius of Caesarea
The Jewish Gospels, Daniel Boyarin
A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith, Craig Evans
A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Gospels, Craig Evans
The Angel of the Lord, Doug Van Dorn & Matt Foreman
The Gospel According to Isaiah 53, Darrell Bock & others
The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy, Rydelnik & Blum
Soul Searching, Christian Smith
Audio
The First Apology of Justin Martyr, FREE Audiobook
What Child Is This? A Christmas Message by Shane Rosenthal
Jewish Views of the Messiah, Humble Skeptic #38 with Daniel Boyarin
Were Jews Expecting a Divine Messiah? WHI 1243 with Craig Evans
A Suffering Messiah? WHI-1564 with Craig Evans
The Angel of the Lord (Pt 1), WHI 1566 with Foreman & Van Dorn
The Angel of the Lord (Pt 2), WHI-1567 with Foreman & Van Dorn
Jacob’s Ladder, Humble Skeptic #63
Youth Ministry in Crisis, Christian Smith, J.I. Packer, Michael Horton & others
Music
Carol of the Bells, The Whiskey Wasps
For Unto Us, A Child Is Born, from Handel’s Messiah
Surely, He Hath Born Our Sins, from Handel’s Messiah
O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Ardie’s Son
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