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Developing the Empathetic Ear: Listening with Heart in Relational ApologeticsIn this episode of Simple Faith, host Rusty George delves into the second installment of a five-part miniseries on relational apologetics. This episode emphasizes the importance of developing the empathetic ear, learning to truly hear the heart behind people's questions and objections about faith. Rusty and his guests explore stories and practical strategies for effective listening, including the wisdom of Jesus' interactions, insights from negotiation experts, and the role of the Holy Spirit in guiding conversations. Tune in to discover how empathetic listening can create meaningful connections and open doors for sharing the gospel.00:00 Introduction to Simple Faith00:35 Developing the Empathetic Ear03:46 The Power of Listening: A Story from Venezuela07:13 Emptying the Bucket: Simon Sinek's Approach08:57 Asking Good Questions in Relational Apologetics12:20 The Role of the Holy Spirit in Community17:29 Preparing the Ground for the Gospel18:42 Conclusion and Next Stepshttps://pastorrustygeorge.com/Books by Rusty George:Friend of God: Letting Jesus Say Who You Really Are40 Days to Easter: A Journey of Reflection and RenewalAfter AmenJustice. Mercy. Humility: A Simple Path to Following Jesus

Send us a textWelcome to 'On the Path' w/ Cheryl Nembhard!A podcast filled with encouragement and inspiration to ignite you in your faith, push you in your purpose to be exactly who God's called you to be!This week we have a very special episode as Cheryl sits with lead actor of 'The Chosen Series', Noah James, who plays the disciple Andrew to discuss the Season 5 premiere -coming to theatres everywhere on March 28th!Noah James is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has appeared in Shameless, S.W.A.T., iCarly, and La La Land, just to name a few. He has an extensive theater background and won multiple AudioVerse Awards for his voice work. Passionate about storytelling, James brings depth and authenticity to his roles, earning acclaim for his portrayal of Andrew in the hit biblical series. And that's what we'll be talking about today! In this one-on-one conversation, we speak about:- The ways Noah's role in The Chosen has changed his life- The moment on set that impacted him deeply, that he'll never forget-The incredible dynamics he has with his fellow cast members- Noah's pet peeves in life and what lights him up- The collaborative process he has with Dallas Jenkins and the balance between artistic license and the director's visionAND MUCH MORE!This episode is for anyone who's a fan of the global phenomenon 'The Chosen'! Such a hilarious and inspiring episode to listen to!You can now watch 'On The Path' on demand by downloading the YES TV app in your play store!  You can also stream in the U.S on Pioneer Network, ROKU, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, FaithTV, and CrossTV as well as on YES TV across Canada.Watch & Subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch all full shows from past seasons there: https://www.youtube.com/@CherylNembhardTV

Join the ultimate adventure as we go on an epic hunt for the most elusive selfie with none other than The Chosen TV Series star, Jonathan Roumie! We were blessed to attend The Chosen Philippines' event where we got to see in advance, “The Chosen Christmas Special”. This is truly a wonderful TEAL CARPET experience. Will we finally capture the perfect selfie with TV Jesus? Watch to find out! We are blessed to be joined in the video by our friendsAdrian Milag of Adrian Milag TV:https://www.youtube.com/ @BroAdrianMilag  Bernz Caasi of Unboxing Catholicism:https://www.youtube.com/ @unboxingcatholicism  JC Libiran of The Feast:https://www.youtube.com/ @CoachJCTV  Kirby Llaban of Fired Up Life:https://www.youtube.com/ @fireduplifebykirbyllaban  The Chosen Season 5 trailer just dropped which featured The Last Supper and we can't wait until April. Filipino podcaster and vlogger, Jay Aruga host of The Jay Aruga Show, is the first conservative podcast and vlog in the Philippines. SUPPORT The Jay Aruga Show through the Shopee – Arugaan Online Shop: Jay Aruga's Book "Conservative Ka Ba? A 3-Step Approach to Protecting the Family from Woke Ideology" is NOW Available in Shopee: https://shopee.ph/product/274489164/25685460706/ Fight this toxic culture in style! Order your THE JAY ARUGA SHOW podcast T-shirt now: https://shopee.ph/product/274489164/24822983311/ Buying me a coffee thru: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thejayarugashow Hallow - Try Hallow's Premium contents for FREE: https://hallow.com/jayaruga Follow The Sentinel Ph Facebook Page and watch our live streams with AJ Perez every Saturdays at 9PM: https://www.facebook.com/TheSentinelPh LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos. https://www.youtube.com/@JayAruga?sub_confirmation=1 Listen and learn from previous episodes of The Jay Aruga Show podcast here https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejayarugashow Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jagaruga Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jay.aruga Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJayArugaShow Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JayAruga?sub_confirmation=1 #thechosen #TheChosenPh #TheChosenJuans

How does God use suffering in the lives of those He loves to bring about good things? In season 4 of the Chosen series, we catch glimpses of Jesus and His disciples wrestling and responding to loss and pain. We'll discuss this theme and how God's goodness shines through the darkest seasons with Amanda Jenkins who leads the team creating companion Bible studies for the Chosen TV Series. Amanda opens up about how this season's study met her in a time of suffering, questioning God's goodness and the importance of holding fast to Him through it all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we have a fun show as Heather and I continue surprising each other with guests on Sidetracked. I was in charge of our guest today and I'm so excited for you to hear our conversation with Makayla Noble. If you don't know Makayla, here's a little background: On September 20, 2021, Makayla Noble, a world-champion cheerleader, suffered an injury that resulted in a severe spinal cord injury. People from all over the world joined together to pray for  her life and follow alongside her healing journey. Makayla has overcome almost impossible odds and has an amazing story of faith on the other side of her accident.  Today Makayla shares how from the moment of the accident she felt the overwhelming peace of God, that He was going to take care of her and had a plan. She has mourned her physical body and what she thought the future would look like but remains in the truth that “God is not done with me yet”.   This is an awesome conversation today and it's always super fun when Heather and I get Sidetracked with you!   All things Cynthia Connect with Makayla Noble:  Website:  Makayla Noble | Mak's Warriors Youtube: Makayla Noble - YouTube Instagram:  Makayla Noble (@makaylamnoble) Links Mentioned:   Joni and Friends | Sharing Hope Through Hardship ATF Official Home Page | AdaptiveTrainingFoundation.org The Chosen TV Series  

Send us a Text Message.In celebration of 'The Chosen' - Season 4, debuting #1 on Apple TV this week, Cheryl sits with the brilliant Paras Patel, who plays beloved disciple Matthew!This is a must-listen episode as Paras shares on how 'The Chosen' has impacted his personal life,  how he prepared for the role, and the global impact of playing a disciple on the spectrum.Season 4 premiered globally across all platforms on Sunday evening with 3.5 million streams representing an estimated 4.2 million viewers across households in the US over the first three days. Breaking News: On The Path Podcast is now available as a digital show in the U.S.!You can now watch it on Pioneer channel, ROKU, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, FaithTV and CrossTV as well as on YES TV  and intothecastle.com across Canada.Subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch this episode and others here: https://www.youtube.com/@CherylNembhardTV

This week, Cheryl sits with the cast from the global phenomenon 'The Chosen and has a one-on-one conversation with the phenomenal Amber Shana Williams, who plays Tamar on the television series.This is a must-listen/watch episode as Amber exclusively shares her incredible life story growing up, how the Chosen has impacted her personal life,  what it means for her to portray a woman of color in the biblical drama series, and how she prepared for the role of such a strong multi-layered character. •Breaking News: On The Path Podcast is now available as a digital show in the U.S.!You can now watch it on Pioneer channel, ROKU, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, FaithTV, and CrossTV as well as on YES TV  and intothecastle.com across Canada.Subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch this full episode and others here: https://www.youtube.com/@CherylNembhardTV#onthepathp.podcast #onthepathwithcherylnembhard #thechosen #thechosenseries #thechosenseason4 

This week, Cheryl sits with the cast from the global phenomenon 'The Chosen' and has a one-on-one conversation with Catherine Lidstone who plays Mary and Demetrios Troy who plays Lazarus on the television series.This is a must-listen/watch episode as Catherine and Demetrios share how the Chosen has impacted their personal lives, how they prepared for their roles, and the scene that changed them forever.  •Breaking News: On The Path Podcast is now available as a digital show in the U.S.!You can now watch it on Pioneer channel, ROKU, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, FaithTV and CrossTV as well as on YES TV  and intothecastle.com across Canada.Subscribe to my YouTube channel OR watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/OLvUO7WUQ-c?si=dw0tdSG7Ku-SCoVV#onthepathpodcast #onthepathwithcherylnembhard #thechosen #thechosenseries #thechosenseason4 The Chosen Season 4 Trailer with Permission from Dallas Jenkins (2017) for TV Broadcasting.

In this episode, we share the speculation around why The Chosen season 4 is being delayed for the free streaming release. Much of the speculation is around Angel Studios and how their contracts might be creating issues for The Chosen. We also take a look around some new animation movies news coming out from Illumination and Nintendo! 

Decoding the Biblical References to Cannabis with Author Chris BennettJustin Benton and Janet Benton-Gaillard had the privilege of hosting Chris Bennett, an authority on the historical and religious aspects of cannabis, and the author of "Cannabis, the Lost Sacrament of the Ancient World."Chris has dedicated over 35 years to researching the role of cannabis in various religions and magical rituals. His journey began with a profound spiritual experience with cannabis, which led him to explore its historical significance. He has since authored five comprehensive books on the subject.Chris shared his insights on the term "Cannabosum," a word found in the Hebrew Bible, which he believes refers to cannabis. He discussed the mistranslation of this term into Greek as "Calamus" and how recent archaeological evidence supports his theory that Cannabosum is indeed cannabis. This evidence includes the discovery of cannabis resins used in a Hebrew temple dating back to the 8th century BCE.Chris explained the historical context of cannabis use in religious rituals, highlighting its presence in the holy anointing oil described in Exodus and its significance in the Tent of the Meeting, where it was used to facilitate communication with God. He also touched on the rejection of cannabis offerings in later texts, such as Jeremiah, which he believes is linked to the rise of monotheism and the consolidation of religious power and wealth.The conversation also covered the broader historical use of cannabis, from its psychoactive properties to its role as a medicine and a textile. Chris emphasized the plant's deep roots in human history, predating many religions and possibly being one of our oldest medicines.Justin also shared his perspective on the recent advancements in cannabis legalization and acceptance, particularly in the United States. He expressed optimism about the future of cannabis and its potential to heal, especially given its mention in religious texts and its historical use as a healing agent.They concluded the episode with a call to action for activists to continue their efforts in promoting the benefits of cannabis. Chris's work is a testament to the plant's enduring legacy and its potential to contribute to a greener, more sustainable future.Cannabis Lost Sacrament Of The Ancient World TIMESTAMPS:00:00:07 - Isaiah's Cleansing by Coal00:00:43 - Introduction to the Miracle Plant Podcast00:01:02 - Chris Bennett's Expertise on Cannabis in Religion00:02:09 - Chris Bennett's Personal Cannabis Journey00:03:13 - Historical Use of Cannabis in Religion00:04:02 - Cannabosum in the Hebrew Bible00:05:15 - Rejection of Cannabis in Jeremiah00:06:10 - Translation of Cannabosum and Historical Context00:07:49 - Archaeological Evidence of Cannabis Use00:09:02 - Discovery at Tell Arad and Historical Significance00:10:05 - Yahweh and Asherah Worship00:11:09 - Cannabis and Frankincense in Temple Rituals00:12:12 - Biblical Reforms and Monotheism00:13:06 - Polytheism and the Rise of Monotheism00:14:09 - The Role of Cannabis in Ancient Healing00:15:13 - Isaiah's Experience with the Altar Coal00:17:20 - Chris Bennett's Vision for Cannabis Awareness00:18:02 - The Evolution of Cannabis Perception00:19:06 - The Holy Anointing Oil and Modern Recognition00:20:04 - Misinterpretation and Translation of Biblical Texts00:21:09 - Medical Evidence of Cannabis in Ancient Times00:22:47 - Jesus and the Use of Anointing Oil00:23:58 - The Chosen TV Series and Anointing Oil00:26:22 - Janet's Inquiry on Ancient Hemp Use00:27:46 - The Differentiation Between Hemp and Marijuana00:29:22 - Historical Evidence of Cannabis Use00:30:47 - The Future of Cannabis Research and Acceptance00:32:56 - The Stigmatization and Legal History of Cannabis00:34:08 - The Importance of Hemp in History00:35:10 - Chris Bennett's Legacy and Vision for Cannabis00:36:21 - The Role of Doctors and Cannabis Education00:37:02 - Ancient Use of Cannabis for Food and Medicine00:38:08 - The Cultural and Historical Significance of Cannabis00:39:47 - Chris Bennett's Hope for Cannabis's Future00:41:10 - The Impact of Cannabis Legalization and Research00:42:09 - Chris Bennett's Aspirations for Cannabis Awareness00:43:17 - Final Thoughts and Where to Find Chris Bennett's Work00:44:16 - Janet's Appreciation for the Book's Depth00:45:30 - Closing Remarks and "Heal the World" Message   Thank you for tuning in to the Miracle Plant Podcast. Remember, our mission is to heal the world with the power of this miracle plant. Join us next time for more inspiring stories and insights into the world of cannabis. Produced by PodConx 101cbd - https://101cbd.org/

Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, David Pogue looks at the first two years of discoveries by the James Webb Space Telescope. Also: Ben Mankiewicz talks with old friends Albert Brooks and Rob Reiner, who's directed an HBO documentary, "Albert Brooks: Defending His Life"; Lee Cowan goes behind the scenes of the Biblical series "The Chosen"; Conor Knighton attends a concert of carolers deep underground at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky; Luke Burbank visits Leavenworth, Wash., a top Christmas destination; Tracy Smith profiles card illustrator, children's book author and record producer Sandra Boynton; and a "Sunday Morning" tradition: members of the Young People's Chorus of New York City perform music of the holidays.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jesus and the personalities of the Bible are real people, and the Chosen TV Series aims to portray the humanity of the biblical characters and bring the gospel down from stained glass windows to flesh and bones. Don't miss this conversation with Katherine Warnock, the Vice President of Original Content for The Chosen, who joins Christina Perera to discuss the impact of the series and what viewers can expect in season four. Katherine shares a powerful testimony of a man who found Jesus through watching the show and experienced joy and hope in his final days. Listen to hear what is coming in season 4, which airs at the beginning of 2024. Katherine hints at the possibility of additional seasons exploring the resurrection of Jesus and other great stories in the future. "We've got some surprises up our sleeve. Have your tissues ready, but also get ready to feel the immense hope of this story come alive in a way that it hasn't yet even,” said Warnock. CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: Katherine Warnock, The Chosen TV SeriesLinkedIn, Instagram, The Chosen (Netflix), RESOURCE: Are you a new believer and don't know where to start? New Believer Workbook: Foundational Gospel Truths To Begin Your Relationship With Jesus Will equip you as you begin the most beautiful relationship of your life. ABOUT: Christina Perera MinistriesSOCIAL CONNECT: Facebook, Instagram & YouTube @christinapereraministriespodcast, prayer, revival, testimony, Revealing Jesus, Christina Perera, grace, peace, knowledge of Jesus, teaching, interviews, leaders in the body of Christ, testimonies, God's goodness, Chosen series, Katherine Warnock, vice president of original content, television series, disciples, Judas, Thomas, Simon, iconic Bible moments, season four, surprises, resurrection of Jesus, Acts, revival, power and faith, hope, encouragement, purpose

Executive Producer, Derral Eves gives an inside look at the Chosen television series. Check your local listings to watch. TheChosen.tv #thechosen #derraleves #cwnetwork #jesus

Executive Producer, Derral Eves gives an inside look at the Chosen television series. Check your local listings to watch. TheChosen.tv #thechosen #derraleves #cwnetwork #jesus

Executive Producer, Derral Eves gives an inside look at the Chosen television series. Check your local listings to watch. TheChosen.tv

Have you ever been deeply moved by a story that touched your heart? That's the incredible power of storytelling, and in today's world, stories have the power to impact lives and culture. Friends, I'm excited to welcome back to the #SheImpactsCulture podcast, Vanessa DeSilvio, the talented actress who brought to life the Samaritan Woman in The Chosen TV Series. In this episode, Vanessa shares her journey as an actor and how she stays true to her values and faith. Today's episode is all about Embracing Faith and Creativity.  We specifically chat through: How Vanessa found alignment between her faith and the opportunity to play a biblical character The significance of honoring God through talent and creativity The transformative power of storytelling and how it can deeply impact livesNavigating criticism and the importance of valuable feedback Living a life that reflects core values and resembling Jesus in everyday life to make a lasting impact Vanessa's inspiring journey in The Chosen TV Series shows the beauty of blending creativity, faith, and purpose. She encourages aspiring actors to pray and follow their calling, trusting that God will lead them on a fulfilling path that aligns with their talent and faith. Friends, no matter the work that God calls you to, you can impact culture through your faith, creativity, and purpose.  Connect with Vanessa:​Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/VanessaDesilvioActor  Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.desilvio Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/pb2jvvk2 Vanessa DeSilvio is a classically trained actor and voice over artist who also speaks fluent Spanish. Her experience ranges from the stage to television, commercials, and radio. Television credits include The Chosen, HBO's The Leftovers, ABC's American Crime, and a co-star role in From Dusk Till Dawn TV Series. Vanessa can also be seen in numerous regional and national commercials in both English and Spanish. Her voice over credits include audiobook narrations on Audible.com as well as commercial radio spots and animation. She is teleprompter proficient. When she is not acting, Vanessa enjoys singing, cooking, traveling, and spending time with her husband and three sons. 

For those who have been following me on social media, you probably know that there is one scene that is close to my heart in The Chosen TV Series, the encounter with the Samaritan Woman - a cherished Bible passage of mine. Today, I am absolutely thrilled to introduce you to the talented Vanessa DeSilvio, who brilliantly portrays the Samaritan woman in The Chosen. This episode of the #SheImpactsCulture podcast is dedicated to exploring her “Journey to The Chosen." ​We specifically chat through: Discovering Her Creative Spark in Childhood The Harmony of Passion and Faith Conquering Self-Doubt and Negative Thoughts The Power of Community and Mentorship Nurturing Her Art amidst Motherhood Embracing Challenging Roles with Faith The Profound Trust in God's Plan Uplifting Advice for Aspiring Actors Friends, Vanessa has discovered the beauty of intertwining her passion for performance with her faith. From overcoming self-doubt to embracing challenging roles, she demonstrates the power of trusting in God's plan while pursuing her dreams. Her story serves as a reminder to us that we can trust God in our work and with faith, community, and determination, we can find fulfillment in both art and purpose. ​Connect with Vanessa:​Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/VanessaDesilvioActor  Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.desilvio Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/pb2jvvk2 Vanessa DeSilvio is a classically trained actor and voice over artist who also speaks fluent Spanish. Her experience ranges from the stage to television, commercials, and radio. Television credits include The Chosen, HBO's The Leftovers, ABC's American Crime, and a co-star role in From Dusk Till Dawn TV Series. Vanessa can also be seen in numerous regional and national commercials in both English and Spanish. Her voice over credits include audiobook narrations on Audible.com as well as commercial radio spots and animation. She is teleprompter proficient. When she is not acting, Vanessa enjoys singing, cooking, traveling, and spending time with her husband and three sons. 

Cody and Nate discuss The Chosen, the hit multi-season series about the life of Jesus, told from the perspective of His followers. Topics include: How The Chosen came to be Does it improve upon other recent Scripture-to-screen adaptations? Favorite scenes Is the show ever sacrilegious? Does The Chosen "bring Scripture to life"? Bonus nitpicks

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE in the studio. Topics include---1- Are there any female angels-2- Muslim and whether Jesus is God 09--3- Hebrew Roots Movement 13--4- The Chosen TV Series 20--5- The Spirit and Tongues

Open calls, questions, and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE in the studio. Topics include---1- Are there any female angels-2- Muslim and whether Jesus is God 09--3- Hebrew Roots Movement 13--4- The Chosen TV Series 20--5- The Spirit and Tongues

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Chino Blanco and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! Full Title Jan 29, 2023 EP 44 - Chino Blanco co-hosts, Midnight Mormons vs reddit, new Mormon related Netflix series teaser, interesting Anchorage Temple renovation, Brodie Awards update, LDS Chosen TV series intrigue, and best LDS pickup lines revealed! Connect with Al and Chino! www.MormonNewsRoundup.org kolob@mormonnewsroundup.org Voicemail Twitter YouTube Official Sponsor Music MormonMovieReviews Support this Podcast Patreon News Articles Midnight Mormons vs reddit Brodie Awards Cora Evans is a bona fide exmo and quite soon may become a canonized saint Losing their religion: why US churches are on the decline Rise of the religious “nones” Anchorage Alaska Temple to Be Reconstructed LDS Church applies to change Wasatch County dark sky rules Netflix American Primeval “Mormon Revenant” mini-series details Season 3 of “The Chosen” is in full swing LDS environmentalists want their institution to address the Great Salt Lake's collapse Best LDS Pickup lines revealed! Huge Guests/Shows, Coming up Landon Brophy from the Good book club next week Alternative Mormon, Rebecca Biblioteca Feb 12 Midnight mormons Feb 19 White Cat Prophecy Feb 26 Shoutout to Weird Alma for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mormonnewsroundup/support

The Matt Slick Live daily radio broadcast of The Christian Apologetics Research Ministry (CARM.org). Open calls, questions, and discussion with host Matt Slick LIVE in the studio. MSL: January, 24 2023 Topics include: 1: Are there any female angels 2: Muslim and whether Jesus is God 09- 3: Hebrew Roots Movement 13- 4: The Chosen TV Series 20- 5: The Spirit and Tongues MSL: January, 24 2023         ==> Subscribe to the CARM Odysee Channel: https://odysee.com/@CARM:8 ==> Watch Matt Slick Live on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@CARM:8/MattSlickLive:b ==> Subscribe to the CARM YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/carmvideos ==> Subscribe to the Matt Slick YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/mattslick ==> Like CARM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Carm.org ==> Visit the CARM Website: https://carm.org ==> Donate to CARM: https://carm.org/about/partner-with-carm/

The Matt Slick Live daily radio broadcast of The Christian Apologetics Research Ministry (CARM.org). Open calls, questions, and discussion with host Matt Slick LIVE in the studio. MSL: January, 24 2023 Topics include: 1: Are there any female angels 2: Muslim and whether Jesus is God 09- 3: Hebrew Roots Movement 13- 4: The Chosen TV Series 20- 5: The Spirit and Tongues MSL: January, 24 2023         ==> Subscribe to the CARM Odysee Channel: https://odysee.com/@CARM:8 ==> Watch Matt Slick Live on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@CARM:8/MattSlickLive:b ==> Subscribe to the CARM YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/carmvideos ==> Subscribe to the Matt Slick YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/mattslick ==> Like CARM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Carm.org ==> Visit the CARM Website: https://carm.org ==> Donate to CARM: https://carm.org/about/partner-with-carm/

 Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Will Within - The Chosen Edition. Due to the exciting feedback around the successful, original The Will Within podcast, we have The Will Within - The Chosen Edition. Our stories will still include the same elements of hope, will, perseverance and inspiration and now include how The Chosen TV Series has made an impact in your own life!Our inaugural edition features Ornella Fava of Rhode Island USA, and Anusha Jebahnasam of Australia. Ornella originally formed a FB page to support Jonathan Roumie and his acting and spiritual endeavors. This project now extends to Instagram platform as well. Ornella, Anusha and some other dedicated fans pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet for the The Cast and crew of The Chosen (a practice started by Jonathan himself during the beginning of Corvid). Hear all about their page inception and plans for the future.

It's Tuesday, November 15th, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus.  (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson Laos pastor abducted, tortured, and killed Government authorities are highly suspected to be the cause of the murder of a pastor and father of eight children in Laos. Pastor Seetoud of the Nakai District in the Khammouane Province was abducted, tortured, and killed while he was on his way to minister in a village 60 miles from his home.  His body was severely disfigured, his Bible was found near his body, and motorcycle just off the main road.  Morning Star News reports that two other Christians who had planned to join pastor for the meeting in the village said he was delayed because two unidentified officials were questioning him about his activities and reasons for travel to the town.  According to Open Doors, Laos is the 26th worst country for the persecution of Christians. Nigerian Muslims killed 4,000 Christians this year The most severe persecution in the world, by body count, is happening in Nigeria this year, reports The Christian Post. Thus far, in 2022, Islamic jihadist groups in Nigeria have killed at least 4,000 Christians and abducted more than 2,300, according to the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law  130,000 U.S. tech layoffs in 2022 so far Big layoffs have started in the United States.   Amazon has announced 10,000 layoffs to commence this week, amounting to 3% of its corporate workforce. Facebook is also shedding 11,000 jobs. That's about 13% of its workforce. Meantime, following Elon Musk's buyout, Twitter has laid off half its workforce of 8,000 employees along with 4,400 of its 5,500 contract employee base.   In 2022, Layoffs.fyi reports there have been 130,000 tech layoffs involving 788 tech companies.  Big Tech's persecution of conservative, Christian groups Napa Legal Institute has reported on Big Tech's de-platforming and other forms of persecution that have been let loose on Christians over the last few years. The report indicated 27 instances of high-profile Christian, pro-life, pro-family ministries persecuted by Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok, since 2020.   Psalm 37:1-3 comes to mind. “Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.” Republicans hold out hope for control of House While the Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate in the 2022 elections, the House of Representatives is still up for grabs. Yesterday, the New York Times projected the Republicans would gain control by 1-3 Congressional seats. The two states where concerted ground was made for Republicans in the 2022 elections were Georgia and Florida. Meanwhile, the Democrats gained ground in Pennsylvania.  The Democrats also were successful at flipping state houses in Michigan, Minnesota, and Arizona. The Economist's surprise at mid-term election results The Economist magazine summarized the election this way. It said, “At the half-way mark between presidential elections, voters routinely give the incumbent party a beating. But, despite high inflation and low approval ratings for Joe Biden, the Republicans are unsure to flip the Senate and look likely to win control of the House with one of the smallest swings in years.” U.S. church attendance has dropped 15% Lifeway Research reports that U.S. church attendance has dropped off 15% in the last two years. The survey of 1,000 pastors found that Pentecostal churches and non-denominational churches grew the most over the last two years. The Reformed Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist, and Church of Christ denominations saw the least growth. United Methodist Church on the ropes The United Methodist denomination is bleeding churches.   Another 58 local churches in Louisiana have voted to leave the denomination for the matter of homosexual faux-marriage. Back in June, 70 churches in Georgia left, 30 more Methodist churches in North Carolina left, and over 100 congregations in Florida are moving in that direction. “The Chosen” TV series quoted Book of Mormon And finally, the joint Mormon and Christian evangelical-produced series, The Chosen, has come under fire over quotations from the Book of Mormon.   The problematic section comes in the preview for the third season of the TV series, quoting, in part, from the Mormon book, 3 Nephi 15:9, where the Mormon Jesus is quoted as saying, “I am the Law of Moses.” Listen to how it played out. JEWISH LEADER:  “Jesus, if you do not renounce your words, we will have no choice but to follow the law of Moses.” JESUS: “ I am the law of Moses!” Dallas Jenkins, the director, claimed the line was not a direct quote from the Book of Mormon, but written by the script writers, reports Crosswalk. 3 Nephi 15:9 says, “Behold, I am the law, and the light. Look unto me, and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life.” In an article in a Mormon publication, called LDSLiving, Derral Eves, one of two Mormon executive producers of The Chosen, explained that he was aware that the show's creator, Dallas Jenkins, has received pushback for choosing to work with Mormons. In fact, Eves became emotional when talking about that opposition in a recent podcast interview. The trailer of The Chosen for Season 3 made it to first place on YouTube's trending chart during its first week out, reaching a total of 2.1 million views. The first two episodes of Season 3 will hit theaters this Thursday, November 18th.    The Scriptures tell us plainly: “The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17) Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, November 15th, in the year of our Lord 2022.  Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Hey hey! Today's episode is a must-listen! The cancel culture of the world today makes it tricky to navigate relationships, doesn't it? Listen in as I chat with Seth and Heather Thompson Day about these issues on the show.  Seth and Heather provide a framework of what the Bible says about showing up for one another—even when we feel like giving up. They also share just how important it is to stop waiting for the “perfect” time to move forward in our lives. Heather Thompson Day is an Associate Professor of Communication at Andrews University. She is passionate about supporting women and runs an online community called I'm That Wife, which has over two hundred thousand followers. Heather's writing has been featured on outlets like TODAY and the National Communication Association. She believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches for young people. She is the author of seven books, including It's Not Your Turn and Confessions of a Christian Wife. Seth Day is a graduate student of Educational Psychology. He has been a pastor and campus chaplain. His background in Human Service Counseling and ministry brings an important spiritual component to their most recent book, I'll See You Tomorrow.  Listen in to hear all about: How communication drives relationships and what it means to be wired to be in relationships with other people. How messages and experiences we have in childhood affect our relationships into adulthood  What weak ties are and how we can value them in our lives. Favorite quotes: ~Our experiences in life, what we go through as children; we are constantly seeking affection. We  are going to adapt our coping styles to whatever way helps us get that affection and the unfortunate part is that we carry this to our adult relationships. ~It starts with you! I can only control what I choose to do. The reality is it starts with YOU making the commitment to start living life again ~Narcissists don't want love, they want adoration. ~Weak ties matter. If we spend all our time saying we don't have any best friend  relationships we will miss the relationships that we have. ~People who are part of a church community are healthier and happier. In this episode I answered this question: How can I become more confident in my abilities? (29:51) Links to great things we discussed:  This Is Us (TV Series 2016–2022) - IMDb Abbott Elementary (TV Series 2021– )  Jesus I Never Knew, The: Philip Yancey, Bill Richards - Amazon.com Lash Boost Eyelash Conditioning Serum | Rodan + Fields® I'll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You ... Heather Day (@heatherday) • Instagram photos and videos The Chosen (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb Milk & Cookies: A Merry Crowder Christmas - Amazon.com Music Naked Body Oil - Osmia Organics - Integrity Botanicals Confident Motherhood Community Join the Confident Motherhood Community here. Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli 

As the highest crowd-funded project of all time, “The Chosen” has become a global phenomenon with episodes watched more than 407 million times. Katherine Warnock, one of the producers, joins guest co-host Crissy Cochran and superfan, to discuss the popularity of the series and the unexpected way it has captivated Gen Z. Warnock admits that while the goal of the show is to help viewers meet Jesus, they do so in playful, intimate, authentic, and disruptive ways. The series helps us see Jesus from the perspectives of those who met him and how those encounters could have played out. Willing to tackle difficult conversations the series challenges and encourages us to do a better job of addressing issues. If you love "The Chosen" as much as we do, this episode is for you. For Show Notes & Episode Details:  https://theinfluencerspodcast.org  Get more inspirational content all week:  FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/theinfluencerspodcastofficial INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theinfluencerspodcastofficial/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/hearinfluencers Download "The Chosen" app to begin watching today and learn more at https://TheChosen.tv

I go over some things that hit home to me in the Movie. I try to explain a little more in depth what the Army SFC (Chris Pine) is going through. While also explaining some things about the Medical Retirement Process in the military. The movie covers veteran suicide also and I talk about that from my perspective. #veteran #medicalretirement #military #thecontractor #veteransuicide #mentalhealth #PTSD #TBI #CTE #mtbi Ways to contact me directly. I will try to help in any way I can or in my power to answer your questions or point you in a direction. My direct emails are below. Instagram: sergeantschultz1 TRUTH: sergeantschultz1 @WRSPatriot SergeantSchultz1@pm.me Warriorresearchsociety@pm.me Some basic Videos I did. Don't plan on any new videos though. All audio. Rumble: warriorresearchsociety YouTube: Warrior Research Society Directly at any of these emails. They all go to same inbox. Share diagnosis, treatments, experiences, ask questions, ext. Vetetans and Family members welcome to contact me. WRScontact@pm.me Warriorresearchsociety@pm.me Great Resources: Pebforum.com VA YouTube Channel theSITREP (good base information on many things to include benefits just dive deeper with other sources) Combat Craig on YouTube (good info just take some of the good with the bad with how he presents his information) I have never used his boot camps so I can't speak to those. I DO NOT HAVE SPONSORS. I do not know how to “monitize” my content. So if ads pop up in my podcast then Anchor put them there. Things I like and support I will talk about myself only and that is because I like them or they helped me. I am not affiliated or paid by them. This podcast is to hopefully help veterans and that is the only reason I do it. Please Support: (no connection or affiliation to any of them except I am an ambassador for frog fuel because I love the stuff) Support Local and American companies. Companies that produce their goods in the United States. Glenn Beck (The Great Reset Book, Blaze TV, Nazzaren Fund, Operation Underground Railroad, and more) Victor Marx Montana Knife Company MKC Warrior Poet Society Combat Craig on YouTube Patriot Mobile if you have good service in your area with them. I did not. Rumble (alternative to YouTube) Parler (alternative to Facebook) Joe Rogan Frog Fuel Built Protein bars Origin Maine (USA made goods! Jeans, boots, GIs, rash guards, sweatshirts and now hunting clothes! Navy Seal founder) Operation Underground Railroad O.U.R. 1776 United (patriotic clothing) GritGear (patriotic/Christian clothing) https://gritgearapparel.com/ Pebforum.com (donate. They help a LOT of veterans) “The Chosen” (TV Series, crowd funded, download app on your phone and stream to your TV it is Not on any networks or streaming services like Netflix.)

Katherine D. asks, "What is your opinion on Christian entertainment like the Chosen TV series/depictions of Jesus violating the 2nd commandment? Recently I heard the stance that any visual depiction of Jesus is a violation of the 2nd commandment, and I'm trying to think through this issue. Also, would you be wary of any play/movie based on a Bible story even if it didn't include Jesus?

On this episode of First Paso, voice actor Josh Zagoren talks about how he decided to be in The Chosen TV Series. What do you do when a decision you are left to make could be a little dangerous to the trajectory of your future? Listen as he shares what pros and cons he weighed out that led him to finally be in The Chosen Season 2, and the pleasant surprise that came. Visit https://www.FirstPaso.com or @CandaceOlusola on social media with questions and comments about this topic. #FPDangerousDecision #TheChosen #TheChosenTVSeries #JoshZagoren #DallasJenkins #JonathanRoumie #DangerousDecisions --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/firstpaso/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firstpaso/support

Tim & Michael are joined by John (Kling) to explore the key leadership tenet Follows First. The paradoxical idea is key to Biblical leadership. Future episodes will cover the other 3 Ironcenturion Leadership Tenets. Want to get in touch with us? Podcast@ironcenturion.org  Facebook  Instagram Would you like to support the podcast and ministry of Ironcenturion? www.Ironcenturion.org/donate   LINKS and STUFF in this episode:   Leadership Tenets: Follows First Holds Fast Loves Deeply Points Christward   What is an OPORD? https://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/training_the_force/the-operation-order-opord.shtml Centurion's faith Bible reference https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208%3A5-13&version=NIV   We are designed to follow. (who/what do you follow?)   John Calvin quote: “The human heart is an idol factory.”   Choose whom you will follow. Joshua Bible reference https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2024%3A14-15&version=NIV   Following isn't passive or abdication   Yes, man movie with Jim Carey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Man_(film)   The Chosen TV Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chosen_(TV_series)   Following first redefines what success looks like   Jim Elliot and Nate Sainthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Elliot   End of the Spear Movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_the_Spear   “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” - Jim Elliot https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/what-hath-bach-to-do-with-japan/ Follow me as I follow Christ. Bible Verse. 1 Cor 11:1https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-1.htm   Ironcenturion is a participant in the Amazon Affiliate Program. If you purchase through a link above Ironcenturion may receive compensation. This helps us do what we do at no additional cost to you.

Rabbi Jason Sobel, The Chosen TV series Spiritual Advisor, shares about his life and his new book, Mysteries of The Messiah. He gives us insight about some of these mysteries and about his other books he authored with Kathie Lee Gifford.

Витамен подкаст хэсэг завсарлага авсаны дараагаар цоо шинэхэн #season эхлүүлж байна.   Өмнө бид христитгэлт номуудыг онцлон хүргэж байсан бол энэ удаа "Нэг зочин=Нэг кино" гэсэн форматаар та бүхэндээ христитгэлт Олон улсын болон Монгол киног хүргэхээр бэлдлээ.   Хамгийн эхний дугаартаа бид “Христийн Нөхөрлөл" чуулганы пастор, Д. Золзаяатай “The Chosen” цувралын талаар ярилцлаа.   Та ямар зочин урьж, ямар киноны талаар биднийг ярилцаасай гэж хүсэж байгаагаа коммент хэсэгт үлдээгээрэй!

Christian entertainment often gets a bad rap. It's either seen as cheesy, irrelevant or promoting a dishonest view of the faith. But The Chosen, a television series on the ministry of Jesus which debuted in 2018, seems to stand in a category of its own, being hailed as “Christian America's Must-See TV Show '' by The Atlantic. The series, which is in its third season, is the highest crowd-funded media project of all time and has had 300 million viewers around the world. Dallas Jenkins, creator, director, and co-writer of The Chosen series, joins the podcast to discuss the show's impact and success. Jenkins is a graduate of the University of Northwestern - St. Paul where he met his wife, Amanda. The two also released an interactive study guide of The Chosen in 2021.

Do you ever wonder if you indeed know just who you are? For those of us who are chronic approval junkies, it's easy to turn yourself inside out trying to perform for others' expectations and start to lose your identity. Join Serendipity Girl as she discovers how know who you really are, along with "Reel Moments" segment on The Chosen TV Series and a shout-out to the Disney movie "Princess Diaries."

Do you want to take your relationship with Jesus to a deeper level but aren't sure how? Do you struggle with connecting with Him because you don't have a church background; have endured bad relationships (including with men); or just aren't sure how to do this relationship with Jesus thing in general? I've been there! One of the ways Jesus facilitates growth in my relationship with Him ('cause He doesn't expect us to do it alone) is through creativity and the arts. More recently, that's included the multi-season series about the life of Jesus called The Chosen. God is moving powerfully through this TV series - including in four specific ways that I am dying to share with you! Because wherever you are on your journey - new Christian or seasoned Christian - this visual portrayal of Jesus can take your relationship with Him to a whole new level! (And, no, I am not affiliated with the series. This is purely all about you and your amazing growth!) Watch The Chosen here: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen * Dallas Jenkins: Creator, Director, and co-Writer * Jonathan Roumie: Plays the Role of Jesus ------------------------------- Learn More: https://www.relateescape.com Join the Online Community: https://www.relateescape.com/online-community Be the first to hear about new podcast episodes, product releases, and special announcements! https://relate-escape.ck.page/jesus-maiden Shop the Store: https://www.relateescape.com/store Follow on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/relateescape

A Seeking Heart interview with author A.J. Cattapan about her new book, #SweetJesus is it June yet? Ave Maria Press "10 ways the Gospels can help you combat teacher burnout & rediscover your passion for teaching" In this episode we chat about:Reigniting the fire to teachJesus' model for finding inspiration in teaching The Chosen TV Series ...because IT is awesome (and relevant to the topic)#ShowUp Dealing with challenges (in life, not just work) with grace and Jesus!To learn more about Amy visit: https://www.ajcattapan.com/

Come and sit in on the conversation with Greg and Jill as they meet with two of The Chosen's Executive Producers, Derral Eves and Brad Pelo. Derral and Brad are both Mormons in the evangelical world of The Chosen TV Series. The discussion revolves around how they became a part of the production and the dynamics between the two faith communities.

Here we are at the end of the year! How are you feeling about it? Are you still trying to recover from the last couple of years? Working through holiday remnants? Are you looking forward to a new year with hope or dread? After all, we all celebrated when 2020 ended and then 2021 did the thing of “hold my beer.” If there's one thing I've learned about the past is that everyone deals with it differently. There are those who just live there. There are others who walk away and claim to never look back. I'm not sure how that happens but I think I'm more in between the two. I looked up definitions of "resolution," "revolution," and many more only to find that really, we get a release for radical restoration and change! Doesn't that get you excited??I want this next year to be a REVOLUTION OF RESOLUTION! A year where we make a conscious decision to release the past to enable us to find FREEDOM in change! What is it that you want this next year to look like? Are you living in a state of just trying to survive day after day, struggling to see through the fog of society and life? What if…what if there was something more? What if you could make a radical change…in your life…with your family…at your job…What if there was a way you could break free from the depression…the stress…the burdens that way you down, physically and mentally, and from there you found what release, peace, and purpose truly means?What if you understood how you are completely and utterly chosen for such a time as THIS? Does it mean an easy path? No, this is real life. Every day life is what tempts us with giving up on hope. The world and culture is what tempts us with thinking all is lost and there is nothing beyond where we are right now.But I am telling you, friend to friend, that is a lie! Change for the better is not always easy, but the TRUTH is that it is SO worth it!For the first time, I am going to be hosting an online interactive BIBLE STUDY beginning Jan 19th. It is called “What does it mean to be chosen” and last 8 weeks. We will be meeting online once a week, having in depth discussions that are around this question. The book is by Amanda and Dallas Jenkins, the creator of the tv series, The Chosen. It is the most beautiful show that I have seen in a really long time and has completely changed my desire, drive, and focus for how I am living life. If you would like to join me, you can send an email to courtney@imperfectlypollyanna.com or send a private message to me on Facebook or Instagram.All the things you tell yourself…the reasons why life is how it is…the reasons why it won't work out…the reasons you may think keep you from living a more joyful and fulfilling life…Those reasons don't measure up to the truth of who you have been called to be. They don't change the fact that you have been chosen and you can make your own choice to sit back and ride the rollercoaster of life, not knowing what's coming next and holding your breath for the next foot to drop.OR! You can decide today that enough is enough. You can decide it is time for a radical change…a release…a stretching that propels you into the person you have been called to be.What do you say, are you in for a REVOLUTION OF RESOLUTION?

At a conference not too long ago, I was asked to give a review of The Chosen TV Series. I did so, but before I began my critique, I informed the audience that I hadn't watched even one frame of the series, and my guess was that that revelation would make more than a few people upset with my criticisms. The immediate response by those enamored with the series about the life of Christ was to scorn everything I said, saying, “He's like those who criticize books, even the Bible, without having read them!” I can relate to that. I've had many discussions with some who tell me what the Bible says without having read it themselves, so I can see why my initial review and its approach would put some people off.

At a conference not too long ago, I was asked to give a review of The Chosen TV Series. I did so, but before I began my critique, I informed the audience that I hadn't watched even one frame of the series, and my guess was that that revelation would make more than a few people upset with my criticisms. The immediate response by those enamored with the series about the life of Christ was to scorn everything I said, saying, “He's like those who criticize books, even the Bible, without having read them!” I can relate to that. I've had many discussions with some who tell me what the Bible says without having read it themselves, so I can see why my initial review and its approach would put some people off.

At a conference not too long ago, I was asked to give a review of The Chosen TV Series. I did so, but before I began my critique, I informed the audience that I hadn't watched even one frame of the series, and my guess was that that revelation would make more than a few people upset with my criticisms. The immediate response by those enamored with the series about the life of Christ was to scorn everything I said, saying, “He's like those who criticize books, even the Bible, without having read them!” I can relate to that. I've had many discussions with some who tell me what the Bible says without having read it themselves, so I can see why my initial review and its approach would put some people off.

In this one I go over some treatment options I have found over the years for the overlapping symptoms of different conditions like PTSD, TBI, MTBI, white matter lesions, dementia, autoimmune diseases, brain fog, and others. Using resources like Joe Rogan, Doctors in numerous fields, out of the box Doctors like Dr. Mark Gordon and others. Please share any paths you have gone on and what the result was and feel free to ask me any questions my email is below. Ways to contact me: Rumble Warrior Research Society Podcast Warrior Research Society YouTube Warrior Research Society PARLER: WRSPatriot @warriorresearchsociety WRScontact@pm.me or Warriorresearchsociety@pm.me www.Patreon.com/warriorresearchsociety Please Support: (no connection or affiliation to any of them except I am an ambassador for frog fuel because I love the stuff) Support Local and American companies. Companies that produce their goods in the United States. Glenn Beck Dan Bongino Warrior Poet Society Patriot Mobile Rumble (alternative to YouTube) Parler (alternative to Facebook) Joe Rogan Frog Fuel Built Protein bars Origin Maine (USA made goods! Jeans, boots, GIs, rash guards, sweatshirts. Navy Seal founder) Operation Underground Railroad O.U.R. 1776 United (patriotic clothing) GritGear (patriotic/Christian clothing) Pebforum.com (donate. They help a LOT of veterans) “The Chosen” (TV Series, crowd funded, download app on your phone and stream to your TV it is Not on any networks or streaming services like Netflix.) One thing we NEED is a good American made smartphone. Crush apple, Google and the rest. Fully manufactured in the United States is what we need. Purism Librem 5 USA is a good start but not user friendly enough yet for most people.

Joseph Acenas is a good man and my brother in Christ. Today Joseph explains The Chosen TV Series and the different ways it depicts the life of Jesus Christ and the relationship around him.

Welcome friends, we are taking the next few weeks to share some episodes we recorded from the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Grapevine, TX at the Gaylord Texan. If you missed our NRB interviews last week, feel free to check those out at twelvethirty.media/315 And if you've never attended NRB, we'd love to encourage you come sometime. If you're a Christian Communicator of any kind, this is a great place to come, to network, to be a part of. If you're a Pastor, Church Media Staff or Volunteer, if you have any broadcast ministry on TV, radio, podcasting, you will be blessed by being here. This week, we've heard from folks in TV - like the team from the Chosen TV Series, Dennis Quaid and the new Reagan movie coming out next year, and dozens of pastors, ministries and organizations. We'll be sharing with you exclusive interviews with folks at the convention. Today and over the next 3 weeks, you're going to hear from leaders at Thrive, Faithlife, Museum of the Bible, Gateway Church and more. Today, you'll get to hear from Clint Lewis and Tia Brown and we hope these conversations encourage you in your specific area of ministry. We're also throwing in a BONUS Interview with Shannon Benett SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

Welcome friends, we are taking the next few weeks to share some episodes we recorded from the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Grapevine, TX at the Gaylord Texan. If you missed our NRB interviews last week, feel free to check those out at twelvethirty.media/315 And if you've never attended NRB, we'd love to encourage you come sometime. If you're a Christian Communicator of any kind, this is a great place to come, to network, to be a part of. If you're a Pastor, Church Media Staff or Volunteer, if you have any broadcast ministry on TV, radio, podcasting, you will be blessed by being here. This week, we've heard from folks in TV - like the team from the Chosen TV Series, Dennis Quaid and the new Reagan movie coming out next year, and dozens of pastors, ministries and organizations. We'll be sharing with you exclusive interviews with folks at the convention. Today and over the next 3 weeks, you're going to hear from leaders at Thrive, Faithlife, Museum of the Bible, Gateway Church and more. Today, you'll get to hear from Clint Lewis and Tia Brown and we hope these conversations encourage you in your specific area of ministry. We're also throwing in a BONUS Interview with Shannon Benett SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

This episode of the podcast comes to you from the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Grapevine, TX at the Gaylord Texan. If you've never been to NRB, we'd encourage you to check it out. If you're a Christian Communicator of any kind, this is a great place to come, to network, to be a part of. If you're a Pastor, Church Media Staff or Volunteer, if you have any broadcast ministry on TV, radio, podcasting, you should consider coming as well. At the conference we heard from folks in TV - like the team from the Chosen TV Series, Dennis Quaid and the new Reagan movie coming out next year, and dozens of pastors, ministries and organizations. We're going to be sharing with you interviews with folks at the convention. Over the next three weeks, you're going to hear from leaders at Thrive, Faithlife, Museum of the Bible, Gateway Church and more. Today, we'll share our interviews with Dan Chyrstal from Thrive Conferences and Bayside Church. And Bob Pritchett - CEO of Faithlife who are doing some great things in the technology space. We'll also talk with Stephen Kendrick of the Kendrick Brothers and find out what their team is working on. We hope this episode will encourage you! SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

This episode of the podcast comes to you from the 2021 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Grapevine, TX at the Gaylord Texan. If you've never been to NRB, we'd encourage you to check it out. If you're a Christian Communicator of any kind, this is a great place to come, to network, to be a part of. If you're a Pastor, Church Media Staff or Volunteer, if you have any broadcast ministry on TV, radio, podcasting, you should consider coming as well. At the conference we heard from folks in TV - like the team from the Chosen TV Series, Dennis Quaid and the new Reagan movie coming out next year, and dozens of pastors, ministries and organizations. We're going to be sharing with you interviews with folks at the convention. Over the next three weeks, you're going to hear from leaders at Thrive, Faithlife, Museum of the Bible, Gateway Church and more. Today, we'll share our interviews with Dan Chyrstal from Thrive Conferences and Bayside Church. And Bob Pritchett - CEO of Faithlife who are doing some great things in the technology space. We'll also talk with Stephen Kendrick of the Kendrick Brothers and find out what their team is working on. We hope this episode will encourage you! SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

In this one I go over how the Joe Rogan podcast and YouTube show have helped me in my journey by introducing me to “out of the box” type treatments and therapies. Being a listener of Joe Rogan introduced me to Dr Mark Gordon, Andrew Marr and several others that opened my mind to possible head injury causing my hormone imbalance issues. Tales From the Blast Factory was an excellent book by Andrew Marr and the movie Quiet Explosions was excellent. I hope I can lead other veterans with similar issues to resources that may help them live better lives. Ways to contact me: Rumble Warrior Research Society Podcast Warrior Research Society YouTube Warrior Research Society PARLER: WRSPatriot @warriorresearchsociety WRScontact@pm.me or Warriorresearchsociety@pm.me www.Patreon.com/warriorresearchsociety Please Support: (no connection or affiliation to any of them except I am an ambassador for frog fuel because I love the stuff) Support Local and American companies. Companies that produce their goods in the United States. Glenn Beck Dan Bongino Warrior Poet Society Patriot Mobile Rumble (alternative to YouTube) Parler (alternative to Facebook) Joe Rogan Frog Fuel Built Protein bars Origin Maine (USA made goods! Jeans, boots, GIs, rash guards, sweatshirts. Navy Seal founder) Operation Underground Railroad O.U.R. 1776 United (patriotic clothing) GritGear (patriotic/Christian clothing) Pebforum.com (donate. They help a LOT of veterans) “The Chosen” (TV Series, crowd funded, download app on your phone and stream to your TV it is Not on any networks or streaming services like Netflix.) One thing we NEED is a good American made smartphone. Crush apple, Google and the rest. Fully manufactured in the United States is what we need. Purism Librem 5 USA is a good start but not user friendly enough yet for most people.

In this episode I will break down key things you should be prepared for when going through the MEB and possibly being referred to the PEB for Medical Retirement or Medical Discharge. Ensuring you are prepared for those 15-30 minute key meetings with staff during the process can save you a lot of stress and work on the back end. If the MEB finds you unfit for duty you are then referred to the PEB which determines at what percentage you are unfit for duty and based on that percentage and other factors you are then either medically retired or medically separated from service. Knowing the difference and why you should stay in the fight to be medically retired is key for you and your family. I will do more individual podcasts on each phase but this is a good overview to get your mind in the right place for the process. A good PEB overview document is here https://home.army.mil/monterey/application/files/9315/4955/2844/Physical_Evaluation_Boards.pdf. Ways to contact me: Rumble Warrior Research Society Podcast Warrior Research Society YouTube Warrior Research Society PARLER: WRSPatriot @warriorresearchsociety WRScontact@pm.me or Warriorresearchsociety@pm.me www.Patreon.com/warriorresearchsociety Please Support: (no connection or affiliation to any of them except I am an ambassador for frog fuel because I love the stuff) Support Local and American companies. Companies that produce their goods in the United States. Glenn Beck Dan Bongino Warrior Poet Society Patriot Mobile Rumble (alternative to YouTube) Parler (alternative to Facebook) Joe Rogan Frog Fuel Built Protein bars Origin Maine (USA made goods! Jeans, boots, GIs, rash guards, sweatshirts. Navy Seal founder) Operation Underground Railroad O.U.R. 1776 United (patriotic clothing) GritGear (patriotic/Christian clothing) Pebforum.com (donate. They help a LOT of veterans) “The Chosen” (TV Series, crowd funded, download app on your phone and stream to your TV it is Not on any networks or streaming services like Netflix.) One thing we NEED is a good American made smartphone. Crush apple, Google and the rest. Fully manufactured in the United States is what we need. Purism Librem 5 USA is a good start but not user friendly enough yet for most people.

My original review of The Chosen: here A Word Fitly Spoken Review of The Chosen part 1, here A Word Fitly Spoken Review of The Chosen part 2, here A Word Fitly Spoken Review of The Chosen part 3, here Mike Abendroth of No Compromise Radio reviews The Chosen, here Pirate Christian Chris Rosebrough reviews The Chosen, here The World magazine reviews The Chosen, here Rachel Lopez of Mama Bear Apologetics reviews The Chosen, here This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/08/03/the-chosen-tv-series-more-reviews/

Derral Eves is the Executive Producer of The Chosen TV Series, the First ever episodic show on the Life of Christ (or really, his disciples). We talk what Money means for The Chosen, How this show is disrupting Hollywood, The First-evers of The Chosen and more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christianpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/christianpodcast/support

Dallas Jenkins (Creator) & Alaa Safi (Actor) - The Chosen TV Serieshttps://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen Dallas Jenkins first produced the independent feature Hometown Legend at the age of 25 and shepherded it to distribution by Warner Brothers. In the nearly 20 years since, he has directed and produced over a dozen feature and short films for companies such as Universal, Lionsgate, Pureflix, Hallmark Channel, and Amazon. He is now the creator of the largest crowd-funded media project of all-time, a multi-season series about the life of Christ entitled The Chosen.Alaa Safi was born and raised in France to Moroccan parents. At the age of 7, he starts practicing martial arts. At 18, he's the Tae Kwon Do World Champion. His fighting and acrobatic skills get him to work as a stuntman in Thailand, India and France. He studies acting in the Atelier International de Théâtre Blanche Salant & Paul Weaver. He starts taking on roles, and keeps studying with Jack Waltzer.Since he's 21, Alaa takes part in different film genres. But his performance as antagonist to Jackie Chan in Chinese Zodiac 12 paves his way to Hollywood. He's offered to play The Moor in Outcast with Nicolas Cage. He then joins Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen and Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange. He's directed by Michael Cuesta in American Assassin alongside Michael Keaton, by Kenneth Branagh in Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, and by Kevin Macdonald in The Mauritanian starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim and Benedict Cumberbatch. His performances in Taureau Taureau and in his directorial debut Chrysalis earned him respectively the Best Male Actor Award at the Festival National du Film Hyères les Palmiers and the Cassavetes Award for Best actor at the Austin Arthouse Film Festival. He plays Simon the Zealot in the internationally acclaimed series The Chosen.

Welcome to a new format. We decided to tackle some Bible passages surrounding worship & witness - Matthew 22 & Matthew 28. But we wanted to create some more bite size portions instead of packing it all into one big session. In this segment, we discussed the difference in how people respond to "Jesus follower" vs. the word "Christian"; the rise of so many different -isms (socialism, communism, leftism, conservatism, etc.) and how they're warring in our Western culture; and the amazing TV series The Chosen. All this in the context of Matthew 22 & 28. Listen in for Worship & Witness Part 1!

A new MP3 sermon from Theology Central is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Chosen TV Series Speaker: Various Speakers Broadcaster: Theology Central Event: Podcast Date: 2/4/2021 Length: 40 min.

Episode 44 In this special edition episode, I attended my first National Religious Broadcast Convention in Dallas, Texas and right there on the Expo floor I got the privilege of interviewing Derral Eves from The Chosen tv series. Also while at the convention I got to attend the first-ever live stream event of Season 2, episode 6 that sold out in under 7 minutes! Who is Derral Eves? Derral Eves is the executive producer of The Chosen, the highest-grossing crowdfunded movie or television project of all time. The Chosen series reaches across religious boundaries to give viewers from all walks of life a non-denominational, non-Hollywood portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ and the people who encountered Him. Derral's unique skills in audience development and project distribution account for much of the project's worldwide exposure and success. Derral has worked on countless video projects for two decades—but when he came across The Chosen, he felt like everything he had done in his career and personal life had been leading to this project. It is his #1 career passion and focus. Derral is CEO of Creatus, a video marketing strategy company, and the founder of VidSummit, an annual event in Los Angeles for video creators and marketers. He has helped 24 YouTube channels go from zero to more than a million subscribers, and he has generated 54 billion views on YouTube. Derral's personal and career mission is to help individuals, brands, and businesses make a positive impact in the world, but his greatest passion is his family: his wife, Carolyn, and their five amazing children, Elle, Logan, Kelton, Thatcher, and Bridger.   The Chosen budget and goals We got to talk about all things Chosen. Derral shares how he was introduced to creator Dallas Jenkins and how The Chosen went from a $0 budget to becoming the largest grossing crowd funded tv series in history with 19,000 people investing over $10 million. Currently The Chosen tv series operates on 1/8 of what an average tv show operates on. Derral looks forward to the day when Dallas can create content ‘unleashed' at $5 million per episode. The Chosen Army Have you heard about The Chosen Army? Derral says this is one way popularity of The Chosen is spreading! Their goal is for 1billion people to watch, and the Chosen Army is helping to pave the way! Listen to hear one of Derral's favorite parts of the show and what he learned after he watched it. Hear his personal salvation story and what motivated him to go from religion to discovering his own personal relationship with Jesus! Then learn what he did once that happened. Derral also discusses the human side of Jesus Christ in which He had personal relationships and not in a diety relationship, but with friends and family on earth which makes Him approachable. Derral speaks about how he grew his career out of understanding Generation Z and Millennials. He shares how they are disconnected from a culture of shaming, condemning, and bible-thumping practices. These generations connect with authentic relationships where they can see and know that real people have real issues and to learn the ways they solve and overcome the issues. Derral praises Dallas and the writers of The Chosen tv series in showing humanity both in its glorified state as well as its worst times. I plugged myself to play the part of Esther- let's see where my future in The Chosen tv series leads me?!

Luke and Steve talk with Joseph Zimmerman about the future of state management in Vue. Options include the new composition API in Vue 3, the new Pinia library , and the upcoming (still in RFC) Vuex 5. Plus, Steve continues his series of amazing dad jokes for the benefit of the listeners. Panel Luke Diebold Steve Edwards Guest Joseph Zimmerman Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links What’s Coming To VueX? Pinia, an Alternative Vue.js Store You Might Not Need Vuex with Vue 3 Joe Zim's JavaScript Corner Joe Zim's JavaScript Corner - YouTube Twitter: JZ JavaScript Corner ( @JoeZimJS ) Picks Joseph- EGO Power Joseph- The Chosen TV Series Joseph- Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Mouse Luke- Know the reason why you write code and why it's important Luke- GitHub | kiaking/rfcs Contact Luke: QuasarCast Twitter: Luke Diebold ( @LukeDiebold ) Contact Steve: Twitter: Steve Edwards ( @wonder95 ) GitHub: Steve Edwards ( wonder95 ) LinkedIn: Steve Edwards

Luke and Steve talk with Joseph Zimmerman about the future of state management in Vue. Options include the new composition API in Vue 3, the new Pinia library , and the upcoming (still in RFC) Vuex 5. Plus, Steve continues his series of amazing dad jokes for the benefit of the listeners. Panel Luke Diebold Steve Edwards Guest Joseph Zimmerman Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links What’s Coming To VueX? Pinia, an Alternative Vue.js Store You Might Not Need Vuex with Vue 3 Joe Zim's JavaScript Corner Joe Zim's JavaScript Corner - YouTube Twitter: JZ JavaScript Corner ( @JoeZimJS ) Picks Joseph- EGO Power Joseph- The Chosen TV Series Joseph- Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Mouse Luke- Know the reason why you write code and why it's important Luke- GitHub | kiaking/rfcs Contact Luke: QuasarCast Twitter: Luke Diebold ( @LukeDiebold ) Contact Steve: Twitter: Steve Edwards ( @wonder95 ) GitHub: Steve Edwards ( wonder95 ) LinkedIn: Steve Edwards

Welcome to Episode 15 of The Burning Bush Podcast, where we share the message of the Bible while enjoying a good cigar. This week we continue reading through Dr. Michael Heiser's book, “What Does God Want?”, and I'm smoking a Diamond Crown No. 3 Maduro.Mike Heiser's Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/39xcMS8The Naked Bible Podcast: https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/Awakening School of Theology: https://awakeningschooloftheology.com/Translations of Supernatural: http://www.miqlat.org/translations-of-supernatural.htmDiamond Crown No. 3 Maduro Toro 6.5x54 - https://www.jcnewman.com/diamond-crown-cigars/The Chosen TV Series - http://www.thechosen.tv/Listen and subscribe at: www.theburningbushpodcast.com YouTube: https://bit.ly/3enwuCiRumble: https://rumble.com/user/SteveMcHenryEmail: stevenjmchenry@gmail.com#TheBurningBush #Podcast #Scripture #Theology #Jesus #Bible #Christian #Cigars #HolySmokes #botl #sotl #WhatDoesGodWant #MichaelHeiser #NakedBible #TheChosen #JCNewman #DiamondCrownSUPPORT THE SHOWPaypal: http://paypal.me/SteveMcHenryVenmo: @Steve-McHenry-3The Burning Bush Merchandise Store Get your Burning Bush Podcast swag here!Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

So you've all probably heard about the shows "WandaVision" and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier". Such fun and entertaining shows. However, have you heard about the show called "The Chosen"? Father Richard is inviting us to give "The Chosen" a chance and watch a show that follows the lives of people in the life of Jesus. Want to know more? Hit the play button and listen to find out what the show is about. Father Richard is joined by co-host, Jamie Gutierrez and another special guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sfr-church-azusa/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sfr-church-azusa/support

In today's episode, Garett talks with the Associate Producer of "The Chosen", Justen Overlander. The Chosen is a TV Series depicting the life and ministry of Jesus. Listen in as Justen shares stories from the set of the show, gives some insights to season 2 and shares how The Chosen has become the largest crowd-funded media project in history! 

The Chosen, a TV series about the life of Jesus, has had nearly 56 million views. Join us as we sit down with The Chosen Associate Producer Justen Overlander as we ask what the show is all about and why 56 million people (and counting) have watched it. Learn more here Follow The Chosen on Facebook here Follow Justen Overlander on Facebook here Watch a preview here Watch episode 1 here

On this week's edition of Knowing God, Pastor Tony and Aaron answer the question of whether religion makes us moral as well as challenging the secularist's foundation for believing in objective moral standards.    To read along with us, order Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Christians for the World's Largest Religion by Rebecca McLaughlin here: https://www.amazon.com/Confronting-Christianity-Questions-Largest-Religion/dp/1433564238   Aaron's recommendation: "The Chosen" TV Series on the life of Jesus. Download "Chosen App" to watch the first season free or watch the first episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=craeyJdrCsE

We kick off by talking about The Chosen (www.imdb.com/title/tt9471404/)a multi-season show about the life of Jesus and how we can use different representations of Jesus to chat about how we see Him. Our question this week is from a parent looking at choosing secondary schools. How do we balance the different merits of faith schools, letting the child be key in the decision making and maintaining friendships? Anna chats to Sanna about podcast clubs. Sanna shares how she got started, how it helps her as a parent and top tips if you'd like to start one with some friends. She mentions the Don't Mom Alone website which has more info on podcast clubs. You can check that out at dontmomalone.com/join/ If you are running a podcast club, here are some questions you might want to chat about from this episode: - What is your favourite movie/picture/painting of Jesus and why? - What aspects of Jesus do you feel are often missed out in representations of Jesus in the arts? - When you look at children's bibles or storybooks, how do you feel about the illustrations of Jesus and the way he comes across? What do you do to help?

Lance Foulis 0:01 Everybody, welcome to another bonus episode of the Lancelot roundtable. For this bonus episode, I wanted to try something new we hadn't previously done on the roundtable. Allow me to elaborate. When I was originally thinking of doing this bonus episode, I wanted it to be a review of the first season of the chosen TV series. Well, as we recorded, it turned out a bit differently than I had originally planned. So I wanted to explain three things before you listen to the episode. First thing, my special guest co-host, and I talk about reviewing the chosen throughout throughout our our talk. What actually happened during this recording wasn't really a review. Instead, I would say we just had a discussion about the chosen TV series as we recapped our thoughts and feelings for watching the first season. Second, as already stated, My original like what I was thinking about envisioning for this bonus episode was kind of a review of the entire season of the chosen TV series of the first season. Well, one episode recording for Lancelot roundtable was not even nearly enough time to do a quote review of an entire season of a TV TV series. So we we didn't even remotely get close to the end of the entire to like talking about the whole the whole first season of the chosen. And third, there are spoilers obviously in this in in our discussion of the chosen TV series. So listen at your own risk if you haven't seen it already. Now if you haven't, I really highly recommend it. So definitely, definitely take the time to go see it. Now I definitely hope that you enjoy listening to our discussion. And as always, thank you so much for taking the time to listen into the roundtable we really appreciate all of you that regularly listen in to our episodes.David Eckl 1:50 You get your paycheck today but every month you have to go to this hut stand in line and pay itLance Foulis 1:58 yeah cuz right now dude like we don't have to see how much taxes are coming out of our paycheck Yes, we just get our direct deposit and and then every time you look at your your your cheque and you're like, wait, you took how much my paycheck would have been what Hello, everybody and welcome back to land sloths roundtable. Today we have an episode where we are going to be reviewing a TV series. That TV series is called a chosen. And here to help me with that review is my good friend David eco. Dave, welcome to the roundtable. Hi,David Eckl 2:44 Lance. Happy to be here.Lance Foulis 2:45 Yeah, happy to have you man. So we are going to be doing a review of the chosen. You feel up for that.David Eckl 2:50 I am totally up for it. Sweet. One of the best. Yes,Lance Foulis 2:54 it's a fantastic fantastic series. Why don't you tell the people a little bit about yourself?David Eckl 2:59 Yeah, so Lance you and I met a couple of years ago couple couple it's I think it's been seven or eight it seems like it's been a couple but at the company we currently work for still today. I am a big apple aficionado as you well know we've already talked about that.Lance Foulis 3:15 Number eight your cubicle you had those like what was it like the original icons on the very first app or something like that?David Eckl 3:21 I had something like that a lot of Apple pictures now it's just working from home I don't have those anymore. So yeah, forget about it. But yeah, big apple time. Guy love it. love everything about it.Lance Foulis 3:33 They heard you kind of like golf toDavid Eckl 3:36 golf. Yes. Golf on the weekends in the summer is kind of my go to I really enjoy the time out on the course. My data to now has a month old, three year old. So it's a little hectic in the home. But we're making it you make it work, right? We make it work. That's for sure. There's two boys, right? Two boys, Olin and Bo and I'm really thankful for them. I love being a dad, as I'm sure you're well aware. Oh, it's fantastic. SoLance Foulis 4:06 it's I feel like it's one of the biggest challenges ever been through. But it's also one of the biggest rewards biggest adventure biggest reward? Yes. Especially when you really I feel like once we got past the infant stage. I mean, we've had this conversation before. When you're when for me personally, when I was in the infant stage, it was just lack of sleep really got to me. Yes. So once we got out of the infant stage and everybody's sleeping through the night, then it just becomes like, Oh, you're living with these little humans that have these really interesting personalities. They throw giant fits sometimes. And that's not fun, but it's still very fascinating. And then like when they do start Yeah, it's just it's very rewarding, right? challenging, but rewarding,David Eckl 4:42 right. One of my biggest things I like to say is the word bummer around the home, so bummer. Well now my three almost three year old is now walking around the house and saying Oh bummer. Yeah, when something isn't right and I'm like okay, they are little sponges.Lance Foulis 4:56 They are little sponges. They absorb everything. They watch everything they See it all? Yeah, it's kind of scary. Anyway. So today, Dave, we're going to review the chosen. I don't remember when I found out about this. I think the first season was out when I first heard about it, I think was one of our friends one of Kim's good friends. Christine, I think she messaged Kim or something because we were frustrated about, there's nothing that kids can watch. There's nothing, there's nothing good that we can watch. And then I think it was Christine who messenger on Facebook or something was like, Hey, I, you guys should just watch the chosen the kids loved our kids love the chosen and it's really good. And it's really well done. So then I found out that it was like, I'm putting this in quotes everybody a Christian show. And I personally have some thoughts about, again, Christian in quotes, content that gets created movies, right feel like you can kind of always tell when you see one of these TV shows or movies. Oh, yeah, this is this is done by one of those Christian. I don't even know what you'd call them. But with with this. So when I went in, I was like, I wasn't very excited about watching this. And I think Kim and I then watched, like the first episode, and I was literally just blown away. Everything. Everything was just spot on. The music was amazing. The acting was fantastic. And the emote, you were immediately drawn in. I just I loved it. I was hooked right away. YouDavid Eckl 6:29 Yeah, the theatrics of it. I think that's what you're looking for. There was just on point, like, it was one of those things where, especially in the day and age today, if you're not hooked from the start, or kind of get a little bit, you know, have a sense of Wow, that's good. You might not watch it past, you know, the intro or first, you know, a couple of minutes in there. 100% I think for my wife and I Katie, we're just like, wow, like, is intense. Yes, it is intense. It's kind of I like the it's a straight shot in terms of you know, what they're trying to talk about. It's not like they're trying to cover everything in one episode. It's spread out obviously over. Yep. And I really appreciated like, there's a very serious part in every thing that they're talking about. But there's also the humor. Yeah, that keeps you kind of coming back. Yes. It's funny. I really, you know, I, I watched season one and two, we watched it again. We're like, Let's go like, let's watch. Let's get to the other seasons. I know they have seven. Planning. Yeah, planning seven. So they are inLance Foulis 7:29 three right there inDavid Eckl 7:30 three. So three just got got funded, officially, the whole series, the whole series got funded. So the whole season, the whole season. So now they're going to start filming. Okay, so I'm excited. Yeah, very excited. It's actually I did have a couple of notes here that I was surprised about is actually shot in Utah. So season one into place. I knew that Utah, yeah. And they're now they moved it down to Dallas. And that's where season three and beyond will be shot. But also the cool part about it when I was reading about it, is that they're actually going to create a tourist attraction, where you can go seasonally, that's, and thanks. So I think that would be a fun kind of thing to go see how it's shot. And yeah, maybe some of the people are there that are the actors and you know, the different props and how they did it would be a cool thing to see. Yeah, take the kids 200%Lance Foulis 8:20 agree with that. I didn't know any of that. I don't even think I knew or were shot. I think I thought Season Two for some reason was in Texas, but that's probably just because I saw something about season three on Instagram because I followed the director Dallas Jenkins on Instagram. And he's always posting stuff about where they're at. And so I think I just saw something where they were in Dallas, or maybe because his name is Dallas. I thought that everything was just in Dallas. That's a good one. Oh, geez. Okay, sorry folks. We had a little bit of a technical glitch. I think the headphones I had David using are bad. And I thought I'd got rid of my bad headphones but anyway, here we are. We're back. We're back. We're live and we're recording technically not live so what I was saying is I have like this website the synopsis place so it has all of the I have episode one the different things that happened in episode one so I can kind of think through I was looking through this yesterday. I know you already have some notes, but I just thought we would start with season one. So I'm just I'm just remembering like yeah, firing it up and just immediately being like, wow, like the cinematography is good. The music's good. And I was pretty much immediately hooked. So if you can remember the episode one does a really good job of like enjoying a lot of different characters in a really interesting way. So I love how in episode one, they open with just it's it's nighttime, it's this little girl, it's her dad, there's a tent, so they don't even have like a home and she's afraid I think she You said she's afraid of the dark, essentially. And then her dad's I think he hands her the doll or she has the doll. Yep. And then he's like, What do we say? And then he, he quotes Isaiah, Isaiah 43, which says, Thus says the Lord who created you, oh, Jacob, and he who formed you, oh is real fear not for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name, you are mine. And she keeps that verse in her little doll. And then if you remember, like, immediately after that, like seeing the very next scene is essentially her dad dying of something. And then it cuts to several years later, when this little girl is all grown up, and she's in a city, and she's not having the best of times. What are your memories of of that opening?David Eckl 10:41 Yeah. So I like from the start, it seems like every single episode is a chance to say and be who is that? Like? Who like who is this little girl? And like, how many people are in the Bible? Hundreds or 1000s of people? And it's like, Wait, who is this one person? And who are they jumping in with? I do remember. I believe it was Mary. Right. And Mary, at a very young age, what we'll see in the next couple of episodes in terms of what she is going to become and then turn into but seen from the start her I don't know just innocence and who she was and just kind of like holding on to something special. I think a lot of times a lot of people have that one special thing that they kind of hold on to a doll, a bear a blanket, that being passed down to her and her holding on to that thing I feel like was just a quick kinda like, what is that? And that really from the start season one episode one like yeah, really captivates the audience and says, Okay, well, what is that? And even see, you know, the Isaiah 59 written on it. It's like, Okay, that's interesting. So, I don't know, that just kind of jumped right into it from the start for me where it's like, what is that? Yeah, kind of follow along. And every single episode that you watch really is either a flashback, or some kind of fast forward to what's going to be talked about any episode and kind of ties back to it later in the episode. So yeah, I think what we see initially we'll, we'll get to that, but we'll come back into that picture eventually.Lance Foulis 12:12 Yeah, I that's a really good way to put put it when you were saying like, how, like, a lot of times they start an episode. And you don't know, it's these new characters that you haven't seen yet. Even like in later episodes, it won't start with the characters that you've known. It'll be like a brand new character, and they're doing something you're like, What are they doing? And then, and then it clicks at some point, because they go through and they're doing what they're doing. And all of a sudden, it's like, Oh, this isn't even like Jesus's time. This is this Jacob, right? Oh, that's Jacob and his sons. Oh, that's what they're doing. And like, that's just so fascinating how they do that almost like, I think last, the TV series last was the first one that I can remember that would jump around time, like that. But yeah, like how I liked how it opens. And then it's like this little girl on you're like, I don't know who this is. She's got a dad. She's living in a tent. She has this doll. They know God. So clearly, this must be an Israelite, right? But I don't know who this is. This isn't Jesus. Because it's a little girl.David Eckl 13:13 I like it. Yeah, it for me. I think the context like it would be it would feel off if there was like a context to say, here's what this is. And here's the time. And here's the story. It gives me that sense of okay, what is this and trying to think through the entire Bible? Like, okay, what are they talking about from this first episode? Now watching it over again? I, I know what they're talking about. But it gives that kind of, okay, what is this? Exactly? And where are they in the Bible? And what is the story showing us?Lance Foulis 13:44 Yeah, it's like, it's like, it's a really interesting way to take it creatively. Because instead of, if they like, opened with a paragraph to place you where you are with who you are, instead of doing that what they're doing is they're just letting you be a fly on the wall. Right and experience what's going on and like, yeah, so I liked how they set that up. And when we say its merits, it wasn't, I mean, spoiler alert, this has been out for a while. So if you're listening to this, you know, pause it and go watch the first season or the first episode and then so we don't spoil anything for you. But the Mary that it is actually Mary Magdalene, so it's not like Mary Jesus's mom. So super interesting that that's the character that they introduced, introduced us with, it was intentional. I'll just say that it was intentional that we start with her. And then the next scene that they have here is with Nicodemus, you so you there's somebody traveling along the road, and he's wearing a nice outfit, he's got a girl, clearly his wife that he's traveling with, and he's got like priestly garments on and then Romans show up like Romans with armor and everything show up and they're basically the Romans are coming to tell him we don't know who this guy is yet, but he seems to be an importer. are in person. So the Roman guard is basically like, hey, people are fishing when they shouldn't be fishing and we're not getting taxes. Is that basically the setup? I believe so? Yeah. Because it's like, we need our taxes, and they're fishing when you people aren't supposed to do any work. And we're not getting taxes for that. So you need to, you need to make us put a stop to this. And that guy, he's a little bit like, I don't do your work, and they're like, well, you're going to anyway, so that's what I remember. Is that what you remember?David Eckl 15:26 Yeah, Nicodemus is a he's an important character in the full season one, like looking at it and really seen him from the start, you know, he is of importance with when they're riding, I believe it was horse and chariot like he is sitting like a king. And his role, what you'll see throughout the entire season one and season two, actually is is very important, but just to hear what he has to say and how he handles certain things he's getting he's got a little bit of some intrigue to him about what's going on. And understanding okay, something's something's up. Like he seems like there's something going on. And just in that early episode, and that early interaction with the Romans, something's not right. There's some something missing there that keeps intriguing you Yes. Okay. What is okay, what's going on here? Yeah. Yeah, that was a good, that was a good start. I really liked that. Start to add to see Nicodemus and what he eventually will do, and how he meets Jesus and talks to him. And that's tough. So you can kind of see right away this is kind of getting into the story of Jesus and what is going to come?Lance Foulis 16:42 Yeah, yeah, it's this show does a really good job of getting you invested not just in a singular character, but like, it sets up like a full story of like so many individual characters, and they're all very, very, very unique. Yes. And they all are drawn to this guy, Jesus, for very different reasons, yet kind of the saint, it's how they do that is really, really, really well done. And by the way, I always do this whenever I'm watching something, if I see if I see an actor, I'm like, oh, what else have I seen him in? So the guy that plays Nicodemus, his the actor's name is Erick Avari, who's actually a fairly well known actor. He was in like the first scene of Independence Day, he's the guy that wakes up and hits his head on a thing because somebody wakes him up, and he's monitoring for alien activity. First time I saw this actor was in actually Stargate. He plays like the main guy in the movie Stargate, sorry, the chief of like the locals. He's like the chief or the locals. So anyway, they got a that was that was one of the I don't think I recognized any of the other actors in this series. But I did recognize him. So I just wanted to call that out. Okay, so the next is there anything else you want to say about that scene? Good to go. Okay. All right. Then the next scene, we are introduced to Matthew, a tax collector. He's an Israelite, but he collects taxes for the Romans. And he is the actor that plays. Matthew is Paris Patel. And he's an Outstanding Actor in this role. Do you remember that? You remember that scene.David Eckl 18:19 Matthew is interesting, from the direction that he plays in this first off in the Bible, but then also in this series, just about where he comes from, and where it he is doing and how he goes about himself is interesting, because he's, he's truly unlike anyone else. Because everyone doesn't like him. Yeah. So any, we get into it with throughout the seasons, and the series is of how he kind of handles himself. But in this situation, we see him early about what he is going to be doing and what he is called to do. And I remember in kind of that first episode that Matthews just kind of, he's a little different. Yeah. And how he handles himself and seeing that i He's another one of those characters. That's like we now in been introduced to three characters already tuned. Mary, Nicodemus and Matthew, they all have this interesting type of thing to him. Yeah. And it's another one of those notches that's like, Okay, what is this and what's going on? Let's find out more about what they're about. Obviously, when you introduce a tax collector into this series, that it's going to obviously interrupt throw people off because it's someone that a lot of people don't like, and it kind of creates that maybe a bad character right off the right off the bat, like, yeah, why is this guy collecting taxes? Let's not show about him, but he was just as important to Jesus as anyone else. So yeah, it was early on he kind of get that feel for who he is and what he's gonna. What he's going to be for the for the show.Lance Foulis 19:59 Yeah. So like in the scene, he's like, on his way to his work, and he can't take a direct route, because that would put could put him at danger because like you said, a tax collector is not a very liked individual, they're collecting taxes for Rome, I think historically, they were known to, you know, maybe make people pay a little bit more than what they had to pay. And they would kind of take a little extra for themselves. So they were kind of like, despise and especially if, if you're an Israelite, which Matthew is, your all Israelites are subject under Rome right now. And he's working for, quote, the enemy. Because you're, you're under the you're under the rule of Rome, but you're your own ethnic group. And the fact that you're collecting taxes for the Romans, but you're actually an Israelite, there's, like, inherent levels of feelings of betrayal that we get into, obviously, but just the fact that he's very isolated kind of individual, he seems to like it first. But he seems to also not be happy about it. And just the nature of him not even being able to take a direct route to work and having almost smuggle himself. And then he gets there. And then that's when he has protection, because there's Roman guards there to kind of keep him safe, right, which we find out later. Well, we'll get to it.David Eckl 21:16 But even like in that's in that first scene, when he's going to work, what you see about him is he is trying to be as clean as possible. I think he thinks everyone else is dirty, you always see kind of not touching things, or just kind of being a little standoffish. And it's like, Okay, what's going on here? Like, do you not, you know, he is is or like, you not associate with these people? Yeah, because you are now the tax collector. It's, it is interesting.Lance Foulis 21:47 That just that reminds me because I think in the opening scene is when he's at his house, right? Yes. And he's like, got like a whole plate of food, like nice food, what you probably consider nice food. He's like dabbing, like, oils on himself or whatever to smell good. And then he puts on these really nice looking leather sandals, which he then proceeds to step in, poop. And then he, alright, we had a little bit of a hiccup there. I just caught it out of corner, my eye it stopped recording. So now we're recording again. So I think what I was just saying is like, this guy, Matthew, the character that we're introduced to, he's got his own. He has a backup pair of sandals. And you can kind of I got the sense that nobody says anything. But like, Oh, those are probably extra expensive sandals. These are like some Nike, you know, Jordan whatever's Yes, theyDavid Eckl 22:33 are. They are not, they are not the Old Navy $5 Summer sandal. These are not thatLance Foulis 22:40 these are not those sandals. Yeah, they're just like that these are be super expensive. And not the the average person couldn't have it. And then he goes, and he walks steps in some poop. And he immediately has a backup pair that he can replace. And there's even that character that is he gets into the back of the guy's wagon, but the character is like, Oh, you're throwing those away, because you stepped in poop, give them to me that I could sell them and feed my family for a month. He said something like that. So we can tell that Matthew is very wealthy? He has. I don't know, he has a status type job. And he's just in a comfortable type position, I guess I would sayDavid Eckl 23:15 He is very young. It's a good point of his age and might not be the wisest to make the decision will spoiler it also later on, you'll see with his parents, his parents don't agree with him being a tax collector, right at all. So I think he is a little young and immature in the fact that he chose this route for his life. Yeah. And he's kind of going about it on his own. Yeah, to figure things out.Lance Foulis 23:42 Yep. Yeah, that's good. All right. And then we go the next scene, it takes us back to Nicodemus, who has arrived at a synagogue and we basically, then it basically shows us how important he is. Because when he arrives at the synagogue, all of the people in the synagogue had been waiting for him to arrive. And basically, they start calling him like the Teacher of teachers. He's just you get a sense, like, this isn't just some random priestly guy. This isn't just some random Pharisee. Like this is somebody who's really high up there on whatever this hierarchy is. Do you have any thoughts about that scene?David Eckl 24:19 Just that you see, especially in the synagogue, you see early on the tradition and the history of what faith meant to people. And it was the history of Nicodemus being what they called him the teacher.Lance Foulis 24:34 All right, another technical issue, but we are back. Okay, we were talking you were talking about the Teacher of teachers.David Eckl 24:41 Nicodemus being the Teacher of teachers. And what we had talked about was him being that to so many people, at that certain time that whenever he would go someplace he had that respect for everyone else, or that everyone else had would have the respect for him and he would, everyone would look at him as a And person in that day because that's all they had to go for because of his faith at that time. So it was a very important person in the early go of this and what people's faith was at that time.Lance Foulis 25:15 Yeah. Yeah, that's good. I was I was kind of blown away because they had prepared a reading room for him. And so he gets in, and like everything set up where he's going to be reading what scrolls he's got, they have the pen thing that that so like, they have this thing that looks like a pen. And it's like, when they read, they're moving this thing along each word. So they're not actually writing anything, but it's like an instrument that they use when they actually read, which was wild. So they're like, is everything set, you know, to your standards? I think they had like some snacks there. And he's like, Yeah, that's fine, thank you. But I was just like, man, person arrives and like you have your own reading area set up and all of these very particular things like that's some that's some level of status, for sure. Okay, and then I one thing that's important to point out about this particular scene is that when it ends, a Roman shows up and proceeds to usher himself into this room, which is apparently like a no, no kind of disrespectful, and they're like, well, like all the other guys are like, What are you doing? You can't just walk in here? And he's like, Yes, I actually can. Thank you. And that's when the Romans are like to Nicodemus the character, like, we have a problem. There's a demon possessed person there. There was another scene, I think, that we had had where it flashes back to Mary and she's having some major issues. She actually sees. She sees a Rome and I think, and then she has a flashback, of of like earlier on, and it's just a silhouette of a Roman soldier coming into the room where she's at shutting the door, and you can infer what happened to her. She was a victim at that point. And then when she has that memory, she's having that memory from seeing a Roman in real time. And then like is messing with her? Like she you can just tell she's in a real turmoil, and then Then she's having issues in a room. Did I miss anything? You did notDavid Eckl 27:17 the one character I was gonna bring up in, really the start of it that will see important throughout everything is Schmell. Oh, yeah, shimmy. Well, Chanel, Chanel, like just the name of it. It's like, Who is this? Yeah, who is he? He I believe the guy was like, set up the room, right? Yes. And he was, I believe the right hand man to Nicodemus, that sounds right. Yeah, he was almost the next in line. And it does definitely the sense that you get it and yes, and there's something particular about him that was interesting, where he was, okay, what's going on? Like another one of those characters that's like, Okay, we have Mary, who is in this state of turmoil, turmoil. And then you have Roman guards, you have Matthew, and just one of those people that were keeping track of that. I mean, I've read the Bible, pretty much in my entire life. I haven't heard of him before, right in the Bible. So another a character that was, I believe, in the book, but also important in this to show kind of who Nicodemus is, and give them that support to what he's going to do.Lance Foulis 28:19 Yeah. Did you know when you say like you would read? Do you remember anybody named schmo shimmy? Well, in the Bible, not to my knowledge. Yeah, me either. But that's one cool thing about I think the series is that it introduces, it introduces characters that fit in in the world, and bring it more to life, I think. But yeah, he's a very interesting character, because your mind knows like, I'm cutting the track with this person. And you don't know why. But yeah, the show does a really good job of that. I think, like, oh, I need to need to pay attention to this guy is like as soon as Nicodemus arrives, this character from UL is like, Oh, I'm so glad that you're here. I've set up this room for you and like yelling at the Roman guard, you're not allowed in here. And then so one funny thing that happens when we're kind of all over the place, but it is what it is. When the Roman guard or when the Roman soldier shows up and they're like Nicodemus, you need to go down to the red quarter because there's somebody who's having a demon possessed situation and we can't have it. And he's taught. I don't think we know but you could probably have inferred it. They're talking about Mary Mary's having a severe issue. Some kind of demon possession type of a thing is what they're alluding to. And Nicodemus Nicodemus, his response is like, I don't, I don't deal with affairs of Rome, that's you need to deal with that. And then the Roman soldier is like, what did he say? He said something like you need to go take care of it. Your Way or or Rome will take care of it with our fire of fires. I don't remember what he said like before he said fires of fires, but that was hilarious because he basically was like, he asked nicely the first time then Nicodemus was like, No, that's Rome's problem. And then he's like, Well, Oh, you're actually going to do it, or we're going to just go down and destroy the place.David Eckl 30:04 It's, it was an interesting scene, quote unquote, where he went to go do that. Like he did not want to go down this Yeah. Or they can Amos did not want to do that.Lance Foulis 30:15 Yeah, it's a super it's so like, you definitely get the sense in this scene that it's a very edgy, not great area of town is the place that you don't want to go visit. You're not safe there. All of the deplorables are there. So this this high up guy wants nothing to do with going to that area of town.David Eckl 30:36 Right? Yeah, it is. It's going to be an interesting scene in it to see that someone that was possessed to being that taking out of them of what's to come there. Yeah. It's not an area that he wanted to go to but their own. The only true way for her to come out of that was for Nicodemus to go down there. Interesting that the Roman guard would say, hey, like, you need to take care of it instead of us. Because you would think with someone being possessed, you would probably choose the fire fires for them rather than saying, hey, Nicodemus, you need to go take care of them. Yeah. And then have that come out of her?Lance Foulis 31:16 Yeah, yeah. So yeah, it was a very, very, very interesting scene. So like, obviously, once that scene is over, it cuts from Nicodemus his storyline, essentially over to two brothers. So the next thing we're introduced to Simon Peter, and his brother, Andrew, and what are they doing?David Eckl 31:38 They are, were they fishing, theyLance Foulis 31:41 are gambling. They were in they were using, they were fighting. Simon Peter was like, basically in a boxing street match with this other guy who we find out later is his brother in law. And they're basically gambling and betting on Simon. They don't explain the rules. But basically, Simon is getting just punched around. And you kind of figure out that he's, he's playing the game. He's not really as hurt as he's letting on. He's not almost done, as he's letting on. And his brother Andrew is like looking on telling him you got to take another punch. And then Sam Peters, like, I don't want to take another one. And then his brother Andrew is like no, like, it's all like signals, right? Nobody's saying anything. They're just making looks at each other. And then he's like, No, you gotta take another one. So then he takes another punch. And he's acting like super hurt. Simon Peter is acting like he's super hurt. He's not called Simon Peter yet. He's just called Simon. And and then he like, Does this really cool hop, kicks himself up onto his feet after something apparently went the right way. And then he starts beating the tar out of the other guy. So Simon all of a sudden flips the tables, and is clearly not as hurt he said he had seemed to be and then he beats down the other guy who's his brother in law, which I don't even know if it reveals that. I don't think so. Any any thoughts on on on that?David Eckl 33:03 Interesting that fighting is something that's prevalent in the day and age and everything that's going on, obviously, it's another one of those things where we were introduced to Mary first now Nicodemus, and then when we're introduced to Matthew, and now we're introduced to more disciples of Christ, and you see that and like, what they're going to become for Jesus, and like, in the fighting aspect of it for me, I was like, okay, like, this is interesting. I'm not too much into fighting. Like, I don't like to watch it, you know, but I understand back then, obviously, it was some hobby that people enjoy doing. And they wouldLance Foulis 33:44 was a form of entertainment when you didn't have a TV, no TV or watch a couple of days.David Eckl 33:48 Exactly. each other. Exactly. And they would gamble on it. And that was the afternoon of fun when they weren't working. It was it was interesting.Lance Foulis 33:56 Yeah. Yeah. And I also like thinking about overall how they do the TV show. Like if you've if, if you have been and like, I grew up in the church, I grew up reading my Bible. Well, actually, I didn't really start reading my Bible until I was older. I thought it was boring. But in reading the Bible in, you know, if you've gone to Sunday school, you've heard stories, you know, Peter, he's like, he's a top tier character and your brightness if you know the story of the Bible, Andrew, not so much a top tier character, but still an important character Jesus top to your character, Nicodemus. Now, I don't even know if he's literally mentioned in the Bible. He is He is maybe once or twice, okay, so he's a real character. Yes. And then Mary Magdalene, she is as well, but again, not a key character, Matthew, I don't really remember reading. I mean, he wrote one of the books in the Bible, but I don't really remember noticing him is a character that had a bunch of stories in the Bible. And what's interesting about this, this series is they don't, they don't start you off with a character writers that you're expecting like, Oh, it's a story about Jesus, we still haven't seen Jesus yet. And we're like, what three or four scenes in still haven't met Jesus don't know where he is. Don't know who he is. Maybe we have seen him, we don't know. And then finally, now we're just getting introduced to somebody that people that know the story of the Bible, they would know. Oh, Peter, I know who Peter is. His name was his name was Simon. So he's not the first character Mary is the first character, which is really fascinating to me. Okay, so basically, we get the sense that Simon is maybe not your he he may be isn't your the role model that you would want your kids to model themselves after he's gambling, he's fighting, trying to get money. And we realized, I don't remember if we realize in the scene, but basically, they need money. So they're trying to figure out how to make money because they haven't been making enough money fishing. And then we find out that Peter is married, which I think was a very fascinating take. I don't personally have any theories on whether or not he was actually married, except for I was reading mark the other night. And it did say, talk about his mother in law was sick, and that Jesus healed his mother and see that so if he has a mother in law, and again, I don't know the actual Hebrew of the book of Mark, but I remember reading that it's a mother in law, not his mother. So did you have any? What did you think when you saw Peter is married and his wife's name is EdenDavid Eckl 36:30 Simon is a very interesting character in this, you know, there's something about him when you're watching just kind of funny,Lance Foulis 36:38 witty, yes, he good humor,David Eckl 36:41 yes, has good humor, something about him. And when you go into the scene initially, like with him fighting, and then finding out he has a wife, there's some kind of, I don't know, sleight, I would say in terms of what he is doing and trying to do and get, you know, obviously, money to be able to pay taxes to be able to live to be able to do certain things. So he's trying to find all these different routes to take to be able to do something. Especially Andrew mean, his brother's a little bit, I would say, a little bit more wise, in terms of just is nature. But Simon is, is an interesting character, I think he's going to be great. And it's like, you would never have pictured if this was the first time you're watching or reading or following along with this. And you have no history of the Bible, or what it's talking about. The people that are starting to come into the scene. I don't think anyone would have an idea that they're all going to be together. Yeah, at some point. You know, it's like, way these stories,Lance Foulis 37:44 Jesus is gonna pick all these people to be in his troop. Yeah. See that? Because they're all two different.David Eckl 37:49 Yes. All different corners, the high levels, low levels, fighting people demon possessed. Simon is an interesting one, especially Andrew, and this.Lance Foulis 38:00 Yeah. And just like all the other characters that we've mentioned, they're all all of the actors are fantastic. And Paris Patel, like we were saying is, is who plays Matthew, I've never seen him in anything before. Shahar. Isaac is who plays Simon and he is super ripped. Yes, super ripped. And he's a fantastic actor. And I didn't think of this until you were kind of talking about it. But are you we're talking about Simon and Andrew but they have really great chemistry. Like you totally can believe that. They're brothers the way that they get they're very different. And just how they interact with each other is very brotherly. Which I guess you would expect but it's it's well done to theirDavid Eckl 38:41 jobs in nature of being fishermen. Like you need to be very muscular you need to have a lot of I would say mind power but also that body power to be able to take these nets bringing all these fish you know do those kinds of things and do that I feel like getting yourLance Foulis 38:59 fingers all caught up with those nets you probably have major calluses I mean, have you ever seen Deadliest Catch people? Did you ever see that show? Deadliest Catch? No. Oh my gosh, I was really into that show like I don't know how long ago but yeah, it's just these fishermen in Alaska that go out and like get crab and it's super dangerous like the weather can turn in an instant and yeah, so anyway,David Eckl 39:21 but the net like there's no modern technology there's no hooks to be able to pull things in manually or automatically from the boats. It's your hands are out there. You're pulling in these fish you need to be very muscular and well fit to be able to withstand the days and you know, they're not just hanging out on the boat about getting suntan out the hair. They're right. They're working. You know, it is a working man's job and that is something that is very important to see. Yeah, in the visual of that too. I you know, you resonate a little bit with that, that they are relentless in their efforts to find a wage to support your family to support your why If Yeah, the mother in law for assignment isn't sick yet we don't see her right sick that will come eventually. But to be able to provide for the family is huge in this situation in this instance. So yep, I feel like he's going to all ends to figure out how we can bring in money for that.Lance Foulis 40:15 Yep. And like, it is really interesting when you meet Eden, you can see like, Oh, this is Simon's house, this is his wife, you get the sense that they're really young, like, like, in in that culture, you've alluded to this, but in that culture, you're the guy, you're out there and you gotta you got to do what you got to do to bring in provision. And if you don't do it, you and your wife starve your wife is home, taking care of things, getting food ready, taking care of the house, so that the house stays in order. But I just remember, I don't remember if it was this scene, but just kind of like the scenes that that we have with Peter, or excuse me with Simon and Eden, is just his, the burden, you can see the burden that he's carrying in need wanting to take care of his wife, and there's even like, Andrews around, he's doing stuff too. But you could you just get this set. I got this sense watching Peter. He's, it felt to me like he's more newly married, maybe a year, maybe two years or whatever. But like, he's just got this burden of responsibility on him. Like, I've got to take care of stuff. And I just feel that way. And I remember being young and married Kim, I was 25. When Kim and I got married, she was 21. I did not have an established career, but I can remember the burden of like, I need to be able to provide for my family. And like when things aren't going well. I can remember many times when things wouldn't go well. And it just seems like things aren't going right. And so just I just remember getting this set, getting that sense and feeling for Peter, especially as we get to know him like, things aren't easy. I can kind of see why he's making decisions that he's making that I wouldn't necessarily make. But he is under like a level of duress. Did you get any feelings like that?David Eckl 41:59 Yeah, so Eden is very much so a character a person that is really being forward in terms of how she's, you know, trying to be a wife to Simon and I think, especially the scenes I know what you're talking about, like where you're seeing her, you know, make food she's doing the laundry, she's cleaning up the house, you know, Simon's a lot of times I think I remember vividly and there is that Eden, said to said to her was there said to him said, Well, you know, where are you going? He's like, I gotta go, I'll be back. And like one of the things like he's going to do something to either make money to do something for fishing, but he's trying to figure it out where the responsibility now isn't just on his own. It's to provide for his family. Yeah. And seeing that was was key too.Lance Foulis 42:51 Yeah. So okay, so the next scene, we actually go back to Nicodemus and he is traveling through the seedy area of town. They call it the red quarter. It's where unsavory characters are, and they're walking around I think it's just funny because you got Nicodemus I think she she Manuel's like, to your point before he's like, right behind them right hand guy, I'm putting that in quotes. And there's like two or three other these guys, you can just tell they're incredibly out of their element. They're very uncomfortable, I think they see either prostitutes, or slaves or slaves that are prostitutes, like on the corner on the corner of the street. I'm putting that in quotes. Because it's, it's there's an image that happens and you just see them kind of look and make eye contact. When you see Nicodemus and his cohorts making eye contact with this scene, where these people are either getting sold or they're they're standing on a corner waiting to be purchased or something like that. You can just tell Oh, no, I need to avert my eyes. I shouldn't even be seeing what I'm seeing and they're traveling to go deal with this situation. And then when they get close to it, they have the audio of what we assume is Mary because there's a room or like I guess what we could call an apartment and you can just hear growling wailing very just noises that make you feel something's very very offDavid Eckl 44:22 very uneasy, very uneasy. Yes. And even going into it it's I mean, you don't there's no other show or series that you would see something like this being talked about or shown like it's not something you would watch on TV it's very much you know, she was demon possessed. And hearing those things it's like what is going on here like you know, you're intrigued to find out more you want to keep watching you don't want to like turn away you want you want to see what she might be going through and what this Nicodemus who, besides the Roman guards potentially As the top guy, you know, in the city, the Teacher of teachers coming in to treating probably one of the lowest type of people in the city. Yep. And having an interaction where it's, this doesn't happen too often. Right? Let's watch it. Let's get into it.Lance Foulis 45:17 Yeah, absolutely. And you can tell I mean, they do a really good job of setting up like, okay, something is really like you're hearing these noises that are coming from that room and you're like, Okay, this is actually very serious. And this guy, yeah, should be able to do something in this situation, but he doesn't look like he's not inspiring a whole lot of confidence in what he's going to do. But then he kind of takes charge he goes, he looks to his dude Shmi well, and he basically is like, go get these ingredients, some kind of bark and some kind of incense thing and like, go get it quickly. And so that guy runs off come back and then he's got like, nicotine has has like, some branches I think with some things that he's got like an incense thing. So it's like smoking out. So So it's basically like a chain. And at the end of the chain is like a big, I don't know, bowl type of enclosed bowl thing and there's smoke coming out. So there's some kind of hot coals in there. This like burning something is making smoke and so then he goes in, he's got his, quote tools, his exorcism tools, and he goes into the room. And they made this part like, pretty, pretty scary. In my opinion, it was a little bit more, they pushed, they pushed an edge that like kind of what you said earlier, you wouldn't see the type of a thing in any kind of Christian type production. I wouldn't expect they're not pulling any punches. It's like yes, this lady is in severe torment. And it's a it's a demonic possession. And she's just kind of like moving around on the floor you don't see her face it's just the back of the face and then it comes to the point he's like talking and like the her like the stuff that's coming I have no not even say like her voice because it's not her voice it's like what the noises are coming out of her vocal cords are changing and getting more intense and then she like turns to look at him as he's like saying the stuff that he's saying he's like I juror you get out leave this woman alone. And like then it like her face turns to look at them. And the way that they did that was wow, I was really on the edge of my seat. What are your thoughts? ThisDavid Eckl 47:32 like the story is in the Bible, so it is true. And I like initially you said that you watched it with your kids thisLance Foulis 47:41 Oh, we didn't watch this scene with the kid. Okay, okay. Well, that's all day would have nightmares for a whileDavid Eckl 47:45 because I don't know how they would be able to do it. But I thinkLance Foulis 47:49 it was the episode The next step or three episode three which is with the kids that's the one episode they've seenDavid Eckl 47:54 the what we initially talked about to the theatrics of it yes show. You know that look, and I do vividly remember that image of Mary looking at Nicodemus in what is going on is scary. Yeah, like it is very much like anything could happen. Yeah, Ines. But also at the same time, it's one of those things that keeps you coming back for more. Yeah, this demon possessed person Mary is now changing. It's coming out of her in some way. Yeah, she is going to change and do something else. And it's like, we had no other history or story of Mary at the start of this other than when she was with her dad initially. Yep. And then she young innocent kid. Exactly. And then she goes into this state over after years of torment to be able to get to this and now it's going to be a massive change to be in doing something to glorify, what's to come and that's just amazing. Yes. And I know Nicodemus in the future in this story to it, he goes into talking a little bit more about you know, what he saw there? And what he had to go through and I mean, that's just one of those notches on the belt or it's like wait, you went and faced a demon possessed person and said these things and we're in that room? I just couldn't believe what it would be like no real time outside of shooting this for the for the show, but it just unbelievable.Lance Foulis 49:19 Yeah, like the fact that he even had the courage to go into the room is wild because if I encountered something like that in real life one I wouldn't know what to do and to just you don't know what you're gonna face when you get in there and you're trying to do something like he went in there and Elise tried Now obviously, like it failed, because the thing talked through Mary like after she is basically like, what did what did what did it say these like, we don't know you or we don't care essentially, like we're not listening to you. We don't have to listen to you. Like get out of here. We're done with you. And then he is like, just shocked and basically he just leaves in And she's not okay. And then that's that's basically the end of the scene. Yeah. It was, it was a very intense scene. Any other thoughts there?David Eckl 50:09 I don't know how Nicodemus like he was obviously told to do it. He was going to save this, Mary, you know, he didn't know what was going to come out of it, he was going to give it his best effort to being able to healer. And has just like, that's the reality of it. Some people have that still today. And it's even seeing that how he had dealt with it was just for me, it was It was eye opening, because I'd never seen that before. In anything. Yeah. And reading it. In the Bible, you don't get that kind of context of what the video or picture of it would, would be able to show you.Lance Foulis 50:48 Yeah, it's one thing to read in the Bible that this, you know, so and so is demon possessed, and the demons would throw him on the ground. And he would convulse for a few minutes. Like, it's like, you read that and you don't go okay. But then when you see it portrayed like that, they did it in this were like this individuals in torment, and they're, they can't do anything to help themselves in that situation is very eerie and freaky. And yeah, eye opening. I think you said that.David Eckl 51:14 It's not like you have the popcorn bowl right next to and you're grabbing it to eat more of it. You're like, not blinking. eyes focused? Yeah, every single second of it. And it's like, wait, what? Like, this is going to come out of this person, and she's going to be completely different. It's like, what,Lance Foulis 51:32 how do we get there? Yeah. How in the world are we going to get there? Yeah. One thing to call out here, because like her name, and my little like, website here, we know her as Lillith right now, we haven't made the connection that it's Mary. It's good point. Because that's a that's a very important thing is that we know this individual that her name is Lilith, and we don't know anything else about her other than what we've described, but nobody's called her Mary in this point. Sure. Because that's a very important thing for the close of the episode we're getting to so anyway, basically, that after Nicodemus leaves, some time passes, and then we find Lilith waking up. And she wakes up. This is important because she she has like a flashback of being with her father. And I think in this scene, yeah, she gets her she finds her doll. And like in the doll is the piece of paper she pulls out and it's the that scripture from Isaiah and so she's kept it this whole time, is she's looking at it now after having gone through this episode. And you can kind of tell like, this has happened to her before. She's just so done. I'm so sick of having to go through this stuff like can't anything like no nothing can and then she I think she rips up the piece of paper, which is a very like intense like, she had been carrying it this whole time. So whatever breaking point she is, she's at it is an intense breaking point, because she's taken this thing that she's kept with her, essentially came from her father cheese destroying it was a very intense scene,David Eckl 53:03 very intense, especially something now you've had for that many years. And then you've gotten to that breaking point to be able to do that it's eye opening to see that and I remember, even in future episodes, she ends up reciting that verse from from memorization. So it's something that she still has in her heart that she's living with. But the symbolism of her taking that piece of paper and tearing it up seems like you know, there's a breaking point that she just had to kind of forget that maybe the past that she just went through a page turned to what's going to come.Lance Foulis 53:37 Yep, that's good. All right. And so then we go back to last, these are the basically the last couple scenes here. We'll go through these kind of quickly. So it's tax day, and people are going to the tax booth to pay their taxes. So we are we witness Andrew and Simon going to the tax booth where Matthew is Matthew is revealed to be their tax collector, and they get there and they basically figure out that because of back taxes and everything else that they owe way more than they are Andrew was way more than they thought and Andrew cannot pay his taxes. And he's at the point, okay, we can't pay your taxes, you're gonna go to jail. Because if you couldn't pay your taxes, then you got thrown in jail where you would never be able to pay your taxes. So you basically that's it, you're you're done your life's over. And then that's when Simon tells Matthew and reveals, hey, I've got a I have an agreement with the main Roman magistrate and the magistrate. I was looking this up yesterday. I should have had this up on my on my iPad here. But a magistrate is somebody who has like pretty extensive authority. right in line with Caesar. So Simon is basically saying he has an arrangement on his taxes and Andrews taxes with the magistrate Quintus Who was the guy who was bossing Nicodemus around at the beginning of the episode and So he's basically telling Matthew Hey, you know, we don't, we won't be owing taxes because of the arrangement. Once I'm done with what I'm doing for Quintus all my taxes and all Andrews taxes will be done. And Matthew being Matthew, he doesn't believe them. Because Matthew is like, no, like you're not trustworthy, it just something doesn't make sense. There's no way you could have made this arrangement. So he doesn't believe him. But that's essentially where that scene ends. Did you have any thoughts there?David Eckl 55:24 The image I have from that Matthew, collecting taxes right outside of it is the Roman guard. standing there like kind of just making sure everything's kind of going to order is yes, yeah. And guys is when he hears Andrew and Simon talk, he's like, something's not right with these guys. Something's up. SoLance Foulis 55:41 it's kind of side looking like what's going on over there?David Eckl 55:44 Yes. and Canada. He is Gaius is Matthews kind of guard to go take him around to places and they chose to create an interesting relationship over time, but like, Matthew is truly protected because of Gaius. But also in this scene, it's interesting to see like, where you pay taxes it's not like you know, they're taken out of your paycheck you know, you're surely going to this huddle, youLance Foulis 56:08 have to show up with your your funds in hand. Yes. And pay it stop what you're doing. No, you cannot go work during this time. You have to show up and you have to bring your taxes and if you don't do it, you're gonna be in a world of hurt. Yes.David Eckl 56:20 Pay what to Caesar. What is Caesar's,Lance Foulis 56:22 again, like just the feeling that you get, it's just the burden on these people to do what? To pay their taxes to do what they need to do. It's just the burden feels very heavy. As you're as you're watching it.David Eckl 56:35 It'd be interesting. If that was today, though. Yeah. When I was thinking about it, like, how would you put yourself in their shoes, like you get your paycheck today, but every month, you have to go to this hut? Stand in line, and pay it?Lance Foulis 56:49 Yeah, cuz right now, dude, like, we don't have to see how much taxes are coming out of our paycheck. Yeah, we just get our direct deposit and, and then every time you look at your, your, your check in, you're like, wait, you took how much? My paycheck would have been? What? So like, it is kind of funny that to your point is like, they have to like show up and like, here's my taxes. And it's not like you're getting anything. I mean, technically you're, I guess not getting invaded by barbarians or whatever. ButDavid Eckl 57:17 yeah, that's the ledger. Lance, is kind ofLance Foulis 57:21 in front of everybody, right? Like, you'd have to go to this tax person. And they clearly have an idea who Matthew is. He's an Israelite, and he's telling them you have this Oh, and because you didn't pay here, and he's doing like math. And you remember, he's like doing math in his head with his fingers. So you can tell like, he's very gifted with numbers. But this guy is basically telling you like, no, that's not enough. What you just brought isn't enough, you need that. So like you're already like, in a state of humility. Like in that situation, the other guy wins. Because what are you going to do? You can't argue in this situation,David Eckl 57:51 maybe I'm okay with how taxes are taken. The moral of the story is, but I'll a lot of times in this, I put myself and my myself in the shoes of what these people had to go through back in the day. And yeah, this is a situation where I would be like, I don't really want to do that. Yeah, but obviously, systems change and all this stuff. And obviously, it's not, it's not how it's done today, here. But a lot of times in this whole situation like what would you do if you were Nicodemus, would you have gone right and healed? Mary? Would you have said no rolling Roman guards? You take care of them? Yep. Interesting. Yes. Across the board.Lance Foulis 58:31 Yes. 100%. Agreed. Yeah. And that's one good thing about there's so many different characters, and they are all relatable in some way. Matthew's state of security is very relatable, because like, he's, he's well fed. He's well, he has what he well clothed. He's got shoes on his feet, he's got a stable position. So like, that's relatable in the sense of like, what would it take for me to stop like, Where? Where are my morals? Where's my sense of? Yeah, Where's where's my moral sense? And like, what would need to be going on to where I would not choose the security that I'm having? I get that kind of feeling for Matthew, and then in with Simon and Andrew, it's like, oh, my gosh, like, how, how am I going to make it through this? How am I going to get the funds to pay and like, what I have to do whatever it takes, and I'm willing to do not necessarily whatever it takes, but I'm willing to do some things that I wouldn't necessarily be willing to do, but I have to do it. Otherwise, I'm sunk. So everybody's, there's just something relatable about every single character and I find myself in each kind of like what you were saying putting myself in their shoes and being like, oh, man, I kind of get like a real taste of what they're doing and why they're doing it. Yeah. SoDavid Eckl 59:45 what we first talked about, was about how they went to Nicodemus and said, there's people fishing on quote unquote, Shabbat, which we are now as the Sabbath day the rest and thank you Got that, like, would you if you needed to make ends meet? Would you go and fish on the Sabbath? To try to catch fish to be able to feed everyone and make ends meet? Would you do that, and it's just one of those situations that I was thinking about, it's like, maybe that's what it comes to, or else I have to go to jail. Like, at that point, it's like I'm at between a rock and a hard place. And I have to go do that, to make ends meet. So it's just one of those situations that, you know, other thing that I put myself in the shoes of the people, and it's, it's true, you know, that's what it is today. And that's what it is back then what it is today, it's like, you know, you have to make ends meet, you have to do whatever it takes to be able to provide for what we see in Simon and Eden, but also your family. And this is what Matthew is doing. I mean, the tax collector, you know, does he have to do this? I mean, that's what he wanted to do. And that's where he chose to do. Does he want to do it? I'm not sure.Lance Foulis 1:00:55 Right. Right. That's yeah, that's great. Okay, the final scene, what an epic final scene this is. So basically, what ends up happening is we get we cut to Mary, again, we know her as Lillith. And she, I think she goes to a bar and she basically just drinks a bun