Podcasts about kodan

Dánsko v posledních týdnech zažívá, jaké to je, když se z dlouholetého zahraničního spojence stane hrozba. Mohou za to výroky amerického prezidenta Donalda Trumpa, který prohlásil, že pro Spojené státy získá Grónsko, autonomní území dánského království. A trvá na svém i po té, co dánští vládní činitelé zopakovali, že Grónsko není na prodej. Proč Donald Trump o největší ostrov světa tolik stojí?Host: Kristian Søby Kristensen - politolog z Royal Danish Defence College, který donedávna působil na Kodaňské univerzitěČlánek a další informace najdete na webu Seznam Zprávy.Sledujte nás na sociálních sítích X, Instagram, Threads nebo Bluesky. Náměty a připomínky nám můžete psát na e-mail zaminutusest@sz.cz

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„Nejlepší atmosféra, jakou jsem kdy na stadionu ve Vítkovicích zažil. Pro spoustu lidí to byl svátek – a troufám si říct, že je Baník nezklamal,“ říká v Prvním dojmu po odvetném zápase domácího týmu s Kodaní redaktor deníku Sport a webu iSport.cz Michal Kvasnica. Ten mimo jiné chválí Hapalův tým za odvážnou hru s vysokým presinkem: „Kouč může být na mančaft hrdý. Běžec Buchta byl naprosto fantastický, Rigo s Boulou společně vyrostli a z Chaluše se stává nefalšovaný lídr. Tenhle Baník má určitě na čem stavět, teď si jen ty zkušenosti přenést i do ligy,“ pokračuje Kvasnica. Co říká na tragické selhání domácích v penaltovém rozstřelu a co se mu nelíbilo na Kodani?

Jsou bez bodu, inkasovali nejvíc branek, jejich realizační tým prakticky neexistuje. Budějovické Dynamo se i navzdory změně majitele a hlavního trenéra řítí do kolosální krize. Nosiči vody řeší, co všechno trápí poslední tým ligy.Chcete si z podcastu vybrat jen některá témata?2:00 Slavia se v Liberci zapotila. Co bude dál?16:00 Změny ve struktuře Slavie19:00 Spartě vyšel na začátek sezony los30:00 Jak si Baník poradí s těžkou Kodaní?36:00 Nepřehledná situace v Dynamu Č. Budějovice41:00 Další dějství dramatu Kdy se píská ruka?!51:00 Sázkařské okénko s Fortunou#####„Nerad bych výrazně předbíhal toku času, ale už třetí ligové kolo k sobě svedlo dva žhavé aspiranty na boj o holý ligový život,“ vykopává jedno z hlavních témat podcastu jeho moderátor Jaromír Bosák. Má na mysli duel, ve kterém České Budějovice hostily tým Pardubic.Na jihu Čech probíhala teprve 23. minuta boje a z výsledkové tabule už nemilosrdně křičelo průběžné skóre 0:3. Dynamo na hřišti propadalo ve všech ohledech.„O pauze Dynamo změnilo složení týmu i rozestavení. A  ve druhé půli už soupeře jasně přehrávalo, mělo šance na srovnání, ale duel skončil 1:3,“ rekapituluje novinář Luděk Mádl.Klub podle něj naprosto ztratil stabilitu: „Došlo sice ke změně majitele, ale vypadá to, že se Dynamo posunulo jen z deště pod okap. Se současným vedením zosobněným Emilem Kristkem nechce nikdo takřka z oslovených navázat spolupráci.“Hovoří se o tom, že pozici sportovního ředitele odmítli Jiří Kotrba i bývalý rozhodčí Jan Jílek, asistenta nechtějí už dělat Jiří Kladrubský ani Jiří Němec. Jediný, kdo do projektu nového Dynama vletěl po hlavě, je trenér František Straka, řečený Franz.„Okolí schází důvěra v nové vedení, existuje obava o to, aby byl klub dostatečně ekonomicky stabilní,“ uzavírá Mádl.Poslechněte si celou epizodu a dozvíte se víc - třeba o tom, že pražská „S“ čeká tento týden zatím největší podzimní prověrka, v utkáních 3. předkola Ligy mistrů. Sparta se v úterý představí proti FCSB, což je někdejší Steaua Bukurešť, Slavia hostí ve středu belgický Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.-----Nosiči vodyFotbalový podcast Seznam Zpráv. Jaromír Bosák, Luděk Mádl a Karel Tvaroh každý týden o českém a světovém fotbalu. Příběhy, aféry, důležité postavy na hřišti i v zákulisí.Odebírejte na Podcasty.cz, Apple Podcasts nebo Spotify.Sledujte nás na Twitteru! Najdete nás tam jako @Nosicivody.Máte návrh, jak podcast vylepšit? Nebo nás chcete pochválit? Pište na audio@sz.cz.

What's up, dudes? It's another entry in the Christmas Adjacent category! That's right! We're talking “The Last Starfighter” Tim Williams from 80's Flick Flashback, Joe Fulton the Christmas Aficionado, and DJ Chad Sheppard.Alex Rogan is a regular kid from a trailer park. When he beats the high score on a starfighter arcade machine, an alien named Centauri recruits him to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Centauri takes him to space where he meets his copilot Grig, but the overwhelming expanse of his new responsibilities scares Alex. He demands to be taken home. Reluctantly, Centauri agrees.Back home, however, a Xandoxan assassin is hunting Alex. After defeating the alien, Alex learns of the destruction of the entire fleet. He returns to the starport, mounts his gunstar, and launches a solo attack on the armada, destroying it with the death blossom attack. He subsequently returns to Earth, picks up his girlfriend, and flies back into space to rebuild the gunstar fleet.Aliens? Check. Cool space battles? Yep. Christmas? Well… maybe a mention or two here and there. So don your spacesuit, hop in your fighter ship, and destroy the armada to this episode on “The Last Starfighter!”80's Flick FlashbackFB: @80's Flick Flashback podcastTwitter: @80_podcastIG: @80sflickflashbackChristmas AficionadoGive us a buzz! Send a text, dudes!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!

On this week's episode of our show, Captain Ingle and I set a course for a boring trailer park somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Southwestern United States. When young Alex Rogan learns that his favorite arcade game is actually a recruiting tool for an interstellar league of elite starfighter pilots, he must decide if he is committed to defending the galaxy against evil or trying to find his way in an uncertain world. Join us as we set forth to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada!

Greetings Cigar Nerds You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. This week we take a look back at the 40th Anniversary of The Last Starfighter. In Science we discuss drinking pee in space, 3 question IQ test, larynx transplants, and lab meat for pets. […]

Greetings Cigar Nerds You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. This week we take a look back at the 40th Anniversary of The Last Starfighter. In Science we discuss drinking pee in space, 3 question IQ test, larynx transplants, and lab meat for pets. […] The post Cigar Nerds Podcast: Greetings Starfighters appeared first on The ESO Network.

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris join the Starleague to defend The Frontier and talk about 1984's The Last Starfighter, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.Lance Guest stars as Alex Rogan, who wishes to escape his trailer park home and unexpectedly gets his chance when, after beating the record on the arcade machine Starfighter, he's recruited by intergalactic hustler Centauri (Robert Preston) to put his skills to the test for real, become a Starfighter for the planet Rylos, and help them defeat the evil Xur (Norman Snow) and the invading Ko-Dan armada. Zach and Chris try to figure out Centauri's scheme for making money off Starfighter, celebrate the greatness of Grig (Dan O'Herlihy), the wacky adventures of Beta, the (at the time) cutting-edge CG effects, and more.You can rent or buy The Last Starfighter on platforms like Amazon. Next week, we'll face the dark side of nature and discuss Twister to prepare for the release of Twisters next weekend.We want to hear your comments and feedback. Send them all to contact@everythingaction.com. Also, let us know your suggestions for movies for us to discuss.Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. You can also find the podcast on YouTube.Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), and Instagram (@everything.action).

The 1984 Sci-Fi Film Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited to listen to this week's episode before you defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada! This 1984 sci-fi film has all the charm and adventure and cutting edge (for the time) special effects that still make it fun and worth watching. This week, it's just Brian, Cris, and Steve as Adeena was on her way towards the Star Trek Cruise when we recorded. Buckle up, Starfighter! This episode is loaded with fun and adventure! This podcast is a proud part of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network and works hard to bring you great content from all over the science fiction universe. We would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas. Take a moment to send us an email at thebigscifipodcast@gmail.com. Check our podcast out and learn more about the other great podcasts on the network by visiting trekgeeks.com. We've got the merch! If you want BIG Sci-Fi swag, check out this link and support us by wearing us everywhere you go! www.teepublic.com/thebigscifipodcast Check out all of our social links in one place: https://linktr.ee/thebigscifipodcast Check out Cris' amazing YouTube channel for Trek content galore: https://www.youtube.com/@yellingaboutstartrek1532 Check out Brian's new book available at Amazon for Kindle and in paperback: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brian-Donahue/author/B0C3BQ93VD?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Follow Brian on Substack: https://bdonahue.substack.com/ Subscribe for free to Brian's Substack page where he writes original science fiction and fantasy: https://bdonahue.substack.com/ Find Adeena's books here: https://crazyrobot.myshopify.com/ Follow her on Substack here: https://beyondthedroid.substack.com/?utm_source=homepage_recommendations&utm_campaign=1493637

The 1984 Sci-Fi Film Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited to listen to this week's episode before you defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada! This 1984 sci-fi film has all the charm and adventure and cutting edge (for the time) special effects that still make it fun and worth watching. This week, it's just Brian, Cris, and Steve as Adeena was on her way towards the Star Trek Cruise when we recorded. Buckle up, Starfighter! This episode is loaded with fun and adventure! This podcast is a proud part of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network and works hard to bring you great content from all over the science fiction universe. We would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas. Take a moment to send us an email at thebigscifipodcast@gmail.com. Check our podcast out and learn more about the other great podcasts on the network by visiting trekgeeks.com. We've got the merch! If you want BIG Sci-Fi swag, check out this link and support us by wearing us everywhere you go! www.teepublic.com/thebigscifipodcast Check out all of our social links in one place: https://linktr.ee/thebigscifipodcast Check out Cris' amazing YouTube channel for Trek content galore: https://www.youtube.com/@yellingaboutstartrek1532 Check out Brian's new book available at Amazon for Kindle and in paperback: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brian-Donahue/author/B0C3BQ93VD?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Follow Brian on Substack: https://bdonahue.substack.com/ Subscribe for free to Brian's Substack page where he writes original science fiction and fantasy: https://bdonahue.substack.com/ Find Adeena's books here: https://crazyrobot.myshopify.com/ Follow her on Substack here: https://beyondthedroid.substack.com/?utm_source=homepage_recommendations&utm_campaign=1493637

The 1984 Sci-Fi Film Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited to listen to this week's episode before you defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada! This 1984 sci-fi film has all the charm and adventure and cutting edge (for the time) special effects that still make it fun and worth watching. This week, it's just Brian, Cris, and Steve as Adeena was on her way towards the Star Trek Cruise when we recorded. Buckle up, Starfighter! This episode is loaded with fun and adventure! This podcast is a proud part of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network and works hard to bring you great content from all over the science fiction universe. We would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas. Take a moment to send us an email at thebigscifipodcast@gmail.com. Check our podcast out and learn more about the other great podcasts on the network by visiting trekgeeks.com. We've got the merch! If you want BIG Sci-Fi swag, check out this link and support us by wearing us everywhere you go! www.teepublic.com/thebigscifipodcast Check out all of our social links in one place: https://linktr.ee/thebigscifipodcast Check out Cris' amazing YouTube channel for Trek content galore: https://www.youtube.com/@yellingaboutstartrek1532 Check out Brian's new book available at Amazon for Kindle and in paperback: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brian-Donahue/author/B0C3BQ93VD?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Follow Brian on Substack: https://bdonahue.substack.com/ Subscribe for free to Brian's Substack page where he writes original science fiction and fantasy: https://bdonahue.substack.com/ Find Adeena's books here: https://crazyrobot.myshopify.com/ Follow her on Substack here: https://beyondthedroid.substack.com/?utm_source=homepage_recommendations&utm_campaign=1493637

V dnešní epizodě se podíváme na zasněžené sjezdovky Aldrova, prosluněné stráně Hollywood Hills, větrné fjordy Stavangeru s odlétajícími střechami i poklidnou atmosféru Kodaně. Z koho byla Terez starstruck? A z koho Kovy? Mají do roku 2024 nějaké cíle? A co jim pomohlo se konečně rozhopoupat k řízení, piánu, běhání či tenisu? Nová LINKA je tady spolu s trochu popleteným vyprávěním dvou nadšených světoběžníků. No... Můžou za to Camilla a Adele!Support the show

Prahu zná dobře, soutěžil tu už s návrhem na Národní knihovnu. Světoznámý dánský architekt Bjarke Ingels ale uspěl až v soutěži o Vltavskou filharmonii a teď do Česka přijel představit podrobnou architektonickou studii očekávané stavby. V exkluzivním rozhovoru pro Crunch vysvětluje, proč je pro něj životním projektem, přestože má za sebou oceňovaná díla po celém světě. „Letos mi bude padesát a filharmonii jsem měl na ‚bucket listu'. Víte, nejslavnější dánská stavba stojí na druhém konci světa – opera v Sydney od Jørna Utzona. Říkal jsem si: jen jednou za život udělat něco jako operu v Sydney, pak bych mohl umřít šťastný,” říká architekt, jehož skupina BIG má kanceláře od Kodaně přes New York po Šen-čen. Mluví také o tom, jak využil zpětnou vazbu od Pražanů, budoucnosti měst, zručnosti českých stavařů, ale také o odvážném „územním plánu pro planetu”. Pusťte si celý rozhovor! Je v angličtině, na YouTube jsou k dispozici české titulky. Sledujte i další podcasty z dílny CzechCrunch, které najdete na cc.cz/podcasty. Money Maker (příběhy úspěšných českých podnikatelů) BrandStories (v zákulisí českých firem) Rosteme (rady v seberozvojových knihách) Navštivte nás i na webu cc.cz, kde pro vás každý pokrýváme témata, která hýbou Českem a světem.Twitter – LinkedIn – Instagram – Facebook

Episode 244 – Jesus and the Great Commission Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: The devil took [Jesus] to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4, verses 8 through 10, New International Version ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time event lighting technician. He straightens out the cords on the Christmas lights before we put them up. Today on Anchored by Truth we’re going to finish up our current series where we have focused on the life and historicity of Jesus. And we’re going to hear the last installment of our seven part, epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. When we left off last time the koala bears who live in the arctic village that surrounds the Golden Tree had just encountered the Frost Lion for the first time in their history. The bears have lived in the valley surrounding the tree for many generations and had heard of the Frost Lion but this is the first time they have ever seen him. And they have only seen him now because the lion has chosen to come to their village. Why did the Frost Lion choose to come to their village now, RD? RD: Well, the biggest reason that the Frost Lion has chosen to enter the bears’ village at this time is because something else has happened to the bears for the first time in their generations around the tree. For the first time since the bears have lived in the village they have had visitors from their ancestral homeland. A bear named Roleb and his travelling companion had made an arduous journey to the north because they were concerned about the state of their village’s faith. Roleb’s travelling companion died just before they could reach the village. Roleb himself was almost at the point of death. They had known that their quest to travel to the great far north would be dangerous but they had made it because their homeland had lost its faith in the bears’ creator who they thought of as the Great White Koala Bear. To try to preserve their own tribe’s faith the two bears from down under had gone searching in the arctic even though they were mocked for doing so. Fortunately for them, two teenage bears from Golden Tree village had spotted Roleb just as he collapsed on the snowy wastelands outside their village. This had kicked off a search for Roleb’s friend. With the aid of a Great Ice Eagle, Gabriel, they had found the friend but he had just died. But when they brought the friend back to the village the Frost Lion was there. But no one knows what the Frost Lion can do – and no one knows what the Frost Lion will do … VK: So, it’s time to find out what happens to Roleb, and his travelling companion in this Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. ---- The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion – Part 7 VK: So, the Frost Lion was able to raise Roleb’s friend from the dead. But I hope that most listeners noticed that the Frost Lion didn’t just stop with restoring the life and health of the two bears down under. The Frost Lion began the process of addressing the deeper need – the fact that the bear clan down under was losing its faith. So just like Jesus did after His resurrection the Frost Lion commissioned missionaries from the Golden Tree village to carry the good news back with Roleb and his friend. Obviously, the message you are sending through this poem is that we live in a day and age when many people in our own clans are losing, or have lost, their faith. And we need to be missionaries to our family and friends. Because if we aren’t who will be? RD: Yes. And for any listeners who haven’t heard the previous episodes of The Frost Lion, they need to know that for the last six weeks we have been playing one section of The Frost Lion during each episode of Anchored by Truth. And since Anchored by Truth is available on most major podcasting apps listeners who want to hear those episodes can do so at any time. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time today to repeat those portions of the poem. But listeners who would like to hear all of the action and adventure that led up to today’s conclusion can listen to those episodes from their favorite podcast app or on our website, crystalseabooks.com. VK: And just as a reminder as of the time of the production of this broadcast and podcast in late 2022 The Frost Lion has not yet been made available for commercial release but that will happen in the early part of 2023. RD: That’s a good note. So, let’s amplify on the reason that the Frost Lion has now chosen to visit the bears, his disciples, in the village around the Golden Tree. For the first time since the bears had come to live near the Golden Tree they had now been presented with a missionary need. In other words, the Golden Tree village bears now knew that their ancestors had actually been saved generations ago for a reason – and that reason had now been brought to their attention in an unmistakable way. VK: Well, if we went back to the first part of the Golden Tree Tales which is The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest we heard the heroine, Komari, say something significant which was quoted by Kodan in The Frost Lion. In her confrontation with the Demon Lord Komari said, “ For if not for the tree, which of us Would ever have even been born? The tree saved our forebears When they came upon it that morn. Ever since then, we’ve not been our own, Our lives bought for a price. This tree that was sown for you and me Was the Great White Bear’s sacrifice.” So, that’s part of the point you’re making with this whole epic saga. Those of us who know Christ as our Savior have been saved for a reason. RD: Right. So, in answer to the question of why did the Frost Lion appear now it was because the Frost Lion wanted to commission the Golden Tree village bears to begin what is sometimes termed “The Great Commission.” The Great Commission is the mission that Jesus gave to His followers in Matthew, chapter 28 and which we heard repeated in the section of the poem we heard today. After His resurrection Jesus told the followers who had been with Him throughout His earthly ministry that the time had come for them to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and [teach] them to obey everything I have commanded you.” That’s from the New International Version of Matthew, chapter 28, verses 19 and 20. VK: So, the reason that the Frost Lion appeared in the Golden Tree village at this time reminds us that there came and a time and place in history when the Lion of Judah entered world history to conduct His earthly ministry. And as we have talked about in other episodes of Anchored by Truth the time that Jesus entered world history as the God-Man wasn’t a random time. It was the time that had been chosen by the Father before the foundation of the world. Up to that time the world was being prepared for the arrival of the Messiah, the Anointed One, because it was at that time that the good news of salvation was going to be made available to a much larger audience. RD: Right. Before the incarnation it’s not that there weren’t Gentiles who had worshipped the One True God – there were. But up to Jesus’ arrival on the earth the primary audience for God’s message that He was going to provide a Savior had been the Jews. All that changed with Jesus’ life. After Jesus’ earthly life, death, and resurrection not only did Jesus issue the Great Commission to His first followers but we see other evangelical and apostolic giants such as the Apostle Paul come on the scene and begin a concerted outreach to the Gentile nations as well as continuing the spread of the gospel among the Jews. But, this outreach was not going to be easy. Jesus knew it wouldn’t be which is, I believe, He made it so plain that this was a mission He was now assigning His followers. It would have been easy, more natural, for them to want to just speak to their countrymen in Israel or even just to other Jews. The outreach to the Gentiles was going to be hard – but it was the right thing to do because that’s the reason God had preserved His chosen people for thousands of years. VK: That calls to mind a line out of the West Point cadet prayer that you mentioned to me a long time ago. The line says, “O God, our Father … Make us choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong and never to be content with a half-truth when the whole can be won.” RD: Exactly. God had selected and preserved a people for Himself because it was through that people that He was going to bring a Savior for the whole world. Jesus, of course, was that Savior. But even after proving that He was the Son of God and the Messiah through His earthly ministry Jesus still had to complete His mission and send His followers to carry that message to the rest of the world. Until the message of salvation was sent to the rest of the world the rest of the world was still under the burden and curse of sin. But the message of salvation could and did change that. VK: And that calls to mind Jesus saying in Matthew, chapter 11, verses 28 and 29 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Jesus’ promise is to help us bear our burdens not merely to dismiss them from our lives but we have to hear that good news for it to be effective in people’s lives. RD: Exactly right. So, living near the Golden Tree had brought many blessings to the bears in the arctic village. But it wasn’t enough for them to enjoy those blessings. They had a responsibility to share their blessings with others. VK: So, that brings us to another question. Couldn’t Roleb and his companion just go back to their village and told their friends and neighbors they had seen the Golden Tree, the Frost Lion, and the northern bears? RD: They could have but it would strengthen their witness to have others from the Golden Tree village support their testimony. That’s something anyone who has ever testified to their friends and neighbors will tell you. We all have a responsibility to give a reason for the hope that lies within us. That’s 2 Peter 3:15. But our witness is strengthened when we have others who will go with us and add their voices to our testimony. That’s one of the reasons it’s important to always engage in Christian fellowship with other believers. Sometimes we can put too much emphasis on that old admonition that “if it’s to be, it’s up to me.” Well, of course, we must do our part. But we should also seek the help of others in our own missionary activities. VK: That’s a really important point. As Christians we can get so caught up in struggling to be good believers, good workers, or good parents or family members that we can forget to turn to other believers for support and help. And we must always trust the Lord to support us and depend on the Lord to provide for us. There’s nothing wrong with hard work but ultimately if we think that our lives and destinies on this earth are all about us we are in danger of relying on our strength rather than the Lord’s. RD: Right. And again our model in how to approach struggles is Christ in his confrontation with Satan. Even Jesus didn’t depend on Himself to when He responded to the temptations presented by Satan. When Jesus needed strength to repel Satan Jesus went to scripture. VK: And most people may not realize that all of the scriptures Jesus used came from probably one of the least well-known books in the Bible, Deuteronomy. Christ quoted Deuteronomy, chapter 8, verse 3 in response to the first temptation Satan presented. He quoted Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 16 in response to the second temptation, and Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 13 in response to the third temptation. This certainly reinforces the need to study the entire Bible. Jesus certainly knew all of the Old Testament and used it in his life. RD: Right. Part of us fulfilling our role in the Great Commission is recognizing that the Lord is sovereign and we are not. Even Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane for the Father’s will to be done and not his own. We must be willing to witness and testify to others, kindly and gently, but ultimately the results are up to God. Only God can bring change to a human heart. VK: And that calls to mind James, chapter 1, verse 17. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” So, in essence what you’re saying is that Jesus is not only the One who issued the Great Commission but Jesus is the One who enables us to fulfill it. We dare not try to undertake any part of the Great Commission or any other aspect of the Christian life on our own. We must always turn to, and trust in, Jesus to guide and provide. RD: Yes. Jesus is both the source of the instruction and the strength for the obedience. Turning to Jesus should be our first response but all too often I fear it’s our last resort. I always wince a little when I hear people say “the only thing I can do for you is to pray.” VK: Because as you say in your book Purposeful Prayers “the whispered prayer that stirs the hand of God dwarfs the most powerful force in the universe.” RD: Yes. The one big advantage that the bears who lived in the Golden Tree had over their southern relatives was that they had learned that ultimately the supply for their needs came from a source outside themselves. They had lived near the Golden Tree for generations. They knew there was a source of blessing outside of their own effort and that’s where they placed their trust. Anyone or anything that tempts you to place your trust in anything other than God cannot be of God. It’s not that we should not work hard to develop our own skills and abilities but we must keep them in proper perspective. VK: The Apostle Paul essentially affirmed this sentiment in the one of the best-known verses from the Bible: Philippians, chapter 4, verse 13. “For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength” RD: Exactly. We should learn from Golden Tree village bears’ example to be discerning when the world presents us with challenges or opportunities. Jesus is our sure and certain guide in this world and the primary way Jesus imparts wisdom to us is through the Bible. That’s why we must become so familiar with the Bible that we can immediately discern things or events in our lives that tempt us to depart from its teaching. There are a lot of things that will come our way that may not seem to be harmful, in and of themselves, but we can see that it what they offer or tempt us to do will not be consistent with scripture. At my age I’ve learned that the most important skill we can develop is spiritual discernment and we can only get that from the Bible and developing a strong network of mature Christian friends. VK: And while The Frost Lion doesn’t get into that level of detail it’s obvious from the poem that the bears had a strong regard for genuine wisdom and Kodan, Kojon, Koest and all the reset developed even more wisdom after their encounter with the Frost Lion. Christ came to bring us not only joy and peace but “life more abundantly.” But how can we enjoy that abundant life if we don’t ensure that as we travel through life we stay as close as humanly possible to the author of all life, peace, and joy. Staying close to Jesus means reading the Bible, developing a strong prayer life, and staying connected to other believers who can bless us and who we can bless in turn. Sounds like a great time for a prayer. Today since we’re so close to New Year’s Day let’s listen to a prayer for blessings to come to us in the new year. ---- Prayer for NEW YEAR’S DAY VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on our website or your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” Also, we’d like to remind listeners that copies of the first part of the Golden Tree saga, The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest, is available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not perfect but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New International Version) The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4, verses 8 through 10, New International Version

Episode 242 – Jesus’ Attributes Were Not “Borrowed” Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: “Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 11, verse 25, New Living Translation “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 14, verse 6, New Living Translation ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time event planning consultant. He rearranges the chairs in the conference room when we have meetings. Today on Anchored by Truth, as we approach Thanksgiving and Christmas, we want to continue our series where we focus on the life and ministry of Jesus. And we want to continue listening to Crystal Sea’s epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. Frost Lion is the third part of the Golden Tree trilogy. The first installment of the Golden Tree saga was The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest and copies of it are available from our website which is crystalseabooks.com. Even though we’re playing Frost Lion on our broadcasts and podcasts it has not yet been released for people to get their own copy but that will happen in the near future. Today we’re coming to part five out of seven of the poem. So, we’re getting close to bringing it home, right RD? RD: We are indeed. For any listeners who weren’t able to be with us for our last couple of episodes we should tell them that The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion is a poem that is written in the style of some classic Christmas stories. It was written in seven parts and each part ends in a sort of cliffhanger. So, now that we’re at part five we’re pretty deep into the story. But just as a quick refresher The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion is about a group of small koala bears who live in the Artic in valley that’s green and warm because in the middle of the valley is a Golden Tree that keeps the valley warm and fertile. They’ve been there for several generations but just as Christmas season is approaching two teenage bears, Koest and Kopaul, were on a high hill near their town when the spotted a dark shape crossing the snow and ice. The strange shape turned out to be a bear named Roleb. Roleb came from the village their ancestors had left many generations ago and had travelled with a friend who got lost. Roleb and his friend were travelling to the arctic to search for help for their village which had lost its faith. Thanks to the wisdom of the village elders, Kodan and Kojon, the bears have been able to summon an ice eagle. But what can this ice eagle do? What will this ice eagle do … if anything? VK: Sounds like we’re getting to the good part. So, let’s continue with the story. Here’s part five of Crystal Seas’ Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, The Frost Lion. ---- The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion – Part 5 VK: Ok. So, the bears from the village have now found Roleb’s lost friend. But it’s too late. Roleb’s friend has died from the cold. So, it seems as if Roleb’s whole journey to the north has been for nothing. That seems very sad – if that was how the story ended. But, of course, it hasn’t ended yet. So, maybe all hope isn’t lost. And, knowing you, the answer to finding out whether anything can be done for Roleb and his friend is …to tune in next time. RD: That sounds like a brilliant suggestion. And maybe listeners could gather some family members to join them ... VK: Sounds even better. Listening to Golden Tree as a family could be a great way for parents or grandparents to connect with their kids and help them develop their faith. It would also make a great centerpiece for a home school study group or church youth group discussion about the role that courage and commitment play in the Christian faith – something that’s particularly relevant as we get closer and closer to Christmas. RD: Right. Somebody once said that the Christian faith is so simple that even children can comprehend enough about it to understand the plan of salvation. But even though we can begin with the faith of a child we should pursue the goal of developing a truly mature faith. God will meet us and help us wherever we are in our faith journey but He isn’t satisfied with leaving us at the starting line. Hebrews 12:2 says that Jesus doesn’t just initiate our faith. He also wants to perfect it. And part of perfecting our faith is ensuring that we understand what the Bible tells us about Jesus. VK: Well, so far we’ve seen that there are extra-Biblical sources that confirm that Jesus was a real historical figure who lived and died in Judea during the time period described by the Bible. But we’ve also seen that as helpful as it is to know that there are secular sources that confirm Jesus’ life that those sources aren’t enough to tell us everything that we need to know about Jesus. We can only get a complete revelation about Jesus from God’s special revelation to people, the Bible. And as we saw in our last episode, and again in today’s scriptures, Jesus’ statements about himself tell us something pretty important: that Jesus is not only fully human but also fully divine. RD: Yes. And so that takes us to the next subject that we need to talk about as we are focusing on the life of Jesus in preparation for celebrating his birth at Christmas. VK: And that is... RD: And that is - that because Jesus is the central figure not just of Christianity, but also the entire Bible, one of the criticisms that’s sometimes directed toward Jesus is that the attributes that the Bible assigns to Jesus were borrowed from other cultures or religious sources. So, Christians need to be familiar with some of the assertions that Jesus’ deeds, especially his miracles, were simply drawn from other religious myths or pagan characters. VK: Can you give us an example of what you’re thinking about? RD: Sure. It is has been alleged that Jesus’ miraculous conception isn’t a unique belief. For instance, critics will say that the mythological figure, Hercules, was also supposed to be the son of a divine father – in this case Zeus - and a mortal mother. VK: But, of course, there are significant differences between Hercules purported conception and Jesus. In the Greek legend Hercules mother was named Alcmene (ALK-MEN-EE). Zeus was supposed to have taken on the human form of Alcmene’s husband and deceived Alcmene and slept with her. And that’s how Hercules was conceived. That’s not nearly the same thing as Jesus being born of Mary while Mary was literally still a virgin. RD: The differences are even more pronounced. Hercules was actually the Roman name of a hero the Romans adapted from the Greek Heracles. According to the Greek legend, Heracles’ mother Alcmene was simultaneously pregnant with Heracles by Zeus and his half-brother Iphicles by her husband. And that’s only the beginning of the legendary aspects in Alcmene’s pregnancy with Heracles. So, as soon as you get beyond the superficial similarity and look at the details, the notion that Jesus’ conception was somehow an adaptation of the Heracles/Hercules myth falls apart. But this is a good example of one kind of obviously fallacious attack that’s directed against the historicity of Jesus. VK: So, what you’re saying is that one form of attack that’s leveled at Jesus has to do with a particular attribute of Jesus and then trying to find a parallel somewhere else in a different religion that is obviously false. The critics then try to discredit the life of Jesus by saying that if story A is false, then story B must be false also. RD: Right. But that makes as much sense as saying that if there are two $5 bills on the table and one is counterfeit, the other one must be also which is just silly. So, sometimes the supposed pagan origin of the details of Jesus earthly life and ministry are concerned with specific attributes of Jesus, such as his virgin birth. But sometimes the copycat thesis is less concerned with the specifics of Jesus life and more concerned with generalities that might be associated just about any supernatural figure. VK: Again, do you have any specific examples in mind? RD: For instance, since sickness and disease are obviously a plague on human existence... VK: No pun intended… RD: No pun intended… anyway, the ability to bring miraculous healing would be expected to be a staple of myths or legends. And it is. For example, Asclepius or Asklepios was a Greek demi-god who was the god of medicine. He was supposed to have raised Hippolytus from the dead, though he was killed by Zeus for doing so. Asclepius was supposed to be the son of the god Apollo and a human mother. Buddha was also supposed to have been able to cure the sick. VK: But again, these kinds of general miracle workings of mythological characters vary considerably from the information we have about the miracles that Jesus performed. For instance, in the case of Jesus curing Peter’s mother we have precise details of the location where the miracle was done, the people involved, and even a pretty close approximation to the timing. And many of Jesus’ healings involved specific details that conform to the religious and cultural conventions known to exist. Such as when he healed the lepers and then told them to go show themselves to a priest which was required by Jewish law. And Jesus’ healing miracles weren’t always the cause for celebration the way you would expect of a miracle like when Jesus restored the eyesight of the man born blind. The blind man was rejected by the religious leaders and cast out by them. RD: Exactly. The descriptions of Jesus’ miracles read like historical accounts because they are. Again, the key to drawing distinctions between Jesus’ miracles and those general sorts of miraculous powers that are associated with the pagan sources is in the details. The Bible accounts provide the details and in the majority of cases there are multiple eyewitness accounts. But the case of Buddha provides another way of refuting the claims that the Bible’s descriptions of Jesus are drawn from other sources. The earliest known account of Buddha’s life was written in the 2nd century AD so it came after Jesus and not before it. That’s also true for another supposed religious figure who supposedly served as the source for many of the details of Christ’s life, Mithra. In Mithra’s manifestation during the Roman period he was supposed to have been born on December 25th, had 12 disciples, performed miracles, had a final meal before he died, and rose from the grave after 3 days. VK: And since Mithra was a religious figure that was known to come from the Persian culture, modern day Iran, supposedly he was the inspiration for much of what the disciples taught about Jesus. Right? RD: Right. The earliest mention of Mithra is around 1400 BC so as a religious figure Mithra would pre-date Christ by a considerable time period. But the problem is that the attributes of the Iranian version of Mithra do not correspond to the Roman version. The Roman version of Mithra is best known for slaying a bull whereas there is no known connection to bull slaying in the Iranian version. And a lot of the supposed correspondences between Christ and Mithra appear in the Roman version and the dating of the correspondences is after Christ. VK: So, many scholars believe there might have been some cross pollination between Christ and the Roman version of Mithra but given the timing of the appearance of the similarities it’s far more likely that the legends of Mithra borrowed from Christianity and not vice versa. RD: And that would have been fair because there was one way that Christianity did borrow from Mithraism, in art. In the early part of the 3rd century AD (313), the Roman emperor Constantine issued the edict of Milan which accepted Christianity. Before then the Roman emperors had generally been very hostile to Christians. Within 10 years Christianity had become the official religion of the empire. But by then Mithraism seems to have also gained a strong foothold within the empire as well. In the third and fourth centuries, the Roman church officials seemed to have embarked on an effort to prove that their faith was the superior one, embarked on an advertising campaign. One commentator said their efforts were “reminiscent of our soft drink wars. Mithra was depicted slaying the bull while riding its back; the church did a lookalike scene with Samson killing a lion. Mithra sent arrows into a rock to bring forth water; the church changed that into Moses getting water from the rock at Horeb.” VK: That sounds suspiciously like the law of unintended consequences. The church officials in the 3rd and 4th century went on a campaign to prove that Christianity was superior to Mithraism and 1,600 years later the church now has to defend itself against the claim that Jesus’ life and ministry were the copycat version. RD: I think that’s an excellent observation. And let’s close out with one more, quick example. In Hinduism Krishna was also supposed to have had a miraculous conception so some critics point to that legend as a possible inspiration for the Christian tenant. VK: But in that case, Krishna’s ‘miraculous conception’ is his mom being impregnated by ‘mental transmission’ from his completely human father. Again, not remotely similar to the Bible’s description of how Mary became pregnant. RD: And to add to that – how credible is it that the first Christians, who were largely Jews from Palestine, would have borrowed a legend from a thousand miles away. At a minimum the Jews were fiercely monotheistic whereas Hinduism is distinctly polytheistic. So, this again points to the need to not only examine the varying details of alleged instances of borrowing but also consider the cultural factors that would have been in play. Often either chronological or cultural factors alone will be enough to refute the alleged possibilities. To go back to our earlier example with the money, when new bank tellers are being taught to spot counterfeit dollars they aren’t given lots of counterfeits to study. They’re given lots of real bills to feel and handle. The idea is that if the tellers get so used to touching and handling the real thing, the fakes will become instantly recognizable. That same approach will work when it comes to being able to answer many of the criticisms that are addressed at Christianity and Jesus. VK: And that’s a good lesson for all of us. The more time we spend studying scripture – and developing familiarity with the details of the people, the nations, the geography, the culture – not only will we be able to be confident in our own faith. But we will also be able to point other people to the truth. RD: Precisely. Myths and legends read like myths and legends. They have fantastic details that have little or no correspondence to things in the real world. Good common sense enables us to quickly see elements that don’t make sense in our experience. By contrast, the history contained in the Bible reads like good histories that we see elsewhere. There are specifics about people, places, times, and events and quite often either archeological finds or extra-Biblical records will provide information that helps confirm the Biblical record. VK: Sounds like a great time for a prayer. Today since we’re so close to Christmas let’s listen to a prayer about that special day. ---- Prayer for Christmas VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” We hope you’ll be with us next time as we continue our discussion of the reality of Jesus’ life. We hope you’ll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest are available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New Living Translation) The Gospel of John, Chapter 11, verse 25, New Living Translation The Gospel of John, Chapter 14, verse 6, New Living Translation The Gospel of John, Chapter 15, verse 5, New Living Translation (Sources used for this episode or other in this series) https://creation.com/pagan-copycat-thesis-refuted http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/pagint.php http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/mithra.php

Už šestnáct let žije v Kodani. Má tam rodinu a studio, pravidelně se ale vrací do České republiky. Kvůli zakázkám, ale i kvůli nové práci v kanceláři architekta města Ústí nad Labem. Jako městská architektka nyní může dát novou podobu místu, kde prožila dětství. Jaké urbanistické problémy Ústí trápí nejvíce? Co do něj lze „přenést“ z Kodaně a s jakými klienty se jí nejlépe pracuje? I o tom s architektkou Kristinou Magasanikovou mluvil ve Vizitce Ondřej Cihlář.

Už šestnáct let žije v Kodani. Má tam rodinu a studio, pravidelně se ale vrací do České republiky. Kvůli zakázkám, ale i kvůli nové práci v kanceláři architekta města Ústí nad Labem. Jako městská architektka nyní může dát novou podobu místu, kde prožila dětství. Jaké urbanistické problémy Ústí trápí nejvíce? Co do něj lze „přenést“ z Kodaně a s jakými klienty se jí nejlépe pracuje? I o tom s architektkou Kristinou Magasanikovou mluvil ve Vizitce Ondřej Cihlář.Všechny díly podcastu Vizitka můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

- ManEpisode 241 – Jesus – Man and God Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 6, verse 35, New Living Translation “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 8, verse 12, New Living Translation ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time pastry consultant. He buys the cookies we keep in the kitchen. Though to be fair I’m the one who makes sure we don’t run out of animal crackers. Anyway, today on Anchored by Truth, as we start to celebrate the Christmas season, we want to continue our series where we focus on Jesus. And we want to continue listening to Crystal Sea’s epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. Today we’re coming to part four of the poem where we now hear about the seemingly unsolvable quandary that is confronting our bears. So do you want to tell us where we are in the story, RD? RD: I’d love to. For any listeners who weren’t able to be with us for our last few episodes we should tell them that The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion is a poem that is written in the style of some classic Christmas stories. It’s the third of the Golden Tree series. The first segment is called The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest and the second part was called The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma. Both of these earlier parts of the saga were also written using the model of the old-time movie serials that they used to play when I was a kid and you went to the theater on Saturday afternoons. Before the movie they’d give you the latest installment of an ongoing saga. Each episode would end with the heroes and heroines left in a precarious position so next week you’d come back and plunk down another quarter or two. So, to get ready for part four listeners need to know that the epic is all about a group of small koala bears who live in the arctic. Even though they are in the arctic they live near a Golden Tree that creates a peaceful and fertile valley. The bears’ ancestors discovered the Golden Tree after they had left their homes down under and went searching for their Creator that they called the Great White Koala Bear. The bears have lived near the Golden Tree for generations. In all that time they had never met another bear from the land their ancestors left – but that has now changed. A new, strange bear named Roleb was rescued by a pair of young bears, Koest and Kopaul, and brought to Koest’s home. Once there, Roleb told the bears he had friend who was traveling with him but that friend is now lost in the arctic wasteland. Two of village elders, Kodan and Kojon are trying to figure out if there is a way to save Roleb’s lost friend before it is too late … which it might already be. VK: Alright then. So, let’s continue with the story. Here’s part four of Crystal Seas’ Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, The Frost Lion – part four. ---- The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion – Part 4 VK: Wow. So, the bears figured out how to summon an ice eagle … but can this ice eagle help them? Will this ice eagle help them? It doesn’t seem like this ice eagle is all that friendly at this point. RD: I guess folks will just have to tune in next week and see what happens... VK: I’m starting to see why the movies played those serial episodes before they played the main feature. RD: Well, as a kid the trick was not to not eat all your popcorn during the serial. Otherwise, you didn’t have any left to enjoy during the feature. It helped if you had enough money to buy a large bag. No buckets in those days. VK: Today I think some of us need to worry about waistlines more than money… RD: No comment. VK: Anyway, maybe one of the lessons we can learn from the bears is that we need to understand that challenges to our faith can come to us at any time. We need to be prepared to intelligently respond to them. And Ephesians 6:17 does tell us that the sword of the Spirit is the Bible, the Word of God. That’s one of the big reasons we try to encourage people to develop the habit of staying in the Word. It’s the best way for us to cope with our own ice eagles. So, where do you want to go today as we resume our study of Jesus’ earthly life? RD: Well, in our last couple of episode on Anchored by Truth we talked about some examples of extra-Biblical sources that confirm that Jesus was a real person who lived and died in Judea during the early part of the first century AD. But, naturally, the only thing that the secular writers could write about was the human dimension of Jesus. If secular writers were our only source about the life of Jesus we could know some important details about him, but we would completely miss the most important fact about Jesus: that Jesus was not only fully human but that he was also fully divine. VK: And here is where a lot of headaches begin. How can one person be both God and man? I think it’s safe to say that many Christians – even serious and devout ones – have trouble with that concept. So, let’s go over some of the basics of historical, orthodox Christian theology – the Trinitarian nature of God and the dual nature of Jesus. A lot of confusion arises because people don’t understand what Christians mean when they refer to the Trinity or the dual nature of Christ. So, let’s start there. RD: Well, let’s acknowledge right at the start the limitations of human language and the incomprehensibility of God. Humans are finite. God is infinite. So, there is no way any human or group of humans is every going to be capable of exhaustively understanding or explaining the nature of the God or the mystery of the incarnation of Christ. That doesn’t mean we can’t know some true things about God and develop an awareness of the miracle of the incarnation, but it does mean that mysteries will always remain. But that the fact that mysteries will always remain doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t apply ourselves to develop a full-orbed understanding of God insofar as we are able. VK: And it also means that we should always approach these subjects in a spirit of reverence and prayer, right? I mean the one Person who can help us grow in our understanding is the very Person we’re seeking to understand. So, what does the doctrine of the Trinity refer to? RD: Orthodox, Christian theology believes that the Bible refers to one God, but acknowledges that God exists eternally as three divine Subsistences or Persons. The classic proof text for the Trinitarian view of the Godhead is Matthew 28:18 and 19 which says: “Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” A slightly different way of explaining this is that God is singular in nature but three in person. By contrast, Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Trinity, is singular in person but has two natures. Jesus is both fully human and fully divine. And the classic formulation of this that came out of the Council of Chalcedon is : ” Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man, having two natures inseparably united in one divine person without confusion, mixture, separation, or division. Each nature retains its own attributes.” VK: So, those views explain why Christians still believe in one God – we’re monotheistic – but we also believe that within the Godhead there are three distinct Persons who have a relationship with each other. Grappling with these concepts is challenging to say the least. RD: And that’s the reason we have to always be willing to acknowledge that even though the church has classic formulations like the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds that help amplify the basics, these doctrines will always contain a certain amount of mystery for men. We’re back to the plain fact that finite man cannot fully understand or explain an infinite, Triune God. VK: So, how do our opening scriptures relate to this who discussion? At least on the surface, while Jesus is certainly providing some really comforting assurances to his disciples – such as that he will provide for them and protect them like a shepherd does his sheep – how do these verses demonstrate that Jesus was claiming to be God? RD: In English, the claim is not as obvious as it was in the language in which John originally recorded his Gospel, Greek. You see the Greek words that are translated as “I am,” in “I am the bread of life,” and in the other scriptures we heard are two Greek words: ego and eimi. And these are exactly the same words that God used when He made declarations about himself in the Old Testament. VK: As in the declaration that God made to Moses when Moses was standing before the burning bush recorded in Exodus 3:14? Let me read that part. But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” God also said that Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.” RD: Exactly. The Septuagint translators when they translated the Hebrew “Yahweh” which came from the word for “I am” translated it by a combination of two different Greek words used for the verb “to be:” ego and eimi. So in Jesus’ time the phrase ego eimi came to be synonymous with the name for God. In Hebrew, Yahweh. In Greek, Jehovah. So, when the Apostle John recorded what Jesus said about Jesus being the bread of life or the light of the world, John used the phrase “ego eimi” for the words “I am.” Many scholars think that when Jesus identified himself with the “I am,” He was directly proclaiming to his followers that he was the same as the one who appeared to be Moses. But there are other references in the Old Testament to which Jesus may have been pointing to make the same point. Michael J. Krueger, who is a New Testament scholar and President of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, has shown that there are number of “I am” references in chapters 40 – 55 of the book of Isaiah that unmistakably point to God. Let’s listen to a couple of examples, Isaiah 41: 4 and 43:10: Isaiah 41:4 Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he (ego eimi). Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he (ego eimi). Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. The “I am he” in these passages is translated in Greek by ego eimi. VK: So, when Jesus said he was the bread of life or the light of the world he was going beyond simply giving metaphors for the provisions that he was making for his people? He was saying that one of the reasons his followers could have confidence in the promises that he was giving was because he was God. And as God whatever he promised he had the irresistible power to fulfill. I’m starting to get another headache when I think about that. Imagine, listening to someone standing before you who was saying “I am the light of the world,” - meaning he would give you all the light and wisdom you would ever need – and then realizing that the one making the promise was the who made light to begin with. That’s a staggering thought. RD: And it gets even more staggering. Remember that on Anchored by Truth we have often talked about the fact that logic and empirical observations demonstrate that the universe was created by a self-existent Being. We call that Being God. We can arrive at the need for a self-existent Being to explain the existence of the universe and everything in it, just by making some informed observations. In other words, as people we have the ability to deduce the existence of a self-existent Being or God just by exercising our reason and intelligence. Well, when God said to Moses that his name, God’s name, was “I am” he was identifying himself by using the attribute of self-existence. God was simultaneously exalting Moses by saying “you’re standing in the presence of the One who made everything,” and God was condescending to the level of man by communicating to Moses in a way Moses could understand. God was also pointing out that Moses should be aware of His existence because Moses own intellect and intelligence would have revealed the need for God even God had never chosen to communicate with him directly. VK: And the same thing would have been true of the people listening to Jesus, wouldn’t it? Only now, rather than the people listening to a voice out of a burning bush, they’re hearing those words from a man standing in front of them. And many, if not most, of them would have seen Jesus perform miracles so they would have known that when Jesus spoke, he was speaking the truth. But I think you have one more point that you’re making with the line of reasoning aren’t you? RD: Exacatamundo… VK: Exactamundo, again ... RD: Ok. Precisely, if you prefer. Think about it. By making empirical observations and exercising a little logic and reason we can arrive at the conclusion that the universe was created by a self-existent Being – God. But where did we derive the ability to make those observations? Where did we get eyesight that could see the sun and stars? Where did we get the intellect and reasoning ability to design instruments that could amplify our own observational capabilities like telescopes or microscopes? Where did we get the reasoning ability to understand that an effect demands a cause and that the law of non-contradiction is an essential element in reasoning correctly? Where did we get the ability to write and use language and make and retain records so we could pass words and observations down over thousands of years? And not just the records of the Bible but the other records that we examined on Anchored by Truth the last couple of times by secular observers who affirmed that Jesus was a real man who lived in Judea at a particular time in history. VK: So the point you’re making is that the same God who designed and created the universe with all its marvelous complexity and order also created us in such a way that we could perceive Him. And you’re saying that that same God came to various men at different points in history – to Moses and Isaiah in the Old Testament, to Matthew, John and others in the New Testament – to leave us a record of His appearances in this world. So, you’re saying that God designed man so that man could recognize not only the design in nature but also the design in God’s plan for human history. The plan that we call the plan of creation, fall, and redemption. Oh, all that is either super scary or super exciting. RD: Rather like the disciples in the boat when Jesus calmed the storm or Moses when he was in front of the burning bush, an immediate confrontation with the undeniable presence of the Almighty is simultaneously terrifying and thrilling. Unfortunately, today too many people deny themselves that experience of reverential awe that comes from truly grappling with the authentic nature of God. VK: And only the Bible gives us what we need to understand that nature. And we all need to have a better understanding of that nature. Because when we gain it we will find out that God is not only an awesome and mighty God but He is also a loving and merciful God who has made provisions for us to have eternal fellowship with him by placing our faith in Jesus as our Savior. So let’s close with prayer. Today let’s listen to a prayer of adoration for the first person of the Trinity, our heavenly Father. ---- PRAYER OF ADORATION OF THE FATHER VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” We hope you’ll be with us next time as we continue our discussion of the reality of Jesus’ life. We hope you’ll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest and The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma are available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not perfect but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the English Revised Version) The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, verses 1 through 6, English Revised Version The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 23, verses 44 through 47, English Revised Version (Sources used for this episode or other in this series) https://www.ligonier.org/about/who-we-are/what-we-believe/ https://www.michaeljkruger.com/why-does-jesus-use-the-phrase-i-am/ https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/10-things-yahweh-means

Kodan Quintet members Hunter O'Brien, Corbin Krebs, Ian Daugherty, Lauren Anker and Keeheon Nam visited Studio A to perform music of Amy Beach and Valerie Coleman.

For a whole generation of video-game-playing kids, this 80s flick represents a special kind of wish-fulfillment: a down-on-his-luck kid becomes a video-game champ, only to find himself recruited to fight in an interplanetary war in another galaxy. Directed by Nick Castle and produced by Gary Adelson, this fan-favorite film has since become a cherished classic, captivating generations of audiences with its thrilling blend of space adventure, cutting-edge special effects for its time, and a heartwarming coming-of-age story. So get ready Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada as Tim Williams and guest co-host, Chris Adams from "Retro Life 4 You" Podcast discuss “The Last Starfighter” from 1984 on this episode of the 80s Flick Flashback Podcast. There is no additional behind-the-scenes trivia we were unable to cover in this episode. Sources: Wikipedia, IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Box Office Mojo https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-never-knew-about-the-making-of-last-star-1602703884 We'd love to hear your thoughts on our podcast! You can share your feedback with us via email or social media. Your opinions are incredibly valuable to us, and we'd be so grateful to know what you enjoyed about our show. If we missed anything or if you have any suggestions for 80s movies, we'd love to hear them too! If you're feeling extra supportive, you can even become a subscription member through "Buy Me A Coffee". For more details and other fun extensions of our podcast, check out this link. Thank you for your support! https://linktr.ee/80sFlickFlashback --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moviviews80sff/message

Nejprve to nevyšlo v Lize mistrů se sebevědomou Kodaní. A pak si pod sebou Sparta podkopla stoličku i v předkole Evropské ligy, když zkazila zápas v Záhřebu. Z konfrontace s mezinárodní konkurencí nevychází zatím vůbec dobře.Chcete si z podcastu vybrat jen některá témata?2:00 Spartě se v evropských pohárech nepatří13:00 V čem tkví problémy Letenských?30:00 Slavia zápolí s proměňováním šancí33:00 Evropská liga začíná být nabitá kvalitou36:00 Nechtěný polibek a španělský skandál43:00 Bundesliga, Premier League53:00 Sázkařské okénko: odveta Sparta-Záhřeb#####V květnu se na Letné jásalo, Sparta po letech opět dosáhla na mistrovský titul. Její další sen byl jasný: postup do Ligy mistrů. Jenže to se nepovedlo. A jako by to rudou mašinu úplně vykolejilo v boji o Evropskou ligu, vytčenou coby náhradní cíl.„Smolné vypadnutí s Kodaní uvedlo letenské do jakési fotbalové deprese. A to se naplno projevilo v Záhřebu,“ shodují se podcasteři v nové epizodě Nosičů vody. Po porážce 1:2 se ve čtvrtek pokusí sparťané pootočit ještě osudem dvojutkání ve svůj prospěch. Ale to by museli předvést diametrálně lepší výkon než v chorvatské metropoli.Nosiči vody hledají společné jmenovatele dosavadního sparťanského klopýtání předkoly. A nacházejí jich víc než dost.„Spartu sráží hlavně četné individuální chyby při standardních situacích, mizerné bránění jeden na jednoho a otřesná koncovka,“ podotýká moderátor Jaromír Bosák. „Není možné, aby Sparta inkasovala laciné góly po soupeřových standardkách týden co týden. Nechtěl bych být v kůži trenéra Briana Priskeho, který se musí v takových chvílích cítit absolutně bezmocně,“ dodává zklamaný exsparťan Karel Tvaroh.„Sparta má v evropských pohárech dlouhodobě velmi špatnou bilanci zejména na hřištích soupeřů. V Kodani podala nadějný výkon, ale v Záhřebu už to opět bylo špatné. Kontaktů s evropským fotbalem měla v posledních letech relativně málo, musí se znovu naučit poháry hrát, aby se cítila pevnější v kramflecích. Uspět v domácí lize by Spartě stačit nemělo, její tradice ji zavazuje ke konkurenceschopnosti i na mezinárodním poli,“ zdůrazňuje fotbalový novinář Luděk Mádl.Víc o Spartě, zahraničních transferech českých hráčů, kauze španělského polibku i o dění v Premier League si poslechněte v čerstvé epizodě Nosičů vody!Nosiči vody Fotbalový podcast Seznam Zpráv. Jaromír Bosák, Luděk Mádl a Karel Tvaroh každý týden o českém a světovém fotbalu. Příběhy, aféry, důležité postavy na hřišti i v zákulisí. Odebírejte na Podcasty.cz, Apple Podcasts nebo Spotify. Sledujte nás na Twitteru! Najdete nás tam jako @Nosicivody. Máte návrh, jak podcast vylepšit? Nebo nás chcete pochválit? Pište na audio@sz.cz.

Tomáš Čvančara vtrhnul do ostře sledované Bundesligy ve velkém stylu. Během své německé premiéry se dokázal prosadit po průniku do vápna a v samotném závěru ukázal pevné nervy, když se postavil k penaltě za nepříznivého stavu 3:4.Chcete si z podcastu vybrat jen některá témata?2:00 Proč Sparta ztratila body v Teplicích?15:00 Slavia po Baníku stále neporažená26:00 Mladá Boleslav je zajímavý tým32:00 Češi v zahraničí - Čvančara zazářil 43:00 Budou hrát Saúdi evropskou Ligu mistrů?51:00 Aktuality z Premier League1:04:00 Sázkařské okénko: Slavia, Sparta a EL#####Německá liga o víkendu přivítala dalšího českého kanonýra. Na slavné velikány nedávné minulosti, jakými byli například Jan Koller nebo Jiří Štajner, v poslední době solidně navázali Patrik Schick a Adam Hložek v dresu Bayeru Leverkusen.Na svou další šanci ve Wolfsburgu čeká Lukáš Ambros. A ve stejném dresu už se akcí vedoucí ke vstřelené brance blýskla letní posila jménem Václav Černý.Veškerá pozornost českých příznivců se ale nyní logicky stočila k exsparťanskému forvardovi Tomášovi Čvančarovi, který v dresu Mönchengladbachu úřádoval na hřišti Augsburgu.Čvančara svou bundesligovou premiérou dokonale navázal na vydařenou přípravu, do které naskakoval s určitým handicapem coby relativně pozdní posila. Český hrotový útočník ovšem potvrdil, že se o něj jeho nový chlebodárce může opřít i v těch nejkritičtějších chvílích.„Čvančara ukázal pevné nervy a mentalitu velkých hráčů. Vzít si penaltu v samotném závěru vyhecovaného zápasu za stavu 3:4, to chce mimořádnou odvahu a víru ve vlastní schopnosti,“ chválí svého bývalého spoluhráče Karel Tvaroh.Ve studiu panuje shoda, že současný trenér české fotbalové reprezentace Jaroslav Šilhavý nemusí při výběru útočníka číslo jedna chodit i při zranění Patrika Schicka zbytečně daleko. „Tím spíš, že Adam Hložek o víkendu nastoupil na pouhé dvě minuty a Jan Kuchta zatím nedosahuje své jarní výkonnosti. I když se zatím v seniorském reprezentačním dresu tak neobouchal, snad se Čvančarovi podaří navázat na kvalifikační výkon proti Polsku,“ přemítá moderátor podcastu Jaromír Bosák.Jak si vedl Jiří Pavlenka v souboji s debutujícím Harrym Kanem v dresu Bayernu Mnichov? Co může bavorský velkoklub přibrzdit na cestě za dalším titulem? Nejen o tom diskutovali nejnovější Nosiči vody v zahraniční části, která se tradičně neobešla ani bez rozboru toho nejzajímavějšího dění z anglické Premier League.Nosiči vody se podivili nad nejnovějším nápad ze saúdskoarabského fotbalového světa. „Narůstající vliv tamní fotbalové ligy není radno podceňovat,“ shodují se podcasteři a pozastavují se nad zdánlivě nekonečným výčtem nových zvučných posil směřujících do saúdské ligy. Jak je podle nich reálné, aby se propojila evropská Liga mistrů s nejbohatšími saúdskoarabskými kluby? „Představit si to sice nedokážu, ale úplně vyloučit to vzhledem k ekonomickému tlaku na věc nejspíš nelze,“ poznamenává fotbalový novinář Luděk Mádl.Nosiči vody důkladně probírají slávistickou výhru s Baníkem Ostrava. Za co si zaslouží fanoušci Baníku významnou pochvalu? Fauloval Muhamed Tijani před rozhodující trefou a měl být Tomáš Vlček vyloučen za nebezpečnou hru vysokou nohou?Podcast nezapomíná ani na sparťanskou prohru s Kodaní, remízu v Teplicích a červenou kartu pro Ladislava Krejčího. Speciálního rozboru se dočkala i nevšední branka Jana Kalabišky, který se vynořil zpoza zad brankáře Trmala, sebral mu balon snadno skóroval.Jaké šance mají pražská „S“ v boji o Evropskou ligu? To všechno uslyšíte v nejnovéjší epizodě Nosičů vody!Nosiči vody Fotbalový podcast Seznam Zpráv. Jaromír Bosák, Luděk Mádl a Karel Tvaroh každý týden o českém a světovém fotbalu. Příběhy, aféry, důležité postavy na hřišti i v zákulisí. Odebírejte na Podcasty.cz, Apple Podcasts nebo Spotify. Sledujte nás na Twitteru! Najdete nás tam jako @Nosicivody. Máte návrh, jak podcast vylepšit? Nebo nás chcete pochválit? Pište na audio@sz.cz.

Odvetě v rámci kvalifikace o Ligu mistrů mezi Spartou a Kodaní neschází náboj: kdo postoupí, bude jen krůček od vysněné účasti v milionářské soutěži. Dánský trenér letenských Priske se také postaví „proti svým“. Nosiči vody řeší, v čem má Sparta konkurenční výhodu.Chcete si z podcastu vybrat jen některá témata?2:00 Obměněná Sparta smetla Jablonec9:00 Lepší stadiony, lepší komunity, lepší zážitky14:00 Kam se řítí Budějovice?20:00 Slavia v Boleslavi vyhrála, ale nepřesvědčivě26:00 Nová komise rozhodčích nemá kde brát34:00 Matěj Kovář na dobré adrese v Leverkusenu40:00 Bundesligová sezona na spadnutí52:00 Co ukázaly první zápasy Premier League?1:00:00 Sázkařské okénko: Sparta favoritem*****Ačkoliv nová sezona sotva začala, Spartu čeká už dnes večer jeden z největších zápasů. I proto se trenér Brian Priske v sobotu rozhodl pořádně zahýbat sestavou, aby fyzicky pošetřil své největší opory. Rudí se tak v Jablonci představili s naprosto odlišnou základní jedenáctkou oproti poslednímu utkání v Kodani.Po bezbrankové remíze v Dánsku letenští vyrukovali na severu Čech s celkem osmi změnami. Na herním projevu hostí nebo samotném výsledku se ale rotace nikterak negativně neprojevila. Naopak: Sparťané dobyli jabloneckou střelnici po pětiletém čekání. Všech pět branek navíc nasázeli už během prvního poločasu. „Ovšem duel s Kodaní bude zcela odlišný,“ panuje shoda mezi triem Nosičů vody.Podcasteři se rozplývají nad trefami sparťanského stopera Martina Vitíka, za které by se nemusel stydět ani leckterý věhlasný evropský střelec. Kteří fotbalisté si v Jablonci výrazně řekli o místo v základní jedenáctce? Má Priske důvod měnit tým, který do odvety vybojoval cennou remízu? A v čem přesně byl přístup funkcionářů Jablonce ke sparťanskému kotli chvályhodný?Nosiči vody se věnují i otázce, kdo bude v rámci „letenské odvety“ o Ligu mistrů větším favoritem. Podle sázkových kanceláří je to Sparta, přestože se v Dánsku jasně ukázalo, že má oproti soupeři výrazně užší kádr.„Sparta byla na zápas poctivě připravená. Na celém týmu se projevil progres, který udělal za poslední měsíce. Takový výkon jsme od Sparty na evropské půdě nějakou dobu neviděli. Šance sice byly na obou stranách, ale zhruba od 70. minuty utkání dominovali domácí,“ konstatuje bývalý Sparťan Karel Tvaroh. Proč by se letenští neměli spoléhat na výhodu domácího prostředí? Kde má Kodaň slabiny? A jak by se mohlo utkání nejpravděpodobněji vyvíjet? Nejen o tom se víc dozvíte v podcastu.Nosiči vody probírají také šířku sešívaného kádru a specifickou roli slávistického náhradníka Mojmíra Chytila. Ten se totiž zatím prosazuje výhradně coby střídající žolík. Má chtít každý fotbalista hrát devadesát minut, nebo existují výjimky? V podcastu dojde i na herní koncepci Českých Budějovic. Jihočechům se totiž s novou filozofií vůbec nedaří, což podtrhuje mizerná defenziva. Nejnovější epizoda se dotýká i nastupující personální krize českých profesionálních sudích. Jak velký problém představuje pro celý český fotbal?V zahraniční části se Nosiči věnují dalším megapřestupu - londýnská Chelsea Liverpoolu vyfoukla za víc než 100 milionů liber středopolaře Moisese Caiceda. Řeč byla i o potenciálních trablích Bayernu Mnichov a ostrostřelce Harryho Kanea, který se bude potýkat s náročnou adaptací na německý fotbal. V neposlední řadě Nosiči vody analyzovali přesun Matěje Kováře do Bayeru Leverkusen k Patrikovi Schickovi a Adamovi Hložkovi. Sehráli čeští fotbalisté roli rozhodujícího faktoru dalšího velkého přestupu? Nosiči vody Fotbalový podcast Seznam Zpráv. Jaromír Bosák, Luděk Mádl a Karel Tvaroh každý týden o českém a světovém fotbalu. Příběhy, aféry, důležité postavy na hřišti i v zákulisí. Odebírejte na Podcasty.cz, Apple Podcasts nebo Spotify. Sledujte nás na Twitteru! Najdete nás tam jako @Nosicivody. Máte návrh, jak podcast vylepšit? Nebo nás chcete pochválit? Pište na audio@sz.cz.

V lize jsou stále stoprocentní, dvojzápas s Kodaní o předsíň Ligy mistrů mají rozehraný víc než dobře. Sparta zatím šlape i v nové sezoně a hlavní důvod je zřejmý: „Priske. Strašně rád bych si pod ním zahrál a zažil atmosféru v kabině s takovým koučem,“ přiznává v novém díle podcastu Liga naruby redaktor deníku Sport a webu iSport.cz Radek Špryňar. „Priske je gamechanger,“ souhlasí Špryňarův kolega Jiří Fejgl: „On je hlavním trumfem Sparty před Kodaní, protože Dánové mají prostě lepší soupisku. Objektivně má i Slavia lepší tým, než Sparta – ale přišel Priske a Sparta vyhrála titul. On ho vyhrál,“ dodává. Oříšek v podobě Adama Karabce ale zatím nerozlouskl ani Priske… „Karabec potřebuje vystoupit z komfortní zóny,“ domnívá se Fejgl. „To je děťátko Sparty, vychovávané v bavlnce. Nikdy neměl žádný problém, byl vždycky nejlepší a teď mi připadá, že mu to stačí.“ Měl by odejít? Chytil se konečně Baník pod Hapalem? Proč může být Tijani novým Škodou? A šli jste někdy na JEDNO PIVO jako sudí Orel? 0:00 Úvod1:12 Wiesner, nebo Mejdr? Kdo má navrch?6:39 Čertík Laci: proč má blízko základu10:47 Případ Karabec: spokojené děťátko Sparty16:50 Proč by chtěl Radek Špryňar hrát pod Priskem22:33 Slavia: totálně připravený tým26:14 Provod je zpátky, i když vlevo30:52 Hapal to zvládl, ale drhlo to34:20 Kauza Smrž: hodil by se Baníku?39:20 Simulanti v lize: vidíme vás!43:30 Jedno pivo s Orlem, nebo s Nenadálem?48:28 Naivní České Budějovice53:00 Fillo versus Vrba Pravidelný pondělní podcast s detailním zaměřením na dění ve FORTUNA:LIZE? Startuje Liga naruby, v níž se budou střídat jednotliví fotbaloví redaktoři deníku Sport a webu iSport.cz. Ligu naruby sledujte a poslouchejte každé pondělí v 18.00 iSport.cz, na YouTube a ve všech podcastových aplikacích.

Kontrolovaný výkon s povytaženou ruční brzdou? Do velké míry ano, Sparta si každopádně z Kodaně veze do odvety velmi příznivý výsledek 0:0. Byť se štěstím, protože v poslední třetině utkání Letenští podle trenéra Davida Horejše neměli potřebnou kvalitu, za týmový výkon si zasloužila remízu.   V čem dokázala Sparta eliminovat zbraně Kodaně, co výborný výkon hráče utkání, brankáře Petera Vindahla a hra křídel i stoperů? Tomu všemu a celé řadě dalších témat se věnoval nový Dloubák živě ve Studiu iSport.cz s Davidem Horejšem a Pavlem Hartmanem. Moderuje Martin Vait.   0:00 Hodnocení utkání a kontrola Sparty 9:46 Hráč utkání Vindahl 17:03 Sparťanská ofenzivná hra a Horejš po angažmá v Jablonci

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Lethal Mullet Podcast Episode 217: The Last Starfighter "Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada." - Centauri  Greetings Mulleteers, tonight as we enjoy a walk down memory lane to 1984 and THE LAST STARFIGHTER. A beloved film by many that lived through the eighties, it's a classic sci-fi story in the Spielberg like way, and is a rip roaring adventure film that takes a young teen all the way from a small run-down trailer park to teh stars and save an entire star system. Starring Lance Guest as Alex Rogan, and Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart as Maggie and many more. This is a film that is near and dear to my heart, and I'd love to share my thoughts on it tonight and look at some of the great trivia. * the film stars a number of Star Trek cast, and a member of Young Guns. Give Lethal Mullet a listen: Website https://bit.ly/3j9mvlG IHeartRadio https://ihr.fm/3lSxwJU Spotify https://spoti.fi/3BRg260 Amazon https://amzn.to/3phcsi7 For all Lethal merch: TeePublic: https://bit.ly/37QpbSc Check out LM on socials: @thelethalmullet on twitter / facebook / instagram #lethalmulletpodcast #thelaststarfighter #eighties 

Episode 192 – Jesus and the Great Commission Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: The devil took [Jesus] to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4, verses 8 through 10, New International Version ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time event lighting technician. He straightens out the cords on the Christmas lights before we put them up. Today on Anchored by Truth we’re going to finish up our current series where we have focused on the life and historicity of Jesus. And we’re going to hear the last installment of our seven part, epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. When we left off last time the koala bears who live in the arctic village that surrounds the Golden Tree had just encountered the Frost Lion for the first time in their history. The bears have lived in the valley surrounding the tree for many generations and had heard of the Frost Lion but this is the first time they have ever seen him. And they have only seen him now because the lion has chosen to come to their village. Why did the Frost Lion choose to come to their village now, RD? RD: Well, the biggest reason that the Frost Lion has chosen to enter the bears’ village at this time is because something else has happened to the bears for the first time in their generations around the tree. For the first time since the bears have lived in the village they have had visitors from their ancestral homeland. A bear named Roleb and his travelling companion had made an arduous journey to the north because they were concerned about the state of their village’s faith. Roleb’s travelling companion died just before they could reach the village. Roleb himself was almost at the point of death. They had known that their quest to travel to the great far north would be dangerous but they had made it because their homeland had lost its faith in the bears’ creator who they thought of as the Great White Koala Bear. To try to preserve their own tribe’s faith the two bears from down under had gone searching in the arctic even though they were mocked for doing so. Fortunately for them, two teenage bears from Golden Tree village had spotted Roleb just as he collapsed on the snowy wastelands outside their village. This had kicked off a search for Roleb’s friend. With the aid of a Great Ice Eagle, Gabriel, they had found the friend but he had just died. But when they brought the friend back to the village the Frost Lion was there. But no one knows what the Frost Lion can do – and no one knows what the Frost Lion will do … VK: So, it’s time to find out what happens to Roleb, and his travelling companion in this Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. ---- The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion – Part 7 VK: So, the Frost Lion was able to raise Roleb’s friend from the dead. But I hope that most listeners noticed that the Frost Lion didn’t just stop with restoring the life and health of the two bears down under. The Frost Lion began the process of addressing the deeper need – the fact that the bear clan down under was losing its faith. So just like Jesus did after His resurrection the Frost Lion commissioned missionaries from the Golden Tree village to carry the good news back with Roleb and his friend. Obviously, the message you are sending through this poem is that we live in a day and age when many people in our own clans are losing, or have lost, their faith. And we need to be missionaries to our family and friends. Because if we aren’t who will be? RD: Yes. And for any listeners who haven’t heard the previous episodes of The Frost Lion, they need to know that for the last six weeks we have been playing one section of The Frost Lion during each episode of Anchored by Truth. And since Anchored by Truth is available on most major podcasting apps listeners who want to hear those episodes can do so at any time. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time today to repeat those portions of the poem. But listeners who would like to hear all of the action and adventure that led up to today’s conclusion can listen to those episodes from their favorite podcast app or on our website, crystalseabooks.com. VK: And just as a reminder as of the time of the production of this broadcast and podcast in late 2022 The Frost Lion has not yet been made available for commercial release but that will happen in the early part of 2023. RD: That’s a good note. So, let’s amplify on the reason that the Frost Lion has now chosen to visit the bears, his disciples, in the village around the Golden Tree. For the first time since the bears had come to live near the Golden Tree they had now been presented with a missionary need. In other words, the Golden Tree village bears now knew that their ancestors had actually been saved generations ago for a reason – and that reason had now been brought to their attention in an unmistakable way. VK: Well, if we went back to the first part of the Golden Tree Tales which is The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest we heard the heroine, Komari, say something significant which was quoted by Kodan in The Frost Lion. In her confrontation with the Demon Lord Komari said, “ For if not for the tree, which of us Would ever have even been born? The tree saved our forebears When they came upon it that morn. Ever since then, we’ve not been our own, Our lives bought for a price. This tree that was sown for you and me Was the Great White Bear’s sacrifice.” So, that’s part of the point you’re making with this whole epic saga. Those of us who know Christ as our Savior have been saved for a reason. RD: Right. So, in answer to the question of why did the Frost Lion appear now it was because the Frost Lion wanted to commission the Golden Tree village bears to begin what is sometimes termed “The Great Commission.” The Great Commission is the mission that Jesus gave to His followers in Matthew, chapter 28 and which we heard repeated in the section of the poem we heard today. After His resurrection Jesus told the followers who had been with Him throughout His earthly ministry that the time had come for them to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and [teach] them to obey everything I have commanded you.” That’s from the New International Version of Matthew, chapter 28, verses 19 and 20. VK: So, the reason that the Frost Lion appeared in the Golden Tree village at this time reminds us that there came and a time and place in history when the Lion of Judah entered world history to conduct His earthly ministry. And as we have talked about in other episodes of Anchored by Truth the time that Jesus entered world history as the God-Man wasn’t a random time. It was the time that had been chosen by the Father before the foundation of the world. Up to that time the world was being prepared for the arrival of the Messiah, the Anointed One, because it was at that time that the good news of salvation was going to be made available to a much larger audience. RD: Right. Before the incarnation it’s not that there weren’t Gentiles who had worshipped the One True God – there were. But up to Jesus’ arrival on the earth the primary audience for God’s message that He was going to provide a Savior had been the Jews. All that changed with Jesus’ life. After Jesus’ earthly life, death, and resurrection not only did Jesus issue the Great Commission to His first followers but we see other evangelical and apostolic giants such as the Apostle Paul come on the scene and begin a concerted outreach to the Gentile nations as well as continuing the spread of the gospel among the Jews. But, this outreach was not going to be easy. Jesus knew it wouldn’t be which is, I believe, He made it so plain that this was a mission He was now assigning His followers. It would have been easy, more natural, for them to want to just speak to their countrymen in Israel or even just to other Jews. The outreach to the Gentiles was going to be hard – but it was the right thing to do because that’s the reason God had preserved His chosen people for thousands of years. VK: That calls to mind a line out of the West Point cadet prayer that you mentioned to me a long time ago. The line says, “O God, our Father … Make us choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong and never to be content with a half-truth when the whole can be won.” RD: Exactly. God had selected and preserved a people for Himself because it was through that people that He was going to bring a Savior for the whole world. Jesus, of course, was that Savior. But even after proving that He was the Son of God and the Messiah through His earthly ministry Jesus still had to complete His mission and send His followers to carry that message to the rest of the world. Until the message of salvation was sent to the rest of the world the rest of the world was still under the burden and curse of sin. But the message of salvation could and did change that. VK: And that calls to mind Jesus saying in Matthew, chapter 11, verses 28 and 29 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Jesus’ promise is to help us bear our burdens not merely to dismiss them from our lives but we have to hear that good news for it to be effective in people’s lives. RD: Exactly right. So, living near the Golden Tree had brought many blessings to the bears in the arctic village. But it wasn’t enough for them to enjoy those blessings. They had a responsibility to share their blessings with others. VK: So, that brings us to another question. Couldn’t Roleb and his companion just go back to their village and told their friends and neighbors they had seen the Golden Tree, the Frost Lion, and the northern bears? RD: They could have but it would strengthen their witness to have others from the Golden Tree village support their testimony. That’s something anyone who has ever testified to their friends and neighbors will tell you. We all have a responsibility to give a reason for the hope that lies within us. That’s 2 Peter 3:15. But our witness is strengthened when we have others who will go with us and add their voices to our testimony. That’s one of the reasons it’s important to always engage in Christian fellowship with other believers. Sometimes we can put too much emphasis on that old admonition that “if it’s to be, it’s up to me.” Well, of course, we must do our part. But we should also seek the help of others in our own missionary activities. VK: That’s a really important point. As Christians we can get so caught up in struggling to be good believers, good workers, or good parents or family members that we can forget to turn to other believers for support and help. And we must always trust the Lord to support us and depend on the Lord to provide for us. There’s nothing wrong with hard work but ultimately if we think that our lives and destinies on this earth are all about us we are in danger of relying on our strength rather than the Lord’s. RD: Right. And again our model in how to approach struggles is Christ in his confrontation with Satan. Even Jesus didn’t depend on Himself to when He responded to the temptations presented by Satan. When Jesus needed strength to repel Satan Jesus went to scripture. VK: And most people may not realize that all of the scriptures Jesus used came from probably one of the least well-known books in the Bible, Deuteronomy. Christ quoted Deuteronomy, chapter 8, verse 3 in response to the first temptation Satan presented. He quoted Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 16 in response to the second temptation, and Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 13 in response to the third temptation. This certainly reinforces the need to study the entire Bible. Jesus certainly knew all of the Old Testament and used it in his life. RD: Right. Part of us fulfilling our role in the Great Commission is recognizing that the Lord is sovereign and we are not. Even Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane for the Father’s will to be done and not his own. We must be willing to witness and testify to others, kindly and gently, but ultimately the results are up to God. Only God can bring change to a human heart. VK: And that calls to mind James, chapter 1, verse 17. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” So, in essence what you’re saying is that Jesus is not only the One who issued the Great Commission but Jesus is the One who enables us to fulfill it. We dare not try to undertake any part of the Great Commission or any other aspect of the Christian life on our own. We must always turn to, and trust in, Jesus to guide and provide. RD: Yes. Jesus is both the source of the instruction and the strength for the obedience. Turning to Jesus should be our first response but all too often I fear it’s our last resort. I always wince a little when I hear people say “the only thing I can do for you is to pray.” VK: Because as you say in your book Purposeful Prayers “the whispered prayer that stirs the hand of God dwarfs the most powerful force in the universe.” RD: Yes. The one big advantage that the bears who lived in the Golden Tree had over their southern relatives was that they had learned that ultimately the supply for their needs came from a source outside themselves. They had lived near the Golden Tree for generations. They knew there was a source of blessing outside of their own effort and that’s where they placed their trust. Anyone or anything that tempts you to place your trust in anything other than God cannot be of God. It’s not that we should not work hard to develop our own skills and abilities but we must keep them in proper perspective. VK: The Apostle Paul essentially affirmed this sentiment in the one of the best-known verses from the Bible: Philippians, chapter 4, verse 13. “For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength” RD: Exactly. We should learn from Golden Tree village bears’ example to be discerning when the world presents us with challenges or opportunities. Jesus is our sure and certain guide in this world and the primary way Jesus imparts wisdom to us is through the Bible. That’s why we must become so familiar with the Bible that we can immediately discern things or events in our lives that tempt us to depart from its teaching. There are a lot of things that will come our way that may not seem to be harmful, in and of themselves, but we can see that it what they offer or tempt us to do will not be consistent with scripture. At my age I’ve learned that the most important skill we can develop is spiritual discernment and we can only get that from the Bible and developing a strong network of mature Christian friends. VK: And while The Frost Lion doesn’t get into that level of detail it’s obvious from the poem that the bears had a strong regard for genuine wisdom and Kodan, Kojon, Koest and all the reset developed even more wisdom after their encounter with the Frost Lion. Christ came to bring us not only joy and peace but “life more abundantly.” But how can we enjoy that abundant life if we don’t ensure that as we travel through life we stay as close as humanly possible to the author of all life, peace, and joy. Staying close to Jesus means reading the Bible, developing a strong prayer life, and staying connected to other believers who can bless us and who we can bless in turn. Sounds like a great time for a prayer. Today since we’re so close to New Year’s Day let’s listen to a prayer for blessings to come to us in the new year. ---- Prayer for NEW YEAR’S DAY VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on our website or your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” Also, we’d like to remind listeners that copies of the first part of the Golden Tree saga, The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest, is available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not perfect but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New International Version) The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4, verses 8 through 10, New International Version

Episode 190 – Jesus’ Attributes Were Not “Borrowed” Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: “Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 11, verse 25, New Living Translation “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 14, verse 6, New Living Translation ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time event planning consultant. He rearranges the chairs in the conference room when we have meetings. Today on Anchored by Truth, as we approach Thanksgiving and Christmas, we want to continue our series where we focus on the life and ministry of Jesus. And we want to continue listening to Crystal Sea’s epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. Frost Lion is the third part of the Golden Tree trilogy. The first installment of the Golden Tree saga was The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest and copies of it are available from our website which is crystalseabooks.com. Even though we’re playing Frost Lion on our broadcasts and podcasts it has not yet been released for people to get their own copy but that will happen in the near future. Today we’re coming to part five out of seven of the poem. So, we’re getting close to bringing it home, right RD? RD: We are indeed. For any listeners who weren’t able to be with us for our last couple of episodes we should tell them that The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion is a poem that is written in the style of some classic Christmas stories. It was written in seven parts and each part ends in a sort of cliffhanger. So, now that we’re at part five we’re pretty deep into the story. But just as a quick refresher The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion is about a group of small koala bears who live in the Artic in valley that’s green and warm because in the middle of the valley is a Golden Tree that keeps the valley warm and fertile. They’ve been there for several generations but just as Christmas season is approaching two teenage bears, Koest and Kopaul, were on a high hill near their town when the spotted a dark shape crossing the snow and ice. The strange shape turned out to be a bear named Roleb. Roleb came from the village their ancestors had left many generations ago and had travelled with a friend who got lost. Roleb and his friend were travelling to the arctic to search for help for their village which had lost its faith. Thanks to the wisdom of the village elders, Kodan and Kojon, the bears have been able to summon an ice eagle. But what can this ice eagle do? What will this ice eagle do … if anything? VK: Sounds like we’re getting to the good part. So, let’s continue with the story. Here’s part five of Crystal Seas’ Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, The Frost Lion. ---- The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion – Part 5 VK: Ok. So, the bears from the village have now found Roleb’s lost friend. But it’s too late. Roleb’s friend has died from the cold. So, it seems as if Roleb’s whole journey to the north has been for nothing. That seems very sad – if that was how the story ended. But, of course, it hasn’t ended yet. So, maybe all hope isn’t lost. And, knowing you, the answer to finding out whether anything can be done for Roleb and his friend is …to tune in next time. RD: That sounds like a brilliant suggestion. And maybe listeners could gather some family members to join them ... VK: Sounds even better. Listening to Golden Tree as a family could be a great way for parents or grandparents to connect with their kids and help them develop their faith. It would also make a great centerpiece for a home school study group or church youth group discussion about the role that courage and commitment play in the Christian faith – something that’s particularly relevant as we get closer and closer to Christmas. RD: Right. Somebody once said that the Christian faith is so simple that even children can comprehend enough about it to understand the plan of salvation. But even though we can begin with the faith of a child we should pursue the goal of developing a truly mature faith. God will meet us and help us wherever we are in our faith journey but He isn’t satisfied with leaving us at the starting line. Hebrews 12:2 says that Jesus doesn’t just initiate our faith. He also wants to perfect it. And part of perfecting our faith is ensuring that we understand what the Bible tells us about Jesus. VK: Well, so far we’ve seen that there are extra-Biblical sources that confirm that Jesus was a real historical figure who lived and died in Judea during the time period described by the Bible. But we’ve also seen that as helpful as it is to know that there are secular sources that confirm Jesus’ life that those sources aren’t enough to tell us everything that we need to know about Jesus. We can only get a complete revelation about Jesus from God’s special revelation to people, the Bible. And as we saw in our last episode, and again in today’s scriptures, Jesus’ statements about himself tell us something pretty important: that Jesus is not only fully human but also fully divine. RD: Yes. And so that takes us to the next subject that we need to talk about as we are focusing on the life of Jesus in preparation for celebrating his birth at Christmas. VK: And that is... RD: And that is - that because Jesus is the central figure not just of Christianity, but also the entire Bible, one of the criticisms that’s sometimes directed toward Jesus is that the attributes that the Bible assigns to Jesus were borrowed from other cultures or religious sources. So, Christians need to be familiar with some of the assertions that Jesus’ deeds, especially his miracles, were simply drawn from other religious myths or pagan characters. VK: Can you give us an example of what you’re thinking about? RD: Sure. It is has been alleged that Jesus’ miraculous conception isn’t a unique belief. For instance, critics will say that the mythological figure, Hercules, was also supposed to be the son of a divine father – in this case Zeus - and a mortal mother. VK: But, of course, there are significant differences between Hercules purported conception and Jesus. In the Greek legend Hercules mother was named Alcmene (ALK-MEN-EE). Zeus was supposed to have taken on the human form of Alcmene’s husband and deceived Alcmene and slept with her. And that’s how Hercules was conceived. That’s not nearly the same thing as Jesus being born of Mary while Mary was literally still a virgin. RD: The differences are even more pronounced. Hercules was actually the Roman name of a hero the Romans adapted from the Greek Heracles. According to the Greek legend, Heracles’ mother Alcmene was simultaneously pregnant with Heracles by Zeus and his half-brother Iphicles by her husband. And that’s only the beginning of the legendary aspects in Alcmene’s pregnancy with Heracles. So, as soon as you get beyond the superficial similarity and look at the details, the notion that Jesus’ conception was somehow an adaptation of the Heracles/Hercules myth falls apart. But this is a good example of one kind of obviously fallacious attack that’s directed against the historicity of Jesus. VK: So, what you’re saying is that one form of attack that’s leveled at Jesus has to do with a particular attribute of Jesus and then trying to find a parallel somewhere else in a different religion that is obviously false. The critics then try to discredit the life of Jesus by saying that if story A is false, then story B must be false also. RD: Right. But that makes as much sense as saying that if there are two $5 bills on the table and one is counterfeit, the other one must be also which is just silly. So, sometimes the supposed pagan origin of the details of Jesus earthly life and ministry are concerned with specific attributes of Jesus, such as his virgin birth. But sometimes the copycat thesis is less concerned with the specifics of Jesus life and more concerned with generalities that might be associated just about any supernatural figure. VK: Again, do you have any specific examples in mind? RD: For instance, since sickness and disease are obviously a plague on human existence... VK: No pun intended… RD: No pun intended… anyway, the ability to bring miraculous healing would be expected to be a staple of myths or legends. And it is. For example, Asclepius or Asklepios was a Greek demi-god who was the god of medicine. He was supposed to have raised Hippolytus from the dead, though he was killed by Zeus for doing so. Asclepius was supposed to be the son of the god Apollo and a human mother. Buddha was also supposed to have been able to cure the sick. VK: But again, these kinds of general miracle workings of mythological characters vary considerably from the information we have about the miracles that Jesus performed. For instance, in the case of Jesus curing Peter’s mother we have precise details of the location where the miracle was done, the people involved, and even a pretty close approximation to the timing. And many of Jesus’ healings involved specific details that conform to the religious and cultural conventions known to exist. Such as when he healed the lepers and then told them to go show themselves to a priest which was required by Jewish law. And Jesus’ healing miracles weren’t always the cause for celebration the way you would expect of a miracle like when Jesus restored the eyesight of the man born blind. The blind man was rejected by the religious leaders and cast out by them. RD: Exactly. The descriptions of Jesus’ miracles read like historical accounts because they are. Again, the key to drawing distinctions between Jesus’ miracles and those general sorts of miraculous powers that are associated with the pagan sources is in the details. The Bible accounts provide the details and in the majority of cases there are multiple eyewitness accounts. But the case of Buddha provides another way of refuting the claims that the Bible’s descriptions of Jesus are drawn from other sources. The earliest known account of Buddha’s life was written in the 2nd century AD so it came after Jesus and not before it. That’s also true for another supposed religious figure who supposedly served as the source for many of the details of Christ’s life, Mithra. In Mithra’s manifestation during the Roman period he was supposed to have been born on December 25th, had 12 disciples, performed miracles, had a final meal before he died, and rose from the grave after 3 days. VK: And since Mithra was a religious figure that was known to come from the Persian culture, modern day Iran, supposedly he was the inspiration for much of what the disciples taught about Jesus. Right? RD: Right. The earliest mention of Mithra is around 1400 BC so as a religious figure Mithra would pre-date Christ by a considerable time period. But the problem is that the attributes of the Iranian version of Mithra do not correspond to the Roman version. The Roman version of Mithra is best known for slaying a bull whereas there is no known connection to bull slaying in the Iranian version. And a lot of the supposed correspondences between Christ and Mithra appear in the Roman version and the dating of the correspondences is after Christ. VK: So, many scholars believe there might have been some cross pollination between Christ and the Roman version of Mithra but given the timing of the appearance of the similarities it’s far more likely that the legends of Mithra borrowed from Christianity and not vice versa. RD: And that would have been fair because there was one way that Christianity did borrow from Mithraism, in art. In the early part of the 3rd century AD (313), the Roman emperor Constantine issued the edict of Milan which accepted Christianity. Before then the Roman emperors had generally been very hostile to Christians. Within 10 years Christianity had become the official religion of the empire. But by then Mithraism seems to have also gained a strong foothold within the empire as well. In the third and fourth centuries, the Roman church officials seemed to have embarked on an effort to prove that their faith was the superior one, embarked on an advertising campaign. One commentator said their efforts were “reminiscent of our soft drink wars. Mithra was depicted slaying the bull while riding its back; the church did a lookalike scene with Samson killing a lion. Mithra sent arrows into a rock to bring forth water; the church changed that into Moses getting water from the rock at Horeb.” VK: That sounds suspiciously like the law of unintended consequences. The church officials in the 3rd and 4th century went on a campaign to prove that Christianity was superior to Mithraism and 1,600 years later the church now has to defend itself against the claim that Jesus’ life and ministry were the copycat version. RD: I think that’s an excellent observation. And let’s close out with one more, quick example. In Hinduism Krishna was also supposed to have had a miraculous conception so some critics point to that legend as a possible inspiration for the Christian tenant. VK: But in that case, Krishna’s ‘miraculous conception’ is his mom being impregnated by ‘mental transmission’ from his completely human father. Again, not remotely similar to the Bible’s description of how Mary became pregnant. RD: And to add to that – how credible is it that the first Christians, who were largely Jews from Palestine, would have borrowed a legend from a thousand miles away. At a minimum the Jews were fiercely monotheistic whereas Hinduism is distinctly polytheistic. So, this again points to the need to not only examine the varying details of alleged instances of borrowing but also consider the cultural factors that would have been in play. Often either chronological or cultural factors alone will be enough to refute the alleged possibilities. To go back to our earlier example with the money, when new bank tellers are being taught to spot counterfeit dollars they aren’t given lots of counterfeits to study. They’re given lots of real bills to feel and handle. The idea is that if the tellers get so used to touching and handling the real thing, the fakes will become instantly recognizable. That same approach will work when it comes to being able to answer many of the criticisms that are addressed at Christianity and Jesus. VK: And that’s a good lesson for all of us. The more time we spend studying scripture – and developing familiarity with the details of the people, the nations, the geography, the culture – not only will we be able to be confident in our own faith. But we will also be able to point other people to the truth. RD: Precisely. Myths and legends read like myths and legends. They have fantastic details that have little or no correspondence to things in the real world. Good common sense enables us to quickly see elements that don’t make sense in our experience. By contrast, the history contained in the Bible reads like good histories that we see elsewhere. There are specifics about people, places, times, and events and quite often either archeological finds or extra-Biblical records will provide information that helps confirm the Biblical record. VK: Sounds like a great time for a prayer. Today since we’re so close to Christmas let’s listen to a prayer about that special day. ---- Prayer for Christmas VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” We hope you’ll be with us next time as we continue our discussion of the reality of Jesus’ life. We hope you’ll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest are available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New Living Translation) The Gospel of John, Chapter 11, verse 25, New Living Translation The Gospel of John, Chapter 14, verse 6, New Living Translation The Gospel of John, Chapter 15, verse 5, New Living Translation (Sources used for this episode or other in this series) https://creation.com/pagan-copycat-thesis-refuted http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/pagint.php http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/mithra.php

Episode 189 – Jesus – Man and God Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 6, verse 35, New Living Translation “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 8, verse 12, New Living Translation ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time pastry consultant. He buys the cookies we keep in the kitchen. Though to be fair I’m the one who makes sure we don’t run out of animal crackers. Anyway, today on Anchored by Truth, as we start to celebrate the Christmas season, we want to continue our series where we focus on Jesus. And we want to continue listening to Crystal Sea’s epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion. Today we’re coming to part four of the poem where we now hear about the seemingly unsolvable quandary that is confronting our bears. So do you want to tell us where we are in the story, RD? RD: I’d love to. For any listeners who weren’t able to be with us for our last few episodes we should tell them that The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion is a poem that is written in the style of some classic Christmas stories. It’s the third of the Golden Tree series. The first segment is called The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest and the second part was called The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma. Both of these earlier parts of the saga were also written using the model of the old-time movie serials that they used to play when I was a kid and you went to the theater on Saturday afternoons. Before the movie they’d give you the latest installment of an ongoing saga. Each episode would end with the heroes and heroines left in a precarious position so next week you’d come back and plunk down another quarter or two. So, to get ready for part four listeners need to know that the epic is all about a group of small koala bears who live in the arctic. Even though they are in the arctic they live near a Golden Tree that creates a peaceful and fertile valley. The bears’ ancestors discovered the Golden Tree after they had left their homes down under and went searching for their Creator that they called the Great White Koala Bear. The bears have lived near the Golden Tree for generations. In all that time they had never met another bear from the land their ancestors left – but that has now changed. A new, strange bear named Roleb was rescued by a pair of young bears, Koest and Kopaul, and brought to Koest’s home. Once there, Roleb told the bears he had friend who was traveling with him but that friend is now lost in the arctic wasteland. Two of village elders, Kodan and Kojon are trying to figure out if there is a way to save Roleb’s lost friend before it is too late … which it might already be. VK: Alright then. So, let’s continue with the story. Here’s part four of Crystal Seas’ Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, The Frost Lion – part four. ---- The Golden Tree: The Frost Lion – Part 4 VK: Wow. So, the bears figured out how to summon an ice eagle … but can this ice eagle help them? Will this ice eagle help them? It doesn’t seem like this ice eagle is all that friendly at this point. RD: I guess folks will just have to tune in next week and see what happens... VK: I’m starting to see why the movies played those serial episodes before they played the main feature. RD: Well, as a kid the trick was not to not eat all your popcorn during the serial. Otherwise, you didn’t have any left to enjoy during the feature. It helped if you had enough money to buy a large bag. No buckets in those days. VK: Today I think some of us need to worry about waistlines more than money… RD: No comment. VK: Anyway, maybe one of the lessons we can learn from the bears is that we need to understand that challenges to our faith can come to us at any time. We need to be prepared to intelligently respond to them. And Ephesians 6:17 does tell us that the sword of the Spirit is the Bible, the Word of God. That’s one of the big reasons we try to encourage people to develop the habit of staying in the Word. It’s the best way for us to cope with our own ice eagles. So, where do you want to go today as we resume our study of Jesus’ earthly life? RD: Well, in our last couple of episode on Anchored by Truth we talked about some examples of extra-Biblical sources that confirm that Jesus was a real person who lived and died in Judea during the early part of the first century AD. But, naturally, the only thing that the secular writers could write about was the human dimension of Jesus. If secular writers were our only source about the life of Jesus we could know some important details about him, but we would completely miss the most important fact about Jesus: that Jesus was not only fully human but that he was also fully divine. VK: And here is where a lot of headaches begin. How can one person be both God and man? I think it’s safe to say that many Christians – even serious and devout ones – have trouble with that concept. So, let’s go over some of the basics of historical, orthodox Christian theology – the Trinitarian nature of God and the dual nature of Jesus. A lot of confusion arises because people don’t understand what Christians mean when they refer to the Trinity or the dual nature of Christ. So, let’s start there. RD: Well, let’s acknowledge right at the start the limitations of human language and the incomprehensibility of God. Humans are finite. God is infinite. So, there is no way any human or group of humans is every going to be capable of exhaustively understanding or explaining the nature of the God or the mystery of the incarnation of Christ. That doesn’t mean we can’t know some true things about God and develop an awareness of the miracle of the incarnation, but it does mean that mysteries will always remain. But that the fact that mysteries will always remain doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t apply ourselves to develop a full-orbed understanding of God insofar as we are able. VK: And it also means that we should always approach these subjects in a spirit of reverence and prayer, right? I mean the one Person who can help us grow in our understanding is the very Person we’re seeking to understand. So, what does the doctrine of the Trinity refer to? RD: Orthodox, Christian theology believes that the Bible refers to one God, but acknowledges that God exists eternally as three divine Subsistences or Persons. The classic proof text for the Trinitarian view of the Godhead is Matthew 28:18 & 19 which says: “Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” A slightly different way of explaining this is that God is singular in nature but three in person. By contrast, Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Trinity, is singular in person but has two natures. Jesus is both fully human and fully divine. And the classic formulation of this that came out of the Council of Chalcedon is : ” Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man, having two natures inseparably united in one divine person without confusion, mixture, separation, or division. Each nature retains its own attributes.” VK: So, those views explain why Christians still believe in one God – we’re monotheistic – but we also believe that within the Godhead there are three distinct Persons who have a relationship with each other. Grappling with these concepts is challenging to say the least. RD: And that’s the reason we have to always be willing to acknowledge that even though the church has classic formulations like the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds that help amplify the basics, these doctrines will always contain a certain amount of mystery for men. We’re back to the plain fact that finite man cannot fully understand or explain an infinite, Triune God. VK: So, how do our opening scriptures relate to this who discussion? At least on the surface, while Jesus is certainly providing some really comforting assurances to his disciples – such as that he will provide for them and protect them like a shepherd does his sheep – how do these verses demonstrate that Jesus was claiming to be God? RD: In English, the claim is not as obvious as it was in the language in which John originally recorded his Gospel, Greek. You see the Greek words that are translated as “I am,” in “I am the bread of life,” and in the other scriptures we heard are two Greek words: ego and eimi. And these are exactly the same words that God used when He made declarations about himself in the Old Testament. VK: As in the declaration that God made to Moses when Moses was standing before the burning bush recorded in Exodus 3:14? Let me read that part. But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” God also said that Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.” RD: Exactly. The Septuagint translators when they translated the Hebrew “Yahweh” which came from the word for “I am” translated it by a combination of two different Greek words used for the verb “to be:” ego and eimi. So in Jesus’ time the phrase ego eimi came to be synonymous with the name for God. In Hebrew, Yahweh. In Greek, Jehovah. So, when the Apostle John recorded what Jesus said about Jesus being the bread of life or the light of the world, John used the phrase “ego eimi” for the words “I am.” Many scholars think that when Jesus identified himself with the “I am,” He was directly proclaiming to his followers that he was the same as the one who appeared to be Moses. But there are other references in the Old Testament to which Jesus may have been pointing to make the same point. Michael J. Krueger, who is a New Testament scholar and President of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, has shown that there are number of “I am” references in chapters 40 – 55 of the book of Isaiah that unmistakably point to God. Let’s listen to a couple of examples, Isaiah 41: 4 and 43:10: Isaiah 41:4 Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he (ego eimi). Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he (ego eimi). Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. The “I am he” in these passages is translated in Greek by ego eimi. VK: So, when Jesus said he was the bread of life or the light of the world he was going beyond simply giving metaphors for the provisions that he was making for his people? He was saying that one of the reasons his followers could have confidence in the promises that he was giving was because he was God. And as God whatever he promised he had the irresistible power to fulfill. I’m starting to get another headache when I think about that. Imagine, listening to someone standing before you who was saying “I am the light of the world,” - meaning he would give you all the light and wisdom you would ever need – and then realizing that the one making the promise was the who made light to begin with. That’s a staggering thought. RD: And it gets even more staggering. Remember that on Anchored by Truth we have often talked about the fact that logic and empirical observations demonstrate that the universe was created by a self-existent Being. We call that Being God. We can arrive at the need for a self-existent Being to explain the existence of the universe and everything in it, just by making some informed observations. In other words, as people we have the ability to deduce the existence of a self-existent Being or God just by exercising our reason and intelligence. Well, when God said to Moses that his name, God’s name, was “I am” he was identifying himself by using the attribute of self-existence. God was simultaneously exalting Moses by saying “you’re standing in the presence of the One who made everything,” and God was condescending to the level of man by communicating to Moses in a way Moses could understand. God was also pointing out that Moses should be aware of His existence because Moses own intellect and intelligence would have revealed the need for God even God had never chosen to communicate with him directly. VK: And the same thing would have been true of the people listening to Jesus, wouldn’t it? Only now, rather than the people listening to a voice out of a burning bush, they’re hearing those words from a man standing in front of them. And many, if not most, of them would have seen Jesus perform miracles so they would have known that when Jesus spoke, he was speaking the truth. But I think you have one more point that you’re making with the line of reasoning aren’t you? RD: Exacatamundo… VK: Exactamundo, again ... RD: Ok. Precisely, if you prefer. Think about it. By making empirical observations and exercising a little logic and reason we can arrive at the conclusion that the universe was created by a self-existent Being – God. But where did we derive the ability to make those observations? Where did we get eyesight that could see the sun and stars? Where did we get the intellect and reasoning ability to design instruments that could amplify our own observational capabilities like telescopes or microscopes? Where did we get the reasoning ability to understand that an effect demands a cause and that the law of non-contradiction is an essential element in reasoning correctly? Where did we get the ability to write and use language and make and retain records so we could pass words and observations down over thousands of years? And not just the records of the Bible but the other records that we examined on Anchored by Truth the last couple of times by secular observers who affirmed that Jesus was a real man who lived in Judea at a particular time in history. VK: So the point you’re making is that the same God who designed and created the universe with all its marvelous complexity and order also created us in such a way that we could perceive Him. And you’re saying that that same God came to various men at different points in history – to Moses and Isaiah in the Old Testament, to Matthew, John and others in the New Testament – to leave us a record of His appearances in this world. So, you’re saying that God designed man so that man could recognize not only the design in nature but also the design in God’s plan for human history. The plan that we call the plan of creation, fall, and redemption. Oh, all that is either super scary or super exciting. RD: Rather like the disciples in the boat when Jesus calmed the storm or Moses when he was in front of the burning bush, an immediate confrontation with the undeniable presence of the Almighty is simultaneously terrifying and thrilling. Unfortunately, today too many people deny themselves that experience of reverential awe that comes from truly grappling with the authentic nature of God. VK: And only the Bible gives us what we need to understand that nature. And we all need to have a better understanding of that nature. Because when we gain it we will find out that God is not only an awesome and mighty God but He is also a loving and merciful God who has made provisions for us to have eternal fellowship with him by placing our faith in Jesus as our Savior. So let’s close with prayer. Today let’s listen to a prayer of adoration for the first person of the Trinity, our heavenly Father. ---- PRAYER OF ADORATION OF THE FATHER VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” We hope you’ll be with us next time as we continue our discussion of the reality of Jesus’ life. We hope you’ll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest and The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma are available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not perfect but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the English Revised Version) The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, verses 1 through 6, English Revised Version The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 23, verses 44 through 47, English Revised Version (Sources used for this episode or other in this series) https://www.ligonier.org/about/who-we-are/what-we-believe/ https://www.michaeljkruger.com/why-does-jesus-use-the-phrase-i-am/ https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/10-things-yahweh-means

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Tentokrát se s podcastem vydáváme do Kodaně, kde jsme nedávno strávili pár dní... bez Jonáška. Zuzka Dánsko miluje a nebýt toho počasí, hned se tam stěhuje. Honza jí zase po každém deštíku, zmrvené objednávce nebo průměrné kávě říká: "a ty se sem chceš stěhovat?" No nic, v tomhle díle popíšeme, proč máme Dánsko rádi a proč se do Kodaně tak rádi často vracíme. A to jsme ani nezmínili Lego!No a samozřejmě probereme poslední události u nás i ve světě. Děkujeme za poslech! 

Strhující duel o titul v Premier League mezi momentálně pravděpodobně nejlepšími kluby na světě, Manchesterem City a Liverpoolem, skončil remízou 2:2. A svět obletěly pozápasové obrázky družného rozhovoru Pepa Guardioly s Jürgenem Kloppem, kteří v uvolněném duchu rozebírali hlavní momenty zápasu. Video symbolizovalo nový typ rivality mezi nejuznávanějšími trenéry světa. Spíš než toxické mourinhovské šarvátky je dnes mezi nejlepšími kouči souboj jako mezi Rogerem Federerem a Rafaelem Nadalem.   Proč mezi Guardiolou a Kloppem panují tak dobré vztahy a v čem to oběma koučům pomáhá v jejich práci? Jak zdokonaluje oba kluby a proč se nebojí, že přijdou o své know-how, ale spíš si i utvářejí prostředí ke svému obrazu? Vypovídá jejich vztah i o tom, jak se mění doba v Premier League?   Titulový šlágr mezi City a Liverpoolem se odehrál ve stejnou chvíli jako dramatický a atraktivní duel o mistrovský pohár v Dánsku mezi Kodaní a Midtjyllandem. Proč jsou v zahraničí nejsledovanější utkání koukatelná, ale v Česku ne? Jak převést do domácího prostředí přístup, který spěje k dobrému fotbalu, a přitom mohou mít oba týmy kontrolu nad zápasem?   V novém Mundialu se podíváme i na boj o první čtyřku v Premier League. Proč Arsenal dvakrát zakopl? Zvedá se Tottenham pod Contem? Jak zvládá Chelsea svůj boj se sankcemi? A kvůli čemu jde propad Manchesteru United i za Ralfem Rangnickem - a zvedl by mužstvo Erik ten Hag?   Všechny díly Mundialu najdete na iSport.cz/podcasty. Mundial je pořad a podcast o zahraničním fotbal v celém jeho lesku, kráse, špíně i obskurnosti. Diskuze s redaktory a spolupracovníky Sportu a rozhovory s osobnostmi českého i světového fotbalu o aktuálním dění i dlouhodobějších trendech zahraničního fotbalu. Moderuje Martin Vait.   0:00 Co nového ukázal o City a Liverpoolu jejich poslední duel? A kde se vzal pojem Prešovský beton? 8:28 Co si může z největších duelů vzít k dobru i české prostředí a byl přístup Plzně z dlouhodobého hlediska perspektivní? 26:24 V čem pomáhá Kloppovi s Guardiolou jejich zdravá umělecká rivalita? 40:55 Je fotbal Liverpoolu konkurenceschopnější a zvládl by Guardiola vytáhnout výrazně nahoru i technicky slabší mužstva? 48:27 Proč jde propad United i za Rangnickem? A kdo se probojuje do Ligy mistrů?

Episode 140 – Jesus Solves the Enigma Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: The devil took [Jesus] to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4, verses 8 through 10, New International Version ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time event lighting technician. He straightens out the cords on the Christmas lights before we put them up. Today on Anchored by Truth we’re going to finish up our current series where we have focused on the life and historicity of Jesus. And we’re going to hear the last installment of our seven part, epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma. When we left off last time Kodan, one three bears that were searching in the arctic for the lair of the Great White Koala Bear, had made a decision to ride a huge ice eagle. Kodan decided he had to ride an ice eagle because the three bears were trying to reach city of gold they could see on the other side of an un-crossable canyon. Kodan had had to choose between a gold eagle with blue eyes or a white eagle with black eyes. He knew that one of the eagles would help him but the other eagle was a servant of the demon lord. But just from appearances he could not tell which was which. So essentially he and his traveling companions, Koru and Kojon, were facing a giant enigma, right RD? RD: Well, they were facing multiple enigmas. They could see a gleaming city on the other side of the canyon but was that the home of the Great White Bear? And how could they cross the canyon to find out? Kodan, has figured out that the ice eagles they’ve encountered on the edge of the great gap could give them a ride across but which one – the gold eagle or the white eagle? So, Kodan had posed two questions to both eagles to try to figure out which was the good eagle and which was the evil eagle. After hearing their answers Kodan chose the gold eagle. The gold eagle picked up Kodan but after flying into the sky the gold eagle dropped Kodan over the middle of the canyon. As we closed last time Kodan is falling through the sky so Koru and Kojon have left their hiding place to go try riding with the white eagle. VK: So, it’s time to find out what happens to Kodan, and his two travelling companions in this Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, Eagle Enigma. ---- The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma – Part 7 VK: So, Kodan had chosen the right eagle to fly with. But I think many listeners are wondering how he knew which of the birds served the Great White Bear and which served the Demon Lord. Obviously, Kodan knew by listening to the answers to the questions but what exactly did the two eagles say that enabled Kodan to solve the enigma correctly? RD: Well, we should start by telling listeners who haven’t heard the previous episodes that for the last six weeks we have been playing one section of Eagle Enigma during each episode of Anchored by Truth. And since Anchored by Truth is available on most major podcasting apps listeners who want to hear those episodes can do so at any time. The titles of those episodes were Jesus Attributes were not Borrowed and Jesus: The Dividing Line of History. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time today to repeat those portions of the poem. But listeners who would like to hear the exact responses the eagles gave to Kodan’s questions can hear parts 5 and 6 of Eagle Enigma in those two episodes of Anchored by Truth. VK: And just as a reminder as of the time of the production of this broadcast and podcast in late 2021 Eagle Enigma has not yet been made available for commercial release but that will happen in the early part of 2022. RD: That’s a good note. So, to begin to answer the question as to how Kodan chose the gold eagle let’s remind everyone of the two different questions Kodan posed to the eagles. The first question Kodan asked was, “Great White Eagle, if I fly with you where will you set my feet?" VK: And the white eagle said, I’m paraphrasing, “You’ve had a hard journey to get to this place. Fly with me and I’ll take you the rest of the way to the city of gold.” Whereas the gold eagle said, “I’m going to take you home. You have years left to live. And the gold eagle finished by saying, I’m quoting now, “There’s much to this world you can give.” RD: Right. So, in answer to Kodan’s first question the white eagle essentially said, “I’ll give you the easy way out” whereas the gold eagle said, “there is work left to do and all I’m promising is to give you the chance to finish it.” So, the first clue to Kodan that the white eagle was serving the demon lord was the white eagle’s promise that there was a short cut to the bears achieving their goal. Now, of course this kind of an answer was very appealing, but unfortunately the promise of short cuts and easy way outs is far more often characteristic of sin than sanctification. VK: That was essentially what Satan offered Jesus when he tempted Jesus in the wilderness. There are two accounts of those temptations – one in the Gospel of Matthew and one in the Gospel of Luke. The first temptation in Matthew was for Jesus to turn stones into bread after Jesus had been fasting for 40 days. The second Matthew temptation was for Jesus to prove that he was truly the Son of God by hurling himself off the highest point of temple and let the angels catch him before he hit the rocks below. And the third temptation in Matthew was that Satan would give Jesus the right to rule the kingdoms of the world if Jesus would just kneel down and worship Satan. RD: Right. So, in the three temptations Satan was essentially offering Jesus short cuts to achieving legitimate goals. Jesus was hungry so Satan said just use your power and make bread out of stones. Jesus, you’re God’s son and so God will make sure the angels protect you. Jesus, you’re destined to be a sovereign but rather than take your rightful place by completing the work God gave you, just worship me and I’ll give you power, position, and prestige. In each temptation part of the temptation was for Jesus to take the easy way out. In effect, Satan was offering Jesus a crown without the cross. VK: That calls to mind a line out of the West Point cadet prayer that you mentioned to me a long time ago. The line says, “O God, our Father … Make us choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong and never to be content with a half truth when the whole can be won.” RD: Exactly. The white eagle was offering a half truth. The bears had struggled mightily to get to the canyon and they were tired and in need of relief. They deserved help and the gold eagle was willing to offer that help. But the help was to return them to their village where their new insights and strength could do the rest of the village some good. The white eagle was – insincerely – offering to relieve their burden rather than to help them bear it. VK: And that calls to mind Jesus saying in Matthew, chapter 11, verses 28 and 29 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Jesus’ promise is to help us bear our burdens not merely to dismiss them from our lives. RD: Exactly right. That was one way Kodan knew the gold eagle was telling the truth. The gold eagle didn’t just offer an easy way out of their plight. VK: So, the second question Kodan asked was, “Great White Eagle, you know why we've come to this chasm beneath your sky. Tell me now about the tree, how it came to be and why." How did the white eagle’s answer to this question reinforce the fact that he was lying to the bears? RD: Because when the white eagle answered this question the white eagle told Kodan that the blessings the bears enjoyed in the valley was all about them. The white eagle completely ignored the role the golden tree played. Whereas the gold eagle immediately reminded Kodan that the golden tree had been a gift to the bears from the Creator. In other words, the white eagle turned the bears’ attention to themselves. The gold eagle turned their attention to God. In The Golden Tree series, the golden tree represents the Holy Spirit who was the gift that the Father gave to the world after Jesus returned to heaven. That’s what the gold eagle reminded Kodan in the poem’s lines that say, “The golden tree was the gift that He gave to abide until He returns. It does not depend on you or me for the life that within it burns." VK: That’s a really important point. As Christians we can get so caught up in struggling to be good believers, good workers, or good parents or family members that we can forget to turn to the Lord to support us and depend on the Lord to provide for us. There’s nothing wrong with hard work but ultimately if we think that our lives and destinies on this earth are all about us we are in danger of relying on our strength rather than the Lord’s. RD: Right. And again our model in how to approach struggles and temptations is Christ in his confrontation with Satan. Even Jesus didn’t depend on Himself to respond to Satan. The first thing Jesus did was to quote scripture to Satan. VK: And most people may not realize that all of the quotes Jesus used came from probably one of the least well-known books in the Bible, Deuteronomy. Christ quoted Deuteronomy, chapter 8, verse 3 in response to the first temptation, Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 16 in response to the second temptation, and Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 13 in response to the third temptation. This certainly reinforces the need to study the entire Bible. Jesus certainly knew all of the Old Testament and used it in his life. RD: Yes. Now it’s probably important here to note that we’ve been using the order of temptations presented in the Gospel of Matthew. Luke reverses the order of the 2nd and 3rd temptations. Luke recounts the same temptations. He just uses a different order when presenting them in his account. VK: Isn’t that a problem? Doesn’t that mean that there is a conflict between the two accounts of the temptations? RD: There is certainly a difference in how the two gospelists chose to make their reports about the temptations but the different order of reporting the temptations doesn’t affect the trustworthiness of the accounts. When making his report Matthew used adverbs and conjunctions that are more indicative of chronological order than Luke’s. Matthew says this happened and then this next thing happened. Luke uses words that essentially translate to “and” rather like the report of someone who attends a football game and says “we got autographs from the players and hot dogs.” The spectator may very well have gotten their hot dogs during the game and the autographs after the game. But when they told others about the game getting the autographs was more important to them so they reported it first. For some reason Luke seems to have thought that the temptation to hurl himself off the temple and be caught by angels was of greater importance in demonstrating Jesus’ divinity than becoming the earthly ruler of several kingdoms. VK: Well, when Satan tempted Jesus to accept earthly authority from him that wouldn’t necessarily have been a demonstration of something supernatural. But, if Jesus had hurled himself from the temple and angels intercepted him in the air, that clearly would have been something supernatural. It may be that Luke just thought a clearly supernatural act was the more momentous of the two temptations. RD: And that’s what many scholars believe. Anyone interested in a more thorough discussion of the order of the temptations can consult Dr. Gleason Archer’s book An Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties. At any rate, in Eagle Enigma, Kodan was wise enough to recognize the example that Jesus set. When we are tempted or have a difficult decision to make our first impulse should be to turn to the Lord. Jesus’ response to the first temptation to turn the stones into bread was to redirect Satan’s attention back to God. And in the next two responses Jesus clarified that turning to God involves having an appropriate relationship with him. Jesus reminded Satan that we are permitted to put God to the test and that our worship is restricted to God alone. VK: People may not think that they’re testing God but that’s exactly what they do when they say things like “if God doesn’t do such and such a thing for me then I won’t believe in him anymore.” The thing we want may be perfectly reasonable and even understandable like healing for ourselves or a loved one. But we can’t condition our relationship with the Lord on demands that we present to Him. This calls to mind the Gospel of John, chapter 4, verse 24 when Jesus was talking to the Samaritan woman. Jesus said, “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” RD: Right. Part of worshipping truthfully is recognizing that the Lord is sovereign and we are not. Even Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane for the Father’s will to be done and not his own. So, Kodan recognized that the white eagle was trying to make Kodan, his friends, and the bears the center of attention. The gold eagle was trying to make God, the gift giver, the center of attention. The white eagle told Kodan the bears should take credit for the blessings they had in their lives. The gold eagle reminded the bears that the Golden Tree and all their blessings had been bestowed on them by a truly loving Creator. VK: And that calls to mind James, chapter 1, verse 17. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” So, in essence what you’re saying is that Biblically based wisdom was the basis for Kodan making the correct choice about which eagle to trust. I guess you could say Jesus was the solution to the enigma facing the bears. RD: Yes. And Jesus is the solution to our own enigmas. Turning to Jesus should be our first response but all too often I fear it’s our last resort. I always wince a little when I hear people say “the only thing I can do for you is to pray.” VK: Because as you say in your book Purposeful Prayers “the whispered prayer that stirs the hand of God dwarfs the most powerful force in the universe.” RD: Yes. Kodan asked questions of the eagles to determine where the eagles placed their trust. Anyone or anything that tempts you to place your trust in anything other than God cannot be of God. It’s not that we should not work hard to develop our own skills and abilities but we must keep them in proper perspective. VK: The Apostle Paul essentially affirmed this sentiment in the one of the best-known verses from the Bible: Philippians, chapter 4, verse 13. “For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength” RD: Exactly. In response to Kodan’s first question the white eagle tempted Kodan with the same kind of temptation Satan presented to Jesus. Satan tempted Jesus to take the easy way out to get food, prove he was the Son of God, and gain authority. In response to Kodan’s second question the white eagle tempted Kodan to place his trust in himself and his friends – while leaving God out of the equation. Those were sure signs to Kodan that the white eagle had not been sent by the Great White Bear. We should learn from Kodan’s example to be discerning when the world presents us with enigmas or opportunities. Jesus is our sure and certain guide in this world and the primary way Jesus imparts wisdom to us is through the Bible. That’s why we must become so familiar with the Bible that we can immediately discern things or events in our lives that tempt us to depart from its teaching. There are a lot of things that will come our way that may not seem to be harmful, in and of themselves, but we can see that it what they offer or tempt us to do will not be consistent with scripture. At my age I’ve learned that the most important skill we can develop is spiritual discernment and we can only get that from the Bible and developing a strong network of mature Christian friends. VK: And while Eagle Enigma doesn’t get into that level of detail it’s obvious from the poem that the bears had a strong regard for genuine wisdom and Kodan, Koru, and Kojon developed even more wisdom after their journey and their encounter with the gold eagle. I really like the closing stanza of the poem. “Joy was delivered to a waiting world on a night many centuries ago when I and my brothers appeared in the sky to shepherds who witnessed our glow.” Christ came to bring us not only joy and peace but “life more abundantly.” But how can we enjoy that abundant life if we don’t ensure that as we travel through life we stay as close as humanly possible to the author of all life, peace, and joy. Staying close to Jesus means reading the Bible, developing a strong prayer life, and staying connected to other believers who can bless us and who we can bless in turn. Sounds like a great time for a prayer. Today since we’re so close to New Year’s Day let’s listen to a prayer for blessings to come to us in the new year. ---- Prayer for NEW YEAR’S DAY VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of the first part of the the Golden Tree saga, The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest, is available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New International Version) The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4, verses 8 through 10, New International Version

Episode 139 – Jesus’ Birth – The Dividing Line of History Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 2, verses 1 and 2, New International Version ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time event librarian. He straightens up the books on the book shelves when one falls over. Today on Anchored by Truth we’re going to begin finishing up our current series where we have focused on the life and historicity of Jesus. And we’re going to hear the next-to-last installment of our seven part, epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma. When we left off last time three bears that were searching for the lair of the Great White Koala Bear had come face-to-face with two huge ice eagles on the edge of an un-crossable canyon. So essentially they were facing a giant enigma, right RD? RD: Well, they were facing multiple enigmas. They could see a gleaming city on the other side of the canyon but was that the home of the Great White Bear? And how could they cross the canyon to find out? One of the bears who has gone on the quest, Kodan, has figured out that the ice eagles they’ve encountered on the edge of the great gap could give them a ride across but which one? One of the eagles is brilliantly white and the other is a shining gold. One of the eagles works for the demon lord and will surely kill them if they choose to ride with him, but which one? So, as we ended last time Kodan had posed a question to both eagles to try to figure out which was the good eagle and which was the evil eagle. Kodan has heard their answers but now he thinks he needs to ask one more question before he makes a final decision. VK: So, it’s time to find out what happens to Kodan, and his two travelling companions in this Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, Eagle Enigma. ---- The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma – Part 6 VK: Wow. So, did Kodan choose the wrong eagle? It seems that way since the gold eagle picked up Kodan but then dropped him over the gap. And what about the other two bears? They went on their quest to try to help their village find another guardian for the Golden Tree. So, if they fail is their tree also doomed? Seems there are still a lot of unanswered questions. RD: Well, hopefully we’ll get the answers to all these questions next week since next week is part 7 and there’s only seven parts to this part of the Golden Tree saga. But part of what listeners should be listening for is why did Kodan pick the gold eagle and not the white eagle? What was it about the answers that the eagles gave to Kodan’s questions that made him lean one way or another? Maybe we’ll hear something about that next time too. VK: And that’s a great lesson for why listeners should grab some friends and family and encourage them to tune in. It would be a good starting point for a discussion in a family setting, or a church youth group, or a home-school study project. The story can help kids learn about poetry as a form of literature, and also see how their imagination can be an important tool in getting immersed in the Bible. RD: Right. Classically some of the greatest poetry ever written like Milton’s Paradise Lost was written under the inspiration of the Bible. We’ve lost some of that awareness but I firmly believe it can be reclaimed by again striving to honor the Lord in everything we do. VK: So, what’s on tap for today as we are right on Christmas’ doorstep? RD: I thought as our closeout topic for this series on Jesus it would be fitting to talk about the reason for the season: Christ’s birth. It’s been celebrated on December 25th for centuries, but unfortunately today even that fact has become a source of either criticism or else an outright attack on the historicity of Jesus. For instance, some critics will claim that the celebration of Christmas was an adaptation of the Roman festival of Saturnalia and that as such it casts doubt on the historicity of Jesus. VK: And it is true that the Roman celebration of the Roman god Saturn did occur around the same time on the Julian calendar. The celebration originally started on December 17th but it was eventually expanded so that it lasted until December 23rd. And there are certainly elements of the Roman celebration of Saturnalia that correspond to how we celebrate Christmas. Saturnalia included parties, giving gifts, and plenty of food and drink. Though, it did differ markedly in certain ways. A lot of the time Saturnalia probably resembled Mardi Gras more than Christmas. RD: And that’s because the Roman god, Saturn, was the god of abundance and plenty but he was also thought of as the god of dissipation and dissolution. And it’s also fair to say that some elements of the Christian celebration of Christmas were influenced by Saturnalia. In the fourth century AD, Pope Julius I (337–352) decided that Christ’s birthday should be celebrated on 25 December, around the same time as the Saturnalia celebrations. Some commentators have speculated that part of the reason why he chose this date may have been because he was trying to create a Christian alternative to Saturnalia. Another possibility may have been that in 274 AD, the Roman emperor Aurelian had declared 25 December the birthdate of Sol Invictus and Julius I may have thought that he could attract more converts to Christianity by allowing them to continue to celebrate on the same day. So it’s fair to say that the way in which we celebrate Christmas was probably influenced by Saturnalia, but that is quite a different thing from saying that just because the Roman god Saturn was mythological or fictional that Jesus was also. That would be the classic example of a non sequitur. VK: Non Sequitur: a conclusion that does not necessarily follow. In other words it’s a logical fallacy to conclude that just because the god Saturn was a myth that Jesus must be a myth also just because there are some common elements in the way the two different figures were or are celebrated. RD: Exactly. VK: But, of course, that does raise the question of whether Pope Julius picked December 25th just because that was a time when there were already pagan celebrations going on, or whether there were other reasons for selecting that day? RD: And that is a great question. VK: I’m so glad you agree. So… RD: We need to start out by saying that the Bible does not tell us exactly when Jesus was born. As one scholar put it, “the early Christians were not so much concerned with the date of Christ’s birth, as the fact of his birth.” And for those people who would like to take an in-depth look at when Jesus was born, there’s a great little book called Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ by Harold W. Hoehner. Much of what we’re going to talk about now comes from his book. The first question we need to address is not the day Jesus was born but the year. VK: I think most people generally think that Jesus was born in 1 AD. Doesn’t AD stand for anno domini meaning the “year of the Lord?” RD: Yes, it does. And that was the original intent when a Scythian monk named Dionysius originally prepared a calendar for use by the Western church at the direction of Pope John I in 525 AD. Before that time the Alexandrian system of dating was being used but it used as it base the reign of Diocletian who was a persecutor of the early church. Dionysius did not want the reference date for the church to be based on a persecutor. So Dionysius used the Julian system, which had been established by Julius Caesar, for the organization of the year which ran from January 1st to December 31st. And the year 1 AD was set on January 1st of 754 A.U.C. – anno urbis conditae – from the founding of the city of Rome. At the time Jesus was thought to have been born on December 25th of the prior year. Remember that there is no “zero” year. The calendar goes straight from 1 BC (before Christ) to 1 AD. VK: But… RD: But subsequent scholarship has determined that Dionysius didn’t get the translation between the AUC system and the system based on Christ’s birth year right. As our scripture today from Matthew noted, King Herod was still alive when Jesus was born. At the time it was thought that Herod died in 754 AUC but we now know that the latest date for Herod’s death was 750 AUC. VK: So that would mean Jesus was actually born 4 or 5 years earlier than previously thought. So he was born in 4 or 5 BC, not December 25th of 1 BC. Interesting. RD: Yes. But it’s worth noting that scholars are not even agreed on that. VK: Because…? RD: Because we have two scriptures that serve as the outer boundaries for Jesus’ birth. According to Matthew Jesus could not have been born later than Herod’s death, but according to Luke Jesus was born after a census that had been taken by a Roman official named Quirinius. In Greek Quirinius would have been Kyrenius. Luke says that this was “This was the first census that took place while a Quirinius was governor of Syria.” One of the issues was there aren’t any clear records about when this census took place. Josephus does not mention a census that took place during Herod’s reign but he does mention one that took place in 6 or 7 AD. So scholars are not unified on the date that this previous census might have taken place. This is one of the more puzzling questions that still linger about the birth of Jesus. VK: So, does Dr. Hoehner discuss this question in his book? RD: He does and there is actually a wealth of discussion available from many sources on this first census of Quirinius. Here are a few things we know for certain. The Romans were well known to take censuses throughout their empire to establish what we might call the basis for taxation and it was common for them to take them about every 14 years. Second, the text from Luke that says that Quirinius was the governor of Syria does not actually use the normal word, legatus, that is translated as “governor.” It uses a more generalized term for being in charge or leading. Third, we know that Quirinius was in the mid-East from 12 B.C. to 2 B.C. successively suppressing rebellions taking place in modern day Turkey. Apparently, Quirinius was well known as a successful military leader. VK: So, it would make sense that he was given charge of an important task of taking a census even if was done as an extra duty. Also, it would make sense that Augustus would want a census taken in that part of the empire because Herod had fallen out of favor with Augustus around 7 or 8 BC and by then it was known that his health was failing and that his sons were quarrelling over who would succeed him. Herod changed his will 3 times in the year before his death, each time naming a different son. Augustus knew about the changes and the quarrels because Herod had to get Augustus’ permission before making the changes. RD: Or executing one of his sons which Herod also did – again with Augustus’ knowledge and consent. VK: So that helps show that Herod was the kind of a king who would order the murder of all boys, 2 years old and under, in and around Bethlehem to get rid of a child the Magi had described the “king of the Jews.” So, it looks very much like Quirinius might have been in charge of a census sometime in the latter part of Herod’s reign around 5 BC. Herod died in 4 BC. But, what about the specific day? Did Pope Julius just pick that day because it roughly corresponded with Saturnalia? RD: We can’t be entirely sure why Pope Julius picked December 25th but the traditional date for Jesus’ birth had been around for at least 100 or 150 years before he set it officially within the church calendar. At a minimum an early church father named Hippolytus of Rome (ca 165-235 AD) had proposed that date. It is thought that Hippolytus might have had some greater insight about Jesus because he was associated with one of the early disciples of the Apostle John. There’s not a lot of information in scripture itself to pin down the date, but the tradition of a midwinter date for his birth does date back to the very earliest of the church fathers. Also, it’s fair to note that December 25th is the traditional day of celebration in the Western church but the Eastern church has traditionally used January 6th as the birthday and arrival of the Magi. VK: But some people object to the December date because a part of Luke that we didn’t listen to today says the shepherds were keeping watch on their flocks which were out in the fields at night. It is generally known that the shepherds brought their sheep into enclosures from about November through March. So the thinking is that if the sheep were out in the field it couldn’t have been December. RD: And that’s a reasonable observation but it’s not conclusive. First, it might have been a mild winter so there would have been less reason to keep the sheep enclosed. Second, the sheep were apparently in and around Bethlehem as opposed to being out in their spring and summer feeding grounds in the wilderness so this makes it far more likely the birth was in the winter. The shepherds had to be close enough to be able to get to family who were lodged in the stable in Bethlehem fairly quickly. Third, there are Jewish texts that say that the sheep that were going to be used for the Passover celebration were to be out in the field for at least 30 days before the celebration. Passover could have been as early as February so this would again reinforce a midwinter date as early as late December or early January. VK: The bottom line is that - again – when you look at the details of history and the gospel accounts it dispels completely the notion that even if there are superficial resemblances between the Christian celebration of Christmas and some pagan winter festivals that somehow diminishes the historicity of Jesus as a person. Or his birth in Bethlehem on a night over 2,000 years ago. Sounds like a great time for a prayer. Today since we’re so close to Christmas let’s listen to a prayer about that special day. ---- Prayer for Christmas VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of the first part of the the Golden Tree saga, The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest, is available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New International Version) The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 2, verses 1 and 2, New International Version

Episode 138 – Jesus’ Attributes Were Not “Borrowed” Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: “Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 11, verse 25, New Living Translation “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 14, verse 6, New Living Translation ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time event planning consultant. He rearranges the chairs in the conference room when we have meetings. Today on Anchored by Truth, as we approach Thanksgiving and Christmas, we want to continue our series where we focus on the life and ministry of Jesus. And we want to continue listening to Crystal Sea’s epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma. Eagle Enigma is the second part of the Golden Tree trilogy. The first installment was The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest and copies of it are available from our website which is crystalseabooks.com. Even though we’re playing Eagle Enigma on our broadcasts and podcasts it has not yet been released for people to get their own copy but that will happen in the near future. Today we’re coming to part five out of seven of the poem. So, we’re getting close to bringing it home, right RD? RD: We are indeed. For any listeners who weren’t able to be with us for our last couple of episodes we should tell them that The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma is a poem that is written in the style of some classic Christmas stories. It was written in seven parts and each part ends in a sort of cliffhanger. So, now that we’re at part five we’re pretty deep into the story. But just as a quick refresher The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma is about a group of small koala bears who live in the Artic in valley that’s green and warm because in the middle of the valley is a Golden Tree that keeps the valley warm and fertile. They’ve been there for several generations but just as the last Christmas season was approaching a Demon Lord and his horde came into the bears’ town telling them that they’d come to steal the tree. The bears confronted the Demon Lord and ultimately the Demon Lord and his horde were driven off. But the tree’s guardian, Komari, was lost in the struggle. Since Komari’s loss no new bear has been able to pass the guardian’s test so the bears are worried about the tree’s survival. Three of the bears, Kodan, Koru, and Kojan have set out a quest to find the home of the Great White Koala Bear to ask for his help. But they’ve come across an un-crossable canyon that is guarded by huge ice eagles and now they’re trying to solve this seemingly unsolvable enigma. VK: Sounds like we’re getting to the good part. So, let’s continue with the story. Here’s part five of Crystal Seas’ Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, Eagle Enigma. ---- The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma – Part 5 VK: Ok. So this part doesn’t end with a cliff hanging. It ends with a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Which eagle is there to help the bears? And which of the eagles is there to destroy them? So, the question is what happens? And, knowing you, the answer is …to tune in next time. RD: That sounds like a brilliant suggestion. And maybe listeners could gather some family members to join them ... VK: Sounds even better. Listening to Golden Tree as a family could be a great way for parents or grandparents to connect with their kids and help them develop their faith. It would also make a great centerpiece for a home school study group or church youth group discussion about the role that courage and commitment play in the Christian faith – something that’s particularly relevant as we get closer and closer to Christmas. RD: Right. Somebody once said that the Christian faith is so simple that even children can comprehend enough about it to understand the plan of salvation. But even though we can begin with the faith of a child we should pursue the goal of developing a truly mature faith. God will meet us and help us wherever we are in our faith journey but He isn’t satisfied with leaving us at the starting line. Hebrews 12:2 says that Jesus doesn’t just initiate our faith. He also wants to perfect it. And part of perfecting our faith is ensuring that we understand what the Bible tells us about Jesus. VK: Well, so far we’ve seen that there are extra-Biblical sources that confirm that Jesus was a real historical figure who lived and died in Judea during the time period described by the Bible. But we’ve also seen that as helpful as it is to know that there are secular sources that confirm Jesus’ life that those sources aren’t enough to tell us everything that we need to know about Jesus. We can only get a complete revelation about Jesus from God’s special revelation to people, the Bible. And as we saw in our last episode, and again in today’s scriptures, Jesus’ statements about himself tell us something pretty important: that Jesus is not only fully human but also fully divine. RD: Yes. And so that takes us to the next subject that we need to talk about as we are focusing on the life of Jesus in preparation for celebrating his birth at Christmas. VK: And that is... RD: And that is - that because Jesus is the central figure not just of Christianity, but also the entire Bible, one of the criticisms that’s sometimes directed toward Jesus is that the attributes that the Bible assigns to Jesus were borrowed from other cultures or religious sources. So, Christians need to be familiar with some of the assertions that Jesus’ deeds, especially his miracles, were simply drawn from other religious myths or pagan characters. VK: Can you give us an example of what you’re thinking about? RD: Sure. It is has been alleged that Jesus’ miraculous conception isn’t a unique belief. For instance, critics will say that the mythological figure, Hercules, was also supposed to be the son of a divine father – in this case Zeus - and a mortal mother. VK: But, of course, there are significant differences between Hercules purported conception and Jesus. In the Greek legend Hercules mother was named Alcmene (ALK-MEN-EE). Zeus was supposed to have taken on the human form of Alcmene’s husband and deceived Alcmene and slept with her. And that’s how Hercules was conceived. That’s not nearly the same thing as Jesus being born of Mary while Mary was literally still a virgin. RD: The differences are even more pronounced. Hercules was actually the Roman name of a hero the Romans adapted from the Greek Heracles. According to the Greek legend, Heracles’ mother Alcmene was simultaneously pregnant with Heracles by Zeus and his half-brother Iphicles by her husband. And that’s only the beginning of the legendary aspects in Alcmene’s pregnancy with Heracles. So, as soon as you get beyond the superficial similarity and look at the details, the notion that Jesus’ conception was somehow an adaptation of the Heracles/Hercules myth falls apart. But this is a good example of one kind of obviously fallacious attack that’s directed against the historicity of Jesus. VK: So, what you’re saying is that one form of attack that’s leveled at Jesus has to do with a particular attribute of Jesus and then trying to find a parallel somewhere else in a different religion that is obviously false. The critics then try to discredit the life of Jesus by saying that if story A is false, then story B must be false also. RD: Right. But that makes as much sense as saying that if there are two $5 bills on the table and one is counterfeit, the other one must be also which is just silly. So, sometimes the supposed pagan origin of the details of Jesus earthly life and ministry are concerned with specific attributes of Jesus, such as his virgin birth. But sometimes the copycat thesis is less concerned with the specifics of Jesus life and more concerned with generalities that might be associated just about any supernatural figure. VK: Again, do you have any specific examples in mind? RD: For instance, since sickness and disease are obviously a plague on human existence... VK: No pun intended… RD: No pun intended… anyway, the ability to bring miraculous healing would be expected to be a staple of myths or legends. And it is. For example, Asclepius or Asklepios was a Greek demi-god who was the god of medicine. He was supposed to have raised Hippolytus from the dead, though he was killed by Zeus for doing so. Asclepius was supposed to be the son of the god Apollo and a human mother. Buddha was also supposed to have been able to cure the sick. VK: But again, these kinds of general miracle workings of mythological characters vary considerably from the information we have about the miracles that Jesus performed. For instance, in the case of Jesus curing Peter’s mother we have precise details of the location where the miracle was done, the people involved, and even a pretty close approximation to the timing. And many of Jesus’ healings involved specific details that conform to the religious and cultural conventions known to exist. Such as when he healed the lepers and then told them to go show themselves to a priest which was required by Jewish law. And Jesus’ healing miracles weren’t always the cause for celebration the way you would expect of a miracle like when Jesus restored the eyesight of the man born blind. The blind man was rejected by the religious leaders and cast out by them. RD: Exactly. The descriptions of Jesus’ miracles read like historical accounts because they are. Again, the key to drawing distinctions between Jesus’ miracles and those general sorts of miraculous powers that are associated with the pagan sources is in the details. The Bible accounts provide the details and in the majority of cases there are multiple eyewitness accounts. But the case of Buddha provides another way of refuting the claims that the Bible’s descriptions of Jesus are drawn from other sources. The earliest known account of Buddha’s life was written in the 2nd century AD so it came after Jesus and not before it. That’s also true for another supposed religious figure who supposedly served as the source for many of the details of Christ’s life, Mithra. In Mithra’s manifestation during the Roman period he was supposed to have been born on December 25th, had 12 disciples, performed miracles, had a final meal before he died, and rose from the grave after 3 days. VK: And since Mithra was a religious figure that was known to come from the Persian culture, modern day Iran, supposedly he was the inspiration for much of what the disciples taught about Jesus. Right? RD: Right. The earliest mention of Mithra is around 1400 BC so as a religious figure Mithra would pre-date Christ by a considerable time period. But the problem is that the attributes of the Iranian version of Mithra do not correspond to the Roman version. The Roman version of Mithra is best known for slaying a bull whereas there is no known connection to bull slaying in the Iranian version. And a lot of the supposed correspondences between Christ and Mithra appear in the Roman version and the dating of the correspondences is after Christ. VK: So, many scholars believe there might have been some cross pollination between Christ and the Roman version of Mithra but given the timing of the appearance of the similarities it’s far more likely that the legends of Mithra borrowed from Christianity and not vice versa. RD: And that would have been fair because there was one way that Christianity did borrow from Mithraism, in art. In the early part of the 3rd century AD (313), the Roman emperor Constantine issued the edict of Milan which accepted Christianity. Before then the Roman emperors had generally been very hostile to Christians. Within 10 years Christianity had become the official religion of the empire. But by then Mithraism seems to have also gained a strong foothold within the empire as well. In the third and fourth centuries, the Roman church officials seemed to have embarked on an effort to prove that their faith was the superior one, embarked on an advertising campaign. One commentator said their efforts were “reminiscent of our soft drink wars. Mithra was depicted slaying the bull while riding its back; the church did a lookalike scene with Samson killing a lion. Mithra sent arrows into a rock to bring forth water; the church changed that into Moses getting water from the rock at Horeb.” VK: That sounds suspiciously like the law of unintended consequences. The church officials in the 3rd and 4th century went on a campaign to prove that Christianity was superior to Mithraism and 1,600 years later the church now has to defend itself against the claim that Jesus’ life and ministry were the copycat version. RD: I think that’s an excellent observation. And let’s close out with one more, quick example. In Hinduism Krishna was also supposed to have had a miraculous conception so some critics point to that legend as a possible inspiration for the Christian tenant. VK: But in that case, Krishna’s ‘miraculous conception’ is his mom being impregnated by ‘mental transmission’ from his completely human father. Again, not remotely similar to the Bible’s description of how Mary became pregnant. RD: And to add to that – how credible is it that the first Christians, who were largely Jews from Palestine, would have borrowed a legend from a thousand miles away. At a minimum the Jews were fiercely monotheistic whereas Hinduism is distinctly polytheistic. So, this again points to the need to not only examine the varying details of alleged instances of borrowing but also consider the cultural factors that would have been in play. Often either chronological or cultural factors alone will be enough to refute the alleged possibilities. To go back to our earlier example with the money, when new bank tellers are being taught to spot counterfeit dollars they aren’t given lots of counterfeits to study. They’re given lots of real bills to feel and handle. The idea is that if the tellers get so used to touching and handling the real thing, the fakes will become instantly recognizable. That same approach will work when it comes to being able to answer many of the criticisms that are addressed at Christianity and Jesus. VK: And that’s a good lesson for all of us. The more time we spend studying scripture – and developing familiarity with the details of the people, the nations, the geography, the culture – not only will we be able to be confident in our own faith. But we will also be able to point other people to the truth. RD: Precisely. Myths and legends read like myths and legends. They have fantastic details that have little or no correspondence to things in the real world. Good common sense enables us to quickly see elements that don’t make sense in our experience. By contrast, the history contained in the Bible reads like good histories that we see elsewhere. There are specifics about people, places, times, and events and quite often either archeological finds or extra-Biblical records will provide information that helps confirm the Biblical record. VK: Sounds like a great time for a prayer. Today since we’re so close to Christmas let’s listen to a prayer about that special day. ---- Prayer for Christmas VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” We hope you’ll be with us next time as we continue our discussion of the reality of Jesus’ life. We hope you’ll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest are available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the New Living Translation) The Gospel of John, Chapter 11, verse 25, New Living Translation The Gospel of John, Chapter 14, verse 6, New Living Translation The Gospel of John, Chapter 15, verse 5, New Living Translation (Sources used for this episode or other in this series) https://creation.com/pagan-copycat-thesis-refuted http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/pagint.php http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/mithra.php

Episode 137 – Jesus – Man and God Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script Notes: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 6, verse 35, New Living Translation “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” The Gospel of John, Chapter 8, verse 12, New Living Translation ******** VK: Hi! I’m Victoria K. Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m here today with RD Fierro, author and founder of Crystal Sea Books, and part-time pastry consultant. He buys the cookies we keep in the kitchen. Though to be fair I’m the one who makes sure we don’t run out of animal crackers. Anyway, today on Anchored by Truth, as we start to celebrate the Christmas season, we want to continue our series where we focus on Jesus. And we want to continue listening to Crystal Sea’s epic Christmas poem The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma. Today we’re coming to part four of the poem where we now hear about the seemingly unsolvable quandary that will confront our bears. So do you want to tell us where we are in the story, RD? RD: I’d love to. For any listeners who weren’t able to be with us for our last few episodes we should tell them that The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma is a poem that is written in the style of some classic Christmas stories. It’s the second of the Golden Tree series. The first segment is called The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest. It was also written using the model of the old-time movie serials that they used to play when I was a kid and you went to the theater on Saturday afternoons. Before the movie they’d give you the latest installment of an ongoing saga. Each episode would end with the heroes and heroines left in a precarious position so next week you’d come back and plunk down another quarter or two. So, to get ready for part four listeners need to know that the epic is all about a group of small koala bears who are on a quest searching for the lair of the Great White Koala Bear. They started this quest because, even though they live in the arctic, they live near a Golden Tree that creates a peaceful and fertile valley. The bears have lived near the Golden Tree for generations but the tree is now threatened. Last Christmas the demon lord and his horde of marauding minions marched into the town. During the ensuing confrontation the Golden Tree’s guardian, a bear named Komari, was lost. Since Komari was lost no new guardian for the tree has been found. When we left off last time three koala bears, Kodan, Koru, and Kojan had set out on a quest to find the lair of the Great White Koala Bear to ask for His help. The bears have been travelling through blizzard conditions for days and they’ve just climbed the highest peak yet. They had hoped this last climb would reveal their goal but … maybe not. VK: Alright then. So, let’s continue with the story. Here’s part four of Crystal Seas’ Christmas epic poem: The Golden Tree, Eagle Enigma – part four. ---- The Golden Tree: Eagle Enigma – Part 4 VK: Wow. So not only are the bears now facing an un-crossable canyon there are huge ice eagles circling over the canyon. I guess the bears think that those eagles might be an even greater danger than trying to cross the canyon. This is an enigma. So, how can the bears solve their dilemma … RD: I guess folks will just have to tune in next week and see what happens... VK: I’m starting to see why the movies played those serial episodes before they played the main feature. RD: Well, as a kid the trick was not to not eat all your popcorn during the serial. Otherwise, you didn’t have any left to enjoy during the feature. It helped if you had enough money to buy a large bag. No buckets in those days. VK: Today I think some of us need to worry about waistlines more than money… RD: No comment. VK: Anyway, maybe one of the lessons we can learn from the bears is that we need to understand that challenges to our faith can come to us at any time. We need to be prepared to intelligently respond to them. And Ephesians 6:17 does tell us that the sword of the Spirit is the Bible, the Word of God. That’s one of the big reasons we try to encourage people to develop the habit of staying in the Word. It’s the best way for us to cope with our own ice eagles. So, where do you want to go today as we resume our study of Jesus’ earthly life? RD: Well, in our last couple of episode on Anchored by Truth we talked about some examples of extra-Biblical sources that confirm that Jesus was a real person who lived and died in Judea during the early part of the first century AD. But, naturally, the only thing that the secular writers could write about was the human dimension of Jesus. If secular writers were our only source about the life of Jesus we could know some important details about him, but we would completely miss the most important fact about Jesus: that Jesus was not only fully human but that he was also fully divine. VK: And here is where a lot of headaches begin. How can one person be both God and man? I think it’s safe to say that many Christians – even serious and devout ones – have trouble with that concept. So, let’s go over some of the basics of historical, orthodox Christian theology – the Trinitarian nature of God and the dual nature of Jesus. A lot of confusion arises because people don’t understand what Christians mean when they refer to the Trinity or the dual nature of Christ. So, let’s start there. RD: Well, let’s acknowledge right at the start the limitations of human language and the incomprehensibility of God. Humans are finite. God is infinite. So, there is no way any human or group of humans is every going to be capable of exhaustively understanding or explaining the nature of the God or the mystery of the incarnation of Christ. That doesn’t mean we can’t know some true things about God and develop an awareness of the miracle of the incarnation, but it does mean that mysteries will always remain. But that the fact that mysteries will always remain doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t apply ourselves to develop a full-orbed understanding of God insofar as we are able. VK: And it also means that we should always approach these subjects in a spirit of reverence and prayer, right? I mean the one Person who can help us grow in our understanding is the very Person we’re seeking to understand. So, what does the doctrine of the Trinity refer to? RD: Orthodox, Christian theology believes that the Bible refers to one God, but acknowledges that God exists eternally as three divine Subsistences or Persons. The classic proof text for the Trinitarian view of the Godhead is Matthew 28:18 & 19 which says: “Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” A slightly different way of explaining this is that God is singular in nature but three in person. By contrast, Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Trinity, is singular in person but has two natures. Jesus is both fully human and fully divine. And the classic formulation of this that came out of the Council of Chalcedon is : ” Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man, having two natures inseparably united in one divine person without confusion, mixture, separation, or division. Each nature retains its own attributes.” VK: So, those views explain why Christians still believe in one God – we’re monotheistic – but we also believe that within the Godhead there are three distinct Persons who have a relationship with each other. Grappling with these concepts is challenging to say the least. RD: And that’s the reason we have to always be willing to acknowledge that even though the church has classic formulations like the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds that help amplify the basics, these doctrines will always contain a certain amount of mystery for men. We’re back to the plain fact that finite man cannot fully understand or explain an infinite, Triune God. VK: So, how do our opening scriptures relate to this who discussion? At least on the surface, while Jesus is certainly providing some really comforting assurances to his disciples – such as that he will provide for them and protect them like a shepherd does his sheep – how do these verses demonstrate that Jesus was claiming to be God? RD: In English, the claim is not as obvious as it was in the language in which John originally recorded his Gospel, Greek. You see the Greek words that are translated as “I am,” in “I am the bread of life,” and in the other scriptures we heard are two Greek words: ego and eimi. And these are exactly the same words that God used when He made declarations about himself in the Old Testament. VK: As in the declaration that God made to Moses when Moses was standing before the burning bush recorded in Exodus 3:14? Let me read that part. But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” God also said that Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.” RD: Exactly. The Septuagint translators when they translated the Hebrew “Yahweh” which came from the word for “I am” translated it by a combination of two different Greek words used for the verb “to be:” ego and eimi. So in Jesus’ time the phrase ego eimi came to be synonymous with the name for God. In Hebrew, Yahweh. In Greek, Jehovah. So, when the Apostle John recorded what Jesus said about Jesus being the bread of life or the light of the world, John used the phrase “ego eimi” for the words “I am.” Many scholars think that when Jesus identified himself with the “I am,” He was directly proclaiming to his followers that he was the same as the one who appeared to be Moses. But there are other references in the Old Testament to which Jesus may have been pointing to make the same point. Michael J. Krueger, who is a New Testament scholar and President of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, has shown that there are number of “I am” references in chapters 40 – 55 of the book of Isaiah that unmistakably point to God. Let’s listen to a couple of examples, Isaiah 41: 4 and 43:10: Isaiah 41:4 Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he (ego eimi). Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he (ego eimi). Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. The “I am he” in these passages is translated in Greek by ego eimi. VK: So, when Jesus said he was the bread of life or the light of the world he was going beyond simply giving metaphors for the provisions that he was making for his people? He was saying that one of the reasons his followers could have confidence in the promises that he was giving was because he was God. And as God whatever he promised he had the irresistible power to fulfill. I’m starting to get another headache when I think about that. Imagine, listening to someone standing before you who was saying “I am the light of the world,” - meaning he would give you all the light and wisdom you would ever need – and then realizing that the one making the promise was the who made light to begin with. That’s a staggering thought. RD: And it gets even more staggering. Remember that on Anchored by Truth we have often talked about the fact that logic and empirical observations demonstrate that the universe was created by a self-existent Being. We call that Being God. We can arrive at the need for a self-existent Being to explain the existence of the universe and everything in it, just by making some informed observations. In other words, as people we have the ability to deduce the existence of a self-existent Being or God just by exercising our reason and intelligence. Well, when God said to Moses that his name, God’s name, was “I am” he was identifying himself by using the attribute of self-existence. God was simultaneously exalting Moses by saying “you’re standing in the presence of the One who made everything,” and God was condescending to the level of man by communicating to Moses in a way Moses could understand. God was also pointing out that Moses should be aware of His existence because Moses own intellect and intelligence would have revealed the need for God even God had never chosen to communicate with him directly. VK: And the same thing would have been true of the people listening to Jesus, wouldn’t it? Only now, rather than the people listening to a voice out of a burning bush, they’re hearing those words from a man standing in front of them. And many, if not most, of them would have seen Jesus perform miracles so they would have known that when Jesus spoke, he was speaking the truth. But I think you have one more point that you’re making with the line of reasoning aren’t you? RD: Exacatamundo… VK: Exactamundo, again ... RD: Ok. Precisely, if you prefer. Think about it. By making empirical observations and exercising a little logic and reason we can arrive at the conclusion that the universe was created by a self-existent Being – God. But where did we derive the ability to make those observations? Where did we get eyesight that could see the sun and stars? Where did we get the intellect and reasoning ability to design instruments that could amplify our own observational capabilities like telescopes or microscopes? Where did we get the reasoning ability to understand that an effect demands a cause and that the law of non-contradiction is an essential element in reasoning correctly? Where did we get the ability to write and use language and make and retain records so we could pass words and observations down over thousands of years? And not just the records of the Bible but the other records that we examined on Anchored by Truth the last couple of times by secular observers who affirmed that Jesus was a real man who lived in Judea at a particular time in history. VK: So the point you’re making is that the same God who designed and created the universe with all its marvelous complexity and order also created us in such a way that we could perceive Him. And you’re saying that that same God came to various men at different points in history – to Moses and Isaiah in the Old Testament, to Matthew, John and others in the New Testament – to leave us a record of His appearances in this world. So, you’re saying that God designed man so that man could recognize not only the design in nature but also the design in God’s plan for human history. The plan that we call the plan of creation, fall, and redemption. Oh, all that is either super scary or super exciting. RD: Rather like the disciples in the boat when Jesus calmed the storm or Moses when he was in front of the burning bush, an immediate confrontation with the undeniable presence of the Almighty is simultaneously terrifying and thrilling. Unfortunately, today too many people deny themselves that experience of reverential awe that comes from truly grappling with the authentic nature of God. VK: And only the Bible gives us what we need to understand that nature. And we all need to have a better understanding of that nature. Because when we gain it we will find out that God is not only an awesome and mighty God but He is also a loving and merciful God who has made provisions for us to have eternal fellowship with him by placing our faith in Jesus as our Savior. So let’s close with prayer. Today let’s listen to a prayer of adoration for the first person of the Trinity, our heavenly Father. ---- PRAYER OF ADORATION OF THE FATHER VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” We hope you’ll be with us next time as we continue our discussion of the reality of Jesus’ life. We hope you’ll take some time to encourage some friends to tune in too, or listen to the podcast version of this show. Also, we’d to remind listeners that copies of The Golden Tree: Komari’s Quest are available from our website. If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not famous but our Boss is!” (Bible Quotes from the English Revised Version) The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, verses 1 through 6, English Revised Version The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 23, verses 44 through 47, English Revised Version (Sources used for this episode or other in this series) https://www.ligonier.org/about/who-we-are/what-we-believe/ https://www.michaeljkruger.com/why-does-jesus-use-the-phrase-i-am/ https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/10-things-yahweh-means

Greetings Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada...bla bla bla. Dope theme music with wonderfully early computer graphics and heaps of nostalgia. What could be better!? AKA The CULT SHOW Check out the video version of this podcast on Youtube at https://youtu.be/crVmzN_Pc54 Our awesome theme song was written and performed by Quinten T Cohen https://quintentcohen.bandcamp.com Check us out on social: Instagram @thecultshowrocks Twitter @thecultshow_ Facebook @thecultshow Send us an email info@thecultshow.com or catch us online thecultshow.com Check out our in-studio shows where we are not fighting with internet connection speeds...   Stay safe, wear a mask and get Vaxxed! (Maybe throw a subscription our way if you're really bored)

Vapun kunniaksi Retkiradion jättää hämyisen studion ja kirmaa metsään brunssille. Matkaseuraksi saadaan Topi Kairenius ja Jussi Jaurola. Lepattavien liekkien ääressä jutellaan tietenkin retkeilystä. Ohjelmassa maistellaan juomia ja herkutellaan sirkoilla sekä muurahaisilla. Kodan suojaan kannettua studiomikseriä kääntelee Aniko Lehtinen ja nuotioon puita lisää retkinikkari Joppe Ranta. Tule nuotion loimuun.

I’m back with a fresh new Drum & Bass mix to kick things off in 2021. Plenty of awesome tracks and several featured tracks by Kodan. All of them outstanding. As always…enjoy! 01. Carlito & Addiction, DJ Marky - Taboo [Liquid V] 02. T.r.a.c., Mr Joseph, Identified - Desperate Lies [Fizzy Beats] 03. Syncline - A38 [Jazzsticks Recordings] 04. Shy FX, Break, Breakage - I Got You (feat. Tyler Daley) [Digital Soundboy] 05. Kodan - Rockin You [Liquid V] 06. Kodan - Way I Feel [Liquid V] 07. Physics - Communicate [Soul Deep Exclusives] 08. Kodan - Funk Up [Liquid V] 09. Blame - Hindsight (DJ Marky Remix) [Hospital Records] 10. Kodan - Forget You [Liquid V] 11. Oliver Ferrer - Amen & Love [LuvDisaster Records] 12. Kodan - Don't Worry [Liquid V] 13. The Invisible Man - Skyliner (SoulStructure & Tim Cant Remix) [Soul Deep Exclusives] 14. Carlito & Addiction - Reface [Liquid V] 15. Kodan & Dproduct - Funk Me [Full Cycle] 16. Kodan - Soul Rush [Liquid V] 17. Chopstick Dubplate, Myki Tuff - Sess Flex [Chopstick Dubplate] 18. Chopstick Dubplate, Myki Tuff - Herbs Toast (Cheeba Bay Remix) [Chopstick Dubplate] 19. Static - Your Soul [Soul Deep Exclusives] 20. Makoto- Spread Love feat. Pete Simpson [Hospital Records] 21. Poschek - Eternal [Soul Deep Exclusives] 22. Paul SG - Too Niche feat. Pouyah [Jazzsticks Recordings] 23. Mr Joseph - Things I Need [Fizzy Beats]

"Greetings starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier from Xur and the Ko-Dan armada." This episode we discuss the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter. Along the way we veer off course and discuss Battle Star Galactica, HBO free previews, The Last Blockbuster and our love of video stores. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook or email us: projectgenxpod@gmail.com 

Hello and welcome to the Stress Factor Podcast episode number 269, DJ B-12 is your host for this show and this is his drum and bass studio mix for March of 2021. We are really excited for you to hear this month�s show, it�s got loads of really musical and uplifting springtime vibes, plus some trancy and electro bits and some harder stuff thrown in for good measure. For this episode B mixed 41 of the best new drum and bass tracks he could get his hands on at the moment and it clocks out at around 86 minutes long, so we really hope you enjoy the show! This show includes tunes and mixes by such artists as on such labels as Dimension feat. Arctic Lake. Willy Mav ft. EJ Kitto, DNB Allstars Records, HLZ, Prestige Music Group, BassCodez, Liquid Flavours Records, Wilkinson, Sleepless, BCee and Charlotte Haining, Technimatic, Spearhead Records, Fred V featuring Victoria Voss, Hospital Records, DeTune, Program, Will Miles, Eloisa Records, Halflight, DeVice, Cyantific, Viper Recordings, Kalum, Influenza Media, Koherent, Shogun Audio, dYstance, Top Drawer Digital Records, Kodan, Liquid V, Minor Forms, Computer Integrated Audio, Nookie, Metalheadz, Nu Tone, Hospital Records, Sublimit feat. Sammie Hall, Eloisa Records, Ritual, Influenza Media, Emba, BCee and Philippa Hanna, Unknown Artist, Fokuz Recordings, Zero T, Dispatch Recordings, Atlantic Connection, Westbay Music, Dedman, Myth, Incurzion Audio, K2T, Colossus, Detached Audio, Guau, 83, DC Breaks ft. Eva Lazarus, RAM Records, Paul T and Edward Oberon, V Recordings, Bert H and Eastcolors ft. Becca Jane Grey, Galacy, DSP, Symmetry Recordings, Hillsdom feat. Sayntei, Program, Wardown, Blu Mar Ten Music, Kalum, Influenza Media, DJ Dextrous feat. Erin Lordan, Benny L and Shimon, Audioporn, Trail, and Flexout Audio. Tracklist 01. Dimension - Plus Minus (feat. Arctic Lake) [Dimension] 02. Willy Mav - I Don't Mind (ft. EJ Kitto) [DNB Allstars Records] 03. HLZ - In Between [Prestige Music Group] 04. BassCodez - I Dont [Liquid Flavours Records] 05. Wilkinson - Frontline [Sleepless] 06. BCee and Charlotte Haining - History (Technimatic Remix) [Spearhead Records] 07. Fred V featuring Victoria Voss - Reaching Dawn [Hospital Records] 08. De Tune - Au Revoir [Program] 09. Will Miles - Disarm [Eloisa Records] 10. Halflight - All I Need (Extended Mix) [DeVice] 11. Cyantific - Woman [Viper Recordings] 12. Kalum - Repeat [Influenza Media] 13. Koherent - Endless Haze [Shogun Audio] 14. dYstance - Keep In Mind [Top Drawer Digital Records] 15. Kodan - Don't Worry [Liquid V] 16. Minor Forms - Reality [Computer Integrated Audio] 17. Nookie - Kaeya (D and B Mix) [Metalheadz] 18. Nu Tone - Souled Out [Hospital Records] 19. Sublimit feat. Sammie Hall - We Are Powerful [Eloisa Records] 20. Ritual - Through the Storm [Influenza Media] 21. Nu Tone - Can't Stop, Won't Stop [Hospital Records] 22. Emba, BCee and Philippa Hanna - Galaxy [Spearhead Records] 23. Unknown Artist - The Ride [Fokuz Recordings] 24. Zero T - Hurt Inside [Dispatch Recordings] 25. Atlantic Connection - Body Right [Westbay Music] 26. Dedman - My Heart (Myth Remix) [Incurzion Audio] 27. HLZ - Neon Underwater [Prestige Music Group] 28. K2T - The Tranquillity of Being With The Self (Colossus Remix) [Detached Audio] 29. Guau - Alone [83] 30. DC Breaks - We Never Slow Down (ft. Eva Lazarus) [RAM Records] 31. Paul T and Edward Oberon - Bowes [V Recordings] 32. Zero T - Move and Flow [V Recordings] 33. Nu Tone - Girl On A Bike [Hospital Records] 34. Bert H and Eastcolors - Gone (ft. Becca Jane Grey) [Galacy] 35. DSP - Moonlight [Symmetry Recordings] 36. Hillsdom feat. Sayntei - Tell Me Your Lies [Program] 37. Wardown - Selective Memory [ Blu Mar Ten Music] 38. Kalum - How You Like [Influenza Media] 39. Dimension - Sensory Division [Dimension] 40. DJ Dextrous - Lovable (feat. Erin Lordan) (Benny L and Shimon Remix) [Audioporn] 41. Trail - Frames [Flexout Audio]

Couch Potato Theater: THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984)  Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Welcome to Couch Potato Theater here on the Fandom Podcast Network. On Couch Potato Theater we celebrate our favorite movies! You may own your favorite movies digitally, or on physical media. However when they air on your cable TV, you love what you are watching so much, you don't get off the couch! And that's the definition of what Couch Potato Theater is all about. On the special episode of Couch Potato Theater, your hosts Kevin Reitzel, Kyle Wagner, Lacee Aderhold and Alex Autrey discuss one of the most fun, fan favorite cult movies of all time, THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984). VICTORY OR DEATH! The Last Starfighter is directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a teenage video game expert who finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack. It film also features Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Norman Snow, and Kay E. Kuter. Fandom Podcast Network Contact Information - The FANDOM PODCAST NETWORK YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/FandomPodcastNetwork - Master feed for all FPNet Audio Podcasts: http://fpnet.podbean.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fandompodcastnetwork - Email: fandompodcastnetwork@gmail.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandompodcastnetwork/ - Twitter: @fanpodnetwork / https://twitter.com/fanpodnetwork FPN Couch Potato Theater Host & Guest Contact Info: - Kyle Wagner. on Twitter: @AKyleW / Instagram: @Akylefandom - Kevin Reitzel. on Twitter & Instagram: @spartan_phoenix - Alex Autrey on Twitter: @7thRowCenter - Lacee Aderhold on Twitter: @LaceePants / Instagram: @thelaceepants   - Tee Public Fandom Podcast Network Store:  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/fandom-podcast-network

Na jihozápadním pobřeží Švédska, na dohled od dánského hlavního města Kodaně, se tyčí velká hranatá budova – jaderná elektrárna Barsebäck. Je zvláštní nejen svým umístěním, ale i tím, že už je přes třináct let mimo provoz. Na to, jak se elektrárna rozebírá na kousky, se zajel podívat reportér Jakub Lucký.

There are stories....stories that I hope would make you smile,dream,think and sometimes weep...stories enrich childhood memories.Here is one of them.Please give an ear to it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/asha-premdeep/message

Hello everyone! So new mix time. I had fun doing this one I hope you all like it. So whats new People? I am changing jobs again in hope to be in a better place & happy with what I do. I'm excited & scared, but I have a good feeling this is the right thing to do. Other than that sam'ol sam'ol. Well I Hope you all enjoy the mix. Like all the previous mixes feel free to download, share, tell all your friends. I appreciate you all thanks for listening. 1) So much Better- Satl 2) All this time- Hiraeth 3) Hold on to me- Hiraeth 4) Falling- Hiraeth 5) Honestly (Ft. Crystal Alice)- Askel & Elere 6) Way I feel -Kodan 7) Rockin you - Kodan  8) Pepper Bae - Paul SG & Dj Marky  9) Down Under - Farflow 10) Back & Forth (Ft. S.P.Y) - Drs & Dynamite MC 11) Gimme - Lovely & Bigga Haitian  12) Bad Bonus (Ft. L-Side Paul T & Edward Oberon Remix) - T.R.A.C  13) Big Bloodclart Sound - Lovely  14) Girls Dem Sugar - Lovely  15) Runaway - Bungle  16) I have you (Ft. Leo Wood Ill Truth Remix) - Phaction 17) Lightweight (Break Remix) - Total Science  18) Auf Den Start - DKN 19) With Every Heartbeat - Loma King & Dr Meaker  20) Brandy & Coke - Mozey  21) Dog's Diner (Mefjus Remix) - Break & Total Science  22) Whisper in my ear (Ft. MC GQ Break Remix)- Break  23) Mutation - Thematic 24) Funk Show - Aaronson  25) Pyramidz - Voltage  26) Gyalis ( L-side Remix) - Rumble, Mr Lexx & Suku Ward

Hello and welcome to the Stress Factor Podcast episode number 260. DJ B-12 in on the decks for this 86 minute long studio mix for September 2020 and features all of the best new drum and bass around at the moment. The mix is 40 tracks mixed into 86 minutes. Download full 320k MP3 directly from Soundcloud. This show contains tunes and remixes from Netsky feat. Montell2099, Tall Order (UK) feat. Sydney, Cyantific, Aon, Coastal, Something Something Ft. Nicole Thalia, Kodan, Clu, DuoScience, Adam F, Pola and Bryson, Variants, Echo Motion, Zero T, T I, D Minds, Stillz and BlckHry, Breakage, Break, Deadline feat. Alexa Harley, Bungle, Total Science, dEVOLVE, Breikthru, and Saint Wade, Danny Byrd, Unglued, Offline and DJ Gaw, Ill Truth, Smote, Satl, Oddsoul, Drumcatcher, Phaction featuring Leo Wood, Kanine feat. Emily Makis, Dr Meaker feat. Lorna King, Dose, Uphonix, Mr Dubz, Visages, and Speaker Louis. Tracklist 01. Netsky - Mixed Emotions feat. Montell2099 [Hospital Records] 02. Tall Order (UK) - All Yours feat. Sydney (Cyantific Remix) [Bowlcut Beats] 03. Aon - TDK-97 [Random Concept Origins] 04. Coastal - Don't Want Your Love [YANA Music] 05. Something Something - Another Reason Ft. Nicole Thalia [Elevate Records (UK)] 06. Kodan - Rockin You [Liquid V] 07. Kodan - Run Tings [Liquid V] 08. Clu - Rumour [Incurzion Audio] 09. Kodan - Way I Feel [Liquid V] 10. DuoScience - Attempts [Liquid Drops] 11. Adam F - Circles (Pola and Bryson Bootleg) 12. Variants - The Painter [Hoofbeats Music] 13. Echo Motion - Low Tide [Riddim Records] 14. Zero T - East Coast Classic [Prestige Music Group] 15. T I, D Minds - Pulling Teef [Critical Music] 16. Stillz, BlckHry - Everynight [Record Union] 17. Phaction - Ubiquitous [Metalheadz Platinum] 18. Breakage - As We Enter (Break Remix) [Index] 19. Deadline, Alexa Harley - Never Be Alone [Pilot Records] 20. Bungle - Slow Down [Soul In Motion Records] 21. Total Science - Lightweight (Break Remix) [Computer Integrated Audio] 22. dEVOLVE, Breikthru, Saint Wade - Deep In My Heart (Danny Byrd Extended Mix) [3Beat] 23. Kodan - So in Love [Liquid V] 24. Unglued - Total XTC [Hospital Records] 25. Offline, DJ Gaw - About You [Pick 'n' Mix] 26. Leo Wood, Phaction - I Have You (Ill Truth Remix) [Computer Integrated Audio] 27. Smote - Be My Love [Galacy] 28. Echo Motion - Reserved [Riddim Records] 29. Satl - So Much Better [Integral Records] 30. Oddsoul - Just Breathe [Beats In Mind] 31. Drumcatcher - Feel It [Impact Music] 32. Phaction - Deus Ex [Metalheadz Platinum] 33. Kanine - Stand Up (feat. Emily Makis) (Original Mix) [Kanine Music] 34. Aon - Blank Edges [Random Concept Origins] 35. Satl - Feelings [Integral Records] 36. Dr Meaker, Lorna King - With Every Heartbeat [V Recordings] 37. Dose - Stop to Think [Program] 38. Uphonix - Once (Mr Dubz Remix) [LW Recordings] 39. Visages - Amaryllis [1985 Music] 40. Speaker Louis - Don't Worry Your Mind [Hyperactivity Music]

After all these years - no alien has been impressed by my video game playing prowess. Not once, has an alien come down to tell me I have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. What was the point of all those hours of gameplay?! Fun?! Phhhhhssssssaaaaawwww    Join in our disappointment about not being able to save some part of the Universe from an evil armada and listen to Lee and Joe sort their memories of this film and determine if it still holds up.

Rebellion is in my childhood DNA. It's time to talk about how those stories of good vs evil are more important now than ever. Support the podcast: bit.ly/SharkeyPatreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vítáme Vás u čtvrtého dílu našeho podcastu v češtině. Tentokrát byl naším hostem Katka Jakusová, zástupkyně šéfkuchaře v karlínské Esce.Pokud si někdy zajdete na jídlo nebo na kávu do Esky, zastavte se chvilku u dveří a podívejte se do otevřené kuchyně. Trkne vás něco? Ne? Třeba věkový průměr kuchařů a kuchařek v kuchyni? Podle nás v Praze není kuchyně oceněná Michelinským průvodcem, kde by měli mladší kuchyni. A pokud u stolu, kde se jídla kompletují a vydávají, uvidíte kuchařku v brýlých a s tetováním na rukou, vězte, že je to zástupkyně šéfkuchaře a že se jmenuje Katka Jakusová.No a právě s Katkou jsme se potkali nad dnešním dílem našeho českého podcastu z jednoho hlavního důvodu: byla na tříměsíční stáži v kodaňské restauraci Noma. (Pokud jsme posledních pár let nesledovali dění ve světové gastronomii nebo žili někde v jeskyni bez připojení k internetu, pak byste asi měli vědět, že Noma je slavná restaurace pod vedením šéfkuchaře René Redzepiho, která je podle téměř všech existujících žebříčků jednou z nejlepších restaurací na světě.)My jsme shodou v okolností v Nomě během Katčiny stáže jedli a už tenkrát nám říkala, že stáž v Nomě je pro ni jedinečným zážitkem. Vyplatilo se to ale? Doporučila by stáž v Nomě jiným kuchařům nebo dokonce nekuchařům? Jak stresující práce v Nomě je? A jak se tam vůbec dostala a jak dlouho to trvalo vyřídit? A zvládla by Noma večerní servis, kdyby všichni stážisti šli ráno do stávky? Na to všechno jsme se Katky zeptali, stejně jako na její dojmy z Kodaně a na práci v mladém kolektivu v Esce.

Episode 43 - On the Menu: The Last Starfighter (film, 1984) Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  Who doesn’t like video games and being the last starfighter in the way of the Ko-Dan invasion armada bent on total conquest? Yes, we are talking the 1984 film, The Last Starfighter. We got a thing for nostalgia. Darn childhood. So grab a drink but save some quarters for a certain video game. This is the SciFi Pubcast. Music provided courtesy of Logan Rathbone. The SciFi Pubcast logo is by Jea Rhea. Recorded on May 25, 2019 and released on May 26, 2019.  Show website: www.scifipubcast.space Contact us: Email Twitter Facebook Follow our personal Twitter accounts at: Keri Simpson Derek Beebe Joel Welch Listen Responsibly. Copyright 2019 Joel Welch. All rights reserved.  

Skandinávský manifest je tu sice s námi už dlouho a v něm popisované principy objevíme snadno i ve vlastní hlavě, případně inspiraci najdeme ve starých kuchařských a etnografických knihách, ale přesto sever pořád gastronomii táhne. Není třeba jezdit až k polárnímu kruhu – stačí zajet do Kodaně, kde se to hyperlokálními bistry a restauracemi jen hemží. Právě to už potřetí udělala i Jana Bilíková, kuchařka, která má v popisu práce přinášet inspiraci.

This week, the Made in the 80s galaxy is saved in The Last Starfighter (84)

Kodan taikamaailma. Mitä on näkijän työ ja mitä istunnossa tapahtuu? Millaisia viestit ovat? Mikä ero on kanavoijalla, meediolla ja näkijällä  Mistä näkijä saa tietonsa, entä meedio tai kanavoija Kuinka valmistaudun kotaistuntoon Mikä on henkimaailman rooli Kuinka paikalle (=kotaan) tulevan asiakkaan energia näkyy ja tuntuu Milloin henkiväki tulee paikalle, entä "millaisina" he tulevat Mitä he itsestään näyttävät ja kertovat Kuinka istunto alkaa ja mitä sitten tapahtuu Kuinka henkimaailmasta annettiin ohjeet asunnon myyntiin Millaisia viestejä tulee ihmissuhteisiin liittyen, tuleviin tai nykyisiin, esimerkkejä: parisuhdekriisi lomaromassi ja muutama avo-/avioliitto Kuinka lapsiin/lasten syntymiin liittyviä asioita näytetään Lopuksi muutama sana kanavoinnista LINKIT: KAIKKI JAKSOT LÖYDÄT TÄÄLTÄ ITUNESIN KAUTTA KUUNTELEMAAN Kirjaudu postituslistalle tästä ja saat Unelmien toteuttajan työkirjan, tulevat ilmaislahjat ja tiedon uutuuksista postilaatikkoosi ensimmäisenä.

For the FIRST episode of Season 2, we have been recruited to fight Zur and the Kodan armada! We got the high score, and now it’s time to save the galaxy! It’s The Last Starfighter! Mario Hernandez (@cinemario) a hilarious … Continue reading →

For the FIRST episode of Season 2, we have been recruited to fight Zur and the Kodan armada! We got the high score, and now it's time to save the galaxy! It's The Last Starfighter! Mario Hernandez (@cinemario) a hilarious improviser and a fantastic host is here to give us all the cheat codes! This 80s classic was a lot of fun to talk about, but GOSH! Those graphics! You don't get to be one of the first computer-animated anything without being ready for a serious remake! Twitter: Mario Hernandez - @cinemario @idealremake Host: Sam Gasch - @samgasch Artwork: Lindsay Lleras: www.lindsaylleras.com Theme Song: Rebel Spies "Not Dead, Not Yet" from the album Rise!: www.rebelspies.bandcamp.com

Tracklist Title/Artist 1.-In the reflection of your ayes_A cerulean state 2.-Orange_Pascal Pinon 3.-Lush pacifier_Paulsen & Stryczek 4.-We can still learn_Kube 5.-Someda_Stimulus timbrey 6.-Maladroit_Nouvelle Vague 7.-Gaunt_Kiasmos 8.-Harbour_Soundprank 9.-Smek_Yuma 10.-Rennen_Sohn 11.-Savanna dream_KO Dan 12.-Sepia_Aftherhere 13.-Trasience_A cerulean state 14.-View from above_Koan Sound 15.-No tengo nada_Nacho Sotomayor La entrada Nacho Sotomayor Episodio #30 aparece primero en Nacho Sotomayor.

Podcast Slávistických novin Mezi námi fanoušky sezóny 2018/19 č. 10, 13. listopadu 2018. quelhar, Katka Kňapová, BarboraOFotbalu a Pavla Kubálková diskutují o zápasech Slavie se Spartou (2:2), Kodaní (0:0) a Zlínem (3:1) a hodnotí ligu v polovině základní části. 00:00 Hodnocení trojice zápasů dohromady, především utkání se Zlínem 19:20 Evropská liga, Slavia - Kodaň 0:0 36:40 Liga v polovině základní části Znělka a předěly: Reev Music - Firestone Výroba: Studio Soundwave

Movie Meltdown - Episode 446 This week we round out our coverage of this year's WonderFest as we talk with Rick Sternbach about space, art and the movies and projects he's worked on. (Including Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Last Starfighter, The Black Hole, Solaris and Star Trek: The Next Generation.) Plus we are joined by our somewhat annual, reluctant co-host Eric Chu. And while we work on building our own Cray supercomputer, we also bring up… Deadpool 2, Better Watch Out, the new Lost in Space, doing artwork for science fiction and astronomy magazines, Larry Niven, set design, Alan Tudyk,you create something and then it goes back into it’s raw form, water slide decals, Harold had worked with Hitchcock, Juggernaut, Mars Attacks trading cards, Hal Clement, a different hand/eye skill set, we didn’t have computers in 1978, Theodore Sturgeon, she’d worked on the B-1 bomber, the early days of digital, his pencil drawings of the Gunstar, geometry, I got to see the evolution of the whole process, the Air Force would pay him to play with future concepts, Gordon Dickson, scribbling, I was just nuts about marine mammals, Destination Moon, The Lensman series, Forbidden Planet, Isaac Asimov, Chuck Jones, the Kodan mothership, do the next polygon, Brad Pitt, Arthur C. Clarke, wanted to learn more about cetaceans and pinnipeds, Star Trek 2: the second five year mission of the Enterprise, let them be messy, Joe Haldeman, control panel graphics, organic chem, space conference projects, a well-rounded art experience, planetary models, cell animation, Virginia Madsen, a transistor radio, doggone it... I got to see them take off, Jackson Pollock, twist on a twist, Men into Space, nothing in Earth’s orbit, Gene Roddenberry, there is a lot of structure in there, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Josh Brolin in a catsuit, home invasion, I think my artistic output was a product of the times, one of the Gemini missions, Patrick Warburton, it was important to witness that history, for me… old school was the best school, giddy and wanted to take the risk, X-Men cameos and the golden record on the Voyager spacecraft. “I will tell you the crazy story…” To keep up with Rick, check out his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rick.sternbach And for more on WonderFest, go to: https://wonderfest.com/

Lance Guest stars in Nick Castle's The Last Starfighter (1984)! We ask questions like: Was 1984 a good year for movies? Is it plausible to use a video game as a military recruitment tool? And, how is this movie similar to Superman (1978)? Listen now to find out! Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) gets recruited (via video game) to fight in an intergalactic war. A turn of events makes Alex the last Starfighter and he must devise a plan to defeat the Kodan armada. Scott Croco and Christina Croco unhack The Last Starfighter (1984)! Episode Log: 1984 was a great year for movies Cast/crew trivia Summary of The Last Starfighter's story Interrupted by children General reaction Comparison to Superman Zando-Zans! Beta units! Real world video games used for recruiting Box Office results / critics' reactions Episode 014 - The Last Starfighter (1984) unhacked! Additional Shownotes: http://www.moviesunhacked.com/2018/last-starfighter/ Movies Unhacked explores movies and their depictions of technology. We analyze everything from Hollywood blockbusters and television shows, to sci-fi, horror, and classic cinema. Movie talk and tech talk in one handy podcast! Online: moviesunhacked.com Twitter: @moviesunhacked Facebook: facebook.com/moviesunhackd Music by Sean Haeberman Copyright © 2018 Movies Unhacked. All rights reserved.

Greetings, listener. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada! That's right, it's time to brush up on your video game skills and fly into my coverage of the 1984 sci-fi flick, The Last Starfighter. Over the course of this episode, I recap the movie and give it my review; plus, I take a look at the novelization by Alan Dean Foster, the comics adaptation from Marvel, the aborted toy line, and several attempts at video game adaptations. I also talk about sequel and reboot rumors. Check out the blog for show notes, and don't forget that you can email me at popcultureaffidavit@gmail.com!

Greetings, listener. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada! That's right, it's time to brush up on your video game skills and fly into my coverage of the 1984 sci-fi flick, The Last Starfighter. Over the course of this episode, I recap the movie and give it my review; plus, I take a look at the novelization by Alan Dean Foster, the comics adaptation from Marvel, the aborted toy line, and several attempts at video game adaptations. I also talk about sequel and reboot rumors. Check out the blog for show notes, and don't forget that you can email me at popcultureaffidavit@gmail.com!

Greetings, listener. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada! That’s right, it’s time to brush up on your video game skills and fly into my coverage of the 1984 sci-fi flick, The Last Starfighter. Over the course of this [...]

The Last Starfighter brought us Rylans, the Kodan, Zando-Zans, Grig, Beta Units and whatever the hell Centauri was. It also delivered childhood dreams of video game supremacy that would carry us to the stars. But does all that make up for hammy acting, eye-melting CGI and an alien race who look like balding boobs? That's this week's debate, and Shat The Movies' three-man panel is split like never before. So load up your meteor cannon, strap into your gunstar and get ready to discover a whole lot more about Roger's sex life. Leave a Review - http://shatthemovies.com/review Subscribe & Social Media - http://shatthemovies.com/subscribe-and-follow Website - http://shatthemovies.com Email - mailto:hosts@shatthemovies.com Our TV Podcasts - https://shatontv.com/shat-on-podcasts Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite

This week Marc is joined by Ben from the Delta quadrant podcast as we discuss the Last Starfighter, you can download the full game from:- http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php Please help to defend the frontier from Xur and the Kodan armada!

Calm down, it's all going to be OK... There's even more to talk about than usual this week as details of The Lost Shores hit and sent ripples of rage through the message boards. Ascended gear is the big point of contention. Is this the beginning of a gear grind? Is ArenaNet really dipping its toe in the water of vertical progression? We talk it through and ask is gear progression really so bad? The new dungeons Fractals of the Mists sounds fascinating. This time challenged dungeon progresses in difficulty the more you complete it. Is this a never ending experience? The Temple of the Silent Storm brings Kodan into PvP, on an iceberg! It's the setting we hoped for in a previous episode. We talk about what information has been gleaned so far. The event kicks off on Friday, November 16. Just what can we expect? And is having the one time element of the event on Sunday enough to answer the whiners? Most likely, no. With viewer questions there's a lot for our crew to chew over. GAMEBREAKER's Gary Gannon joins Richie Procopio and Elisabeth Cardy of Massively, along with Scott Hawkes of ZAM for this week's GuildCast!

We are joined by Tasha with Split Infinity Radio, Chaz, Kattar with Guild Fans, and Tiger with the Secret Agent Cat blog to discuss the Kodan, SSD, a decade with ArenaNet, and people that like to laugh.