Twenty-six studies through the teachings of Jesus, filmed on location
To those who encountered him, the teachings of Jesus landed like a thunderstorm — so compelling that the reverberations are still felt today. This study travels through the Holy Land to trace those teachings back to the ground where they were first spoken.
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Each film is a half hour on the ground where Jesus taught — stones that still speak, a mountain that remembered thunder, a garden tomb at first light — with a guide to work through afterward.
0129m
If the crowds had gone quiet on the road into Jerusalem, Jesus said the stones would cry out — and this study listens for that voice. Drawing on places from Cairo to Caesarea and Jerusalem, the presentation gathers the extra-biblical witnesses that still speak for Scripture's story, then turns to the prophecies Jesus Himself used as an anchor for faith. Come weigh the evidence and decide whether the Word can still be trusted as truth.
0228m
Are we alone in the universe? This study answers from a thin stretch of Holy Land ground where heaven kept showing up in person. From Mount Zion and Nazareth to Bethlehem's fields, the wilderness, and Gethsemane, the presentation traces the angel encounters that surrounded Jesus' life — and the darker battle He fought with a fallen messenger. Come see why we are not alone, and why surrender on holy ground still invites heaven's help.
0327m
If God is love, why does He allow so much pain? Standing in the story Jesus told of wheat and tares, this study traces the conflict back to heaven — to a covering cherub who chose pride — and then to Eden, where that rebellion reached our world. The study follows the controversy all the way to the cross, where two kingdoms stood fully revealed. Come wrestle with the question honestly, and hear why God is still waiting.
0430m
When Jesus said He and the Father are one, He unsettled a people who recited daily that the Lord is one. This study walks that tension through the Holy Land — from the Shema to the burning bush and Bethlehem's Emmanuel promise — and asks what one really means. The presentation invites us to see Father, Son, and Spirit not as a riddle to solve, but as a oneness we are welcomed into.
0527m
A peasant child born in a Bethlehem grotto grew up in Nazareth and, in Jerusalem, claimed to be the Son of God. This study lingers at the pool of Bethesda, where a Sabbath healing and a stunning title polarized the city, then follows Jesus' own proofs — His works, and the Old Testament prophecies that named Him in advance. Come decide, with the Bible open, whether He is truly Emmanuel: God with us.
0630m
Salvation can feel like a suitcase too large to carry — until this study puts a handle on it: saying yes to the Lord with all your known choices. From Gordon's Calvary, where a dying thief found mercy, to the temple courts and a rich young ruler's hard decision, the presentation follows Jesus making salvation simple enough for a child and costly enough to change a life. Come hear the invitation, and consider what your yes would look like.
0730m
Under cover of night, Nicodemus slipped out of the city, down into the Kidron, and up the Mount of Olives to meet a teacher who would not leave his categories intact. There Jesus opened the heart of His ministry: God so loved that He gave. This study asks what love actually is — not a feeling, but a principle of giving what is needed most — and invites us to let that love become the way we live.
0829m
Along the Jordan, where John was baptizing for repentance, a thirty-year-old from Galilee walked into the water as His first official act of ministry. This study asks why the sinless Lamb would take that step — and what it still means for anyone who wants to know God rather than merely know about Him. Repentance, as Jesus lived it, is a gift that changes how we feel about things, and then how we live.
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Each study comes with a downloadable lesson guide, worksheets where they help, and captions throughout.
