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יהוה - Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” EXODUS 3:13–14

The year was 1870. We remember the creation of the Bulgarian Exarchate and ecclesiastical independence. The reading is a poem from Reginald Heber.

Pastor Killian Teaches On Luke 8:4-15

קדשׁ - Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” EXODUS 3:5

The year was 1773. We remember the completion of Christ Church Alexandria, Virginia on this date. The reading is from “Christ is Made the Sure Foundation” by John Mason Neale.

Jesus ruthlessly hammers us with a Law that we cannot escape so that He might give us a Gospel that will never abandon us.

מלאך - And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. EXODUS 3:2

The year was 1891. We remember the baptism of Brahmabandhav Upadhyay. The reading is from Sadhu Sundar Singh.

But for the grace of God, go all of us.

ידע - And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew. EXODUS 2:15–16

The year was 1591. We remember Friedrich Spee, a pastor, and hunter of witch hunters. The reading is a lenten prayer from Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.