TOPIC INDEXChristian History (9)

  1. Our Need for Lent

    book
    02/27/24
    16 mins
    By John Bombaro
    A truly Lenten mindset sees the season as preparatory for the resurrection life of Easter as opposed to the mortification of Good Friday.

  2. Lent's Forty Days

    book
    02/20/24
    10 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.

  3. A History of Lent: Lent's Somber Complexion

    book
    02/13/24
    12 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.

  4. Ever Heard of Candlemas?

    book
    01/19/24
    12 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Ever Heard of Candlemas?

  5. The Fact and Fullness of Time

    book
    12/19/23
    26 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Luke shows us that when we try to fit God into our life movie, the plot is all wrong; and not just wrong but trivial.

  6. When Myth Became Fact

    book
    10/11/23
    16 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Theology and history go hand in hand in the real person of Jesus Christ, making the truth of the Gospels profoundly human and powerfully meaningful.

  7. Very Superstitious: A History of the Sign of the Cross

    book
    01/13/23
    24 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.

  8. I Believe Church History Matters

    book
    10/29/19
    1 min read
    By John Bombaro

  9. S.1, E.4: Suffered Under Pontius Pilate

    book
    10/18/18
    1 min read
    By Dan van Voorhis Debi Winrich John Bombaro
    On this episode, we talk with a dude that has seen plenty, in the academic world, in military service, and in the church. Rev. Dr. Bombaro has spent time studying and teaching on this aspect of the passion of Jesus for years, and he brings us a packed episode- you may want to get a pen out, or listen twice!