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UpComing Calendar of PBT's Whereabouts
2010
January 13 -- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, "Making Disciples" - Part I
January 20 -- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, "Making Disciples" - Part II
January 23 -- Nyack College Symposia Series, Washington, DC, "Making Disciples Jesus' Way. First-Century Wisdom for Today" Conference
January 27 -- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, "Making Disciples" - Part III
January 29 & 30 -- Greater Washington Area Christian Educators Association, Beltsville, MD
February 3 -- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, "Making Disciples" - Part IV
February 4 --- Middlebury, VA Fellowship "The Jewish Mindset of Jesus' Day"
February 10 -- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD "Making Disciples" - Part V
February 13 & 14 -- Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, Rancho Bernardo, CA, Saturday and Sunday Worship Messages
February 26 & 27- Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, Rancho Bernardo, CA, "Making Disciples Jesus' Way: First-Century Wisdom for Today" Conference.
March 6 -- Nyack College Symposia Series, "The Last Days of Jesus: The Greatest Story Never Told"
March 12 & 13 -- Grace Fellowship Church, Timonium, MD, "The Last Days of Jesus: The Greatest Story Never Told"
March 19 & 20 -- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, "The Last Days of Jesus: The Greatest Story Never Told"
March 26, 27 & 28 -- Youth for Christ Leadership Development, Ocean City, MD
April 9 & 10 -- Mid-Atlantic Christian Educators Association, Charlotte, NC, "Why Context Matters"
May 8 -- Nyack College Symposia Series, Washington, DC, "The Bible and the Land" Conference
June 3 & 4 --- Ellsworth, Kansas Correctional Facility, "Bible Alive"
June 5 --- Hays, Kansas, "Bible Alive"
June 8 --- Christian Leadership Alliance Luncheon, Colorado Springs, CO. "Mentoring Jesus' Way"
June 9 --- Colorado Springs, CO "Mentoring Jesus' Way" Workshop
June 29 - July 2 -- Presbyterian Church of America General Assembly, Nashville, TN
August 4-6 --- Willow Creek Leadership Conference, Barrington, IL
September 4-6 --- Young Life Leadership Training, Rock Bridge, VA
September 10 & 11 --- Church of the Epiphany (Anglican), Herndon, VA "Bible Alive"
September 25 -- Nyack College Symposia Series, Washington, DC, "Bible Alive"
October 1 & 2 --- Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, OH, "Bible Alive"
October 12 -- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA, Pastor Conference on "Teaching and Preaching in Context"
October 15-17 --- Christ Church Savannah (Anglican) Parish Retreat, Savannah, GA
December 11 -- Nyack College Symposia Series, Washington, DC, "Advent in Context"
2009 Events
January 11 --- National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
January 14 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
January 16-17 --- Redlands Baptist Church, Gaithersburg, MD, "Bible Alive"
January 21 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
January 28 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
January 30-31 --- Greater Washington Christian Education Conference, Beltsville, MD
February 4 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
February 11 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
March 4 --- Chantilly Bible Church, VA, Community Bible Study
March 28 --- Faith Community Church, San Diego, "Last Days of "Jesus"
March 31 --- Rancho Bernado (CA) Pres. Church, "Holyland Geography"
April 3-4 --- Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, "Passion of Jesus in Context"
April 17-18 --- Springfield, MA, "Bible Alive" Spiritual Refreshment weekend
May 8-9 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD "Bible Alive" Weekend
May 15-16 --- First Baptist Church, Rockville, MD " Spiritual Gifts" Workshop
May 26-30 --- Christian Missionary Alliance General Conference, Louisville, KY
July 14 --- New Hope Community Church, Traverse City, Michigan
July 21 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church Men's Breakfast
July 26 --- Poolesville Baptist Church, Poolesville, MD. "Why Context Matters"
September 18-19 --- Redland Baptist Church, Gaithersbury, MD "Making Disciples"
September 27 --- Middleburg, VA Fellowship "Introduction to Luke"
October 9-10 --- Cornerston Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Brighton, Michigan, "Making Disciples Jesus' Way: First-Century Wisdom for Today" Conference
October 16-17 --- C. S. Lewis Institute Ken Boa Conference, McLean, VA
October 30-31 --- Poolesville Baptist Church, Poolesville, MD, "Bible Alive"
November 7 --- Nyack College Symposium, Washington, DC, "Bible Alive"
December 13 --- National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC "Christmas in Context"
December 20 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD "Zechariah and Elizabeth"
2008 Events
January 4 --- Christian Businessmen's Lunch, Holiday Inn, Rosslyn, VA
January 25-26 --- Greater Washington Christian Education Conference, Beltsville, MD
February 8-9 --- Grace Fellowship Church, Timonium, MD
February 12 --- Young Life Staff Training, Baltimore, MD
February 22 --- Community Bible Study National Service Center, Colorado Springs, CO
February 26 --- McLean Bible Church, Vienna, Virginia, Community Bible Study
February 27 --- St Bernadette's Catholic Church, Severn, MD
March 7-8 --- Faith Community Church, San Diego, CA
March 12 --- Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, Rancho Bernardo, CA
March 16 --- Faith Community Church, San Diego, CA
March 28-29 --- Lake Murray Community Church, La Mesa, CA
April 4-5 --- Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, Rancho Bernardo, CA
April 23 --- World Vision, Washington, DC
May 2-3 --- C.S. Lewis Conference with Ravi Zacharias, Falls Church, VA
June 18 --- World Vision, Washington, DC
June 19-21 --- Evangelical Presbyterian Church General Assembly, Bethesda, MD October 12-14 --- Richland Bible Church, Richland, MI
October 21 --- McLean Bible Church, Vienna, VA Community Bible Study
December 14 --- Redlands Baptist Church, Gaithersburg, MD
December 21 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
April 2010...PBT Announces a February 15-27 Study Program in Israel on "The Life and Land of Jesus."
PBT is partnering with Christian Travel Study Programs CTSP) to offer a thirteen-day “The Life and Land of Jesus” Study Program in Israel, February 15-27, 2011. Dr. Randall Smith of CTSP, who has lived in Israel for over 20 years and has advanced degrees in Archaeology and Comparative Religions (with an emphasis on Judaism), with be team-teaching this program along with Doug Greenwold, PBT’s Senior Teaching Fellow. We’ve customized this program to not only visit the usual sites, e.g. Bethlehem, Nazareth, Capernaum, but other rich teaching sites as well, e.g. Corizin (multi-room housing), Kersi (rescue of the demoniac), Cana (John 2), a Judean vineyard (John 15).
Some of the distinctives of this study program approach include: · An integrated, thematic, contextual approach with a devotional emphasis. · It is a study program, not a tourist trip. · Three and four star hotels · A catch-your-breath day on day nine so we don’t wear ourselves out. · A team approach with two teachers of similar visions and compatible gifts – a stereo experience! · An ideal time - the end of February can offer ideal conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean. Temperatures are usually in the 50‘s and 60‘s depending on the elevation (this year the last two weeks of February were all in the 70 degree range). Everything is green from the winter rains and the air quality is excellent, all of which makes for pleasant walking and great photography. The all-inclusive cost of this Study Program is $3895 per person (double occupancy).This is based on a departure from JFK, Newark or Atlanta.Call PBT at 410-953-0557 if you would like a brochure and itinerary.
February 2010...A new monthly contextual Reflection series on "Two Lost Sons and Their Father's Heart" is being added to the NEWSLETTERS section of the website.
It is known as the story of “The Prodigal Son;” yet Jesus never used that term. Who came up with that title, and why? I suspect no one knows. But one thing does seem to be self-evident. It had to have been a Westerner who came up with that title. No one conversant with first-century Middle Eastern village culture would ever have characterized this parable in that manner. The story is about a father and two sons; and as it contextually unfolds, we begin to see that the narrative is really a story about the heart of the father towards his two lost sons. And that is how we will title the new series of contextual reflections on this remarkable short story – “Two Lost Sons and Their Father’s Heart.” For most of 2010 we will be examining this parable of Jesus verse by verse from an integrated contextual perspective. Despite everything that has been written about his parable, I think you will be surprised at what there is still yet to be discovered in “this greatest short story ever told.”
January 2010…”Two Very Different Worlds: Western Evangelicalism and the Gospels” Reflection Archive has been added to the NEWSLETTERS section of the website.
If you missed any of this five-part series last year, or joined our Reflections distribution list after it started, you can now complete the series.
December 2009…A new presentation “Zechariah and Elizabeth: Waiting on the Lord with Unfulfilled Longings” was presented at the Fourth Presbyterian Church during Advent.
A CD recording of this new 75-minute presentation is expected to be available in February of 2010.
November 15, 2009…The latest version of PBT’s “Making Disciples Jesus’ Way: First-Century Wisdom for Today” Seminar is now available of CD.
This five hours of teaching on four CD’s comes complete the a 24-page handout and includes the following topics: Revisiting the Great Commission, What is a Disciple Like?, Co-Disciples and Learning Partners, Contextual Perspectives on How Jesus (Re)Made Disciples, Frameworks for Making Biblical Disciples, Prerequisites for Mentoring and Co-Discipling, A Framework for Influencing Discipling in Others, Getting Underway as a Co-Disciple, Co-Discipling and Mentoring Wisdom and Helpful Discipling Resources. To order, go to AUDIO PRODUCTS.
November 7, 2009…PBT to participate in the Nyack Christian College Saturday Symposia Series.
Over the next 13 months, PBT will be bringing “Bible Alive,” (November 7, 2009 and September 25, 2010) “Making Disciples Jesus Way,” (January 23, 2010), “The Last Days of Jesus: The Greatest Story Never Told” (March 6, 2010), “The Bible and the Land” (May 8, 2010) and “Advent and Christmas in Context” (December 11, 2010) to Nyack Christian College’s DC Campus located in the Hall of States Building in downtown Washington, DC, one block from Union Station and the Capital. Details can be found on Nyack’s website.
July 2009...PBT has launched a new series of monthly contextual "Reflections" on "Two Very Different Worlds: Western Evangelicalism and the Gospels."
It goes without saying that Jesus is Jewish. His given name, Yeshua, is Hebrew. He spoke in a Semitic language, mostly to other Hebrews. He was a Jewish rabbi, albeit a rabbi like no other, and was well versed in the Jewish sages and the oral tradition of His culture. He chose twelve other Jews to become His first disciples and remade them in the rabbinic pedagogy of His day. He participated in the Jewish feasts and festivals. And in the thirty-three years He walked this earth, no one ever referred to Him as a "Christian."
If we don't get the Jewish world of Jesus right, we are not going to get Jesus right. And if we don't get Jesus right, we are not going to get what it means to be His disciple right. So if we want to more fully understand Jesus and His Kingdom, we need to better understand the Jewish world He lived in. That's the rationale for this new contextual series on the Jewish world (mindset) of Jesus' day because Christianity's roots are Jewish. If you would like to receive these monthly "Reflections," just sign up to receive them in the NEWSLETTER section of our website.
April 2009...PBT's newest contextual Lenten presentation, "The Last Days of Jesus; The Greatest Story Never Told," is now available on a set of five CDs for $49.00.
Focusing on the last 40 days of Jesus' life, this five and one-half hours of teaching contextually explores the Temple Aristocracy, the raising of Lazarus, the calling of Zacchaeus, Palm Sunday, the teaching days, the Upper Room discourse, Gethsemane, Pontius Pilate, Barabbas and much more.
March 2009...We are also working on a new conference for Lent called "The Last Days of Jesus: The Greatest Story Never Told." This five plus hours of teaching will be first given in the San Diego, CA area during Lent.
February 5, 2009...Rediscovering "Familiar" Passages CD is now available.
The latest in the “Digging Deeper” radio broadcast series, these 20 contextual segments cover: In the Beginning...Joseph's Coat...Milk & Honey...Golden Calf...Water from the Rock...Stealing God's Glory...Widow of Nain...Beatitudes...Barrenness...Rescuer...Lost in the Temple...God's Time...Daily Bread...Lifted Up...Abiding in the Vine I...Abiding in the Vine II...Withered Right Hand...Sabbath Healing...Writing in the Dust and John the Protester. Once again we realized through the lens of context that there is more to these passages than we thought.
January 7, 2009...PBT Launches a New "The Bible and the Land" Teaching Series
This six hours of teaching exploring the geographical, historical and cultural context of the biblical record will be given in January and February of 2009 on Wednesday nights at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Betheda starting at 7:15 P.M.
December 15, 2008...PBT Announces a New DVD "He Touched Me"
This new DVD was a recent Sunday morning message filmed at a church in Michigan. In it Doug Greenwold, PBT's Senior Teaching Fellow, restores the context for Jesus' encounter with a leper in Luke 5. This encounter is one of Doug's favorite passages as it allows him to share some of his "David" story (his son with special needs) along with implications for some of the "inadvertant lepers" in every congregation.
November 10, 2008...PBT Announces Advent Presentations.
PBT will be presenting "The Real Birth of Jesus: The Greatest Story Never Told" this Advent season at the Redland Baptist Church in Gaithersburg on Sunday, December 14 and at the First Presbyterian Church in Bethesda twice on Sunday, December 21.
October 15, 2008...PBT's New Residential Learning Center Opens
An ideal learning environment in a B&B-type setting, PBT’s Residential Learning Center (RLC) is the perfect venue for 1-3 people/couples (three bedrooms available) to come for 1-3 days to learn/dialogue/process/immerse themselves in desired aspects of biblical context. The objective of this yeshiva (“learning community”) experience is to equip pastors, Bible teachers, seminarians and serious students of the Bible to engage the Bible in its integrated context -- fusing the geographic, cultural, literary and historical context of the Bible together so as to discern the full Middle Eastern original understanding of the text. This multi-media tutorial program allows for a very personal, customized contextual learning experience tailored to the desired outcomes of those who come.
The RLC is located in Columbia, Maryland, 15 minutes from Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport. BWI is served by Southwest Airlines which make for economical air transportation to the RLC from anywhere in the United States. Arrangements can be made to pick up learners and bring them back to BWI.
Specific outcomes for each individual depends on the learning objectives established. Typical RLC outcomes can include how to · Learn to contextually restore a passage from a Middle Eastern villager perspective, e.g., build a message/teaching in context, connect your audience to a contextually developed passage, get more mileage from our teaching/preaching, develop resources to use in digging for contextual clues · Become a Spiritual Director of others as well as yourself.· Teach and evangelize by asking good questions (the rabbinic method) · Make Disciples Jesus’ Way (Essential Attributes of a First-Century Disciple, A Biblical Framework for Making Disciples, Rabbi/Disciple yeshiva Dynamics) · Integrate biblical geography and biblical interpretation.· Align a whole church, e.g., Sunday School, Youth, ACE, small group leaders to engage the Bible in context. · Understand the various Jewish worldviews of Jesus’ day.· Essential frameworks for teaching/preaching the Bible in context. PBT’s RLC approaches the learning of how to engage the Bible in context in a very distinctive way including: · Information is imparted together with dialogue for comprehension and integration.· Using unique frameworks to organize and integrate contextual facts in a coherent manner.· Taking an integrated approach to contextual restoration, not a piecemeal or partial contextual approach. This involves integrating the geographical, cultural, literary and historical context into a unitized whole. · Multi-media, multi-screen learning featuring aerial video and still photography of Israel, PowerPoint presentations and other visual contextual resources.
The customized learning experience of the RLC is helpful for different kinds of people:
· Those who would like to learn more about how to “correctly handle the word of truth” (II Tim. 2:15), e.g., pastors, Bible teachers, authors and writers, small group leaders, Bible curriculum developers, Christian Educators, Home Schoolers, seminary students.· Those wondering if there is something more I should be getting out of my Bible study. · Those who feels their time in the Word could use a jump start. · Those whose discipleship journey has become tiring and unfruitful.· Those who long to be reproducing healthy disciples through their life – making disciples Jesus’ way. Doug Greenwold, PBT’s Senior Teaching Fellow, will be your rabbi for this yeshiva learning experience at PBT’s RLC. Doug first went to Israel on a study program in 1988 with The Jerusalem Institute of Biblical Studies and has been a student of biblical context every since. Doug has been called a “master teacher” and “the teacher’s teacher” and is the author of dozens of articles (“Reflections”) and four books: Encounters with Jesus: The Rest of Their Stories (2008), The Rest of The Story: A Closer Look at Familiar Passages (2007), Making Disciples Jesus’ Way: Wisdom We Have Missed (2005), Zechariah and Elizabeth: Persistent Faith in a Faithful God (2004).
Doug is a frequent speaker at conferences, seminars, workshops and retreats for pastors, Bible teachers and churches. Doug’s spiritual gift mix includes teaching, wisdom and knowledge which allows him to distinctively teach the Scriptures with implication and application. A frequent response to Doug’s development of a passage is “I’ve read that passage a 1,000 times and never saw half of what you found in that passage.” In the 1980’s Doug headed the Adult Education Committee at a large church in suburban Washington, DC that taught a dozen courses every Sunday as part of a curriculum of 120 courses organized into eight tracks. Doug also taught a dozen courses and workshops in that curriculum. People who have sat under Doug’s teaching have responded to his integrated contextual approach and unique teaching style in various ways:
Inspiring Challenging Paradigm shattering Thought provoking Always refreshing Stimulating Enriching Renewing A unique opportunity Profound Delightful A life-changer Words jump off the page Brings fresh, previously ignored insight A unique ability to bring the Bible to life
October 1, 2008...PBT’s Teacher in Residence Program (TRP) Announced
Preserving Bible Times Teacher in Residence Program (TRP) is an ideal one or two-week intensive learning environment held at your church offering the opportunity to learn/dialogue/process/immerse in desired aspects of biblical context. The objective of this yeshiva (“learning community”) experience is to equip pastors, Bible teachers, Sunday School teachers, small group leaders, youth leaders, and serious students of the Bible in the church to engage the Bible in its integrated context -- fusing the geographic, cultural, literary and historical context of the Bible together so as to discern the full Middle Eastern original understanding of a passage. This multi-media tutorial program allows for a very personal, customized contextual learning experience tailored to the unique desired outcomes of the church.
Typical Learning/Teaching Venues would include breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings with staff, leadership and congregants. Doug can also be utilized for Sunday morning messages and Christian Education instruction. Likewise, Doug relishes meeting with small groups and home fellowships, local ministerial associations, para-church teaching ministries, e.g. Precepts, BSF and CBS Bible studies as well as church based mid-week teaching programs. Churches are encouraged to creatively find as many ways to utilize Doug’s teaching and equipping gifts on a daily basis within the church as well as the community.
Doug Greenwold, PBT’s Senior Teaching Fellow, will be your rabbi for this TRP yeshiva learning experience. Doug first went to Israel on a study program in 1988 with The Jerusalem Institute of Biblical Studies and has been a student of biblical context every since. Doug has been called a “master teacher” and “the teacher’s teacher” and is the author of dozens of articles (“Reflections”) and four books on biblical context. Doug is a frequent speaker at conferences, seminars, workshops and retreats for pastors, Bible teachers and churches. Doug’s spiritual gift mix includes teaching, wisdom and knowledge that allows him to distinctively teach the Scriptures with implication and application. A frequent response to Doug’s development of a passage is “I’ve read that passage a 1,000 times and never saw half of what you found in that passage.”
PBT’s TRP approaches the learning of how to engage the Bible in context in a very distinctive way where a) information is imparted together with dialogue for comprehension and integration, b) using unique frameworks to organize and integrate contextual facts in a coherent manner, c) taking an integrated approach to contextual restoration, not a piecemeal contextual approach, which involves integrating the geographical, cultural, literary and historical context into a unitized whole, and d) multi-media, multi-screen learning featuring aerial video and still photography of Israel, PowerPoint presentations and other visual contextual resources.
June 28, 2008…”The Jewish Mind of Jesus’ Day” CD is now available.
Part of the “Digging Deeper” radio series, these 20 contextual segments cover: Introduction…Our Worldview…A Caution…Context Matters…Each Word…Words vs Deeds… Synthesis…Paradox…Remez…Rabbis…History…The Land…Community…Hospitality… Neighbors…Outcrowd…Sin Management…Pharisees…Do and Teach…The Poor and Work.
See “Digging Deeper” under TEACHINGS for more information and to listen to some of these innovative broadcasts.
March 5, 2008...Sessions III, IV and V of our multi-media "Bible Alive" weekend are now available
The latest in this series of 60+-minute interactive teaching DVDs includes “Living Water,” “Kingdom of God in Context,” “Jesus Returns to Nazareth,” "Simon and the Great Catch of Fish," and "Jesus and the Leper" in the Session III DVD and "Jesus and the Paralytic," "The Calling of Levi," "Engaging a Passage in Context, and "Rescuing the Demoniac" in the Session IV DVD. This new five set DVD series will allow people everywhere to participate in these transforming weekends of biblical contextual immersion. Each DVD is available for $14.95 plus $2.95 shipping and handling. As an introduction special, you can order the complete set of five DVDs for only $59.95 (five DVDs for the price of four). See the "Video" section under PRODUCTS for more information.
January 14, 2008...The first two sessions of our multi-media “Bible Alive” weekend are now available
This long-awaited DVD series of 60+-minute interactive teaching DVDs includes “An Introduction to Biblical Context,” “Biblical Geography 101,” and “The Rest of Those Stories: The Case for Context” in the Session One DVD and "Last Supper Seating Protocol," "An Integrated Contextual Framework," "Remez: An Interpretive Tool," "Daily Bread Remez," "Judean Wilderness Flyaround," and "The Five Story Lines of Scripture Framework" in the second DVD. This new five DVD series will allow people everywhere to participate in these transforming weekends of biblical contextual immersion. Each DVD is be available for $14.95 plus $2.95 shipping and handling. As an introduction special, you can order the complete set of five DVDs now for only $59.95 (five DVDs for the price of four). See the "Video" section under PRODUCTS for more information
January 10, 2008..."Christmas in Context: The Real Birth of Jesus" CD available. See the "Audio Products" section under PRODUCTS for more information.
January 4, 2008..."He Touched Me" CD available. See the "Audio Products" section under PRODUCTS for more information.
December 15, 2007...Sample chapters of "The Rest of the Story" book together with the "Introduction" and "Table of Contents" are available as downloads with our compliments. Go to PUBLICATIONS and activate "The Rest of the Story" link. See the "Publications" section under PRODUCTS for more information.
December 10, 2007...Two of our most popular contextual messages “The Calling of Levi” and “The Rescue of the Demoniac” are now streamed on the website for your listening and learning. Just go to AUDIO PRODUCTS and activate the respective links. See the "Audio" section under PRODUCTS for more information.
2007 Speaking
January 14 --- Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA
January 15-17 --- CMA Pastors Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC
January 26-27 --- Youth for Christ Annual Retreat, Baltimore, Maryland
January 26-27 --- Greater Washington Area Christian Educators Conference, Beltsville, MD
February 2-4 --- St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island, SC
March 16-17 --- Long Beach Friends Church, Long Beach, CA
March 23-24 --- Faith Community Church, San Diego, CA
April 20-21 --- First Presbyterian Church, Harrisonburg, VA
April 27/28 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD
May 22 --- Youth for Christ Leadership Development Forum, Cumberland, MD
May 27 --- New Hope Community Church, Pikesville, MD
June 3 --- Redland Baptist Church, Derwood, MD
June 8-9 --- Grace Fellowship Church, Timonium, MD
June 24 --- St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Cheboygan, MI
September 9-10 --- First Presbyterian Church, Long View, Texas, "The Heart of Worship" Conference
September 16 --- Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Brighton, MI, "Introduction to Biblical Context"
September 17 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, "Contextual Setting of the Sermon on the Mount"
September 28-29 --- St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Cheboygan, MI, "Bible Alive" Weekend
October 5-6 --- Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Brighton, MI, "Bible Alive" Weekend
October 12-13 --- Young Life Capernaum Fellowship National Committe Meeting, Nashville, TN
November 2-3 --- Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, "Making Disciples" Conference
November 9-10 --- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX, "Bible Alive" Weekend
November 11 --- Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, "Bible-in-Context Overview"
November 13-16 --- Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
December 5 --- Grace Fellowship Church, Timonium, MD "Christmas in Context: The Real Birth of Jesus"
November 2 & 3, 2007...PBT's first discipling weekend seminar "Making Disciples Jesus' Way: First-Century Wisdom for Today" was presented November 2 and 3 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland.
September 9 & 10, 2007...PBT's Introduces its "Worship From the Inside Out" Seminar at the First Presbyterian Church of Longview, Texas.
Ever wonder if there’s something more you could be getting out of God’s Word to enhance your worship of Him? Could your time in the Word use a jumpstart? Then our “Worship from the Inside Out” Conference may be just what you are looking for. During that time, we explore the essence of worship, barriers to worship, and how we can encourage and enhance our worship of the Lover and Savior of our soul. Jesus called us to worship Him in “spirit and in truth.” Much of our time together is focused on expanding our understanding of the “truth” of worship. As part of doing that, we put “familiar” passages back into their Middle Eastern context to discover more in them that can deepen our sense of worship. It is a time that excites your mind, engages your heart and nurtures your soul.
July 30, 2007..."The Rest of the Story: A Closer Look at Familiar Passages" becomes available.
Ever wonder if there's something more you could be getting out of your Bible Study? Could your time in the Word use a jump start? Then this book is for you. Consider the following recommendation:
"Read this book. It is for anyone interested in developing a more comprehensive understanding of certain key Old and New Testament passages. We all look at Scripture through presumptive and culture-shaping glasses. Doug Greenwold helps us correct our vision and take those glasses off. 'The Rest of the Story' is for Biblical explorers both old and new. Any serious believer or seeker is a 'student.' New students will be struck with delight and made thirsty for more study. Experienced students will be renewed and refreshed and once again realize just how rich these texts can be!" -- Richard L. Gathro, Ed.D, Executive Vice President, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
June 5, 2007..."In Their Sandals: How His Followers Saw Jesus" now available.
Dr. David Hansen's book takes nine Gospel passages and restores their context so that we can get a better picture of how those in the First Century would have known Jesus. He reveals the important connection between the context of Jesus' teaching and His message allowing us to discover new meaning in recognizable Gospel stories. Contextually developed in the book are "The Woman at the Well," "The Penitent Thief," "Writing on the Ground," "A Widow's Son Lives" and five other familiar passages. David Hansen has several advanced degrees including the Ph.D. and has taught at institutions of higher education, participated in archaeological excavations and has led seminars in the Middle East. He is past President of the Associates for Biblical Research and is a frequent guest lecturer, co-author of two books, and the author of many articles about Bible geography and history.
This 84-page book is available for $9.95. Order online or Call Customer Service at 1-410-953-0557 to place your order.
May 15, 2007...Sunday Morning Message Downloads Available
This past March, Preserving Bible Times gave its “Bible Alive” seminar at churches in Southern California. One of those churches, Faith Community Church of San Diego, asked our Executive Director and Teaching Fellow Doug Greenwold to bring the Sunday morning messages both before and after that seminar weekend. Both of those messages can now be heard on the church's website. If you ever wondered what a passage looks like after all the contextual pieces get woven back together to recreate the Middle Eastern understanding of a text, just go to www.faithsandiego.org/media/ and click on “Show all Messages.” Look for the 3/18/2007 message “Delivering A Legion: The Difference Context Makes” (from Luke 8) and the 3/25/2007 message “The Call of Levi: The Difference Context Makes" (from Luke 5).
May 7, 2007...New Third Edition of "Exploring Bible Times: The Gospels in Context" Available
This 212-page seminal work, now in a newly issued third edition, is the result of Dr. James Martin's twenty years of researching primary source materials in the Middle East. This newly revised and expanded publication integrates citations from The Mishnah, The Talmud, Josephus, and over 100 other primary sources with the Gospel record. Ideal for teachers, pastors and serious students of the Bible, its purpose is to encourage a contextual rediscovery of the purpose, meaning, and thus the significance and relevance of the intended Gospel message. This publication is the perfect compliment to the "Jesus the Messiah: Overview of the Gospels" DVD in that it contains the contextual information pertinent to the images found on that DVD.
April, 2006, Announcing Availability of “Five Story Lines of Scripture” Teaching DVD
Announcing our first DVD that shows Preserving Bible Times (PBT) in action teaching aspects of biblical context. All of our previous DVDs shared PBT’s remarkable Holy Land photographic and video resources for understanding the Bible in its context. With this new teaching DVD, we can now share some of how we use these resources to also open up the Bible in fresh and news ways. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this DVD should be worth at least 10,000 words of communicating what we do at PBT, why we do it that way, while showing some of how we actually go about it.
Filmed at the 2006 Teaching Director’s Conference of Community Bible Study, this DVD develops what we think is an essential framework for understanding the Bible in its context. We call it The Five Story Lines of Scripture, which some prefer to call The REALLY Big Picture of Scripture.
In addition, for the first 25 minutes of this DVD, we also demonstrate why context matters when engaging the Scriptures by revisiting three “familiar” passages. In each of these well-known texts – The Last Words of Jesus, Matthew 27:46; Simon Encounters Jesus, Luke 5:1-11; and Lifting Up the Vine, John 15:2 - we develop the crucial pieces of context inherent in each passage, and then show why there is so much more yet to be discovered in each of these passages. These three contextual “nuggets,” plus the “Five Story Lines of Scripture” framework, also serve to show some of what we do in our exciting and transforming Bible Alive weekends.
This new teaching DVD available for $14.95. It is not offered online and can only be ordered by calling our Customer Service number 410-953-0557.
March 2006 - Preserving Bible Times announced the availability of over 300 of its images from its Israel and Museum Archives can now be found in the the new NIV Archaeology Study Bible publishing by Zondervan in partnership with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. This 2300 page full color Bible is a comprehensive study tool that highlights the archaeological, historical and cultural background of the Bible. Preserving Bible Times is pleased that it was selected by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to provide the majority of photographic images for this Bible, including a large selection of biblical artifact images from the world's great museums.
February 2006 - PBT was invited to present its unqiue framework "The Five Story Lines of Scripture" to the 700 attendees of Community Bible Study's 2006 Teaching Directors Conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The presentation was made by Doug Greenwold, PBT's Executive Director and Senior Teaching Fellow, on Thursday evening, February 9. A DVD of that 75-minute presentation is now available.
December 2005 - Preserving Bible Times announced the availability of "Making Disciples Jesus' Way: Wisdom We Have Missed." This new book by PBT's Executive Director, Doug Greenwold, is a book for disciples and discipling practioniers. Its purpose is to challenge and provoke our contemporary Western discipleship and spiritual formation paradigms by providing the contextual backdrop of what it meant to “make disciples” in the Gospels. Then it asks: What are we doing, why are we doing it that way, and what fruit are we getting (or not getting)? The thesis of the book is that when we reconnect with the “make disciples” contextual presuppositions in the Gospels, we can more clearly see the “missing ingredients” in discipleship today.
March 2005 - PBT has been invited to present three sessions on "Making Disciples - In Context" at the Christian Missionary Alliance District Directors Annual Disciplemaking Conference in Orlando, Florida, April 8 & 9.
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