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June 23, 2024 by Jim Park

Early in His ministry, Jesus revealed what would come to be called His rescue manifesto. Central to that process is Jesus’ signature brand of compassion, articulated first in His Sermon on the Mount, then at his hometown synagogue in Nazareth. In this teaching session at the First Presbyterian Church in Longview, Texas in 2007, Doug Greenwold examines contextually one of the most paradigm shattering experiences his disciples would encounter as Jesus demonstrates how that compassion is put into practice, establishing a trait that would come to define Christ followers for centuries to come.

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May 30, 2024 by Jim Park

**The high calling of being a slave to Christ …**

Any notion of “being owned” might constitute a shock to anyone familiar with our American antebellum slavery experience. In this extract from a 2015 teaching at Trinity Bible Church in Lafayette, Louisiana, Doug Greenwold explains how slavery was integral to the Roman Empire, often the only path to freedom, and how the Apostle Paul capitalized on slavery as well as on other Roman cultural normatives to tailor the foundation of his infant urban Christian church and, moreover, how it applies to us today.

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Cómo convertirse en un pastor de Judea

May 20, 2024 by Jim Park

***Disponible sólo en eBook y audiolibro***

Este cautivador libro es también innovador en su manera de narrar dicha historia desde la perspectiva de un niño de 12 años, un recuento que nos ilustra sobre la vida de un pastor quien aprende el oficio de su padre, en la Judea del Siglo I.

Rico en un contenido contextual, dicho texto abre con el Salmo 23 en una forma nueva y fresca, planteando una perspectiva innovadora para las “ovejas” y los pastores de hoy en día. Colmado de “momentos ¡ajá!” al plantear ¿por qué no toda la hierba verde es buena para comer? o ¿por qué las ovejas se asustan cuando hay ondas en el agua? o ¿qué es una oveja “abatida”? y ¿en qué circunstancias un pastor sacrifica la oveja, al fracturarle intencionalmente una pata?

Este libro es una lectura que se hace fácil y rápidamente – que está diseñado para la gente que cuenta con poco tiempo- pero igualmente ofrece unas reflexiones espirituales perspicaces para meditar de por vida.

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Formar discípulos a la manera de Jesús

May 19, 2024 by Jim Park

Cómo formar discípulos a la manera de Jesús: sabiduría que hemos desaprovechado es un libro para discípulos y practicantes del discipulado. El propósito del texto es poner a prueba y desafiar nuestros paradigmas occidentales contemporáneos sobre el discipulado y lo que es la formación espiritual, proporcionando el trasfondo del contexto de lo que significaba formar, o como se conoce en los Evangelios “hacer discípulos”. Luego se plantean las siguientes preguntas: ¿Qué estamos haciendo? ¿Por qué lo hacemos así? y ¿qué fruto estamos cosechando (o no estamos cosechando)? La tesis del libro es que, cuando hagamos la reconexión con las presuposiciones contextuales en los Evangelios sobre “formar discípulos” podemos ver con mayor claridad los “ingredientes que faltan” en el discipulado de hoy.

Adelanto: Capítulo 5 – “Hacer y enseñar”

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March 26, 2024 by Jim Park

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That Good Samaritan Audiobook

February 28, 2024 by Jim Park

Jesus often taught using parables, as did rabbis generally. It has been said that a parable is an earth-bound story with heavenly implications. So it was with the Parable of the Good Samaritan. While this parable may indeed be widely known and frequently referenced, how well is it really understood? Doug Greenwold digs into the context of this parable in five chapters that explore how Jesus radically challenged the observant Jewish paradigms of the day and now takes aim at our paradigm of, first, who is my neighbor and, second, what it means to be neighborly.

Doug’s book, That Good Samaritan, is also available here on the Preserving Bible Times website in eBook form (included here with your order) and contains Doug’s full introduction. We are pleased here to offer the book in audio form …

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$19.95 — Listen online or download all five chapters. The link to the audio chapters will be emailed to you upon purchase. With your purchase, you will also receive a link for a free download of That Good Samaritan eBook.

That Good Samaritan Audiobook

February 28, 2024 by Jim Park

**The complete book in five chapters …**

That Good Samaritan was written and published by Doug Greenwold in 2014. Doug’s complete introduction to the work is included in the eBook edition, available to you at no charge (below). We are pleased to bring you this audio edition, narrated by Jim Park, Creative Director for Preserving Bible Times.

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Chapter 1: What’s the Problem?

Chapter 2: Why Those Two Questions?

Chapter 3: Pulverizing Paradigms

Chapter 4: The Perfect Victim

Chapter 5: Comprehensive Compassion

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PBT Podcasts across the web …

October 22, 2023 by Jim Park

These podcasts from Preserving Bible Times are drawn from a large archive of conversations with Doug Greenwold on Broken Road Radio from 2011 to 2019 and new interviews with Pastor Robbie Pruitt, Executive Director of PBT. We’ve put this library at your fingertips to listen and learn free of charge. Our mission is to deliver reliable biblical context in a concise, conversational form. Simply click on your favorite podcast source below …

The Paralytic’s Amazing Friends Audiobook

October 17, 2023 by Jim Park

**Contains all 8 chapters plus associated Reflection Questions …**

The Paralytic’s Amazing Friends was published by Doug Greenwold in 2016. Doug was inspired to write the book by his son David who, beginning early in life, suffered from mental retardation, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy and Autism. Needless to say, parenting such a child presents incredible challenges. Over the years, Doug and his wife Nancy sought out special people and organizations to help David and came to feel indebted to them for their amazing contributions to David’s growth and development. Doug dedicates this book to them.

While David furnished Doug with a unique perspective on what we would normally term “handicaps”, it was Pastor Louie Giglio who provided him a new perspective on Luke 5 and the four friends who’s view of those with disabilities varied so incredibly with the standard of the day.

Doug’s book, The Paralytic’s Amazing Friends, is also available on the Preserving Bible Times website in eBook form (included with your order) and contains Doug’s full introduction. We are pleased here to offer the book in audio form …

Listen to this sample from the book …

$19.95 — Listen online or download all eight chapters. The link to the audio chapters will be emailed to you upon purchase. With your purchase, you will also receive a link for a free download of the Paralytic’s Amazing Friends eBook.

The Paralytic’s Amazing Friends: The Audiobook

October 17, 2023 by Jim Park

**Eight chapters with associated Reflection Questions**

The Paralytic’s Amazing Friends was written and published by Doug Greenwold in 2016. Doug’s complete introduction to the work is included in the eBook edition, available to you at no charge (below). We are pleased to bring you this audio edition, narrated by Jim Park, Creative Director for Preserving Bible Times.