The stage playImage: 'What is Truth?', a painting by Nikolai Nikolaievich, 1890--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstory/message

8d) Acts of the Spotlight Part 4

May 4th, 2021 47m 39s

James the brother of Jesus, and the elders at Jerusalem, and thousands of Jews there who have believed and are zealous for the law...How are they regarded by the author of Acts? How are their envoys received at Antioch? Image: 'What is Tru

8c) Acts of the Spotlight Part 3

Apr 8th, 2021 38m

Jerusalem and Antioch, culturally and ideologically divergent.The defining principle of Christianity, and a response to it by James, the brother of Jesus.Image: 'What is Truth?', a painting by Nikolai Nikolaievich, 1890--- Send in a

8b) Acts of the Spotlight Part 2

Mar 1st, 2021 23m 27s

"They added nothing to my message."The exclusive gospel of Paul.Image: 'What is Truth?', a painting by Nikolai Nikolaievich, 1890--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstory/message

8) Acts of the Spotlight Part 1

Feb 22nd, 2021 26m 25s

Tracing the belief system of Christianity back in time, how do we get from Antioch to Jerusalem ? It’s about what people were thinking. There’s a group of people in Jerusalem who need to have believed pretty much the same things that peopl

CHURCH NOTICE

Jun 26th, 2020 13m 25s

This is notice of a public challenge to the Christian Church, bringing into question its past conduct.To the Church of old: The story you passed on to us about a first century Jewish movement…was it faithfull

7) A Tenuous Connection

Jun 8th, 2020 38m 19s

The story that Christian belief is centred on, does it reach back to Jesus?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstory/message

6) Early Church History

May 30th, 2020 42m 7s

The story begins.What did Peter and John and the other disciples of Jesus go on to do?... Where did they go?Introducing Paul, and his doctrine.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstor

5b) Messiah. (Part 2)

Feb 21st, 2020 43m 11s

What did they believe?Image: 'What is Truth?', a painting by Nikolai Nikolaievich, 1890--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstory/message

5) Messiah. (Part 1)

Feb 21st, 2020 38m 37s

The missing information about the disciples of Jesus.Image: 'What is Truth?', a painting by Nikolai Nikolaievich, 1890--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstory/message

4) Christ

Dec 4th, 2019 47m 46s

How far back do we go with this concept of Christ? Can we really take it back to the people who followed Jesus around Galilee and Judea?Did they believe it? Were they Christians?--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shakingchris

4) Christ

Dec 4th, 2019 48m

3) The Rabbi

Nov 27th, 2019 41m 49s

An interview with Rabbi Philip Kaplan at the Great Synagogue, Sydney.In Mark 8:29 Jesus says to his disciples; "What about you? Who do you say I am?" And Peter answers, "You are the Messiah."Who is better placed to know what Peter might h

2) The Reverend

Nov 25th, 2019 54m 19s

An interview with the Reverend of Saint Andrew's Presbyterian church, Newcastle Australia. (The Church in the picture)Tim responds to two questions:# What is Christianity? # What is the central message of Christianity?We also address w

4) The Reverend

Nov 22nd, 2019 53m 58s

An interview with the Reverend of Saint Andrew's Presbyterian church, Newcastle Australia.The Church on the front page of this podcast.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/elliott-smith6/message

1) What is Christianity?

Aug 18th, 2019 25m 50s

The mother of all Christian assumptions--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstory/message

The Book (Intro part 2)

Aug 18th, 2019 39m 24s

A combination of material from two rival movements--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christianitythebackstory/message

A Fourth Century Tale (Intro part 1)

Aug 18th, 2019 37m 38s

Looking between the lines of Church history and the New Testament.An unorthodox tour through early Church times for anyone interested in what might have been going on behind the scenes. Behind the scenes of the official story that was produced

3) What is Christianity?

Aug 11th, 2019 25m 48s

Underlying ideas,and the mother of all Christian assumptions--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/elliott-smith6/message

2) The Book

Aug 11th, 2019 37m 54s

A combination of material from two rival movements Introduction Part 2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/elliott-smith6/message

1) It's a Fourth Century Tale

Aug 11th, 2019 39m 45s

There's a story that we're supposed to believe about how Christianity came together. The one where the religious elite were right, and everybody else was wrong. The Church has demanded a narrow minded view of Christian origins.Here's another