Priceless Audio Bible Study!

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Thanks to our brothers at EWTN, I have found some of the most enlightening (and free!) Bible Studies. Tim Gray has done a couple of series on the Gospels of Mark and John. You’ll find that Mr. Gray, though he may not be the best speaker, has tapped into a well so deep, he’ll keep your attention throughtout the whole series.

I’m also interested in any other links of Bible studies that you’ve found to be of value.

Dr. Gray has helped explain why:
A) Mary was told not to hold Jesus after the Resurrection, while He instructed the Apostles to touch Him and probe His wounds.
B) Why John goes into detail after the Resurrection of having a charcoal fire on the beach before asking Peter if he loves him three times.
C) What’s so significant about the Apostles catching 153 fish in their nets during this scene, especially when the number 153 is not used in the Old Testaments.

In a nutshell, Tim Gray hammers home the relationship between the Old and the New Testament and adds a lot of understanding into what happened and why.

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Good find! I bought the video tapes on the Gospel of Mark, they are excellent! I did not know the John series was out!
 
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Thanks to our brothers at EWTN, I have found some of the most enlightening (and free!) Bible Studies. Tim Gray has done a couple of series on the Gospels of Mark and John. You’ll find that Mr. Gray, though he may not be the best speaker, has tapped into a well so deep, he’ll keep your attention throughtout the whole series.

I’m also interested in any other links of Bible studies that you’ve found to be of value.

Dr. Gray has helped explain why:
A) Mary was told not to hold Jesus after the Resurrection, while He instructed the Apostles to touch Him and probe His wounds.
B) Why John goes into detail after the Resurrection of having a charcoal fire on the beach before asking Peter if he loves him three times.
C) What’s so significant about the Apostles catching 153 fish in their nets during this scene, especially when the number 153 is not used in the Old Testaments.

In a nutshell, Tim Gray hammers home the relationship between the Old and the New Testament and adds a lot of understanding into what happened and why.

NotWorthy
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Prof Gray has greatly impressed me as well. Perhaps like you, I don’t like the format of his programs on EWTN, where he is trying to pull ideas from those poor college students. Thanks for the tip.

Gray is great.

Dear notworthy, why not give us a bit more on those a, b, c’s…
 
A) Why can’t Mary touch Jesus?
I know I’m going to do a poor job of paraphrasing Tim Gray but, in the Jewish faith, the only person that could handle an animal after it had been sacrficed was the priest. Jesus, being sacrificed already at this time of the narrative, can not be touched by someone who is not a priest, in accordance with the Jewish tradition. John is establishing the Apostles as priests, and preventing Mary (and further, all women) from being a priest.

Again, Tim tells this better and more accurately than me.

B) When Jesus calls the Apostles to the shore, he is found at the beach with a charcoal fire and some bread and fish. Why does John feel it is necessary to include the description, charcoal fire (I’ll skip over Mr. Gray’s weak attempt at humor, here)? The only other time John mentions a charcoal fire in his Gospel is during our Lord’s Passion. Peter is outside warming his hands around a charcoal fire, before he denies Jesus three times. Jesus is setting the stage for Peter to undo his three denials by bringing him, and the reader, back to the original scene, so that he can tell Jesus he loves Him.

C) Why 153 Fish? The number 153 is not used at any time in the Testaments. But back in the day, Aristotle had published a list of the complete number of species of fish known to man (Well, known to Aristotle at least). How many were there? 153!!! The meaning here, is that Jesus, by telling the Apostles to cast their nets and them catching 153 fish, is telling the Apostles to go and preach the Gospel (“be fishers of men”) to all the nations of the world!

Dr. Gray is pretty deep, isn’t he?

NotWorthy

P.S. Again, does anyone have access to other free audio Bible Studies?
 
At the risk of looking like I’m trying to bump this up to the top of the thread list, I’m still curious to see if anyone has any good Audio Bible Studies that are available on-line. I spend about an hour or two in the car each day, and having some decent Bible Studies on CD has proved very enriching.

NotWorthy
 
Scott Hahn’s Our Father’s Plan is available at the EWTN library in Real Audio. You’ll have to convert to MP3 or WMA or record while playing on your PC.

OFP is a historical walk through 14 books of the Bible that tells the story of salvation history chronologically. Jeff Cavins sets up the history and background and Dr. Hahn delves into the meaning and typology.

Excellent series. I have listened a couple of times. It is 13 1 hour episodes. You can also get some study materials to go with it from www.saintjoe.com I beleive. And there is the book the series is based on too.

EWTN also has a study of Ephesians by Fr. Mitch Pacwa. Have it, but haven’t listened to it yet.
 
I’m in the middle of OFP right now, and I’m enjoying it, immensely. The book was one of the best I’ve ever read! Thanks for the info on saintjoe.com.

Tim O’Donnell has two on EWTN’s site for Luke and Matthew. They’re good, but they don’t compare to Tim Gray or Scott Hahn.

Any others worth noting?

Notworthy
 
Check out this link:
catholicaudio.us/

For audio in mp3 format. Some GREAT audio there. Click on the hyperlink: online library

Scott Hahn’s Study in particular can be found on this website at:
ftp://217.160.246.215/pub/audionet/EWTN_programs/Scott_Hahn/Father’s_Plan/
 
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