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One of life's realities is that all good things must come to an end. So it is for this podcast. I've had a wonderful time bringing you these 40-some episodes and I thank you for sticking with me through it all. In this short episode I'll share my closing thoughts, thank everyone who has helped, and leave you with a cliffhanger .... Season 2???

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Jesus is risen! Hallelujah! Death on the cross could not keep him. He is alive.

Jesus made many appearances to people during the forty days he walked the earth again after his resurrection. But people didn't recognize him! Why? Laurie analyzes some of these appearances and offers her opinion on explainable reasons why people who accompanied him for three years didn't recognize him when he was resurrected, and also those cases where supernatural reasons were involved. Pretty fascinating stuff.

For the finale episode of her The Year I Read the Bible podcast, Laurie welcomes the delightful and insightful Dina Clarke. Dina is the co-leader of Women in the Word Bible Study in Pawleys Island, SC. Through her humor and emotional teachings, Dina has educated hundreds of Bible readers, leading to increased understanding.

A few links to supplement the conversation:

Paul's lesson on the mysteries of the resurrection: I Corinthians 15

The Sacred Slow by Alicia Britt Chole

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In today's episode Laurie shares a bewildering experience from her college days, when a Religion Professor (who also happened to be an ordained pastor) spent the semester pointing out spots in the Bible where there are discrepancies in the telling of the same story. But the bewildering part came when he encouraged his students to "throw out" the Bible as a credible source because of those differences. WHAAAAT?

Laurie didn't fall for his tricks, and neither should you. She spends this episode pointing out the differences in the four gospels in the telling of Jesus's resurrection stories, along with her analysis of those differences.

Laurie welcomes back her guest Josine Young. Their interesting conversation takes them to some diverse topics. Here are some links in follow up to the interview:

God's Not Dead (movie)

God's Not Dead (song)

The Apocrypha

The Passion Plan in Oberammagau

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Jesus's crucifixion.

I'm sure you read the Bible story every Easter, or maybe more often than that. Me too. But the year I read the Bible cover to cover, I read it with a new lens. And I uncovered a bunch of supernatural events surrounding Jesus's crucifixion.

• A three-hour eclipse of the sun in the middle of the day.
• A curtain or veil located a mile away in the Temple in Jerusalem that tore from top to bottom at the moment of Jesus's death.
• An earthquake!
• The bodies of many buried holy people were raised to life.

It's as if God was making it unmistakably clear to the observers that this was no ordinary Roman crucifixion. God was in charge -- he always was and he always will be!

Join me and my very insightful guest who you met last week, Angel Ambrose, for a nitty gritty discussion of all these points of the story, in addition to our examination of Jesus's cry, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"

Learn more about Angel here.

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Jesus often used analogies to illustrate who he was -- I am the Good Shepherd, I am the Light of the World, etc. It's his generous attempt to connect with us in multiple ways -- allowing us each various ways to understand him better.

Today we'll dive into I am the True Vine.

I'm in good company -- joining me is my guest, Angel Ambrose. An artist of acrylic landscapes, Angel connected so passionately with Jesus' True Vine analogy, along with his invitation to Abide in Him, that she developed a series of hauntingly beautiful paintings to illustrate the concept. Please take a look at them so you can visualize them when you hear her speak:

The Good Gardner series (Come, Believe, Receive, Exchange, Abide and Thrive)

Angel Ambrose Fine Art Studio

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This is your host, Laurie, and I am thrilled to be taking part in PodcasThon 2026 -- a global effort to flood the podcasting airwaves with love, service and good works! Over 2500 podcasts from 65 different countries are taking part ... and so is The Year I Read the Bible!

I am devoting my episode this week to a very worthy charity Feed My Peeps and its founder Jacki Brey. You've heard from my friend Jacki before because she's been my guest in episodes 23 (Odd Things Jesus Did) and 26 (What's So Bad About Samaritans?) But today we spend the entire episode talking about her non-profit -- what inspired her to start it, the work God sends her out to do, the challenges she faces, and heartwarming stories of outreach.

You will find this to be an extremely inspiring dialogue so sit tight and listen up! Here are some inspiring words from Jacki: " One person. You are just one person and you think, I can't make a difference. Well, yes you can. One person can be the ripple effect to building a better world. Let God flow and use you. God's not done writing your story. Give him back that pen and let him use you."

If, after listening to this special episode, you want to help -- here's how! Pray for Feed My Peeps. Make a donation so they can continue their work! Visit their website and tell others to do the same!

Thank you, Jacki for the work you do to help those in need. And thank you to Podcasthon for spreading so much love!

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Take a deep dive into Laurie's favorite Bible character -- Simon Peter -- one of Jesus's strongest supporters, who in his moment of weakness, denies even knowing Jesus during the terrible time of his arrest, torture and crucifixion. Why did Peter do it, and how do we, in our moments of weakness as humans, do the same thing? And how does our Lord respond?

Laurie's guest Josine Young joins us for a conversation on this interesting topic. Josine is an avid traveler, a faithful follower of Jesus and a fun neighbor and friend!

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I've always loved Palm Sunday! Joyous happy people praising Jesus as he rides into town on a humble colt! I love what we find in Luke 19 verse 40 where Jesus tells them, even if the crowds who were shouting Hosannas at him quieted, the rocks themselves would cry out! It points to the inevitability of the people praising and recognizing Jesus's divine authority!

But as festive and happy as Palm Sunday was, we all know that the joy was short-lived. We know what horrors await our Lord just a few days later. So today I welcome back my friend and previous guest Janet Dickinson to talk about the festive approach of Jesus on the back of a colt into Jerusalem, the arrival of a humble king.