In this fresh and exciting new series Jesus the Game Changer, well-known Christian communicator Karl Faase takes an intellectual look at the evidence for Jesus' existence and his impact on the world.
Jesus of Nazareth is the most influential person in human history and the trajectory of the world pivoted on His life and teaching. This episode introduces the series, that Jesus is the ultimate Game Changer and that He continues to 'change the game' in people's lives, including that of Manoj Raithatha.
To give a foundation of Jesus being the Game Changer, it is important to establish Jesus as the significant historical figure that He was. This episode explores the validity of His existence, how we can be confident in the writings about Jesus and the dif
Today, one of the basic foundational values of our free democratic nations is the equality of all people but that has not always been the case and is still not valued in some nations even today. This episode shows the link between the teaching of Jesus on
While Jesus is not the only religious leader to talk about forgiveness, His teaching, life, death and resurrection completely changed the game when it comes to extending forgiveness to all who accept Him. This episode looks at Jesus' teaching and gives an
Jesus' love and inclusion of women was in stark contrast to the rest of the society in which He lived. It was radical for its day and is liberating still to this day. This episode looks at the attitude of Jesus towards women and how the Early Church carri
While Jesus does not teach us directly to go and create a democracy, history shows that His teaching on things like faith, freedom and character underpin robust and free democracies. It is these pillars which provide the best conditions for human flourish
One of the values most widely accepted in western culture is that we should care for others. In Jesus' day, the Greco-Roman world was a brutal place for those without family to support them but Jesus showed a new way to care for the lost, the last and the
In the Greco-Roman world, humility and service were not viewed as virtues. It was not until the first century that humility was written about as something to be admired. From an historical perspective, that change can only be understood in the context of
The idea that education is a right for every person is a fairly recent development in human history. A key motivation for education across the centuries has been that everyone ought to be able to read the Bible. It has been Christians and the Church, comm
Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me". This revolutionary teaching of Jesus changed the world! In the first centuries of the Early Church and ever since, the followers of Jesus have remembered that they followed a Man who healed the sic
