Insight! with Garry Nation
Garry Nation is an unusual combination: an award winning actor and narrator who is also a Bible scholar with a PhD. He also sings and plays music sometimes.
Episodes
September 27, 2023 • 48 mins
Not only did Hezekiah's son Manasseh undo all the reforms of his father, he took Judah's descent into idolatry to new depths. His grandson Josiah was devout, but all his best efforts could not roll back all the religious corruption that had now become part of the culture. 2 Kings 18-23.
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September 21, 2023 • 56 mins
Hezekiah lays Sennacherib's threat before the Lord. The prophet Isaiah responds with a taunt song against the Assyrian invader. (2 Kings 19) Then in a flashback the author describes Hezekiah's desperate illness and the sign given by the Lord, and the prophet's forecast for Judah's future. (2 Kings 20)
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September 15, 2023 • 42 mins
Inheriting the Kingdom of Judah from his idolatrous father Ahaz, Hezekiah institutes a controversial, radical reformation; but then he faces a profound crisis when Assyria comes to reassert its dominance over the kingdom. 2 Kings 18:1 - 19:19
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September 11, 2023 • 44 mins
The Al Qaida attack on 9/11 was a shattering event, an acute crisis in human affairs that marks a great divide between historical eras.
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September 11, 2023 • 52 mins
Under King Jotham the Kingdom of Judah takes a drastic turn away from the faith heritage of David. 2 Kings 15-17.
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September 6, 2023 • 57 mins
In its later years Israel was ruled by a succession of kings who were basically glorified gangsters. One, Jeroboam II, presided over a surprisingly long and prosperous reign. But afterward political and social chaos reigned until the kingdom was dismantled by Assyria and its people exiled. But the seeds of its destruction were planted at its inception some 200 years earlier. 2 Kings 15-17
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August 31, 2023 • 58 mins
Even on his deathbed the prophet Elisha commands the attention of the king. His passing marks the end of an era, while the events of this passage reveal greater theological depth than is apparent on a casual reading. 2 Kings 13-15
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August 26, 2023 • 48 mins
Jehu's bloody coup leads to the final overthrow of Jezebel and Baalism in Israel, but also leads to a counter coup in Judah that results in the slaughter of the royal house of David. One little boy is saved, and he will lead a new revolution to restore the throne of David. But both of these kings have fatal flaws. 2 Kings 10-12
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August 24, 2023 • 51 mins
Many years after Elijah prophesied the downfall of Queen Jezebel and the overthrow of the house of Ahab, the prophet anoints General Jehu to be avenger of the blood of Naboth.
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August 23, 2023 • 46 mins
From raising an axehead from the river to prophesying the beginning and end of a famine, the prophet Elisha becomes a minister of good news and mercy to Israel--although the king doesn't always see it that way. 2 Kings 6:1-8:6.
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August 17, 2023 • 53 mins
Wherever Elisha the prophet goes, the presence of God goes with him. In one of the best known stories of his ministry, an enemy general is healed of leprosy while the prophet's own servant commits a dreadful moral fault. 2 Kings 4:38 - 5:27.
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August 17, 2023 • 57 mins
The story of Elisha picks up steam as he demonstrates a ministry of mercy in the midst of a land under divine discipline. It is also a story filled with irony and surprises. 2 Kings 2:23-25; 3:13 - 4:37.
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August 15, 2023 • 57 mins
With Elijah the Prophet taken away and the death of King Ahab, Elisha comes to the fore as the chief spokesman for Yahweh and His covenant with Israel. 2 Kings 2:15 - 3:18
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August 8, 2023 • 40 mins
The prophet Elijah passes his mantle, both literally and figuratively, to his servant Elisha in one of the most drawn out, dramatic scenes of the Bible. 2 Kings 1, 2
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August 4, 2023 • 44 mins
The men of the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (USA) take part in their first major battle under their division commander Gen. George Thomas, the first significant Union victory of the war.
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July 28, 2023 • 36 mins
The men of the 2nd Tennessee have their first Christmas of the war as they face a battlefield confrontation with their old nemesis, Gen. Felix Zollicoffer.
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July 21, 2023 • 47 mins
Following a night of attempted railroad sabotage, Union partisans in East Tennessee faced disappointment by the failure of the Federal army to back them up and severe backlash from their Confederate neighbors.
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July 14, 2023 • 48 mins
Unionists launch an audacious plan to retake East Tennessee from the Confederates involving the burning of key railroad bridges in a daring coordinated raid.
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July 7, 2023 • 33 mins
The 2nd Tennessee gets its first call to action when their old nemesis from Tennessee invades Kentucky.
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June 30, 2023 • 34 mins
"He Made Us Soldiers." The arrival of Gen. George Thomas to take command at Camp Dick Robinson changed everything for the men of the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry.
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