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Ray Vander Laan is the founder of That the World May Know Ministries and is the creator and host of Focus on the Family’s That the World May Know resource series. He is also a religion instructor with Holland Christian Schools in Holland, Mich., and an ordained minister with the Christian Reformed Church. Ray and his wife, Esther, have four grown children and many grandchildren.
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E03 The Friends

EPISODE 3: The Friends – In Jesus’ day, discipleship was rarely—if ever—carried out on an individual basis. Rather, Jewish teachers would gather groups of followers who would take on their
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E04 The Call

EPISODE 4: The Call – In this episode, RVL breaks down exactly how someone would become a disciple to a rabbi, noting how Jesus differed from tradition in His call
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E05 The Gennesaret

EPISODE 5: The Gennesaret – In Jesus’ day, a disciple learned from the rabbi by experience, following the teacher’s example in every aspect of daily life. In this episode, RVL
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E06 The Commandment

EPISODE 6: The Commandment – This episode kicks off the first of a three-part examination of Jesus’ yoke—the interpretation of Scripture by which His followers imitate His example. RVL opens
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E07 The Neighbor

EPISODE 7: The Neighbor – In the second part of the discussion of Jesus’ yoke, this episode builds upon Jesus’ teaching that “love God” and “love neighbor” are preeminent by
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E08 The Samaritan

EPISODE 8: The Samaritan – In this final part of the season’s examination of Jesus’ yoke, this episode considers the question, “Who is my neighbor?”, breaking down Jesus’ parable of
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E09 The Kingdom

EPISODE 9: The Kingdom – In this final episode of RVL Discipleship, RVL wraps up the entire course through the lens of Jesus’ primary announcement: “The kingdom of heaven has
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E01 The School

EPISODE 1: The School – From childhood, the Jews of the first century engaged in an evolving system of Scripture education—one that Jesus Himself probably participated in. In this first
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S04 E02 The Dust

EPISODE 2: The Dust – What did it mean to be a disciple to a rabbi in Jesus’ time? What was a disciple’s goal, and how would they work to
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S03 E01 The Descendant

As RVL taught in the first season, the Bible was written by Eastern thinkers, people who preferred to communicate truth through story. In this episode, RVL introduces Season 3’s emphasis
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S03 E02 The Gospel

Jesus was born into a specific time in history, a period in which Israel was under the control of the Roman Empire. Caesar was not only considered an emperor over
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RVL Discipleship: The Study - S03 E10 The Yoke

In order to follow a rabbi, one needed to know how to imitate him. This episode concludes Season 3 by examining how a rabbi would interpret, teach, and model Scripture—and
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