Point #1 – 2:10: Who are the “brood of vipers?

Point #2 – 4:38: Advice for the brood of vipers

Point #3 – 7:05: Stones raised up as children for Abraham

Point #4 – 9:09: The ax is ready to cut down the tree

Point #5 – 10:25: John takes three questions

Point #6 – 12:27: A question from the crowd

Point #7 – 16:32: Who were tax collectors?

Point #8 – 19:50: John tells the tax collectors what to do

Point #9 – 21:24: John tells the soldiers what they should do

Point #10 – 24:26: They wondered ‘in their hearts’ if John was the Messiah

Bibliography:

·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books

·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books

·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books

·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

·        Jenkins, Philip: “Jesus Wars”

·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”

·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”

·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”

·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”

·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)

·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”

·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC”

·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”

·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”

·        Carlin, Dan: Death Throes of the Republic Podcast, “The End is Always Near”

·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast

·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast

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