EXPLORE THE BIBLE: STUDYING THE BIBLE BIOGRAPHICALLY (PART I)
Behold Israel
Amir Tsarfati
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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In this episode of Explore the Bible, Amir Tsarfati and Dr. Rick Yohn dive deep into the life of John Mark—the man who abandoned Paul and Barnabas on their first mission, only to later become the writer of the Gospel of Mark. Through this biographical lens, discover how God redeems failure, restores calling, and uses unlikely people for lasting impact.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Shalom everyone. I'm Amir Zofati and welcome back to one of my favorite online programs, Explore the Bible with Dr. Rick Yon. Shalom, Dr. Rick Yon. How are you, my friend? |
| 0:26.6 | We have a very, very exciting program today. We flip the page and we are moving to a new |
| 0:34.1 | phase and chapter in what we're going to touch on. |
| 0:40.3 | But before we do that, would you do us the honor and start with a prayer? |
| 0:46.3 | I'd love to. Lord God, we are so excited once again to get into your word, and we ask that your Holy Spirit instruct us that he is the one who will open our eyes to see, |
| 1:01.7 | and give us that understanding that only you can give. I pray, Father, that you will be honored in our discussion, |
| 1:10.6 | and we just thank you for what you are going to accomplish in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. |
| 1:15.6 | Amen. |
| 1:16.6 | Amen. |
| 1:17.6 | So, Shalom again, everyone. |
| 1:19.6 | Dr. Rick and I are here for another episode of Explore the Bible. |
| 1:24.6 | And, you know, Rick, we've been exploring the interpretation of the Bible |
| 1:32.2 | literally grammatically and historically and as I suggested a few minutes ago we are |
| 1:42.2 | flipping the page to a new thing, a new chapter. |
| 1:48.7 | And after we did it grammatically and literally and historically, what is next? |
| 1:56.9 | How are we going to explore the Bible next? |
| 2:00.6 | Well, we're going to try to, as we look at the scriptures, look at them biographically. |
| 2:07.6 | We're going to look at people's... |
| 2:08.6 | Again, biographically. |
| 2:12.6 | Biographical. |
| 2:14.6 | You think of bios, the Greek words, two Greek words, BIOS meaning life or living, and Grape meaning writing. |
| 2:23.3 | So it is a writing about an individual's life. |
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