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I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in

your faith walk that deepen your understanding of God's word and that heightens your

awareness of his incredible

and real presence in your life. Well, you've heard the story more times than you can probably

count, the arrest of Jesus, the trials before the judges, the passion, and of course the resurrection.

But sometimes it seems we become so familiar with the story that we actually miss

parts of the story that could bring a fresh life, help us have a fresh perspective about how we

see things. And sometimes we breeze past it so fast. We miss nuanced characters and circumstances

that could actually remind us on a greater level what Jesus did for us.

So Daniel Darling joins me today. Always good to have him on this show. We're going to talk

about his new book, The Characters of Easter, the villains, the heroes, cowards, and crooks

who witness history's biggest miracle. If you want to see the Easter story in a fresh way,

we've got five copies of the characters of Easter to give away.

All you got to do, just text the word book to 877-933-2484, just to get in on the drawing.

877-933, 2484. Quick announcement. Each week this month, we're giving away a copy of the late Eugene Peterson's book, A Month of Sundays, 31 Days of Wrestling

with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Eugene Peterson was a great theologian, and you can enter

to win. That is on our website, Myfaithradio.com. All right, let me tell you about my guest. We'll get him

on the show. Daniel Darling is a senior vice president of communications for the national religious

broadcasters known as NRB. He's a regular contributor to

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