Citations I mention in the video:*What Is The Gospel? What is it according to the text?*- Mark 1:14-15- 1 Corinthians 15:1–4- 2 Timothy 2:8-10*Should we tell the “violent” stories in the scriptures to children?*1) https://theorthodoxlife.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/christian-education-in-the-early-church-part-1/2) https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2163&context=asburyjournal*How to understand the text:*1) https://www.newmanlib.ibri.org/Documents/RabbinicParables.pdf2) https://ifl.web.baylor.edu/sites/g/files/ecbvkj771/files/2023-02/parablesarticlegowler.pdf*How did the earliest christians understand the parable?*1) https://ia904501.us.archive.org/11/items/SaintIrenaeusAgainstHeresiesComplete/Saint%20Irenaeus%20Against%20Heresies%20Complete.pdf2) https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0185-0254,_Origenes,_Commentarium_in_evangelium_Matthaei_%5BSchaff%5D,_EN.pdf*Who is adopting and giving more?*1) https://cafo.org/what-the-latest-data-shows-about-christian-involvement-in-foster-care-and-adoption/2) https://www.hoover.org/research/religious-faith-and-charitable-giving3) https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/magazine/less-god-less-giving/*Was Jesus speaking truth to power?*- Mark 12:13–17- John 18:36- Luke 23:2*Did early believers call out their leaders after 300 A.D.?*1) https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0339-0397,_Ambrosius,_Some_Letters_%5BSchaff%5D,_EN.pdf2) https://ia601305.us.archive.org/4/items/St.AmbroseSelectedWorksAndLetters/st_ambrose_selected_works_and_letters.pdf3) https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/c7bb3f89-eb78-007e-971a-d5864cf7a236/28069a1b-8c16-4f91-8bd6-e69c3eb898f0/Letter-to-Anastasius-I.pdf4) https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/01p/0590-0604,_SS_Gregorius_I_Magnus,_Registri_Epistolarum_%5BSchaff%5D,_EN.pdf
