Story Encounters: The Chosen

Join Ty Gibson and David Asscherick as they walk through Season 1 of the hit TV series The Chosen and examine the biblical, historical, and theological background of each episode.

Story Encounters: The Chosen

June 19th, 2023

Episode 13: I Am He - Part 2

On the way to Samaria, Jesus encounters an ostracized woman at Jacob's Well and announces that He is the Messiah. This episode reveals God as someone who breaks down barriers between us and Him, and between us and other people.

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  1. June 19th, 2023

    Episode 13: I Am He - Part 2

    On the way to Samaria, Jesus encounters an ostracized woman at Jacob's Well and announces that He is the Messiah. This episode reveals God as someone who breaks down barriers between us and Him, and between us and other people.

  2. June 12th, 2023

    Episode 12: I Am He - Part 1

    Jesus and His students attend a dinner party with the outcasts of Capernaum. Nicodemus wrestles with his choices, and Peter's household experiences another miracle. In this episode, we see how Jesus truly sees our hearts and all that we go through.

  3. June 5th, 2023

    Episode 11: Invitations

    Matthew struggles to reconcile the miracles he has witnessed with reality, and Nicodemus meets with Jesus by night. This episode explores the parallels between the healing bronze serpent of the Exodus and the healing Jesus has come to bring to a divided world.

  4. May 29th, 2023

    Episode 10: Indescribable Compassion - Part 2

    Nicodemus challenges Shmuel on the box he has placed God in, and a woman forces her paralytic friend through the crowd to encounter Jesus while He is teaching. In this episode, we look at how Jesus taught and how scripture can be misused in the interpretation of scripture.

  5. May 22nd, 2023

    Episode 9: Indescribable Compassion - Part 1

    A marginalized leper approaches Jesus for healing on the road to Capernaum. This episode dives deeper into God's life-giving power--His willingness to share it and its 'disruptive' effects.

  6. May 15th, 2023

    Episode 8: The Wedding Gift - Part 2

    When the wine at the wedding runs low, Mary asks her Son to intervene on behalf of the bridegroom's family. In this episode, we examine how Jesus' act of kindness was the beginning of the revealing of God's character.

  7. May 15th, 2023

    Episode 8: The Wedding Gift - Part 2

    When the wine at the wedding runs low, Mary asks her Son to intervene on behalf of the bridegroom's family. In this episode, we examine how Jesus' act of kindness was the beginning of the revealing of God's character.

  8. May 8th, 2023

    Episode 7: The Wedding Gift - Part 1

    Peter shares with Eden about his encounter with Jesus, Nicodemus interrogates John the Baptizer, and Jesus and his students make their way to a wedding celebration in Cana. This episode zeroes in on the 'awakening' of the various characters portrayed to the true identity God is calling them to.

  9. May 8th, 2023

    Episode 7: The Wedding Gift - Part 1

    Peter shares with Eden about his encounter with Jesus, Nicodemus interrogates John the Baptizer, and Jesus and his students make their way to a wedding celebration in Cana. This episode zeroes in on the 'awakening' of the various characters portrayed to the true identity God is calling them to.

  10. May 1st, 2023

    Episode 6: The Rock On Which It Is Built - Part 2

    Simon spends one last night fishing in a desperate attempt to square his debts. Andrew spots a familiar face waiting for them on the shores of Galilee. This episode explores parallels between Israel and Jesus in their roles as Sons of God.

  11. April 24th, 2023

    Episode 5: The Rock On Which It Is Built - Part 1

    With his life and family under threat from Rome, and his sick mother-in-law moving in to his home, Simon is out of options. And that is precisely where God wants Him to be.

  12. April 16th, 2023

    Episode 4: Jesus Loves The Little Children

    Jesus befriends and teaches the group of children who discover His camp on the outskirts of Capernaum. In this episode, we explore the intensity of emotion as Jesus pleads with His Heavenly Father, and delights in the receptivity of His first little students.

  13. April 9th, 2023

    Episode 3: Shabbat

    Matthew validates Simon's claims with Praetor Quintus, Nicodemus investigates the miracle reported in the Red Quarter, and Mary receives surprise guests at her Shabbat dinner. In this episode, we take a closer look at the Sabbath and its links to Creation and Exodus.

  14. April 3rd, 2023

    Episode 2: I Have Called You By Name - Part 2

    Nicodemus is crushed by his inability to cast our Lilith's demons, while Lilith tries to drown her despair. In this episode, we see the arrival of hope when Jesus encounters Lilith and calls her by her true name.

  15. March 26th, 2023

    Episode 1: I Have Called You By Name - Part 1

    Two brothers struggle with their tax debts to Rome while a woman in the Red Quarter wrestles with her demons. In this episode, we meet some of the key characters before they encounter Jesus, and see how their efforts to solve their problems in their own power only create more problems.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Join Ty Gibson and David Asscherick as they walk through Season 1 of the hit television series The Chosen and examine the biblical, historical, and theological background of each episode. Filled with video clips from The Chosen, spirited discussion, biblical insights, and points of personal application, Story Encounters: The Chosen invites viewers to fall in love with the beautiful character of Jesus as revealed through each encounter He has with the people of 1st century Palestine.

Host

David Asscherick

Show
Story Encounters: The Chosen
Hosts
David Asscherick
Categories
Family, Bible
Language
English
Episodes
16

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