that is entirely possible. were these ancient artifacts the personal belongings of his mother, mary? we do know that it was a house of the kind that mary and joseph could ve lived in. i personally think it s very possible this was the childhood home of jesus. and what might the childhood of jesus tell us about jesus the man? we are looking at such an important part of human history. according to the gospels, jesus spent his childhood in the village of nazareth, in the region of galilee. today, nazareth is a bustling city of more than 70,000 people in northern israel. here, in a deep cellar beneath a 19th-century convent, lie the remains of what may prove to be one of the most extraordinary discoveries ever made, the very home in which jesus was raised. if this were in fact the childhood home of jesus, it would allow us to picture the world that jesus came from in a way that no other discovery has. how people fed themselves, what people worked at, the political
then a roman empress, helena, sets off on a dramatic quest to find it. helena changed everything. the discovery of the cross is shrouded in mystery. there s intrigue. there s murder. there s sex. there s violence behind all of this. her discovery will be hacked into tiny pieces and traded around the globe, venerated by millions, ridiculed by others. i don t think there s a snowball s chance in hell that helena discovered the true cross. now for the first time, modern science set outs to answer the question: is the true cross a hoax that mocks the crucifixion or the relic of relics? the true cross is one of the greatest mysteries of christian history. we have the tools to solve it. the cross, an object of savage torture. that cross was an instrument of death, pieces of wood nailed together to kill a human being. but also an object of deepest veneration. the cross on which jesus died really symbolizes for me the greatest act of love in human history. the cross
jesus himself to help us answer who really was john the baptist? the deserts in the first century. a wild place at the fringes of the roman empire. the promise of a new savior. his name is john the baptist. john the baptist is the first chapter to the long and amazing story of jesus. he tees it up for jesus to come and be the true maessiah. he comes with a fire and he wants people to feel it here. who are you? are you safe? why do you come here? he questions their motives. this is an intense figure out in the wilderness and the wilderness is where things really happen spiritually. he s a mysterious figure. he s strange and he s out there. he s dressed in this very, very old way and slightly dangerous and scary. today the unique appeal of this profit has been loss to history. who was this fiery creature who would har rold the coming of the messiah and what was it that drew jesus to it? now science joins history in a new quest in the future it may be possible to e
now new evidence rewrites the story of jesus and judas: a lost book of secret knowledge condemned as heresy 1,800 years ago. it s just horrific, a terrifying scene. can fresh clues help reveal the true meaning of the gospel of judas? judas has been one of the greatest villains in human history. judas has become the symbol of the ultimate traitor. the man who sells out jesus for 30 pieces of silver. judas crime is so easy to understand and at the same time so terrible. he betrayed his friend. along comes a bombshell, a newly translated ancient manu manuscript. just 25 tattered sheets of papyrus written in the ancient coptic language. the lost gospel of judas: it challenges our contempt for judas character. but now will missing fragments of text complete the gospel and force us to reconsider judas role in the story of jesus? the story of jesus, the story of the crucifixion, is not so much a who-done-it. it s a why-done-it. why did judas betray jesus? th
is it possible that everything we ve assumed about her is wrong, and could lost gospels help fill in the missing parts of her story and tell us who really was mary magdalene? blsz for many christians today, mary magdalene is revered for her compassionate love for jesus. i think jesus meant everything to mary. she was present at the crucifixion and, most importantly, she was present at the resurrection. she s the first person to whom jesus appears after his resurrection. do not weep nor grieve nor be irresolute. for his grace will protect you. yet when it comes to the details of mary s life, the bible says very little. the new testament mentions her just 12 times. mary magdalene is remarkable. there s so few mentions of her in the gospels, but they re so central to the story of jesus. and they ve filled our imagination for centuries. in reality, many of our ideas about mary are no more than myth. perhaps the most enduring one is that she is a fallen woman, a pr