Part I: Backdrop to the greatest story ever told. The overlooked era: Life between the Old and New Testaments --
New Testament basics: Building blocks of the Revelation --
Miraculous: The literary wonder of the New Testament --
The Gospels: Four perspectives, one message --
Part II: A visit from God. From Jesus' birth to his initial teachings --
From "Catching men" to the Golden Rule --
From healing a centurion's servant to confrontations with pharisees --
From the transfiguration to an argument over Abraham --
From healing a blind man to Mary's ointment --
From the plot to kill Lazarus to Peter's ill-fated vow --
From Jesus' reassurance to Pilate's judgment --
From the flogging of Jesus to his ascension
