Jesus in Old Time Radio

Modern scholars of antiquity and mainline Christians agree that Jesus Christ was a historical figure. He was born during the reign of Herod the Great in the midst of the Great Census. He was raised in Galilee, was baptized by John the Baptist, became a rabbi, and was crucified by Pontius Pilate

This is because historians need to see irrefutable evidence for what religionists are willing to accept based on faith. Those who rely on faith are willing to believe things that are known to be untrue or even impossible. Since believing many of Jesus’s works and miracles are a matter is a matter of faith, we will express our respect by not judging either way. Christians and scholars both agree that Jesus had a "unique significance" in the world.

Although their religion is based on the belief Jesus was born of a virgin named Mary and was resurrected from the dead after his crucifixion, even Christians disagree over some elements of Jesus’s life and teachings, but mostly over the most appropriate way to praise the man they consider their Savior.

There were some who felt that using radio as a means to spread the Word of Christ would somehow cheapen the message, but others were quick to realize that broadcasting would become an important and effective missionary tool. This does not mean that everyone who broadcast in the name of Jesus were honorable or even honest, but, for the most part, the Good News they shared through their radio ministry was more significant than their personal motives.

Radio celebrates the life of Jesus, from his humble birth in a manger in Bethlehem, through his crucifixion and resurrection, but mostly radio is a means to share Jesus’s message of love and peace.

For more religious recordings, see also:

• Aimee Semple McPherson
• Father Coughlin
• Catholic Hour
• Eternal Light
• Father Flanagan's Boys Town
• Greatest Story Ever Told
• The Living God
• The Lutheran Hour