Ray Vander Laan

Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan has been exploring ancient Jewish culture for decades. As he shares his insights and stories, he’ll help you to develop a passion for evangelism and discipleship. Ray unpacks Scripture to aid your understanding of what it truly means to be a disciple of the Rabbi and Messiah – Jesus.

This discussion offers a preview of Volume #16 “Cultures in Conflict” from the That The World May Know video series, available below.

Based on his new RVL Discipleship – The Study video series, Ray Vander Laan helps listeners understand how to study the Bible with attention to the original context and audience.

Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan provides historical context to first-century Jerusalem during Passover and explains the purpose behind Jesus’ offer of salvation.

Bible teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan shares inspirational lessons that can be learned from the Apostle Paul about living an authentic Christian life, changing the culture and serving the broken world around us. (Part 2 of 2)

Bible teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan shares inspirational lessons that can be learned from the Apostle Paul about living an authentic Christian life, changing the culture and serving the broken world around us. (Part 1 of 2)

Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan helps parents prepare their teens to bring God’s shalom (peace) to a chaotic world by being imitators of Christ and sharing God’s love.

People often describe the book of Ruth as a love story. But as the story unfolds, we realize that it is about more than the love between two people. It’s about God’s amazing love for all humankind.

Many kids in today’s culture don’t read the Bible. Give your kids the help they need to show others who God is through their actions.

Your children understand why Jesus died. Do they know why He lived?

Historian and Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan inspires Christians to engage the culture for Christ by looking at Jesus’ death, resurrection and ascension, explaining what it meant in 1st century Rome. (Part 2 of 2)

Historian and Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan inspires Christians to engage the culture for Christ by looking at Jesus’ death, resurrection and ascension, explaining what it meant in 1st century Rome. (Part 1 of 2)

As your teens prepare to enter the world, help them recognize the real mission that Jesus modeled for us.

In a discussion based on Focus on the Family’s video series That the World May Know, Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan offers historical insights from the Old and New Testaments to highlight God’s ongoing invitation to His people – both then and now – to play a significant role in the epic story of His redemptive plan for the world. (Part 2 of 2)

In a discussion based on Focus on the Family’s video series That the World May Know, Bible teacher Ray Vander Laan offers historical insights from the Old and New Testaments to highlight God’s ongoing invitation to His people – both then and now – to play a significant role in the epic story of His redemptive plan for the world. (Part 1 of 2)