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Please note: due to copyright issues, we are unable to post or make copies of any recordings of Ray Vander Laan's series.
In this series, Ray Vander Laan will teach about God's deliverance of His people from Egypt and His leading them into the desert for 40 years. You'll be blessed to discover that these stories are the foundation of the most significant of Jesus' teachings and have a relevance for our own time. We'll study Exodus and Deuteronomy and the stories of Israel's slavery, the plagues, the crossing of the Red Sea, the Tabernacle and more! Bring your Bible and join us to become more than a spectator—a participant in God's amazing ancient story!
 Biography
Ray Vander Laan, the host of the seven-part video series That the World May Know, was brought up in a strong Christian home. His Christian education gave him a thorough training in the Bible yet it remained largely "head knowledge" until his first visit to Israel in 1975. "God used the Hebrew approach to the text of Scripture to fan the flames in my heart and soul. This fire has continued to grow throughout my life and ministry," he says. He has been actively involved with studying and teaching the Bible in light of the culture in which God inspired it, using the methods of Jewish education his entire professional life.
"I have a special interest in using my teaching ability and background to understand and share the message of Scripture through the window of its language, culture, history and geography." he says. "My prayer is that my teaching will encourage people to confront our culture with the message of God. Seeing God's Word in its Jewish context helps equip Christians to impact their own culture with the power of God's Word. The ancient perspective can serve to make God's Word intensely relevant and our calling to be his disciples more urgent."
Vander Laan received his bachelor's degree from Dordt College and his Masters from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. He continued graduate work in Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University in New York, Jerusalem University College, in Jerusalem and Trinity University International. He has been a teacher for 30 years and currently holds the Chair of Biblical Cultural Studies as a religion instructor at Holland Christian Schools in Holland, Michigan. Vander Laan is an ordained minister with the Christian Reformed Church. He resides in Michigan with his wife, Esther. They have four children and fifteen grandchildren.
"While I have been immersed in the study of the world of the Bible from the greatest scholars, it is the gift of teaching that God has have given me. My calling is to present their scholarship to people today in language they can understand. Their knowledge of the text is deepened as they discover the ancient message is as real today as the day it was written. The eastern mind is not satisfied knowing about God. The eastern mind hungers for an authentic experience of God in everyday life. That is the focus of my ministry."
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