About The Biblical World
The Biblical World is a non-profit ministry dedicated to uplifting Jesus as the Messiah by bringing the pages of Scripture to life. It was founded in 2003 by Tony Moore, an ordained minister who became a committed follower of Jesus in 1972. Tony's unique teaching style focuses the spotlight of the historical and cultural background of the Bible upon the text, bringing the Scriptures to life.
The Biblical World was created to develop fresh and innovative programs for sharing the Good News of Jesus and the Blessed Hope of His soon return. Its mission is to produce new and compelling media that communicates the faith of Jesus to contemporary western-thinking people.
Tony Moore's Background
Since his "Damascus Road" like conversion at a Rolling Stones concert, Tony has been a deep and serious student of Scripture. He has served as a Bible teacher, church planter, pastor, metro ministry director, senior pastor of a large multi-staff church, and Evangelism Ministries Director of It Is Written television.
In 1985, a class on Biblical archaeology stirred Tony's imagination about the geography into a passion as he researched the cultural and historical setting of the Biblical world. The following year Tony made his first journey to the Bible lands of Israel, Jordan and Egypt. This seven-week trip opened windows into the intriguing world of the past, shedding light on the texture and color of the Biblical story.
As the years passed, Tony returned to this part of the world again and again, often traveling solo with his Bible, backpack and camera. As he explored the places mentioned in Scripture, his mind began to construct a visual image of the Biblical world, leading to his unique teaching style.
Fascinating Programs
In the 1990s Tony developed a multimedia slide series on Biblical archaeology including programs on Egypt, Petra, Jerusalem, the world of Jesus, Patmos and Iraq.
While leading a group of pastors in the Footsteps of Paul through Greece, Turkey and Syria, Tony's youth pastor Danny Chan suggested that he should make movies of these programs versus just using slides. Tony thought, "this is why I am the senior pastor and you are the youth pastor. We don't have a budget to make movies." When they returned home Danny make a two-minute demo with maps, airplanes and Indiana Jones music in the background. "And there I was teaching in Tarsus" Tony recalls. "I thought, we can make movies of this!" In 2001 he began filming twenty 30-minute episodes on the life of the Apostle Paul. Their small film crew would spend 8 weeks on location in six countries shooting material for the series. As Tony saw professional people who were not attending church respond to the early version of this series, he realized he had tapped into a deep sense of curiosity and interest that could be used evangelistically to share Jesus. Then he field tested it among young adults and they were intrigued by the material.
Tony’s passionate desire to communicate the Blessed Hope to this audience led to his resignation from It Is Written at the end of 2003. This has permitted him to focus his full creative energy in producing the Paul series with the companion study guides (link to study guides). This series is now enjoyed around the world in homes, schools, churches and on television. Follow this link to discover how you can use this series
as a small group or public seminar.
Tony is now producing a twenty eight episode series "Tracing The Footsteps Of Jesus" filmed on location in the Holy Land.