"Canaan Land" is a love story between Brother Billy Gantry, a charismatic con man, phone psychic, and preacher, who falls for Sister Sara Sunday, a sincere Christian.

In this introductory lecture by Dr. William J. Neidinger we examine three topics: 1) the definitions, paradigms, and parameters we will use in examining the racial and religious history of the Land of Canaan; 2) the geography of the Middle East; and 3) a brief look at the Canaanites.

In the United States alone, 1-in-5 children are born with special needs. It's so easy to see these children and their families as victims of circumstance and yet, what if it's far from that simple? What if these children are here to tell us something about ourselves, or on an even larger scale - here to tell humanity something about itself? Like Mother Teresa, who called these children, "Teachers of Love", filmmaker and father of late Canaan Papa, a special needs child herself, believes that these children have come as messengers to us all. Follow Joey as he seeks to unlock that message in the hidden depths of the lives of special needs children all over the country and as he simultaneously tries to uncover what his daughter was trying to tell him.

With Islam came the dominance also of a new race in Canaan, the Arabs. After a brief interlude of Crusader (Frank) domination, the Mamelukes (Turks and Circassians) came to rule the Middle East. And finally all the holy cities of Islam came under the protection of the Ottoman Turks. An adult education lecture by Dr. William Neidinger.