The Bible calls David, a man “after God’s own heart.” This phrase is part of a sermon of Paul’s in Acts 13:22—where he is talking about the history of Israel, and Paul says, “After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ [Read more…]
Samuel and Saul, the importance of listening to God & how to do it
Have you recently had someone say to you, “You aren’t listening to me?”
Most of us have. Maybe we weren’t paying attention, or maybe we didn’t want to hear what we knew someone was going to say. [Read more…]
Judges & Ruth, My Way or God’s Way, how to live the best way
There is a popular song that boasts “I did it my way!” Though it sounds appealing, is this really the best way to live?
We’re going to look at around 400 years of history when an entire nation decided to do it their way in our lesson on…..Judges & Ruth, My Way or God’s Way, how to live the best way. [Read more…]
How to Correctly Understand & Apply Bible Stories & Biblical Narratives
What is the purpose of the stories in the Bible?
If someone does something that seems a bit odd like Gideon setting out a fleece to determine God’s will or the Children of Israel walking around the walls of Jericho to conquer it— [Read more…]
The Book of Joshua, 9 Lessons on how to fight and win in the battles of life
If you are having a hard time in your Christian life, this lesson will teach you 9 lessons on how to fight and win, and the first step to winning the battles of life is to realize you are in a battle.
Many Christians today are surprised when bad things happen because they thought it was going to be easy and an unending series of blessings when they became a Christians. But the reality is very different. [Read more…]
Deuteronomy, where rules become joyful reality in our lives
In this book, the last of the five books of Moses that make up the Pentateuch, Moses preaches a final series of sermons to the people who are about to enter the Promised Land.
There is a lot to talk about, but in this lesson, we’ll discuss three areas: [Read more…]
The book of Numbers—Bad Choices, Tragic Consequences, and how Spiritual Disciplines Can Help Avoid Them
We’re in the book of Numbers as we read through the Bible and it is a pivotal book we can learn from, not only in what happened to the Children of Israel in this book but also what we can learn from it on how to deal with challenging situations. [Read more…]
The Backstory of Jesus—Old Testament tabernacle, sacrifices, and festivals—foundation for understanding the rest of the Bible
Every sport, hobby, or special interest has insider terms and history and the more you know the back story of them the more you’ll understand and enjoy the activity. —
The Bible is no different—the more you understand the foundational items in the first 5 books of the Bible, what we call the Pentateuch, the more the rest of the Bible will make sense. [Read more…]
The Old Testament Laws, Why read them, How to understand them, and Apply them today
When most people get into the books of Old Testament Laws, especially in Leviticus and Numbers, with all the odd and obscure laws and regulations, they bail out.
And why shouldn’t they? What do these laws and regulations have to do with us today? [Read more…]
EXODUS, A new beginning for Moses, Israel, and Us
Have you ever felt stuck, trapped, not where you want to be or expected you’d be at this time in your life?
The last few years for many have been times of lockdowns, isolation, and disruptions of all sorts. Current challenges aside, at any time of life we can become trapped, emotionally, physically, or spiritually. [Read more…]
A Person to a People, and the balance between God’s Sovereignty and Personal Responsibility
With this week’s lesson, we move from studying one person’s life, Abraham, to how God transforms his people into the nation of Israel, who God will use as His representatives on earth, the ones who will write His Word, demonstrate His worship, and eventually be the family that bears the Savior of the world, Jesus. [Read more…]
Abraham, Hero of the faith, How God chooses and crafts his people
In Genesis, with the life of Abraham, we have a big shift, where God moves from working with all of humanity to a focus on ONE man, who will become the founder of the Jewish nation. Ultimately three major religions in our world today claim him as their founder: the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions. [Read more…]
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