Category: Bible Study
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“Create In Me, God”
Dinner time is one of the most important times of the day for my family and I. It’s a chance for me to cook (which I love to do), and a chance for my wife, my daughter, and I to connect after a long day. We’ve begun a new “tradition” in our house where we…
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Moses Had an Anger Problem
One of the more puzzling details in the Old Testament is that God prohibited Moses from entering the Promised Land. Despite Moses being the hero of the Pentateuch (the first 5 books of the Old Testament), a faithful deputy of God and chosen intercessor for the nation of Israel, Moses was not allowed to see…
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The Divine Pursuit: Seeking Love and Holiness in the Song of Songs (Part 11)
Love Awakened (Song 8) The conclusion of the poetic saga that is Song of Songs calls the reader back to several key themes introduced previously in the poem: Frustrated Longing (8:1-4) – Throughout the Song, the young woman has expressed a deep desire to be united with her beloved, and at the same time frustration…
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Breakfast on the Beach: Peter’s Failure and Redemption
Jesus meets us in our failure.
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The Cross Was His Destination
“His face was set.”
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A Bald-Headed Prophet and Bear Attack
How in the world are we supposed to interpret 2 Kings 2:23-25?
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The Divine Pursuit: Seeking Love and Holiness in the Song of Songs (Part 10)
A Garden Reunion (Song 6:1-7:13) In chapters 6-7, the woman finds her lover again in an idyllic garden setting. The poem shifts to the man’s perspective as he heaps praise upon his beloved and revels in her physical beauty. These chapters are perhaps the most sexually explicit of all; the lovers are enraptured with one…
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The Divine Pursuit: Seeking Love and Holiness in the Song of Songs (Part 9)
I began this project over a year and a half ago in the summer of 2020, intending for it to be a quick, enlightening exercise to help me read and process Song of Songs. While Songs has delivered in the first department – it is a profoundly fascinating book of the Bible – working through…
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Was Solomon Truly Wise? | Reading 1 Kings 1-11 in Light of Deuteronomy 17:14-20 & Proverbs 9:10
King Solomon was an immensely famous Israelite king, perhaps second only to David in terms of his significance in Israel’s history. 1 Kings 1-11 recounts his magnificent accomplishments as ruler. The most notable of these was the construction of a Temple for Yahweh. He is celebrated for his superior wisdom, bestowed upon him by God,…
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Study Guide: The Escape (Matthew 2:13-23)
Hosea 11:1-12 Hosea 11 is one of many Old Testament passages where God laments through his prophet over the numerous ways Israel sinned and turned away from their calling as God’s people. Jeremiah 31:15 Jeremiah’s prophecy was written just before King Nebuchadnezzar conquered the city of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. Jeremiah spoke of a coming…
Kingdom Ethos 