In this final episode in the prequel series, we're going to tie everything together. We'll learn how Jesus is the fulfillment of all the covenants we've covered so far, and how he's the fulfillment of another, different covenant. We'll talk abo...

Today we'll see King Ahab's explosive confrontations with Naboth and Elijah, and we'll get to know his wife Jezebel and learn what her influence was on Samaria. King Jehu will stir up some controversy that lasts even to this day. We'll also get...

Israel is stepping out of her infancy as a nation and is starting to make grownup decisions that will have lasting consequences.  We'll take a look at the first 3 kings of Israel and examine their relationships with idolatry and we'll look...

We pick up on the other side of the Red Sea today, and we get the Ten Commandments. We'll take a look at them in the context of idolatry and the realm of the Elohim. We also get a golden calf and a new covenant! With that covenant comes the law...

Today, we hear the story of the Baal Cycle and we explore some of the counterfeits that Satan has created to imitate the things of God. We also catch up with Isaac and Jacob and later find Israel in Egypt. And then we finish by learning about t...

Episode 2 covers the Abrahamic covenant, an overview of Baalism, what Baalism practice looked like, and who the major players in Baalism are. We'll talk about how the God of the Bible is different from the idols of the world.DISCLAIMER:...

Welcome back to Season 2! This study will cover the background knowledge we're going to need to help us understand Hosea better, and I'll tell you some interesting stories along the way! Episode 1 covers the creation, the Edenic co...

In this final episode, we put everything in context within the Bible's narrative and talk about how to apply what we learned to the way we look at ourselves, and how it informs how we view people who are different from us. We also learn about w...

Habakkuk has a spiritual glow-up, and we get to witness the ways he's matured and how his faith in God has grown. He's come a long way since his despair in the beginning, and we see a truly amazing prayer and praise that could only be possible ...

Today, we're finishing up our discussion about the difference between justice and vengeance and revenge.  We'll spend some time talking about how Satan can distract us from moving forward when we're called out on our sins, and then we'll t...

Have you ever felt exposed and all your secrets laid bare? We're going to watch as God is going to lay it all out there for the Babylonians in this episode. We'll touch on what it means to be puffed up in our hearts and to have hardened hearts,...

We'll continue our discussion from part 1 about whether God is being abusive toward Habakkuk and Judah. We'll also talk about how a more evil nation like Babylon can be used to purify Judah, and about how to endure hardship well, and whether we...

After Habakkuk's transformative exchange with God, we see his way of thinking change, but he still has some really difficult questions he needs to work through. In episode 3, we will talk about how Habakkuk evidences peace in the midst of chaos...

God responds to Habakkuk's accusations by challenging his thinking, and Habakkuk will be forced to make an important decision about how to respond. 

The nation of Judah has fallen into depravity, and Habakkuk has to decide how to respond, both to his people and to God. He is deeply troubled. He cries out to God and demands answers.

Most people haven't ever studied Habakkuk before because it doesn't make a lot of sense without context, and there's a lot of it going on in the background in this book! In the introduction, I'll share about who Habakkuk was, what was going on ...