Courses Episodes

A simple Bible overview of ten take-aways from our journey together through the Old Testament

Zechariah (all), Malachi (all) - The last two prophets to the remnant of Judah before 400 years of silence

Ezra 6-10, Nehemiah (all) - Ezra teaches the people, Nehemiah builds the wall, then both lock arms to build the people to follow God

Esther (all) - The book in the Bible that never mentions God because it doesn't NEED to.

Ezra 1-6, Haggai (all).- "Psst...your priorities are showing..."

Daniel 7-12 - Four kingdoms, then the "Son of Man" and his "forever kingdom"

Daniel 1-6 -- 70 years of personal integrity, service, and influence in exile in Babylon

Jeremiah (all), Lamentations (all) and Ezekiel (all). "Last call to repent" - Jere; "I'm STILL here delivering you" - Lamentations; "Hang on to hope" - 'Zeke

Isaiah (all), Zephaniah (all), and Habakkuk (all). "Don't miss your Savior" - Isaiah; "Here comes your Judge" - Zephaniah; "Trust Me" - Habakkuk

2 Kings 18- 25 The last four "kings of the hill" in Judah, and the four "kings on strings" puppet kings

Jonah (all), Nahum (all), and Obadiah (all) "Lost people matter to me." - Jonah; "Your meter has expired." - Nahum; "What goes around comes around." - Obadiah

Joel (all) and Micah (all) "This is your wake-up call!" - Joel; "Who is like Me? Who even comes close?!" - MIcah

1 Kings 14- 2 Kings 16 - The first 11 "kings of the hill" (and 1 evil queen Athaliah)

Simple Bible overview: God sends the last two prophets to warn the North (Israel), Amos and Hosea

1 Kings 17 - 2 Kings 13 - God's first two playground attendant prophets to the Kings of the Hill in Israel

Simple Bible overview of 1 Kings - 2 Kings 17 -- The 19 "kings of the hill," from the split under Jeroboam, to their destruction The Israelites demanded a king in 1 Samuel. God tried to talk them out of it, but to no avail. ...

Simple Bible overview of1 Kings 11-14 - The first two "kings of the hill" What we are about to study in 1 Kings reminds me of an Elementary School playground, and especially of playing “king of the hill” on a large pile of sn...

Simple Bible overview of Job (all) - Trying to make sense out of unjust pain and suffering Job is our last book of poetry, though a bit of it at the beginning is narrative – the story. The time of Job is hard to pin down. Th...

Simple Bible overview: Song of Songs (all). There are two interpretations for this book – it is either an allegory of God’s love for his people (and Jesus’ love for the Church), OR it is a real story about the gift of love a...

Ecclesiastes (all) - Solomon's conclusions on scratch-'n-sniff pursuit of satisfaction in this life

Proverbs (all) - Life changing wisdom for skillful living

1 Kings 2-11 - The rise and fall of the wisest man who ever lived

Psalms (all) - The hymnal of Israel, teaching us how to communicate in a real, raw relationship with God

2 Samuel 7 - A promise of a king and a kingdom that will last FOREVER