Episodes

The setting for the remaining 27 puzzle pieces (books of the Bible)

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. God gives in. The experiment in a human king doesn’t go real well. Now, only about 120 years in, the country is in trouble. Split north and south, they have a series of kings that claw their way to power up the hill and do some crazy things to stay there. Lets look at the ...

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 snow or dirt. That is what we see in a series of men and one woman who claw their way to the top of the hill in leadership, and what they do to stay there. We learned in the life of Solomon, a prophet declares 10 pieces (tribes) of Israel are going to get ripped from Solomo...

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. The language indicates it could be back around the time of Abraham. It is placed here in the poetry section. Job’s theme is how to deal with unjust suffering – the kind of damage to our relationships, our families, our jobs or our health that we didn’t bring on ourselves....

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 and sex between a man and a woman in an exclusive covenantal relationship gifted to them by God. When you read this, you will likely lean toward the second interpretation. It is pretty steamy, and thankfully written with word pictures and symbolism. It is a conversation an...

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