Boundaries- The Wise and the Fool Proverbs 9: 7-9, Proverbs 12:15 and Proverbs 14:17 The wisdom literature of Proverbs often contrasts the wise and the fool. It’s too easy to say that there are wise people and there are fools. In reality, even
Teach Us To Pray- Pray AND Ask Read Philippians 4:6-7 In this short verse Paul is teaching on prayer and makes the point that relationship and connection with God is the main goal of prayer. Any relationship that is primarily transactional and
Read Luke 9:28-36 Luke 9 has several stories in it and in the middle of these stories about other people there is a pause for a story about Jesus himself. In the middle of a longer chapter there is an aside for this story of the transfiguration
Jonah is an old testament story about a prophet who missed what it was all about. He is told to prophesy to the people of Ninivah to repent or they will be destroyed. They do repent and his is angry because he wanted them to be destroyed. We se
Biblical Genres- Law Code Read Exodus 20: 1-21 The ancient idea of Law wasn’t like our concept of law. Some “laws” carried public consequences for breaking them and some were internal issues that others couldn’t see. Law Code functioned more li
Daniel 4- Lessons From The Fire Read Daniel 4:27-37 King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream of a great and powerful tree that is cut down. Daniel interprets the dream as being about how the great king will be cut down and become like a beast of the fie
Daniel 3- A “Yes” to God through a “No” Read Daniel 3 The author of Daniel is such a visual artist. He paints incredibly vivid pictures in his story telling to engage the imagination and pull you into the story. The story is dramatic and dynami
Daniel 2- But God Can Read Daniel 2 Daniel has been through three years of training and is working in the king’s court. He is one who has proved himself wise enough to be there but this is the ultimate challenge. There is an impossible task, al
Daniel 1- Thriving in Dark Places Read Daniel 1 Daniel was just a teenager when he was taken from his home in Judah to Babylon to serve Nebuchadnezzar. Growing up Judah was under Egyptian rule and 2 Kings says Jehoiakim who was placed on the th