In 1 Samuel 4, Israel went to battle against the Philistines. They were defeated, losing about 4,000 men (1 Samuel…
In Proverbs 1, the author identifies himself as Solomon, son of David and king of Israel. The Proverbs of Solomon…
In Judges 18, the Danite tribe was looking for land to settle in and sent five men to scout the…
In Judges 11, Jephthah, a warrior from Gilead and the son of a prostitute, was driven away by his half-brothers…
In Judges 8, Gideon was criticized by the men of Ephraim for not including them in the battle against Midian,…
In Judges 7, Gideon gathers his troops near the spring of Harod to face the Midianites. However, God instructs him…
Joshua 21 - This statement of God's promises is such an encouragement. Let's take a look back and review some…
Joshua 19 - When the people of Israel finished dividing up the land, they gave Joshua son of Nun a…
Joshua 18 - Spiritually, Shiloh is an important landmark for worship during this time period. In both Judges and Samuel,…
Joshua 14 - The rest of Joshua slows in pace with the land distribution becoming the focal point. However, we…
Joshua 12 - Joshua 12 lists the 31 kings defeated by the Israelites during their conquest of Canaan. The chapter…
Joshua 2 - It would not be an easy task to get a view of Jericho. Spies were sent by…
Ezekiel 16 - This chapter is an anti-entitlement message. Once again, there is application that is extremely relevant for our…
Ezekiel 13 - Wow! What a relevant topic! For years, false prophets have been stirring up dissension in order to…
Ezekiel 11 - Although it was written thousands of years ago, Ezekiel 11 has a lot of application for our…
Ezekiel 9 - It's tough to read about the judgment of God with regard to sin, however, it reveals the…
Ezekiel 1 - Ezekiel was 25 years old when he was taken into captivity and was 30 when he was…
Acts 28 - I love the image of Paul here at the end of Acts. He is a man who,…
Acts 26 - In this chapter, Paul gives his most exhaustive and evangelistic appeal to Agrippa II. If you remember,…
Acts 20 - In a bittersweet scene, Paul lays it all on the line for the leaders of Ephesus as…
Acts 18 - Corinth had a bad reputation for being a city chock full of immorality. It was known as…
Acts 16 - I want to focus on a somewhat bizarre section of this chapter – the end. It struck…
Acts 15 - The first question we want to know is, who was right and who was wrong between Paul…
Acts 11 - Unfortunately, the attitude that Peter experiences here in Acts 11 is all too common in our church…
Acts 7 - I can vividly remember the old seat belt PSA that was shown on TV all the time…
Acts 6 - We really have two storylines going on here. We have a great leadership move and a great…
Leviticus 24 - When I read the "eye for an eye" passage, I immediately think of the Sermon on the…
Leviticus 19 - We read some strange laws in this chapter that are not easily understood by our culture. Skeptics…
Leviticus 10 - By the end of Leviticus 9, everything seems to be going great... until we turn the page…
Leviticus 9 - All of these offerings can get confusing! There is a cool resource I stumbled upon that makes…
Leviticus 4 - While the peace offering in Leviticus 3 was optional, the sin offering was mandatory. The sin offering,…
Revelation 21 - There is a lot of crossover between what Isaiah writes in chapter 65 and the 21st chapter…
Revelation 20 - If someone comes up and asks you, "How do you interpret Revelation?" most likely, they are referring…
Revelation 17 - We have already reiterated it over many chapters, but Rome stood proudly as a pagan symbol against…
Revelation 16 - The continuity of the seals and the trumpets is broken up with the bowls as they move…
Revelation 14 - First question I asked myself... who is Babylon? John, again, is writing symbolically here. Literal Babylon was…
Revelation 12 - The Woman It is out of Israel that the Messiah will come, therefore, it makes sense that…
Revelation 6 - I grew up in Berne, Indiana which sits directly on top of the continental divide. If you…
Revelation 4 - The Throne We just recently studied the book of Ezekiel and Leviticus which have some strong ties…
Revelation 3 - Lukewarm I remember several years ago going to a music festival in Kentucky called Ichthus. It was…
Revelation 2 - Although these letters are addressed to specific congregations in the first century, I believe they are representative…
Jeremiah 50 - “Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is His name.” Jeremiah 50:34 As the book of…
Jeremiah 48 - Moab can trace its ancestry all the way back to Lot. Historically, Israel and Moab experienced times…
Jeremiah 45 - This is a flashback to the 4th year of Jehoiakim so it's not happening here alongside the…
Jeremiah 42 - Bias. We all have it. There is a lot to be said in this chapter about predetermined…
Jeremiah 40 - We find Jeremiah here being permitted to go and live anywhere he wants. It was a great…
Jeremiah 37 - If you have been following along in Jeremiah you may be confused at how the chapters skip…
Jeremiah 31 - There is a lot going on in this chapter, and it can seem kind of confusing. I…
Jeremiah 7 - A lot of people act like the God of the Old Testament and the God of the…
Jeremiah 6 - A few years ago, I discovered that the agitator in our washing machine was not turning like…
Jeremiah 1 - When my wife and I first moved into our house, we immediately fell in love with the…
2 Chronicles 27 - The people continued in rebellion under Jotham. Although he was a faithful king, he did have…
2 Chronicles 26 - It may not seem like a big deal to us, but in that time, it was…
2 Chronicles 25 - Amaziah is another example of someone who followed the Lord nominally but did not fully commit…
2 Chronicles 21 - There is a simple question with a simple answer. What's the cost? When you look at…
2 Chronicles 11 - I hate to be pessimistic, but here in Chapter 11, we have bad going to worse.…
1 Chronicles 28 - Loyalty of heart. I once had a pastor give me advice on how to preach a…
1 Chronicles 7 - God has used women to build, lead and change the world from the beginning of time.…
1 Chronicles 1 - It was a bittersweet time for Israel. The Jews had just returned from 70 years of…
Isaiah 65 - God has made Himself available. He is standing with arms outstretched ready to help His people. God…
Isaiah 64 - What does it really look like to come before God in humility and express your deepest grief…
Isaiah 51 - In verse 9 of this chapter the writer appears to believe that the Lord is asleep. Awake,…
Isaiah 37 - Much of what Isaiah has written leading up to this point has been about the rebellion of…
Isaiah 31 - God had willed captivity for His people. He also willed restoration. When we must go through a…
Isaiah 28 - Samaria is given a strong warning by Isaiah to begin the chapter. The problem was self-indulgence and…
Isaiah 16 - Though Moab's nation was broken to pieces, they had far more hope through Salvation than did Babylon…
Isaiah 15 - Moab was the region on the east side of the Dead Sea. The total land surface would…
Isaiah 11 - There is a good point here to be made about the wrath of God. Many skeptics are…
Colossians 1 - Who has ever seen God? Jesus answered this question. "Lord," said Philip, "show us the Father, and…
Philippians 4 - As I introduced in my commentary on Philippians 1, we read in Chapter 4 that this church…
Philippians 1 - He who began a good work... Paul qualifies the promise of God completing a good work with…
Ephesians 4 - And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as…
Galatians 5 - The fruit of keeping the law is exposed here in Galatians 5. According to Paul, the devotion…
Exodus 37 - Let's take a moment to briefly summarize what makes this chapter so fruitful. We have the Holy…
Exodus 36 - Can you believe it? I don't recall very many stories in the Bible where a cheerful giver…
Exodus 34 - The term glory is not really an accurate depiction of what Moses asked for and received from…
2 Thessalonians 3 - In his final letter, Paul encourages the believers of the Thessalonian church to remain true and…
2 Thessalonians 1 - Paul knew that the Thessalonian church was enduring suffering, and he wanted to continue to encourage…
1 John 4 - When I worked in the computer software industry, I became familiar with the latest viruses and…
Job 41 - It is the mystery of the Leviathan... No beast, terrestrial or aquatic, deserves the high character here…
Job 40 - Consider Job's humility in this chapter. Consider that he takes up none of the words with God…
Job 30 - Which is more agonizing for Job - the suffering he is currently enduring or the exasperation of…
Job 26 - I remember a story one time where I was in a counseling session with a pastor. We…
Job 14 - Be quiet and give me a chance to speak, and let the results be what they will.…
Job 12 - Job comes out with some bold truth in addressing his friends. He seeks to point out that…
Job 11 - I think Zophar is right on one thing; he understands the wisdom of God. It actually feels…
Ezra 7 - There is an old tradition that claims that Ezra had the law memorized and only needed to…
Ezra 5 - Let's get a quick background on the characters involved in the temple rebuild. Haggai and Zechariah are…
Ezra 3 - Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' households, the old men who had…
Matthew 25 - Leonard Kevin Bias was born on November 17, 1963, in Landover, Maryland. He was a tall, quiet…
Matthew 23 - Jesus uses a lot of phrases of that time period to describe what the Pharisees were like.…
Matthew 17 - The half-shekel tax was equivalent to about 2 days of wages. It was collected annually from every…
Matthew 15 - It's the worst feeling that any human can experience in this life. It's the realization that I…
Matthew 11 - Yet another piece of evidence that confirms Jesus was indeed the Messiah is the presence of John…
Matthew 8 - Jesus marveled. It's a strong phrase. What was it like for Jesus to marvel? What did it…
Matthew 6 - The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Many people came to hear about the kingdom and left…
Matthew 2 - Remarkably, the calendar we all depend on was originally created around Jesus' birth. Medieval creators tried to…
Proverbs 20 - This chapter really addresses a diverse range of topics. Excessive drinking, gossip, pride, and disobedience, just to…
Proverbs 18 - Communication is essential for life, and it's a big part of how we reach the world as…
Proverbs 17 - As I read this chapter, I see a theme of relational conflict. "Better a dry crust with…