Digging In

In this week's episode, Simon takes us through Judges 3–12, focusing on the story of Gideon and what it reveals about identity, fear, and faith. He explores how God called a man hiding in a winepress a "mighty man of valor" challenging us to see ourselves through God's eyes rather than our own. Finally, Simon follows Gideon's journey from fear to victory—and the surprising dangers of drift that ca...

In this week's episode, Tony explores the transition from Joshua to Judges and God's purpose for Israel as His covenant people. He then examines Israel's failure to fully drive out the inhabitants of the land and how compromise eventually led them away from the Lord. Finally, Tony challenges listeners to consider their own lives. What areas of sin, compromise, or brokenness are being tolerated ins...

In this episode, Brian explores Joshua 9–18 and highlights how easy it is to be deceived and make poor decisions when we fail to inquire of the Lord. Looking at Israel's encounter with the Gibeonites, Brian examines Joshua's failure to seek God's counsel and how decisions based solely on what we see, think, or feel can lead us astray. Brian also shares some of his personal prayer practices—how he...

In this episode, Mickey highlights how God always has a plan, that His plans are always good, and that when we trust and follow Him, He faithfully directs our steps. Mickey then explores God's encouragement to Joshua as he steps into leadership, showing how God gives him exactly what he needs and calls him to be strong and courageous. Ultimately, it is God who establishes and exalts Joshua before...

In this episode, Teddy highlights how God is not looking for perfect people, but trusting people who remember who they are and whose they are. Teddy explores how the greatest battles we face are often not "out there," but within our own hearts and minds, where trust and fear compete for control. He then examines how God, the Author of life, sets before Israel two paths: one leading to life and ble...

In this week's episode, Simon highlights how God was forming Israel into a different kind of nation—a people who would reflect His heart, character, and nature to the world around them. Simon explores how seriously God takes sin, knowing that it never remains small. Once it takes root, it grows and slowly destroys people, families, communities, and cultures. He also examines God’s concern for the...

In this week’s episode, Tony explores how Moses reminds the generation about to enter the Promised Land of what God has already done for them, and what He is about to do through them, as they carry the Kingdom of Heaven across the Jordan. Tony examines how sin and doubt can grow out of “temporary amnesia” — forgetting who God is, what He has done, and how deeply loved we are by Him — and how the r...

In this week’s episode, Brian closes out our time in the book of Numbers and begins the book of Deuteronomy by reminding us that the Kingdom of Heaven was never meant to remain stationary. Brian explores our tendency to crave comfort and predictability, while showing how a life of faith requires trust, movement, and dependence on God. He contrasts the many “gods” in the land with the one true God...

In this week’s episode, Mickey highlights God’s nature as He sovereignly leads, protects, and provides for His people while preparing them for the Promised Land. Mickey takes a deep dive into the story of Balaam, whom Balak hired to curse Israel. Yet instead of cursing them, God commanded Balaam to bless Israel and pronounce judgment on the Moabites. He also explores how God’s plans are always bes...

In this episode, Teddy unpacks how fear influences our actions, but how it also reveals what is going on deeper in our hearts. Walking through these chapters, Teddy highlights how Israel’s rebellions and grumblings were rooted in fear of not having enough or being enough, exposing a lack of belief and trust in God and that He is enough. Teddy then points us to the way forward: fear isn’t defeated...

In this week’s episode, Simon kicks off our time in Numbers 1–10, highlighting how Israel’s wilderness journey parallels our own, saved, but not yet in the Promised Land. He explores how their time in the wilderness wasn’t pointless, but purposeful, a season of learning to live with God at the center, trusting Him, and following His lead as He shapes them into who He saved them to be. Finally, Sim...

In this week’s episode, Tony wraps up Hebrews and takes us through James, highlighting faith—not just as belief, but as something meant to be lived out in community, stirring one another on toward love and good works. He then looks at Hebrews 11—the Hall of Faith—pointing out that these were ordinary people with deep trust in God and His promises, and challenges us to lay aside anything that hinde...

In this week’s episode, Brian kicks off our time in the book of Hebrews, showing how Jesus is greater than all the figures of the Old Testament—Moses, Abraham, and others—who themselves were looking ahead in faith to His coming. Brian also explores the truth that Jesus and God are One—that Jesus is the exact representation of God and the final, ultimate revelation of Him to humanity. He encourages...

In this week’s episode, Mickey walks us through Leviticus 19–27, highlighting God’s desire for His people to be like Him. Our God is holy, pure, and completely “other,” and He calls His people to live set apart—distinct from the cultures around them. Mickey also explores the seven feasts in Leviticus 23, showing how they were given by God as a rhythm for His people to regularly meet with Him and c...

In this week’s episode, Teddy explores how a holy God teaches His people to live near to Him—and how, when He draws close, every detail matters. He highlights that God is not casual about His holiness. He will not be treated as ordinary, and neither should His people. God alone defines what is clean and unclean—what is good and right, and what is not. Finally, Teddy encourages us to intentionally...

In this week’s episode, Simon brings us to the close of Exodus and into the book of Leviticus, highlighting the God who chooses to dwell with His people. He helps us wrestle with the central question Leviticus answers: "How can sinful people live with a holy God in their midst?" Simon also explores the communal faith God was forming in Israel, showing how the sacrificial system served as a continu...

In this week’s episode, Tony reflects on the holiness of God and the deep relationship Moses shared with Him. First, Tony highlights the careful details and precise instructions God gives for the tabernacle—its objects, the sacred oil and incense, and even the setting apart of days and people for holy purposes. He then explores the boldness of Moses as he intercedes for Israel and expresses his de...

In this week’s episode, Brian highlights how, after 400 years in a foreign land—much of that time in slavery—God begins teaching the Israelites how to live in right relationship with Him and in proper community with one another. He then explores how the detailed instructions found in these chapters reveal God’s intentional and ordered nature—the same care seen in creation—and how this reminds us t...

In this week’s episode, after drawing attention to key moments in the readings, Mickey reflects on how God reveals Himself to the Israelites as their Deliverer, Provider, Protector, Sustainer, and ever-present Guide. He then explores how God leads His people out of the chaos of Egypt, bringing order to their lives and setting them apart as His treasured possession—an example to the nations around...

In this episode, Teddy contrasts two men—two leaders on two very different journeys—who stood in the same moment of history, witnessed the same power of God, and yet responded in completely different ways. He explores Moses’ path to greatness, showing how God meets him in the wilderness—in weakness and humility—and leads him into his true identity and a deeper trust in who God is. In contrast, Ted...

In this episode, Simon highlights how everything Jesus does flows from being deeply loved by and connected to the Father—and from knowing who He is. He explains that repentance begins with a renewed vision: changing how we see God, understanding how He sees us, and allowing that truth to reshape how we see ourselves. When those things change, the way we live naturally follows. Finally, Simon remin...

In this week’s episode, Tony highlights the themes of light and life that run throughout John’s Gospel, showing how coming into the light and believing in Jesus is our entry into the Kingdom of Heaven here and now. He reflects on several of Jesus’ encounters, illustrating how Jesus reveals God’s great love for us and reminds us of who we are—and how believing that truth brings freedom and life. To...

In this week’s episode, Brian explores how Joseph tested his brothers—not to punish them, but to awaken empathy. That empathy became the pathway to repentance, forgiveness, redemption, and ultimately reconciliation. Brian then examines how resentment shapes the way we see others. Left unchecked, resentment can grow into hatred and eventually indifference—an outlook that stands in stark contrast to...

In this week’s episode, Teddy explores the life of Joseph and what it means to live faithfully when God has spoken—but hasn’t finished His work. Teddy highlights how God gave Joseph a dream without a timeline, calling him to trust God today while waiting for tomorrow. Joseph’s confidence in God’s promises led him to be faithful where he was, not just where he was going. That faithfulness in the no...

In this week’s episode, Simon explores the story of Jacob—a man in process and whose life is marked by struggle, fear, manipulation, broken relationships, and long seasons of waiting. Simon then highlights how God shows up in unexpected ways, allowing Jacob to experience His presence and provision in the midst of fear, insecurity, and moments of deep loneliness. The episode also examines how Jacob...