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Psalms | A Song for the Politically Weary | August 4 04.08.2024 ↓

Sermon by Jon Ludovina on August 4, 2024. No matter what the headlines say, Psalm 146 shows us how to have hope that lies beyond our current political landscape—a hope that empowers stable, faithful, and joy-filled living in unstable times.  This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative .

Psalms | Arrows and Blessings | July 28 28.07.2024 ↓

Sermon by Adam Gibson on July 28, 2024. In our time, there are many competing ideas regarding how we think of children. And yet, Psalm 127 cuts through the noise to offer a vision for thinking about the next generation. This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative .

Psalms | Dealing with Difficult Emotions | July 21 21.07.2024 ↓

Sermon by Ryan Rike on July 21, 2024. This week, we hear from our care pastor, Ryan Rike, as we examine Psalms 42-43 and learn how to deal with difficult emotions. This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative . Series Page LifeGroup Guide

Year of Biblical Literacy | Reading the Prophets 18.06.2024 ↓

Timestamps: 2:42 - What is the office of the prophet? 11:52 - What is the historical context of the prophetic books? 20:03 - How do we start when it comes to reading these books? MIDTOWN RESOURCES Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans “The Hebrew vs the Christian ordering of the Old Testament" How-to Study the Bible handout How to Study His...

Year of Biblical Literacy | The Wisdom Books and Writings of the Old Testament 21.05.2024 ↓

Timestamps: 2:45 - What exactly is the Ketuviim? 7:00 - What is the Wisdom literature (in this case: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs) all about? 14:23 - How should we read the Wisdom literature? 25:12 - So Song of Songs…what are we supposed to do with this book? 29:33 - How do these books connect to Jesus? MIDTOWN RESOURCES Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recom...

Year of Biblical Literacy | The Historical Books and Former Prophets of the Old Testament 24.04.2024 ↓

Timestamps: 1:21 - What do we mean by the “history books” of the Old Testament? 11:28—What does Deuteronomy have to do with these books? And what is the overall message of the History/Former Prophets? 16:35 - How does the book of Joshua fit into the History/Former Prophets? 18:00 - How does the book of Judges fit into the History/Former Prophets? 20:25 - How does the book of Samuel fit into the Hi...

Year of Biblical Literacy | A Deep Dive on Leviticus with Dr. Jay Sklar 12.03.2024 ↓

For this episode, we interviewed Dr. Jay Sklar. Jay Sklar is vice president of academics and professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary. He has written commentaries on  Numbers  and Exodus (forthcoming with Crossway), and two on Leviticus ( TOTC  and  ZECOT ). He has also published a  website of resources  to help those preaching or teaching in G...