Midtown Fellowship: Lexington

Psalms | God's Love, Known & Experienced | August 11 11.08.2024 ↓

Sermon by Brandon Clements on August 11, 2024. On our last week in the Psalms, we’re going to look at a Psalm that brings many of the other Psalms together and shows us how to build a rock-solid identity on God. This Psalm is full of good news about God's posture towards us, and how that should affect both how we relate to him and how we think about ourselves. 

Year of Biblical Literacy | Longing for the Kingdom - The Writings of the OT 07.08.2024 ↓

Timestamps: 0:44 - What do we mean when we say “The Writings” of the Old Testament? 2:22 - The Torah: the rise of the kingdom, The Prophets: the fall of the kingdom, The Writings: longing for the kingdom 6:25 - Breaking down each book in The Writings 7:30 - The Psalms 9:52 - Lamentations 10:25 - Daniel 13:31 - Esther 16:47 - Ezra-Nehemiah 17:37 - Chronicles 20:07 - Why do these books matter and wh...

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

Sermon by Michael Bailey 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 Brandon Clements 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 .

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...