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How did Israel in Malachi's day prove faithless to covenant? Why is it so important for us to prove faithful to God and to one another? Turned From the Way | Malachi 2:1-16 | Malachi's Burden | Outline | Video "Now, you priests, this commandment is for you. If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says YHWH of Heaven's Armies, "I will send judgment on you and turn your b...

What is Malachi about? How could Israel perceive God's love in His choice of Jacob? How can we dishonor God in how we give? How was God's name declared as awesome among the nations? Awesome Among the Nations | Malachi 1:1-14 | Malachi's Burden | Outline | Video This is an oracle, YHWH's message to Israel through Malachi: "I have shown love to you," says YHWH, but you say, "How have you shown love...

What if we are living through an apocalypse? Are apocalypses always the end of the world? How are we supposed to endure apocalypses? Apocalypses | Faith in the Days of COVID-19 | Outline | Video

What does it mean to "love your neighbor as yourself"? What ancient and modern challenges hinder us from doing so? How can we become the neighbor to our fellow human beings? Love Your Neighbor | Faith in the Days of COVID-19 | Outline | Conversation

What's wrong with how we talk about "fear" and "faith"? What does "faith over fear" look like? Faith Over Fear | Faith in the Days of COVID-19 | Outline | Conversation

The world suffers a pandemic; Christians wonder what it's all about, how it could happen, why they were also dying, and were tempted toward selfishness. The days of COVID-19? Perhaps; but it also well described the situation in which Cyprian of Carthage found himself in the middle of the third century. How are we, as Christians, to consider and endure pandemics? Pandemics and the Christian Faith |...

How and why should Christians exhort and encourage one another? Join Gerald Johnson as he encourages us with his message. Let Us Exhort One Another | Gerald Johnson | Video

It's a question many ask when coming to the faith or even after years of being a Christian: what must I know to be saved? Are we saved by knowledge or by faith? What Must I Know to Be Saved? | The Bible and Life | Outline | Video

Why should we insist on the language God has used? What dangers might attend to how we use the language we find in Scripture? The Value of Biblical Language | The Bible and Life | Outline | Video

How are we to properly use the Old Testament? What are we to gain from the story of Israel, and what must we avoid? The Use of the Old Testament | The Bible and Life | Outline | Video

How valuable is the Word of God? How do we best honor and value the Word? The Value of the Word of God | The Bible and Life | Outline | Video

Why will there be the judgment, and what is the judgment about? How will the judgment take place? The Judgment | In the End | Outline | Video

What does the Bible have to say about the "end times"? What should we expect to see in these last days? In the Last Days... | In the End | Outline | Video

What is apocalyptic all about? How did Jesus and the Apostles speak of His return? Jesus' Return | The Gospel | Outline | Video

How was Jesus made Lord and Christ? What does Jesus' Lordship mean for us? Jesus' Lordship | The Gospel | Outline | Video

What is resurrection about, and how was Jesus raised from the dead? Why is it the resurrection of Jesus that changed everything? What does it mean for us? Jesus' Resurrection | The Gospel | Outline | Video

Was Jesus not the Christ, the Son of God? Why did Jesus have to die? Why Jesus Died | The Gospel | Outline | Video

How did Jesus die? What exactly did He suffer? Trigger warning: description of violent suffering and death. How Jesus Died | The Gospel | Outline | Video

What did Jesus accomplish in His life? What should Jesus' life mean for the Christian? Jesus' Life | The Gospel | Outline | Video

Why did Jesus come and suffer? Why must we suffer in Him? Please join Jim Mikkelsen as he speaks from the Word and tells his story. Why Jesus Came and Suffered | Jim Mikkelsen | Video

What are we to learn from the potter and the clay? Why are the religious so easily tempted to become hardened of heart before God? The Potter and the Clay | Jeremiah 18:1-12 | Written For Our Learning | Outline | Video The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying, "Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words." Then I went down to the potter's house,...

Why did the Law make provision for ritual impurity and uncleanness? How should we treat those deemed unclean? The Unclean People | Written For Our Learning | Outline | Video

Why did God want Israel to remember how He brought their ancestors out of Egypt? What does it mean for us in Christ? Epithets of God: YHWH Who Brought You From Egypt | Written For Our Learning | Outline | Video

What happened to Lot's wife? Why did Jesus tell us to remember her? Remember Lot's Wife | Written For Our Learning | Outline | Video

Who is the Ethiopian eunuch? What can we gain from his example? The Ethiopian Eunuch | Acts 8:26-40 | Examples in Faith | Outline | Video But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza": the same is desert. And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen...