Bible & Bourbon with Pastor Ben

Isaiah 53: Through the Bible in a Year (Isaiah 53) 

 Amos confronts Israel with the sobering truth that religious ritual means nothing without a life shaped by justice and righteousness. In this passage we hear God’s call to let genuine devotion be seen not in ceremonies, but in the way His people pursue what is right and good. 

Jonah: The Bible in a Year (Jonah 4: 1-11)

Elijah: The Bible in a Year (1st Kings 19: 1-9, 13-18)

Solomon's Fall: The Bible in a Year (1st Kings 11: 1-12)

Solomon and the Temple: The Bible in a Year (1st Kings 8:22-26)

David’s anointing in 1 Samuel 16:1–13 reveals God’s surprising choice of a humble shepherd to lead His people. In this study, we’ll reflect on how God sees beyond outward appearance and invites us to trust His quiet, often unexpected work in our lives. 

 God raises judges to rescue Israel, showing His compassion even as the people repeatedly turn away. This passage invites us to notice the cycles in our own lives and return to the God who delivers again and again. 

 The Shema calls God’s people to a wholehearted love that shapes every part of life, anchoring their identity in the Lord alone. In this study, we explore how Moses invites Israel to remember, teach, and embody this love so that faith becomes a daily, lived practice.

In the Wilderness traces Israel’s fear and frustration as they resist God’s leading and long for the false comfort of Egypt. This study invites us to see how unbelief distorts our vision and how God meets His people with truth, patience, and a call to trust Him again.

The closing chapter of Exodus reveals the Tabernacle as the place where God chooses to dwell among His people, filling their ordinary wilderness with His extraordinary presence. This study invites us to consider how God still meets us in the midst of our journeys, guiding us with His glory and drawing us into a life shaped by His nearness. 

In this session, we follow Moses’ dramatic rescue from danger, a story that reveals God’s quiet protection working through courageous, ordinary people. His preservation becomes the first sign that God is already preparing a deliverer who will one day lead His people into freedom. 

In this study we witness Joseph respond to deep betrayal not with revenge but with a breathtaking confidence in God’s redemptive purposes. His words remind us that God can take what was meant for harm and weave it into a story of life, mercy, and restoration. 

 In this pivotal passage, Jacob undergoes a profound spiritual and physical transformation as he wrestles with a mysterious divine figure until daybreak. This encounter results in Jacob receiving the new name "Israel," symbolizing his struggle and ultimate reconciliation with God and humanity. 

In this study we sit with Abraham in a moment of fear and uncertainty as God meets him with a promise bigger than he can imagine. Abraham’s quiet act of trust becomes a defining picture of faith as he believes God’s word before he sees its fulfillment.

Noah’s story reveals both the depth of human corruption and the steadfast mercy of God, who chooses renewal over abandonment. Through the flood, the covenant, and the promise that follows, we see a God committed to preserving life and inviting humanity into a new beginning.

In this episode, we explore humanity’s first act of disobedience and the far‑reaching consequences that follow, revealing how trust is fractured and relationship with God is altered. Even in judgment, we also see the first signs of God’s persistent grace, setting the stage for the long story of redemption that unfolds through the rest of Scripture.

This first episode begins our yearlong journey through the entire story of Scripture. We start where the Bible starts, with the sweeping account of creation. In Genesis 1 and 2, God brings light out of darkness, order out of chaos, and life into a world that did not yet exist. These opening chapters reveal not only how the world began but who God is: powerful, purposeful, generous, and deeply rela...

What does the empty tomb mean for us in our lives?

In this study, Jesus exposes the difference between physical sight and spiritual blindness, inviting us to recognize Him with open hearts.

 The Israelites wanted to return to Egypt the moment they felt the pressure of thirst. When they faced a lack of water, they were ready to go back to the very place God had already delivered them from. We often do the same. When life gets difficult, we’re tempted to retreat to old patterns, old comforts, and even old forms of bondage instead of trusting the God who is leading us forward. 

Paul contrasts Adam’s trespass with Christ’s gift, showing that while sin brought death, the grace of God overflows even more to bring life. This study reflects on how Christ’s obedience establishes a new way of living shaped not by condemnation but by the abundant grace that restores and transforms.

This study explores the contrast between the Tree of Life, which represents God’s invitation into trust, dependence, and flourishing, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which symbolizes the human impulse to define life on our own terms. In the garden, God places humanity before both trees, not as a trap, but as a choice. One path leads to life received; the other to life grasped. We’l...

In this session, we explore the story of the risen Jesus walking with two discouraged disciples on the road to Emmaus. Though they do not recognize Him at first, Jesus draws near, listens to their grief, and opens the Scriptures to them. This study invites us to see Jesus as the Friend who meets us in confusion and disappointment, walks beside us with patience, and reveals Himself in ways that rek...

 In the Gospel story of Jesus’ birth, the magi bring gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, with myrrh foreshadowing suffering and death. At the cross, Jesus is again offered wine mixed with myrrh, a numbing drink meant to dull pain, and he refuses it, choosing to face suffering with full awareness and faithfulness. Together, these moments point to a Messiah who will not let death or pain have th...