Hems, Tassels, & Weird Encounters: 1 Samuel 15, Part 3 (Video)
This is the last installment of the 1 Samuel 15 discussion before we move on to the garment imagery in Numbers 15 with the giving of the tassel. Worth every…
Hems, Tassels, & Weird Encounters: 1 Samuel 15, Part 2 (Video)
Will the wonder never cease? Keep watching to learn about the power of garment imagery in the Bible and how understanding it opens the true meaning of many texts. …
Hems, Tassels, & Weird Encounters: 1 Samuel 15, Part 1 (Video)
This is the first of a long series looking at garment imagery in Scripture. Keep watching as these unfold… you’ll be glad you did. We have several the look first…
Reading Genesis Like a Pagan, Part 3 (Video)
We continue our discussion on the importance of Reading Genesis for what it is… a worldview document of the creation of the order of the world. It is curtailed to…
Did Jesus Sit in the Seat of Sinners?[1]
I knew a man who returned to Christ after decades of drugs and dealing, trafficking girls, violence, theft, and homelessness. Raised in church, he came back on fire for Jesus,…
The Divine Gift of Enduring Shame
When I was growing up, if you said “trigger” everyone thought about guns or Roy Roger’s horse… maybe shooting guns while riding Roy Roger’s horse. Today if you say “trigger”…
Take My Daughters, Please, Part 2 (Video)
In this video, we conclude our discussion of Lot’s supposed offer of his daughters to save two male strangers. Things are not as they appear to a modern reader. …
Zipporah’s Raw Deal (Video)
It is common to portray Zipporah as a difficult and angry woman. I believe this is because of a rather poor understanding of the circumcision scene in Exodus 4. An…
Weird Thoughts about the Holy Spirit
This article is for inclusion in a one month devotional for new believers called, “So You’ve Accepted Jesus.” It is almost finished. A Tip for Reading: You may want to…
A Still Small Voice in the Cool of the Day Part 2 of 2 (Video)
In part two of A Still Small Voice in the Cool of the Day we conclude our discussion on two often overlook storm theophanies, one in Genesis 3 and the…
A Still Small Voice in the Cool of the Day Part 1 of 2 (Video)
In this video, I begin a discussion about two overlooked storm theophanies in the Bible, one in Genesis 3 when God comes on in judgement against Adam and Eve, and…
Without a Vision People are Sure to Misinterpret Proverbs 29:18 (Video)
Few churches go more than a couple weeks in business meetings or general assembly without somebody quoting the first half of Proverbs 29:18 from the King James, “Without a vision…
Jesus as Foreigner at the Well (Part 2) [Video]
In this lesson we turn to a detailed analysis of how the Scriptures develop the well story in the lives of Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Ruth, and Saul. We also consider…
Jesus as Foreigner at the Well (Part One) [Video]
There are six “Well Stories” in Scripture. These are variations on a romantic tale where the will of God is worked out through His saints. The five Well Stories in…
The Whole of the Holy, Part 4 (Video)
God is holy in His essence as true God. When we meet Him as He intends us to do, we become holy to Him, isolated to His service. There are…
The Whole of the Holy, Part 3 (Video)
Christians often misunderstand what it means to call God holy and have a narrow understanding of our own holiness. God is holy in his very essence. Holy is the most…
The Whole of the Holy, Part 2 (Video)
God is holy in his essence… True Deity. His holiness is the terrifying manifestation of his divine power to create marking him as wholly other than all that He makes.…
The Whole of the Holy, Part 1 (Video)
Words and symbols connected to the idea of the holy have over 4000 verses associated with them. It behooves us then to fully understand what the holy and holiness are.…
Where Two or More are Gathered, Part 2 (Video)
Matthew 18:20 is often misinterpreted to be talking about prayer… encouraging group prayer as more powerful, more special than private prayer. Matthew 18:20, however is about church discipline and how…
Where Two or More are Gathered, Part 1 (Video)
In this Video I begin my discussion of Matthew 18:20 and why it is so badly misunderstood in the Church. Jesus is not talking about prayer, but about church discipline…