The Sick King | A Bible Class on Hezekiah’s Illness (Isaiah 38:1-8) Sickness affects us all from time to time. Throughout Scripture, we find people suffering illness. That seems like a fairly obvious statement; after all, every human character (except Jesus) is dead. However, many act as though if we’re living right we should never […]

Liar! | Bible Class on Abraham’s Deceit (Genesis 12:10-20) This narrative shows us that even the strongest among us struggle and fall. Abraham here lies. Moses was a murderer. David was an adulterer and murder. Paul was a persecutor of Christians. Yet, Abram continued his struggle to be who God needed him to be. Eventually […]

Pharaoh’s Heart | Bible Class on God’s Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart The Exodus is a vital piece of biblical history. The Exodus was the fulfillment of a divine promise. God to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them […]

Impurity | Bible Class on the Works of the Flesh and the Fruit of the Spirit “The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, […]

Run Away | Bible Class on Joseph’s Fleeing from Potiphar’s Wife (Genesis 39:1-12) This is an episode that we all know very well. Therefore, I believe it’s imperative that we carefully pause and read the text quite carefully. When we take our time with familiar texts, we often discover nuggets we haven’t noticed before. That, […]