Category: A Survey of the Scriptures

Do you have any stories of travel plans that went bad? A one-hour trip that took two days or a camping trip that has forever scarred you: something like that? I think most of us can think of trips that went awry, but let me ask you, what was the result? Was there a lesson learned from that trip? Are there precautions you take now because of it? The nation of Israel has a famous travel story where things went very bad and the consequences were measured in decades. In this study we learn about what lessons God wanted them …

I have very carefully chosen the first four words of my sermon titles in this Bible survey series for a reason. It is my desire that you will see and understand that God has progressively revealed His sovereign plan to us through the Scriptures. Fittingly, it all begins in Genesis, and we see many of the details foreshadowed there, including Christ’s death on the cross.A central part of God’s plan is the nation of Israel, and they find their beginning and their most critical promises in the book of Genesis. As we enter Exodus, their story is developed, and the …

Have you ever heard the story of the 12 spies who went to scout out Israel’s Promised Land?  How about the account of how God told Moses to strike the rock with his rod and water came out, forming a continuous stream that supplied the whole nation?  Or how about the next time that they needed water and God told Moses to speak to the rock, but he hit it instead? Do you know why Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years?  All these episodes in the early life of the nation of Israel are contained in this fourth …

When is the last time you read the book of Leviticus?If it’s been a long time (or never), you are probably in good company. Sadly, the value and purpose of this book is often missed. It is, however, one of the 66 books God inspired and preserved for us to have today. It is just as important as the other 65, just as much God’s Word. In fact, many of the illustrations Jesus used in the Gospel need the book of Leviticus to be understood in their fulness.Today I hope to give you a 30,000 feet overview of this book …

It is important to know your history.  George Santanya famously said ” “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”  While the past has lessons for us all to learn from, that is not the only reason to know our history.  Our identity is shaped by our knowledge of our personal past and the resulting view of ourselves shapes who we will become.  In this message on the second book of the Bible, Exodus, we see Israel being given a very important review of their national history.  This historical narrative of their history was to help them see …