Psalm 5
We pray in the morning knowing that all that God is, He is for us.
Meditation on Scripture
Psalm 1
We meditate on the Scriptures day and night because it’s in the Scriptures that we find true happiness.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commenetaries on the Psalms by John Calvin, John Goldingay, and Derek Kidner; Answering God: The Psalms As A Tool For Prayer by Eugene Peterson; Tree People by Bill Boyd; Handbook On The Wisdom Books and Psalms by Daniel Estes
JONAH: The Pouting Prophet, the Gracious God
Jonah 4:1-11
God’s global grace should compel us to make him known.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Gospel Transformation Bible; Handbook on the Prophets by Robert Chisholm; JONAH: Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament by Kevin Youngblood
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JONAH: Jonah's Sermon, Nineveh's Repentance
Jonah 3:1-10
YHWH sends his people to get his message out to the world.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Gospel Transformation Bible; JONAH: Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament by Kevin J. Youngblood
Note: We have finally corrected the volume issue!
JONAH: Jonah Prays
Jonah 1:17-2:10
Jonah prays, sobered by YHWH’s severe mercy, and praises him for his sovereign salvation.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Gospel Transformation Bible; Commentaries by Youngblood, Phillips, Ferguson, and Boice
JONAH: The Fear of a Merciful God
Jonah 1:4-17
Since the God of Jonah is the one true, merciful God, we are to respond to Him with reverent worship.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible, NIV Study Bible, 'Man Overboard!' Ferguson, 'Salvation Through Judgement and Mercy' Estelle, 'Institutes of the Christian Religion' Calvin, Commentaries on Jonah by Alexander and Youngblood
JONAH: God Calls, Jonah Runs
Jonah 1:1-3
When God calls, Jonah senselessly runs. But God is faithful.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Commentaries by Kevin Youngblood, Bryan Estelle, and James Montgomery Boice
JONAH: The Prophet, the Peoples, and the God of Great Mercy
Jonah 1:1-4:11
We unpack he book of Jonah, revealing the history and context of the story of the prophet Jonah being sent to Nineveh by Yahweh the God of great mercy.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Gospel Transformation Bible; Commentaries by Leslie Allen, James Bruckner, Daniel Timmer, Jack Sasson, and Richard Phillips
The Song of Simeon
Luke 2:1-21
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Luke Commentaries by Stein, Garland, Hughes, and Bock
Surprised by Christmas
Luke 2:1-21
Christ comes to bring offenders and outcasts pardon and peace!
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Luke Commentaries by Stein, Garland, Hughes, and Bock.