Getting To Know God | Week 7 | Ken Miller

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Jehovah-Bara highlights God's role as the Creator. Bara means "to create" or "to shape," and it is frequently used in the Old Testament to describe God's creation of the universe, life, and everything within it. It indicates the idea of creation ex nihilo (creation "out of nothing"), showing God's power to bring things into existence by His will and word.

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Getting To Know God | Week 6 | Mitchell Dorris

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Jehovah-Shalom is derived from two key components: Jehovah (or Yahweh), which is the personal name of God in the Old Testament, and Shalom, which means "peace" in Hebrew. Together, the name Jehovah-Shalom translates to "The Lord is Peace."

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Getting To Know God | Week 5 | Ken Miller

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Jehovah-M'Keddesh (sometimes written as Yahweh-M'Kaddesh) translates to "The Lord Who Sanctifies" or "The Lord Who Makes Holy." This name reflects God's role in sanctifying or setting apart His people for holiness and service. It emphasizes God's active role in purifying and consecrating His followers to live according to His will.

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Getting To Know God | Week 4 | Mitchell Dorris

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The name Jehovah-Nissi is used in Exodus 17:15 and is translated as "The Lord is My Banner." This name reveals a significant aspect of God's character and His role as a protector and source of victory for His people.

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Getting To Know God | Week 3 | Ken Miller

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Jehovah-Rapha is one of the compound names of God in the Bible, often translated as "The Lord Who Heals" or "The Lord Our Healer." God instructed Moses to throw a piece of wood into the water, making it sweet and drinkable. After this event, God declared Himself as "Jehovah-Rapha," promising that if the Israelites listened to His commands and kept His statutes, He would protect them from the diseases that afflicted the Egyptians.

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Getting To Know God | Week 2 | Ken Miller

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Jehovah-Jireh is one of the names of God found in the Bible, specifically in the Old Testament. It is derived from the Hebrew words "YHWH" (the personal name for God, often translated as "LORD") and "Yireh" (meaning "will see" or "will provide"). Therefore, Jehovah-Jireh can be understood as "The LORD will provide" or "The LORD will see to it."

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Getting To Know God | Week 1 | Ken Miller

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This will be the introductory lesson to the series and is intended to set up the context for all the names of God we will be studying. In this lesson, we will look at three primary names for God: Elohim, El Elyon, and El Shaddai.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 11 | Ken Miller

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With the last words of Elihu ringing in his ears, Job finally gets the one thing he has longed for throughout this long and arduous ordeal: He hears from God. His friends have run out of words but Job has not lost hope.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 10 | Ken Miller

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This lesson picks up where we left off last week and provides further insight into Job’s weak but lingering faith in God. He has been battered, abused, falsely accused, and robbed of his health, prosperity, reputation, and dignity. But he refuses to give up on God.

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Searching for God in the Land of Uz – Week 9 | Ken Miller

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In these passages, we will see Job addressing the false claims of his friends while trying to defend his innocence in the face of their relentless accusations of guilt. Job even utters a series of extended prayers to God, pleading for vindication and a validation of his innocence.

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