Bible in Context

Today takes on the 3rd Commandment using Martin Luther’s teaching in his Large Catechism. A look at Sabbath, why Christians aren’t bound to follow it, the timeless wisdom still found within it, and how he makes the leap from a day of rest to rooting in the Word of God.

Today dives into Luther’s teaching on the 2nd Commandment in his Large Catechism. Guidance and wisdom on treating God as holy.

Today moves into a different Christian manual, Luther’s Large Catechism. We look at the 1st Commandment. If you get this one right, you get the rest.

*Note: Due to a recording error, a portion of the middle of this bible study episode is missing.

Today wraps up the Didache. It’s teaching on fasting and prophets springboards into navigating our former life and new life in Christ, and discerning prophecy today.

Today dives deeper into The Didache, exploring questions early questions wrestled with like how to give and how to baptize.

The Didache is an ancient document meant to help people learn how to live a different kind of life in Christ. It practically functioned as a manual for how to do church and is filled with insights on the Christian life, then and now. Today dives into specific questions it raises, where it can help guide life with God today, and where it doesn’t.

For 2000 years, people in Christ have been seeking to embrace the different life God has birthed in them. There’s a lot to learn from those who have gone before us. Today dives into The Didache, the oldest known church instruction manual written to teach people coming from the pagan Roman world about the different way of life in Jesus and what it looks like.

Today is 2 Samuel 7:1-16. It’s our seventh and final Old Testament anchor passage. Here God promises David a kingdom and dynasty that will never end. From here flows messianic hope.

Week 6 of studying the Old Testament using 7 key passages.

The fifth OT passage is Deuteronomy 6:4-5. Here we get a snapshot of the soul and substance of God’s covenant. Situated at the tail end of Israel’s wilderness wanderings, this passage captures the heart and soul of God’s call on his people.