JUDITH Chapter 8:4-8:20

Now, halfway through the story, we are finally introduced to the title character! Judith, the Lady Jew. We’ll look at the importance of the tent, her maid-servant, listening to the Lord, testing the Lord, wisdom of the Lord --- This is the heart of the book with prayer and building tensions…

Read Judith 5:1 – 8:3

We’ll meet the fascinating character Achior, listen to HIS telling of the Jewish story, watch the tension build to the great battle, watch as Bethulia gets completely surrounded by the enemy, and then we meet the awesome Judith

Judith 2:4 – 4:15

Who is the author? We’ll read through the war set up for the story, we’ll look a little more into the history and genre, meet the penultimate bad guy Holofernes, find the city of Bethulia, and introduce Achior…

Judith Chapter 1:1-2:3

An introduction overview, setting the stage, an explanation of the proto and deutero-canon and apocrypha, characters and locations, debates about the genre and the historical accuracy, and I’ll explain the viewpoint I’ll take as we read through this gem of a book. If you want to jump to the 30 minute mark on the Episode, you can hear the direction we'll be taking with Judith!

Chapters 9:11- 11:1. Look at the revenge of the Jews, we wrestle with the morality of that counter-offensive, we’ll wrap up the story, explore the date this book may have been written, and see the brilliant structure of the Book of Esther

Esther Chapters 6:11-9:10 with Greek Additional Chapter 16 (or E)

Haman’s plot starts to unravel, The 2nd Banquet with the King and Haman, the tables get turned, the edict sent out by Xerxes, and a really important look at how this era shaped Judaism for the time of Jesus

Episode 5

Additional Greek Chapters 13:8 - 15:16 (or C: 1-through D:16) and 5:1-6:10

We’ll define and explore intercessory prayer; look at Mordecai’s prayer, Esther’s prayer, and watch as the drama builds and God guides it all to a great climactic moment!

ESTHER EPISODE 4

Additional Chapter 13 (or B) + Chapters 3:14 – 4:-17

This time we will look at an additional Greek chapter: the King’s letter, along with the most famous words from this book in Chapter 4 as Mordecai tries to convince Esther to help their people

Esther Chapters 2:16-3:13

We'll walk through the Persian Beauty Pageant and see how Esther fares, we’ll explore God’s providence, some typology, the connection with Haman to long time enemies of the Jews, the Jewish Feast of Purim, and dig deep into the historical hatred of the Jews…

CHAPTER 1:10-2:15

Welcome back, friends—in this episode we will start to see God’s hidden hand moving events along, we’ll see what happens to Queen Vashti, see the Persian’s love of laws in action, and we’ll be introduced to the title character Esther…