The very first psalm acts as a sort of cover letter to the whole book of Psalms. We see why, and how it shows us the two ways we can choose to live

After looking at a psalm of lamentin the midst of sufferinglast time, we now look at a psalm of thanksgivingafter being delivered from suffering.It shows us how we should think, pray, and act as those in a relationship with God after we've been helped by God

We open our series seeing an honest crying out to God in suffering, especially looking at how profound the psalmist's "deep calls to deep" phrase is.

We look only at one woe, Jesus's "whitewashed tomb" denouncement. We talk about why it's a summary of all his woes. Plus we ask, "If this is the religion worthy of a 'woe' from Jesus, what is the opposite and what's the remedy to being like this ourselves?"

We listen to Jesus continue in his seven woes toward the religious leaders of his day. He warns us more about religious hypocrisy

Jesus protects his flock now by giving three opening "woe to you" statements

With only a few days before he knows he's going to die, Jesus turns to the crowds and his disciples to seriously warn themand usabout bogus religous leaders and pride, even in the name of God

Jesus finally turns to ask them a series of questions, leaving them and us astonished concerning who he truly is. Plus, he shows us somehting important about how we must engage in theology well and read our Bibles well

After spending a week on the "first" and "great" commandment, we see what Jesus meant by the "second" which is "like" it

Jesus is asked the massive question: "Which is the great commandment?" He responds by quoting Deueteronomy 6:5. We consider each word in the command, how it actually applies, and how Jesus calls it the "great" and "first" commandment