Pastors John Mury and Taylor Burgoyne discuss Isaiah 29:11-24: "Isaiah addresses two marks of false spirituality. The first is a surface-level, going-through-the-motions kind of religion. The second, deeper level of false spirituality is hypocrisy—not only are our hearts not in it, but our hearts are actually opposed to the way of God. God desires a genuine connection with us; can we be honest to God?"

Pastors John Mury and Dave Swaim discuss Isaiah 19:1-4, 18-25: "Is there someone who fills your life with misery or a broken relationship that you feel will never heal? It must have seemed like Egypt would remain an eternal source of misery to Israel but Isaiah declares that God would do the impossible. It is easy to imagine God destroying Egypt but to turn Egypt into a blessing that worships the God of Israel? Who could have imagined that one day millions of Egyptians would follow a Jewish rabbi named Jesus?!"

Pastors John Mury and Michael Taber discuss Isaiah 13:1-2, 6-10, 17-22: "The next 11 chapters of Isaiah are filled with prophetic judgments about the surrounding nations and Isaiah starts with Babylon. Why does Isaiah start with Babylon, an empire that was only beginning to rise to displace the Assyrians? Perhaps because they so strongly exemplified the pride that would lead to the downfall of all empires, a topic we will cover in both today's and tomorrow's passages."