Scott powerfully walks us through Luke's account of the Christmas story in our time of confession of sin.

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, comes to meet Moses near Mount Sinai and Moses shares about what God has done and leads Jethro to the Lord. Moses then learns a lesson from Jethro about a life of sustainable service.

We have in this passage the first battle Israel fights in the Bible. What are we to make of this kind of violence which God actually commands in the Old Testament? How we are to apply these passages to our lives as New Covenant Christians?

Jerry walks us through Colossians 3 and how Paul instructs believers to set their minds on thing above, put to death what is earthly in them, and put on what God commands us.

We get to see God (rightly) test the people and the people (wrongly) test God. What does it mean to be tested by God? How do we pass the test? What does it mean to test God? How can we identify when we're doing this and seek to change?

Scott briefly reminds us of the importance and the joy of gratitude.

Scott powerfully shows us why we complain, how we can fight this 'respectable sin', and how God's grace overwhelms us in our struggle.

Jerry, Fred, and Mark finished James this week. This last passage of James is likely hardest in the letter to interpret. This passage has been misused by many in church history.

One of the strangest aspects of the first song of praise is its emphasis on God as a man of war. What are we to make of this today?

Jerry, Fred, and Mark walk through the second to last section of James' letter.