In Exodus 15 Israel praises God for His power and justice displayed in their salvation through the destruction of the Egyptian army. How is this event understood and applied to us by Paul in Romans 9? To grasp the point we must understand Paul's flow of thought throughout the chapter.

(You can watch this brief message here.)

Paul saves his strongest rebuke to the Corinthian church for how they were misusing the Lord's supper. What are ways that the Lord's supper misused by us today?

There is some misinformation regarding the crossing of the Red Sea that many of us imbibe from movies we've seen. Hopefully this message will give us a better picture of what really happened according to Scripture and help us see how this central event of the Old Testament points forward to the redemption we have in Jesus.

Scripture speaks of four categories of people when it comes to wealth: 1) the unrighteous rich; 2) the righteous rich; 3) the unrighteous poor; and 4) the righteous poor. However, the Bible has more warnings for the unrighteous rich than any of the other groups. Why?

[We're using the word 'righteous' here not in regards to self-righteousness or works-righteousness, but in regards the life of a genuinely repenting believer. Think of how righteous is used in Luke 1:6]

Jerry, Mark, Fred, and Grant walk us through this passage showing us that arrogance may look different than we think and that life is only a vapor.

The God of apparent detours and dead-ends in life teaches us about trusting His plan even when it doesn't make sense to us yet.

Jerry, Fred, and Mark walk us through ten commands in just three verses (James 4:7-9). God only exalts those who are first humbled by their sin.

What does the Feast of Unleavened Bread have to do to with the church today living in a different era of redemptive history than Israel was then?

You may have been hearing a lot today about Kayne West's new album "Jesus is King." Here is some background information on what has been happening to Kanye this year.

[Two of the Adam Tyson interviews that Mark used for this are located here and here. Adam's message on Isaiah 6 is here. His message on John 3:16 from Salt Lake City is here (starting at 24:13).]

James 4:5 is one of the hardest verses to translate in the New Testament. What makes it so challenging and what does the verse really mean? While it is hard to have total certainty, we can at least begin to move toward some solutions. And maybe our exercise here will help us think more critically and (we hope!) accurately regarding other passages in the future.

"Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?" (James 4:5 NIV)