Seeking Pearls

You know her story but you might not know her name. Her name is found in other places of Scripture, but her story is one that you've learned from your days of youth Sunday School and flannelgraphs. She is bold, brave, beautiful and full of chutzpah. I want to be just like her.

Chutzpah is a Hebrew word that indicates utter audacity or courage that is so bold it is bordering on arrogance...yet it's not arrogant. It's beautiful and admirable.

The woman at the well had chutzpah. She was bold and courageous. When Jesus addressed her with the reality of her past, she didn't flinch but faced it head on. When she realized she was talking to the Savior of the world, she didn't stuff it inside but rather told everyone.

I want to be like her.

Poor Eve. All we really know about her is that she ate the fruit she wasn't supposed to. But there's so much more to this beautiful woman, loved by God. God came (daily?) to walk with her in the garden. When she fell into shame, he still came to walk with her and covered her shame with his own sacrifice. Eve experienced the gospel first hand, and she has much to teach us about letting God cover our own shame.

In this series we will be studying several beautiful women in Scripture and their interactions with the Savior who loves them.

This first episode includes the text in which Jesus asks the probing question: "Do you see this woman?" In such a simple question he challenges us to look beyond our judgments and opinions, further than the reputations and gossip, and to see the heart of the woman in front of us.

This is the sixth and last session in our Romans 8 Spirit Life Bible study. In this session we study Paul's glorious finish to this magnificent chapter, as he declares that NOTHING can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!

In this fifth session of the Spirit Life Bible Study series on Romans 8, we will be looking at verses 26-30. These verses are packed with incredible truths about the Holy Spirit and the sovereignty of God. He is the one that can take all the broken pieces of our lives and work them for our good, transforming us into the likeness of Christ. In His great mercy, He has foreknown, predestined, called, justified and glorified us (past tense!!).

In session 4 of our Romans 8 Spirit Life series we will be studying Romans 8:18-25. In these verses we come face to face with the reality of our groaning and suffering. However, in the midst of the groaning, we learn to wait eagerly and patiently for the one single guarantee in this world - the return of the Lord Jesus.

This is the third episode in a six-session podcast series on Romans 8. In this episode we will be studying the promises of Romans 8:12-17, learning that we are adopted into God's family and made to be heirs with Christ of the Kingdom of God!

This is the second session of our six-session series on Romans 8. In this second installment, we will be studying Romans 8:5-11, learning what it means to set our minds on the Spirit rather than the flesh.

In this podcast we begin our six-week study of Romans 8. This session focuses on Romans 8:1-4, emphasizing the amazing truth that in Christ Jesus there is no condemnation.