The Bible Story, Piece by Piece

After reading through the book of Isaiah, which largely covered the events leading up to the Assyrian exile, readers now enter into the second major prophet book: Jeremiah. This book's timeframe is slightly later than Isaiah's as it covers the events leading up to the Babylonian exile of Israel and the destruction of the temple. Join Brent and Trent this week as they discuss Israel's consequences for worshiping other Gods in the promised land, and how these early chapters preview a New Covenant where the community of God is filled with genuine worshippers with hearts after the one true God. 

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In this week's episode of the Bible story Piece by Piece, Brent and Trent discuss the remaining chapters of the book of Isaiah. This first major prophet spends a majority of the book's closing chapters focusing on the power of God through his Word, salvation accomplished through a servant within Israel, and the vision of the New Heaven's and New Earth. Readers will encounter see that in chapters 52-53, the Messiah deliverer the world has been waiting for since Genesis 3:15 takes an interesting description not seen before - a savior that suffers. 

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As readers continue the initial book of the major Prophets, they will see a reoccurrence of similar themes: judgement from guiltiness of sin, God's redemption of Israel from judgement, and God's ultimate redemption from creation's exposure to sin and death. Although this section of Isaiah contains all three of these themes, they come in no clear predictable arrangement. Join Brent and Trent as they discuss this section of Isaiah, including its historical retelling of King Hezekiah, as well as the how the book applies to the Christian life today.

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After reading through the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, readers enter into scripture's next genre: prophecy. This prophecy, however, is unlike most common misconceptions of what it means to be 'prophetic'. While the prophets of Israel occasionally predicted the future, most often they reminded Israel of the coming judgement as a result of their disobedience to God's commands. This week, readers will pick back up in the time Old Testament narrative during the time period of 2 Kings 15-19 as they are introduced to the prophet Isaiah. Join Brent and Trent in this episode as they discuss the Lord's judgement on Israel and his promise of salvation through a messiah-deliverer. 

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Following an episode with introductory comments to the wisdom literature, Brent and Trent discuss the remaining wisdom books - Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. After commenting on a few well known Proverbs in the last chapters, a majority of this episode is spent discussing the contents and relevance of these later two books. These books not only instructed Israel as they awaited the presence of God to return to Israel in the form of a messiah-redeemer during their time of exile, but also guide our steps today. Similarly, we too await Christ's second return and can glean much from the wisdom these books offer as we discern how to honor God with the time he has given us on the earth - especially as we enjoy things of the earth, including marriage, guided by a proper fear of Him. 

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In this episode of the Bible Story, Piece by Piece, we are joined by Dr. Dan Estes who is the Distinguished professor of Old Testament at Cedarville University. Drawing from his many years of academic research and writing, Dr. Estes helpfully instructs what readers can expect of the book of Proverbs and how it applies to our every day life.

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In this last week of the book of Psalms, we will focus on a final theme found throughout Israel's hymnbook - thanksgiving. While Psalms of praise often take words to praise God for his attributes, Psalms of thanksgiving praise and thank God for his intervention in our lives. On this episode Brent and Trent read through Psalm 138 and discuss what a life of thankfulness looks as they reflect on past times of God's faithfulness.

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As we continue our journey through the book of Psalms, we focus in on our second to last thematic focus - Psalms of Trust. These Psalms highlight the attributes of God by declaring the trustworthiness of God over resources, others, and ourselves. In this episode Brent and Trent discuss Psalm 121 and the comfort it provides for those to trust in God amidst changing and uncertain circumstances. 

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As we have for the past several weeks, we continue the dive into Israel's devotion life through the book of Psalms. This week, Brent and Trent discuss about the importance of Psalms of Lament as they look at Psalm 79. This Psalm not only instructs us on what it looks like to trust God in prayer that stands the gap between pain and promise, but also connects readers to a dark time of Israel's history that we covered in the historical books - the destruction of the Temple during the Reign of Nebuchadnezzar. Listen to this episode to learn more about a emotion in the Christian life that often gets overlooked.

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Perhaps one of the greatest known Psalms is Psalm 51. The emotional anguish and raw transparency serves as a model prayer not only for Christians as they confess significant moments of disobedience, but in all our prayers of confession. Join Brent and Trent in this week's episode as they discuss Psalms of Confession and how Psalm 51 serves as a guide for us in our prayer life. 

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