A Gentle Ramble Through the Bible - Chronologically

A Gentle Ramble Through the Bible - Chronologically

por Pastor Gayle Evers

091 The Life of Jesus - The Early Years - John the Baptist - Elijah

John the Baptist: Elijah. The voice in the wilderness preparing the way for the Lord. The one preparing the people for the Lord’s coming. There’s all sorts of political turnover, in both the local Roman government and in the office of the high priest. It is a time of unrest. And John the Baptist is definitely a loose cannon. He’s wild and untamed and he shouts at the religious leaders. But his message for the people is one of tenderness and care, and crowds make daily treks out to the desert of Judea to hear him and be baptized. And soon, Jesus himself comes to be baptized. Why? A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

092 The Life of Jesus - The Early Years - The Temptation

After his baptism Jesus is led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness where he fasts for 40 days and is tempted by Satan. That leads into all sorts of interesting topics like why did he have to be tempted? Why was he fasting? Is there really a Satan personified or is evil just something that people do? We pull out our backpack tools to answer these questions. Opinions aren’t what we’re after; we want something more objective. Our investigation yields fascinating insights into the purpose of miracles, the tests we set up for God, and the lure of power. A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

093 Jesus Begins His Ministry - Jesus Is Called To Action

After his wilderness experience, Jesus begins traveling around Galilee teaching and baptizing, and the disciples of John the Baptist move swiftly to cut off the competition. Jesus’ message is radical and his approach is shocking. The first person he explicitly tells that he is the Messiah is a woman--and she’s not even a Jew! Things are moving quickly--perhaps more quickly than Jesus is prepared for. Then disaster strikes. His cousin, John the Baptist, is arrested. Will Jesus be next? How will Jesus respond? We cover John 3:22-36; 4:1-42 Matthew 4:12-17 Mark 1:14-15 Luke 3:19; 4:14-15 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

094 Jesus Begins His Ministry - Jesus Calls Disciples

Jesus has pupils but it isn’t until after John the Baptist’s arrest and a rather spectacular miracle at the wedding of a friend that Jesus begins his ministry in earnest. His miracles make him famous quickly. He begins to call disciples to help him. When Jesus goes back to his hometown and teaches in the synagogue, he makes it clear that he’s the Messiah and that God intends to bless everyone, not just the Jews. That just about gets him killed, and he’s hardly gotten started yet! We cover John 2:1-12; 1:37-51 Luke 4:16-30; 5:1-11 Matthew 4:18-22 Mark 1:16-20 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

095 Jesus Begins His Ministry - Billboards From God

Jesus, as the Messiah, brings the good news of God’s incredible, expansive, urgent love. And God provides miracles of healing to prove that Jesus is telling the truth. Miracles are billboards from God saying, “Believe what Jesus is telling you!” The people may not all believe, but the demons and unclean spirits certainly do. We talk about this difficult terminology. We cover Matthew 4:23-25; 8:1-4,14-17; 9:1-17 Mark 1:21-45; 2:1-22 Luke 4:31-44; 5:12-39 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

096 Jesus Begins His Ministry - The Tender Messiah

Jesus turns everything upside-down. All those religious rules? Out the window. Burdens are left behind and blessings take their place. With one hand he heals and encourages the people until he's dropping from exhaustion, and with the other hand he absolutely skewers the religious leaders. You don't want to argue Scripture with Jesus! He runs circles around those know-it-alls. He embarrasses them so badly they begin plotting to kill him. And it's all to bring us the good news that God will not judge us. Jesus refuses to accuse us. We are already living eternal life in the pleasure of God. Already. Even back then, before Jesus was crucified. We cover Matthew 12:1-21 Mark 2:23-28; 3:1-12 Luke 6:1-11,17-19 John 4:43-54; 5:16-47 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

097 Sermon On The Mount - Bird's Eye View

Jesus needs help. He chooses a leadership team of twelve disciples from among the many following him. Together they travel throughout Galilee, Samaria and Judea teaching and healing. But these bumbling, eager, and confused disciples need training! The Sermon on the Mount and Luke’s similar collection called the Sermon on the Plain are Discipleship 101 as taught by Jesus. We'll spend four weeks digging into this gold mine. But first, we'll do a bird’s-eye view of the material to see if we can identify major themes. (We can!) We cover Matthew 5:1-7:29; 19:4 Mark Mark 3:13-19; 10:1 Luke Luke 6:12-16, 20-49 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

098 Sermon On The Mount - Light, Salt, Anger & Lust

Jesus’ premise in the Sermon on the Mount is that he is the light of the world sent to bring Good News to all the people--and we are too. This is what all the Law and the Prophets point towards, and we are to help him fulfill every last one of God's wonderful promises. But we can’t fake it. We have to start by dealing with our junk, specifically our anger and our lust. We also hear Jesus’ teachings on adultery and divorce in this class. We cover Matthew 5:13-32; 19:1-12 Mark 10:1-12 Luke 12:57-59 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

099 Sermon On The Mount - God, Money & Power

What does Jesus mean we should be perfect? That’s impossible, right? Nope. If Jesus says something that seems impossible, we are misunderstanding somehow. Jesus continues to teach his disciples how to be disciples. He gives lots of examples and they seem to center around learning to be humble, laying down our pride, and holding our possessions with an open hand. He says we cannot trust both God and money. And Jesus extends that humility into our relationships with others. We talk about what it means to “turn the other cheek.” We cover Matthew 5:38-48; 6:1-8,16-21,24; 7:13-23 Luke 6:27-36 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

100 Sermon On The Mount - Forgiveness & Beatitudes

We finish the Sermon on the Mount today. Jesus talks about forgiving others for their slip-ups and not judging them. He talks about the importance of setting healthy boundaries. He also talks about the importance of staying in our own lane and not trying to fix everyone else. And he reminds us that we actually cannot control much at all, so it’s better to take things one step at a time and trust God with the outcome. At the end we circle back to the beginning and look more closely at the Beatitudes. We cover Matthew 5:3-12,33-37; 6:9-15,25-34; 7:1-12 Luke 6:20-26,37-49 A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. Click here for an index of all classes. More info at PastorintheWild.org.

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