Bible & Subject Studies 2 Corinthians -The Right Stuff When Life Gets Tough 2 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 1.1 — Paul: The Story of a Changed Life 2 Corinthians 1.1 – What is an apostle, and why in the world should I care? 2 Corinthians 1.1 — Oh we’re saints, are we? 2 Corinthians 1.2 — Grace Abortion – To Be or not To Be What the Bible says about Abortion Capital Punishment/The Death Penalty – How do we ultimately show respect for life What does the Bible teach about the death penalty (capital punishment)? Cheating Church — Why do I need to go? Creation & Evolution Creation? Seriously? Evolution? Seriously? Intelligent Design Divorce: Ending What Was Never Intended to be Ended Deuteronomy 24.1-4 — Reasonable First Principles about Divorce Matthew 19.1-9 — Jesus takes a hard line, but it’s not what you think Matthew 5.31-32 — We CANNOT Make RULES from this Text 1 Corinthians 7 Drinking Drinking Alcohol – What is the best way to honor God? Drugs: The Power of What Controls You Drugs: You are to have only one controlling Power in you Ecclesiastes – Why Does Life Seem So Meaningless Sometimes? Ecclesiastes 1 Ecclesiastes 1.1-11 — Sometimes everything seems so meaningless Ecclesiastes 1.12-18 — Intelligence has its limits Ecclesiastes 2 Ecclesiastes 2.1-11 – Isn’t being happy what it’s all about? Ephesians: Power for Living Ephesians 1.1-14 Ephesians 1.15-23 Ephesians 2.1-10 Ephesians 2.11-22 Ephesians 3.1-13 Ephesians 4.1-16 Ephesians 4.17-32 Ephesians 5.1-20: Be Imitators of God Ephesians 5.21-33: Mutual Submission Ephesians 6.1-9: More Mutual Submission Ephesians 6.10-20: A Warrior Inside Galatians: Living By the Spirit Galatians 1 — Living In The Truth Galatians 2 — The Truth Sets You Free Galatians 3.1-25 — Freedom Is Found By Living in the Spirit Galatians 3.26-4.31 — Living By the Spirit Is Living By Faith Galatians 5 — Living By the Spirit is Keeping Step with the Spirit Galatians 6 — We Need to Help Each Other, not Judge Each Other Gambling: The Speed of Greed Genesis – The Beginning of All Things Genesis Chapter 1 Genesis 1.1 – In the beginning God created? Genesis 1.2 – Without order, without purpose Gen. 1.3-5 — God Creates Time Gen. 1.6-8 — God Makes the Weather System Function God’s Will Videos Habakkuk: A Reason to Hope: Faith in God’s Wisdom Habakkuk 1 — Anger at Untempered Injustice Habakkuk 1.12-2.1 — Frustration at God’s Incongruities Habakkuk 2.2-20 — The Greater Truth is Behind the Scenes Habakkuk 3 — Faith in God’s Wisdom Conclusion Homosexuality If you want to know what the Bible says about homosexuality, here it is Genesis 19 — Sodom and Gomorrah Leviticus 18.22 — where it says homosexuality is detestable to the Lord Romans 1.18-32 My conclusions about homosexuality Hypocrisy Hypocrisy Isaiah – The Story of a Nation who turned away from God Isaiah 1 Isaiah 1.1-2 – God’s Love for Rebellious People Isaiah 1.3-7 — A Nation’s Strength is its Greatest Weakness Isa. 1.8-20 — God isn’t interested in religion. He wants a relationship. Isaiah 1.21-31 — What happens when a nation turns against God? Isaiah 2 Isaiah 2.1-5 — God’s Kingdom Isaiah 2.9-10 — Our humility and God’s Majesty Isaiah 2.11-22 — Pride Isaiah 3 Isaiah 3.1-7 Isaiah 3.8-12 — A Failure of Leadership Isa. 3.13-24 — The Failure of Leadership Isaiah 4 Isaiah 5 Isaiah 5.1-7 — God’s Vineyard Isaiah 5.8-14 — Woes and Judgments Isaiah 5.15-23 — Woes and Judgments Isaiah 5.24-30 — Judgments Isaiah 6 Isaiah 6.1-4 — A glimpse of reality Isaiah 6.5-7 — Guilt and Atonement Isaiah 6.8-13 — Whom Shall I Send? Isaiah 7 Isaiah 7.1-9 — The Sign of Immanuel Isaiah 7.10-25 — The sign of Immanuel, part 2 Isaiah 8 Isaiah 8.1-16 — Fear God Isaiah 8.17-22 — The Way of the Lord Isaiah 9 Isaiah 9.1-6 — To us a child is born Isaiah 9.7-21 — The Inadequacy of Leadership Isaiah 10 Isaiah 10.1-15 — Woe to the Unjust Isaiah 11 – Redeeming all that is bad Isaiah 12 — Judgment and Mercy Isaiah 13 — A Prophecy Against Babylon Isaiah 14 – Prophecies Against Power John – The Case for Christ John 1 John 1.1 – Jesus IS God John 1.2 – The Paradox of the Trinity John 1.4-5 — Light and Life John 2 John 2.1-11 — The wedding wine is something more John 2.12-25 — The Temple: God With Us John 3 John 3.1-15 — Nic at Night: A religious leader takes the witness stand John 3.16 — The CORE of the TREASURE John 3.17-21 — Come to Jesus. Come to the Light, and to Truth John 3.22-36 — Jesus is the Focal Point John 4 John 4.1-26 — The Woman at the Well John 4.27-38 — A Samaritan Woman brought to the Witness Stand John 4.39-42 — The whole village on the “Witness Stand” John 4.43-54 — A non-religious government official takes the witness stand John 5 John 5.1-15 — the Healer heals at the Healing Pool John 5.16-30 — Jesus claims to be God John 5.31-47 – Jesus continues his case John 6 John 6.1-15 — The Feeding of the 5,000 John 6.16-24 — Jesus Walks on Water John 6.25-59 — The Bread of Life John 6.60-71 — Follow or fade away John 7 John 7.1-13 — The contrast of unbelief John 7.14-24 — Jesus addresses the unbelief of the people John 7.25-44 — Who is Jesus? John 8 John 8.1-11 — The Woman Caught in Adultery John 8.12-30 — Jesus is the Light of the World John 8.31-47 — More talk about discipleship John 8.48-59 John 9 John 9.1-12 — Jesus heals the man blind from birth John 9.13-41 — Who is really blind? John 10 John 10.1-21 — The Good Shepherd John 10.22-42 — The Conflict Heats Up; Jesus Claims to be God John 11 — A Consummate Demonstration of Mastery John 12 Jn. 12.1-11 — Mary Anoints Jesus’ Feet John 12.12-19 — The Triumphant Entry John 12.20-36 — Jesus Talks About His Coming Death John 12.37-50 — Belief and Unbelief John 13 John 13.1-17 — Washing Feet John 13.18-30 – Jesus Predicts Judas’s Betrayal John 13.31-38 — Jesus Predicts Peter’s denial John 14 John 14.1-14 — Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life John 14.15-31 — Defining the Relationship John 15 John 15.1-17 — Vine and Branches Boot Camp John 15.18-27 — You won’t get respect John 16 John 16.1-16 — The Holy Spirit John 16.17-33 — Peace John 17 — The Lord’s Prayer John 18 John 18.1-11 — Judas’s Betrayal John 18.12-27 — Peter’s Denial and Jesus’ trial John 18.28-40 — Trial before Pilate John 19 John 19.1-16 — Jesus’ Last Audience With Pilate John 19.17-37 — The Crucifixion John 19.38-42 — Jesus’ burial John 20 — The Resurrection John 21 John 21.1-14 — Breakfast on the Beach John 21.15-25 — Peter Reinstated Luke – The Story of Jesus: Nobody Could Make This Stuff Up Luke 1 Luke 1.1-4: A Reliable Record Luke 1.5-25: Priest is Dumb for Not Believing Luke 1.26-38: An Announcement That Rocks Science and History Luke 1.39-45: A Family Reunion Luke 1.46-56: A Magnificent Song of Praise aimed where it belongs: God Luke 2 Luke 2.8-21: the Shepherd Story: THIS MEANS WAR Luke 2.41-52: Our only glimpse at Jesus as a boy Luke 3 Luke 3:1-20: John the Baptist breaks the ice and just shows up, and lights a stinkin’ fire. Luke 3.21-22: We finally meet Jesus Luke 3.23-38 — The Family Tree Luke 4 Luke 4.1-13 — The First of Many Temptations To Follow Luke 4.14-30 — The Homecoming Dance doesn’t go so well Luke 4.31-37 — Jesus is confronted by the spirit world Luke 4.38-44 — The Power of the Spoken Word Luke 5 Luke 5.1-11 — Jesus has a plan Luke 5.12-16 — Jesus helps the helpless Luke 5.17-26 — He forgives SIN Luke 5.27-32 – He includes people that others wouldn’t Luke 5.33-39 — The fasting and wineskins thing Luke 6 Luke 6.27-36 — The Sermon on the Mount Luke 6.37-42 — Judging Others, Forgiveness, and Hypocrisy Luke 6.43-45 — The Parable of a Tree and its Fruit Luke 6.46-49 — The Parable of the Builders: Rock and Sand Luke 7 Luke 7.1-10 — The Faith of the Centurion Luke 7.11-17 — Raising the Widow’s son Luke 7.18-23 — Jesus is the Messiah Luke 7.24-30 — John the Baptist Luke 7.31-35 — The last about John the Baptist Luke 7.36-50 – The Parable of the Two Debtors Luke 8 Luke 8.1-15 — The Parable of the Sower Luke 8.16-18 — Lamp on a Stand Luke 8.19-21 — Jesus’ mother and brothers Luke 8.22-25 — Calming the Storm Luke 8.26-39 — The demon Legion guy Luke 8.40-48 — Woman with the flow of blood Luke 8.49-56 — Jairus’ Daughter Luke 9 Luke 9.1-9 — Jesus sends out the 12 Luke 9.10-17 – The Feeding of the 5,000 Luke 9.18-27 — Who Is Jesus? Luke 9.28-36 — The Transfiguration Luke 9.37-43 — The boy is demon possessed Luke 9.44-48 — Who will be the greatest? Luke 9.49-56 — Who’s “in” and who’s “out” Luke 9.57-62 — Lessons on discipleship Luke 10 Luke 10.1-2 — Jesus sends out the 72 Luke 10.3-9 Luke 10.10-11 Luke 10.12-15 — Hell Luke 10.16-20 Luke 10.21-24 Luke 10.25-37 — The Parable of the Good Samaritan Luke 10.38-42 — Mary and Martha Luke 11 Luke 11.1-4 — The Lord’s Prayer Luke 11.5-13 — The Midnight Request Luke 11.14-28 — Jesus and Satan are the same???? Luke 11.29-32 — The Sign of Jonah Luke 11.33-36 — The Lamp of the Body Luke 11.37-52 — Six Woes Luke 12 Luke 12.1-10 — Warnings and Encouragements Luke 12.13-21 — The Parable of the Rich Fool Luke 12.22-34 — Don’t Worry, Be Happy Luke 12.35-48 — Master of the House Luke 12.49-53 — Jesus as a Judge Luke 12.54-59 — Blind or Seeing? Luke 13 Luke 13.1-17 — How the World Works Luke 13.18-21 — The Parable of the Mustard Seed Luke 13.22-30 — Are only a Few going to be Saved? Luke 13.31-35 — Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem Luke 14 Luke 14.1-14 — Care for the Oppressed Luke 14.15-24 — The Parable of the Great Banquet Luke 14.25-35 — Shock Psychology Luke 15 Luke 15.1-7 — The Lost Sheep Luke 15.8-10 — The Lost Coin Luke 15.11-32 — The Prodigal Son Luke 16 Luke 16.1-15 — The Parable of the Shrewd Manager Luke 16.19-31 — The Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 17 Luke 17.1-10 — Sin, Leadership, Fairness, & Faith Luke 17.11-19 — The Ten Lepers Luke 17.20-37 — The End Times Luke 18 Luke 18.1-8 — The Parable of the Persistent Widow Luke 18.9-14 — The Pharisee and the Tax Collector Luke 18.15-17 — The Children Luke 18.18-23 — The Rich Young Ruler Luke 18.24-30 — Understanding the Rich Young Ruler Luke 18.31-34 — The Prediction of His Crucifixion Luke 18.35-43 — Bartimaeus Luke 19 Luke 19.1-10 — Zacchaeus Luke 19.11-27 — The Parable of the Minas Luke 19.28-44 — The Triumphal Entry Luke 19.45-48 — The Cleansing of the Temple Luke 20 Luke 20.1-19 — The Parable of the Tenants Luke 20.20-26 — Caesar and God Luke 20.27-40 — Questions about the afterlife Luke 20.41-47 — Jesus claims deity Luke 21 Luke 21.1-4 — The Widow’s Tiny Gift Luke 21.5-38 — The End Times Luke 22 Luke 22.1-6 — Judas the Skunk Luke 22.7-23 — The Last Supper Luke 22.24-30 — The Fight For Greatness Luke 22.31-38 — Prediction of Denial Luke 22.39-46 — Gethsemane Luke 22.47-53 — Arrest Luke 22.54-62 — Peter’s Denial Luke 22.63-71 — Jesus’ religious claims during trial Luke 23 Luke 23.1-25 — Jesus’ Trial Before Pilate Luke 23.26-43 — The Crucifixion Luke 23.44-56 — The Death and Burial of Jesus Luke 24 Luke 24.1-12 — The Resurrection Luke 24.13-35 — The Road to Emmaus Lying: Telling the Truth about Telling Lies Pornography Prayer: One of the Biggest Reasons People Walk Away from God What is Prayer? How does it work? Why should we pray? Proverbs – Values and Priorities Proverbs 1 Prov. 1.1-2 – We All Want To Be Wise. Who Doesn’t? Proverbs 1:1-2: We’re All Just Trying to Figure Things Out Prov. 1.3 — Is a disciplined life really what I’m after? Proverbs 1.5 — Use your ears more than your mouth Proverbs 1.8-9 — Parents are supposed to disciple their children Proverbs 1.10-19 — Sin is waiting to BITE you Proverbs 1.2-19 — Summary Proverbs 3 Proverbs 3 — Summary Proverbs 3.1-2 — Would you like peace in your life? Proverbs 3.3-4 — Love and Faith put you in a good place Proverbs 3.5-6 —Trust in the Lord with all your heart Proverbs 3.7-8 — The Path to Health Proverbs 3.9-10 — What about all your money? Proverbs 3.11-12 — The Lord’s Discipline Proverbs 6 Proverbs 6.16 — A list of the things God hates Proverbs 6.17 — Lying Proverbs 6.17 — Shedding innocent blood Proverbs 6.18 — We get into trouble all too quickly Proverbs 6.19 — Being a false witness in court Proverbs 6.19 — Stirring up conflict Proverbs 10 Proverbs 10.1 — Parenting from the kid’s point of view Proverbs 10.2 — Cheating in business Proverbs 10.5 — Laziness Proverbs 10.10 — A culture of power and fear Proverbs 10.12 — Making Trouble for Others Proverbs 10.13 — Character Proverbs 12 Proverbs 12.1 Proverbs 12.4 — Wives Proverbs 12.5 — Wisdom and wickedness Proverbs 12.7 — Build on the right foundation Proverbs 12.10 — Take care of animals Proverbs 12.11 — The value of work Proverbs 12.13 — Getting trapped by your own words Proverbs 12.14 — A life without regrets Proverbs 12.15 — The value of other voices Proverbs 12.16 — Turn the other cheek Proverbs 14 Proverbs 14.1 — Wives Proverbs 14.2 — Be careful what you say Proverbs 14.7 — Your friends matter Proverbs 14.9 — Reconcile with people Proverbs 14.10 — What’s in your heart, bitterness or joy? Proverbs 14.12 — Take stock of your life Proverbs 14.13 — No guarantees in life Proverbs 14.15 — Don’t be so gullible Proverbs 20 Proverbs 20.1 — Drinking Proverbs 20.3 — Quit the bickering Proverbs 20.7 — Integrity Proverbs 20.8 — The role of government Proverbs 20.14 — Words for swindlers Proverbs 20.15 — The Gift of Knowledge Proverbs 20.17 — Fool me once, you’re still the fool Proverbs 20.18 — The checks and balances of good advice Proverbs 20.19 — Gossip Proverbs 21 Proverbs 21.1 — Government leaders Proverbs 21.3 — True Worship Proverbs 21.11 — Learn from the mistakes of others Proverbs 21.13 — Take care of the poor Proverbs 22 Proverbs 22.6 — Train up a child Proverbs 23 Proverbs 23.13 — Discipline Proverbs 24 Proverbs 24.17 — Trash-talking Proverbs 25 Proverbs 25.21 — Love Your Enemy Proverbs 31 Proverbs 31.10-31 — The Noble Woman Proverbs 31.10 — A priceless marriage Proverbs 31.11 — Her husband has so much confidence in her Proverbs 31.12 — Relationships that build up Proverbs 31.13 — Women of intellect and skill Proverbs 31.15 — A hard-working provider Proverbs 31.16 — A good businesswoman Proverbs 31.17 — She’s not the weaker sex Proverbs 31.21 — Good planning Proverbs 31.23 — Reputation Proverbs 31.26 — She speaks with wisdom Proverbs 31.28 — People respect her Proverbs 31.29 — Marriage as respect, honor, and love Proverbs 31.30 — Character is better than good looks Revelation – The Weird, Wild, Terrifying, and Exciting End of All Things Revelation 1 Revelation 1 overview Rev. 1.1-3: We see God best when things are the worst Rev. 1.4-8: When Your World is Collapsing, You Need to Know Where to Stand Rev. 1.10-20 — The One Who Isn’t With Me is Against Me Revelation 2 Rev. 2.1-7: You Can Do Many Things Right and Still Miss the Target Rev. 2.8-11: Just like America, 2000 years ago Sex Sex!! Sex and Marriage: What difference does a piece of paper make? Sin: The Core of the Problem Sin: Not Real Popular in the Culture, but A Big Deal in the Bible Smoking: Is it OK as long as I don’t inhale? Swearing: The Words We Use Swearing: Fair and Foul Language Tithing: How much should we give to God? Vegetarianism Why Do Bad Things Happen? The Problem of Evil Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
