Bible Teaching Videos

A few remarks in a book by Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence, remind us of the importance of facing our spiritual inattentiveness with humility, looking to God's work for guidance and accepting admonition, instead of becoming angry and neglecting or rejecting the warning we have received

In a society that often seeks to punish those who speak up for objective truth, we need the courage to say what is unpopular but, according to God's word, true. This lesson contains examples of people in the Bible who stood for truth alone or nearly so under extreme duress. This lesson also contains a few principles for having that kind of courage.

Having already seen that God's people must learn from Jesus, we see that they also must be a people obeying Jesus, a people doing good works, a consistent people, and a people unified in Jesus.

In this lesson, the discussion of the rejection of the first chosen people is completed and the characteristics of the God's people are begun. The first characteristic is a willingness to learn from Jesus.

In this lesson we see how many people react favorably to the idea of imitating the examples of the apostles and the first Christians in the New Testament or who claim to be seeking to do that; many of those do not actually follow the New Testament pattern. We explore some reasons why people do not find the old paths (Jeremiah 6:16). We also consider whether looking for the oldest human organization (denomination) is no guarantee of finding the old paths. We must recognize God's word as authoritative to find the right way and please Him.

In this lesson we see that Jesus was generally (not entirely or irrevocably) rejected by his own people. To reject Him as Messiah was ultimately to reject the Law of Moses and the rest of God's word. The rejection in no way justifies any discrimination, hatred, or any other manifestation of antisemitism today. Many Gentiles would accept the truth about Jesus Christ. Christians today can also fall into the trap of rejecting the truth and its teachers.

In this lesson we move from Jesus Christ's mission to save His people to how those people are supposed to act: they need to put God first in all things. Even things that are good (for example, family and housing) are less important than following Christ in the way that His word requires.

In this lesson we move the majority of our study to the New Testament, seeing that Jesus came to earth to sanctify and save His people, also opening membership in His people to all descendants of Israel and all Gentiles - anyone who would faithfully obey Him.

A visit to the White House brings to mind Biblical references to the residences of rulers, with examples of people who remained faithful even when in places of great power. Christians have communion with God Himself, which is a greater privilege than could be given in any seat of earthly power

In this double sermon, the abuse and bad motivations for self-disciplinary actions are examined as well as good examples of those behaviors. These actions are also predicted to be performed among Christ's people.

This concluding lesson for the series on self-discipline studies passages on the necessity of spiritual exercise or discipline, notes that such exercise is not an end in itself, and provides some practical suggestions for training the self in this way.

In this lesson we examine the prophecies of the new or transformed people of God made by Zephaniah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. As in the previous lesson, the Lord had not prevented any person from Israel from being part of that kingdom, but all, Jew or Gentile, who wanted to be a part of it had to believe and obey Jesus Christ.

In this lesson we begin to study the prophecies of a transformed people of God under a new covenant. The original covenant people of Israel would be welcome under the new covenant, but the covenant and its basis for membership in the new people would change. The prophecies are presented in roughly chronological order, going through most of Isaiah and reaching approximately 700 BC.

This lesson examines the importance of proper thinking about the Bible and briefly considers meditation, prayer, and study regarding their ability to train our thinking.

In this lesson we see that the physical rebuilding of Judah after the exile needed to be accompanied by repentance and proper worship as well as the correct handling of sins that arose within the group. All of those things are also necessary for Christians who want to build or rebuild congregations today.

When the exiles of Judah returned to the land, they needed to listen to the Law and fulfill their exclusive duty to rebuild the temple and the city wall. Christians today need to rebuild using God's word as the only basis for their work.

In this lesson we examine the way society, even many religious people in society, blame bad behavior on almost anything except a lack of training and discipline in the perpetrator. Our training must ultimately be from God's word, everyone needs to continue spiritual training, and we cannot evade responsibility for training.

This lesson shows how God would punish other nations for sins against His people, but also shows that God wanted to spread His word to all peoples through His people. It also makes comparisons between Israel under the Law of Moses and the church under the New Testament.

In a world that largely wants to reject the idea of judgment and universal standards, the Bible shows that, if we obey God faithfully and lovingly, we can desire the presence of God and find nothing more horrifying than His absence.

In this lesson we will study what the presence of God teaches us about fellowship with God. Fellowship is often indicated in the Bible as having God with us, but we must obey Him if we are to maintain that fellowship.

God is present when we worship Him in truth, which compels us to prepare and conduct ourselves in a way that honors Him.

In this lesson, we continue to study sin among God's people under the Law of Moses with parallels drawn to those living as His people under the new covenant. Specifically, the effect our rebellion has on God, the materialism and forgetfulness that result from sin, and the attitudes of ignorance, arrogance, and neglect that facilitate the sin are discussed.

In this lesson, we begin studying the history of sin among God's people. We see that people choose to sin despite God's blessings, evidence, and mercy. We also see the cycle of sin that often occurs among God's people. We make application of these things to Christians today.

This lesson, taken from the time periods of the divided kingdom and Judah alone, looks at hope for the future as well as the need to address sin among the people, making application to Christians today. What are the "high places" in our hearts that are hard to take away?