The Teaching Series
Welcome to The Teaching Series. Below you will find short video teachings about. 12-20 minutes in length (also available as a podcast) that will help you study the Bible and understand its original context. Great for personal use, small group study, teams, family time, etc. Accompanying each teaching are discussion questions, and at times, additional resources for going deeper. Look out for new teaching every other Tuesday. Don’t want to miss an episode?
Episode 162 – Ruth Pt 2: Clinging to Community
Key Passage(s): Ruth 1:6-22; Numbers 25:1-5; Deuteronomy 23:3
In the face of overwhelming loss, Naomi […]
Episode 161 – Ruth Pt 1: Acknowledging Our Famines
Key Passage(s): Ruth 1:1-5; Judges 21:25
One of the most beautiful and moving stories in the Bible is found in the book of Ruth. […]
Episode 159 – Characters of Christmas Pt 4: Magi from the East
Key Passage(s): Matthew 2:2-3; Numbers 24:7
There’s a lot […]
Episode 158 – Characters of Christmas Pt 3: Lowly Shepherds
Key Passage(s): Luke 2:8-16; Micah 4:8; Micah 5:2
There are multiple aspects to the shepherds and the Christmas story in Luke 2 that we’ve traditionally gotten wrong. By understanding first-century shepherding practices and […]
Episode 157 – Characters of Christmas Pt 2: Mother Mary
Key Passage(s): Luke 1:26-27, 38; Matthew 1:18; Deuteronomy 22:23-24
Traditional Christmas pictures of Mary show a meek, quiet woman keeping watch over her infant. But the cultural implications of Jesus’s birth suggest a […]
Episode 156 – Characters of Christmas Pt 1: Town of Bethlehem
Key Passage(s): Luke 2:1-7; Micah 5:2
We’ve all seen the Christmas Pageants where Mary and Joseph show up in Bethlehem within minutes of Mary […]
Episode 155 – David and Goliath Pt 4: That They May Know
Key Passage(s): 1 Samuel 17:45-46; 1 Kings 8:41-43; 1 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:19; John 17:22-23; Matthew 5:16
In this final episode of our mini-series on David and Goliath, we’ll look at the […]
Episode 154 – David and Goliath Pt 3: Use Your Gift
Key Passage(s): 1 Samuel 17; Judges 20:15-16; 1 Chronicles 12:1-2
David and Goliath is one of the most well-known underdog stories in the world. But what if it’s not an underdog […]
Episode 153 – David and Goliath Pt 2: A Tale of 2 Shepherds
Key Passage(s): 1 Samuel 9:1-4; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Samuel 17:32-36
Before there was David and Goliath, there was David and Saul. The literary design of 1 Samuel reveals a tale of two […]
