Bible Study

God Will Provide (How He Looks After You)

God looks after His children. There are so many examples of this. Manna from heaven. Water from rock. In today’s text, God will use ravens to bring Elijah food. Then, He will then use Elijah to bring a widow hope. The God who provided for them will look after you. Questions That We’ll Answer: A) What is the context of 1 Kings 17? B) Why was Elijah hiding from Ahab and Jezebel? C) What can we learn from the Widow of Zarephath? Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt

Directions For Disciples

God doesn’t need us to do anything. However, He invites us to do a great deal! Specifically He gives us jobs of great importance. How then should we respond? That will be the focus of today’s study in Matthew 10. Questions That We’ll Answer: A) What is the harvest field, and who are the laborers? B) Why did Christ tell His apostles not to rely on their provisions? C) What jobs and responsibilities do you and I have this year? Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt

Elisha And The Bears (What Really Happened)

Elisha was bald. Very bald. In 2 Kings 2, the youth noticed – and mocked him for it. How did Elisha respond? Well, not in a way that you might expect. He cursed the youth – and two bears came out to maul them. So, what’s the deal with that? For some, it seems like an overreaction. Other Questions That We’ll Answer: A) What was so sinful about the youth’s actions? B) Why was Elisha justified in the response? C) What do these events tell us about God? Speaker: Rev. Dr. Toby Holt

A Towering Yet Tender God

In Psalm 8, David marveled at the stars. And as he did so, he considered God’s power. ‘What is man,’ David asked, that God should care for him? In other words, why would a God so big care for people so small? And yet, He does. In today’s text, we’ll consider the towering yet tender nature of our God. Questions That We’ll Answer: A) What is so striking about Psalm 8? B) Why does David focus on the ‘name’ of God? C) What proof do you have that God loves you? Speaker: Rev. Dr. Toby Holt

A Time For Everything

‘To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.’ – Ecclesiastes 3:1 In life, there is a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to kill and a time to heal. There is a time of war and a time of peace. In today’s study, we’ll consider the various cycles of our existence. Questions That We’ll Answer: A) Who wrote this famous passage, and why? B) Why is life futile ‘under the sun?’ C) What makes things different ‘under heaven?’ Speaker: Rev. Dr. Toby Holt