"Train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come." — 1 Timothy 4:7–8 (ESV)
LXX: γύμναζε δὲ σεαυτὸν πρὸς εὐσέβειαν
Current Studies
Depths of Reflection on Lilith
George MacDonald, chapter by chapter · Scripture, science, philosophy & metaphysics
A 47-chapter pilgrimage through George MacDonald's Lilith — reading every chapter through four lenses (Scripture, scientific, philosophical, metaphysical), tested by the laws of classical logic from a fixed point of reference, with the author and audience of every text.
Rooted in Christ
The Seed, the Blood, and the Fruit
A Galatians study on faith, transformation, and the Fruit of the Spirit — tracing the Gospel seed from planting through harvest.
Haggai
Author & Audience — The Bible Project View
A study of the 10th book of The Twelve Minor Prophets — four dated oracles in 520 B.C.E. calling a discouraged remnant to rebuild the temple and trust the Kingdom that cannot be shaken.
The Soul, Hell & the Supreme Ethic of Love
Apologetics Study · Moreland, Swinburne, Molina, Ravi
A discipleship class on what the soul is, why hell is real, and how God's middle knowledge protects — not destroys — our free choice to love. Author & audience view on Gehenna and the descent of Christ.
Feynman and the Glory of God
Science & Faith · 12 lectures · one world, two books
A biblical case for the realities that Nobel-laureate physicist Richard Feynman observed in his sixty years of looking at the natural world — from the atomic hypothesis (Heb 1:3, Col 1:17) to Cargo Cult Science (1 Thess 5:21) to Ode to a Flower (Ps 19, Matt 6:28). Romans 1:20 in laboratory dress.
A Quantum Case For God
After Dennis Zetting · 12 weeks · one world, two books
A 12-week study engaging Dennis Zetting's A Quantum Case For God, pairing each finding of modern quantum and string physics (light/omnipresence, wave-particle duality, entanglement, vibrating strings, extra dimensions, time) with the biblical theology of God speaking creation into existence — Genesis 1, Psalm 33:6, John 1:1–3, Hebrews 1:3, Colossians 1:17.
What Does God Want? (WDGW?)
A 6-week series · after Michael S. Heiser
Why you exist. What it means to be made in God's image. Why the Bible calls God a Father and what He has been after from the very beginning — a family. Tuesdays at 6 pm starting June 2.
Malachi to Revelation
Mediation, presence, and the true priesthood — from the last prophet to the Lamb on the throne
A twelve-lesson arc tracing the question of authorized mediation from Jeroboam's calves at Dan and Bethel through Malachi, the silent years, John the Baptist, Jesus the true Mediator, Pentecost, Hebrews, and the Lamb on the throne. Septuagint (LXX) and ESV side-by-side with Hebrew and Greek word studies.
The Order of Melchizedek
Jesus in the Old Testament · from Hebrews back through the LXX
Begin in the Book of Hebrews and follow the thread back through Psalm 110 and Genesis 14 — then out through the New Testament and Second Temple Jewish literature (11QMelchizedek, 2 Enoch, the Genesis Apocryphon, Philo, Josephus, the rabbis) — to Jesus, 'a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.'
Paul & the Deuteronomy 32 Worldview
Cosmic geography in the Book of Acts · the Philippian jail
Read Acts as a reclamation of the nations divided at Babel (Deut 32; Ps 82). Follow Paul city by city — then settle at Philippi, where he casts out a python spirit and refuses to leave jail until the magistrates 'come themselves,' read through the eyes of its Author (Luke) and first Audience.
The Historical Jesus
Did he really live? Did he really die? Did he really rise? — a six-week look at the historical evidence
Follow the evidence the way a historian would — through the earliest creeds, the writings of Romans and Jews who were not believers, the spade of the archaeologist, and the testimony of skeptics who changed their minds. Engaging Gary Habermas's minimal-facts method, in Septuagint (LXX) and ESV.
The Cup of God's Wrath
Septuagint & Divine Council Study
Tracing the cup motif from Psalm 75 through Jeremiah, Isaiah, Gethsemane, and Revelation — a juridical thread of divine judgment assumed by Christ.
Pesach: God's Protective Presence
15-Min Lesson • Exodus 12 & Isaiah 31:5
A word study revealing that pesach means God hovering in protective love — not passing by, but standing guard at the threshold of His people.
The Doctrine of Original Sin
Study Series • Romans 5
Examining Romans 5:12, inherited mortality vs. inherited guilt, and the implications for Jesus' humanity and the fate of innocents.
The Multifaceted Family of God
Study Series • Romans 16
Full commentary on Romans 16 as Paul's theological portrait of God's family — multiethnic, intergenerational, barrier-breaking.
What Is a True Fast?
15-Min Lesson • Isaiah 58
What God actually requires of His people when they fast — moving from empty religious performance to justice, mercy, and neighbor-love.
Isaiah 58 — Theological Study
Deep Study • Verse-by-Verse
A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah 58 paired with Matthew 5–7. Includes Hebrew word studies, Matthew parallels, and Christological conclusion.
From Thorns to Harvest
15-Min Lesson • Joseph & Genesis 3
Tracing the Hebrew word itsavon from Eden's curse through Joseph's story — how God reverses broken ground, grieving wombs, and fractured families.
Joseph & the Reversal of the Curse
In-Depth Study • Hebrew itsavon
A biblical-theological study tracing the Hebrew word itsavon through Genesis. Septuagint analysis, ANE context, Hebrew word studies, and typological reading.
The Parable of the Rich Fool
Parable Study • Luke 12:13–21
Author & audience view through Dallas Willard's Scandal of the Kingdom — why the soul, not the barn, is the treasure Jesus cares about.
Redeeming Our Time
Spiritual Formation • Ephesians 5:15–16
Author & audience view through Dallas Willard's Scandal of the Kingdom — kairos vs. chronos and ten practical ways to buy back our days.
Founders, Faith, and the American Experiment
History & Discipleship • Primary-source study
What the Founders actually believed about Jesus, why his name is absent from the Bill of Rights, what Deism is, and how Manifest Destiny turned providence into policy.
The End Times Series
Four-Lesson Series • Rapture, Revelation, Millennium, Blessed Hope
Where the 'Rapture' doctrine came from (Darby, 1830), what the early church taught, and a positive biblical theology of Christ's return, the resurrection of the body, and the new creation. Featuring Matthew Halsted, The End of the World as We Know It (IVP, 2023).
The War College Church
Ecclesiology • J. P. Moreland's Refurbishing Plan
How believers should practice Church. Finney and the altar call, the pulpit's history, the Lord's Table's recovery, the megachurch drift — and Moreland's practical blueprint for a War College for the King.
The Passion Week Timeline
Arrest · Crucifixion · Resurrection · Ascension
A Gospel harmony walking through the final week of Jesus' earthly ministry — from the Triumphal Entry through the Ascension.
Trees in Scripture
Study Series • John 15 • Psalm 1 • Genesis 2–3 • Revelation 22
A biblical-theological study connecting the Tree of Life, Jesus as the True Vine, and spiritual photosynthesis — how God's people store His Word and release life-giving love.
Word Studies: Hebrew & Greek Foundations
Household / Family. Refers to family, dynasty, and covenant household. Gen 18:19; Ex 12; 2 Sam 7.
The social family unit including all believers in a household. Eph 2:19; Acts 16.
Adoption — legal placement as full heirs in God's family. Romans 8; Galatians 4.
Name — reputation, authority, identity. Shared by believers: Matthew 28:19.
Father — conveys identity, authority, inheritance. God as Father: Deut 32:6; Isa 63:16.
Brother — biological and covenant brotherhood within God's family.
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