Oct 12, 2016 | 01 Podcasts, Jeremiah
Religion should make a difference in our lives. By “religion,” I mean the set of outward behavior, practices, ethics and rituals that we do or avoid doing to mark ourselves as believers. Believing in God means we ought to love and value what God loves and values, and therefore we ought not to be nicer to each other. Yet, religion doesn’t seem to solve all the problems we think it ought to solve. What is wrong with religion? Why doesn’t it make more difference?
Oct 5, 2016 | 06 Articles, Faith & Life, Psalms
Reading through the psalms can change your life! Here’s a plan to read through the psalms in 30 days.
Sep 28, 2016 | 01 Podcasts, Jeremiah
Why is God so difficult to believe in? We want control. We explain away His gifts and provision. We want a predictable god who doesn’t surprise us. The God of Scripture is complicated and does not answer all our questions. We are afraid the hope of the gospel is too good to be true. The truth is that God is really not hard to believe in. The problem is that it is our hearts that are fickle.
Sep 21, 2016 | 01 Podcasts, Jeremiah
Jeremiah Answers: What does God want from us? Faithfulness. Calling begins with God, develops through our relationship with God and that relationship leads us to others.
Sep 14, 2016 | 01 Podcasts, Jeremiah
The book of Jeremiah is about global national and political crisis, personal crisis and most importantly, the word of the Lord.
Sep 7, 2016 | 04 Bible Study 101, How To Study
Once a friend confessed: “I know an essential step of any Bible study is observation. But what am I supposed to observe?” So glad you asked! Sometimes we take this step for granted when teaching on how to study the Bible, but observation is a skill we learn and practice like any other.
Aug 28, 2016 | 02 Library, Jeremiah, Resources by Book
Jeremiah Bible Study Resources: Tools and resources to kick start your study of the Old Testament book of Jeremiah from WednesdayintheWord.com
Aug 24, 2016 | 01 Podcasts
The prevailing belief of the world is that “You go around once and then you die.” Yet, the remarkable claim of the Christian faith is that those who have died are more alive today than they were before their deaths. “If I die and go to heaven, what is it going to be like?” “Someone close to me died, where do I turn for comfort?” “If I die, will I go to a better place?” Professor Ken Elzinga answers these questions.
Aug 20, 2016 | 02 Library, Background & History, Charts OT
Jeremiah was a prophet to the southern kingdom of Judah who wrote the book of Jeremiah. His name means “exaltation of the Lord.” Below is a basic chronology of his 40+ year ministry.
Aug 17, 2016 | 04 Bible Study 101, Genre
Studying biblical prophecy is an often overwhelming task. Much of it is written in Hebrew poetry. The names and places are foreign, and the metaphors don’t always resonate with our modern ears. Yet we can usually understand the main point. If studying an Old Testament prophet overwhelms you, here are some tips to get you started.
Aug 10, 2016 | 03 Series
The talks in this collection were given by one of my role models Ken Elzinga to various audiences over several years. Professor Elzinga is a famous economist and the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. He is also a very wise man.
Aug 3, 2016 | 01 Podcasts, Psalms
Meeting God in the Psalms: How to take what you learned and transformed it into a talk that will change someone’s life.
Krisan Marotta is a Bible teacher and host of Wednesday in the Word, the podcast about what the Bible means and how we know.