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This week, we learn how to lead a generous life by looking at the examples of the first churches. Johnny talks about the modern day problem of greed, the traditions of giving in ancient Israel and the early church, and compares those traditions with our giving practices today.

After learning about our generous God, we learn how to demonstrate both generosity and humility in our own lives. Johnny walks through the value of humility and generosity, our natural desire for glory with God, and how real generosity can ultimately be achieved.

The story of the Bible is of a generous Creator God who fills the creation with his blessing and abundance. God invites us to trust him by receiving, enjoying, and sharing all that he has given us. But we struggle with doubt, buying into the myth of scarcity that pervades every culture. As a result […]

King David, the most powerful, talented, and famous person in Israel writes in Psalm 131 that he is not arrogant or ambitious–he is not trying to play God. But he is calmed and quieted in his soul, like a just fed infant resting on his mother. How is this so? Because he looks to God, […]

The basis for what we believe, how we interpret the world around, and how we live is our “Authority.” Every person, and every culture, has authorities–and for each one of us something is the ultimate foundation of our lives. The modern world says to look inside yourself, you are the determiner of your life. But […]

Everybody worships something. The worship found in Psalm 95, however, is the only true worship that can satisfy. Using the psalmist’s descriptions as a guide, Johnny walks through how Christians can better conduct our worship. The psalm calls us to shout with joy, bow down, and kneel- make worship more than merely intellectual.

Psalm 84 is a “Pilgrimage Psalm” encouraging the faithful as they travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the prescribed Feasts. The psalmist describes his powerful longing to be in the Temple, in the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. He is passionate in his love for God’s house and the whole direction of his life, […]

Psalm 39 is a Lament psalm: the psalmist cries out in the midst of suffering, the sinfulness of his life and the world, and the heavy hand of God upon him. It is a dark psalm of a man in desperation–even ending with the plea for the Lord to look away from him that he […]

The nations rage and the peoples device a vain thing against the Lord and his anointed. But the Psalmist assures his readers that the Lord is in control–he laughs at the nations. He is judge. He has set his anointed on the throne–who will rule and judge–and all are warned to serve him and be […]

Psalm 1 is the Introduction to the Psalter: the book of Psalms (1-150). It presents as a Wisdom poem contrasting the Righteous and the Wicked, inviting the reader deeper into the Psalms. Blessed is the one who delights in God’s law and meditates on it day in and day out–who is transformed by a lifetime […]

James warns his readers against making plans, spending and using wealth without reference to God. He warns us against this same illusion of control–that if we plan, we can guarantee outcomes or if we have wealth, it is our to use as we please. Our life is short and only God is sovereign over all […]