Brad‘s Bible Study

Seriously Sabbath

What if Jesus was serious?

In this series, we look at the Sermon on the Mount in Luke 6 and ask "what if Jesus was serious? What would it look like if I believed Him?" This week, we practice this by looking at several stories leading up to the Sermon on the Mount.

The Human Story Part 6

We wrap up our series by looking at the joy and hope of our promised future. To do that, we take a look at the book of Revelation through the lens of the human story and the repeated pattern we've been studying.

The Human Story Part 5

This week we look at the life and sacrifice of Jesus, and discover God's promise and chosen method for breaking the cycle of human evil - as well as our role in the story of redemption.

The Human Story Part 4

We continue our series of the Bible's story of what it means to be human. This week, we look at how the pattern continues, and the Bible begins reflecting on the endlessness cycle of human evil -- as well as God's hope for our future.

The Human Story Part 3

This week we pick up right where we left off after the Flood: Babel and Abram. We take a look at humanity's longing for unity, and the question of what that unity will look like.

Bonus Recording: Hagar Names God

This is a bonus recording. Next week, I'm going to be talking about the Tower of Babel and about Abram and Hagar. I won't have time to go into much detail about Hagar, but I preached a sermon about them a few weeks ago that gives some great context.

This isn't really part of the series, but I wanted to make it available for anyone who missed this earlier sermon or simply wanted to hear it again.

The Human Story Part 2

The Flood Story, or Noah and the Ark, is not simply a story of judgement and destruction, it is the first repetition of the Eden story. It is also a powerful picture of an incredibly hopeful mystery.

The Human Story Part 1

One of the most important stories in the Bible, a story that is repeated over and over and over again from Genesis to Revelation, from Abraham to Moses to David to Jesus, is the story of what it means to be human.

This is the first sermon in a 5-part series that is going to look at that repeating story. In this first part, we see the template for the repetition: Genesis 1-4.

Questions in Romans Week 2

This week, we take a long look at Romans 9 and the question "did God keep His promise to Abraham?" This might seem like a question of abstract theology, but it was a deeply emotional and concrete question of the day. Paul's answer is rich, complex, and challenging as it reveals the wider plan and pattern of God. 

Questions in Romans Week 1

Paul's letter to the house churches of Rome has been used for thousands of years to answer all kinds of questions - but what were the questions he was actually writing to answer? In this four-week series we examine how reading Romans through the lens of the 1st century can illuminate its meaning in the 21st.