Ravens and Lilies – Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ

  • Judges 19: Right in Their own Eyes

    While it’s in the title of the video, the video itself is age restricted and it’s one of the first things I address in the video, I’ll reiterate here: This video discusses mature themes. In it we go through the overall theme of the book of Judges, which is Israel’s progressive descent into apostasy, with…

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  • Matthew 21:33-45

    Matthew 21:33-45 “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants…

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  • Old Testament Overview: Part 5

    Finishing out our overview of the Old Testament, we pick up in Proverbs, discussing this book in conjunction with Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon before moving on to the Major prophets (Ezekiel and Daniel in particular), before finishing up with arguably the most well known of the minor prophets: Jonah.

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  • Matthew 20:1-16

    Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle…

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  • Matthew 18:23-35

    Matthew 18:23-35 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children…

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  • Old Testament Overview: Part 4

    After spending the last video passing briefly through 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles, primarily focusing on God’s work through Elijah and Elisha, we go into the book of Job and the Psalms.

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  • Old Testament Overview: Part 3

    Picking up where we left off, mid-way through the reign of king David after his affair with Bathsheba, we continue on through the reign of his son Solomon and into the time of the prophets Elijah and Elisha.

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  • Old Testament Overview: Part 2

    In this video we continue on in taking a broad overview of familiar characters and stories in the Old Testament. We pick up where we left off in Exodus at the Passover and continue through to midway through king David’s rule in Israel and his affair with Bathsheba.

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  • Old Testament Overview: Part 1

    I’m taking a short break from Matthew through the end of the year. I go over why in the video, but in short, my pastor is going to spend the rest of the year bouncing between different sections of Matthew and to avoid accidental overlap I’m just going to put a pin in that for…

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  • Matthew 6:1-4

    Righteousness Aimed at God: Identifying and Destroying Wickedness The more I’ve read my Bible, the more God has connected the dots and allowed me to see the broad, overarching themes present throughout the text. This speaks again to the matter of the letter verses the Spirit of the law. The action matters, but not nearly…

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