The Promised Holy Spirit
Bart Byl on John 14:15-27.In the days before his arrest, Jesus takes his disciples aside to teach them and give them the encouragement they will soon sorely need. He emphasizes that when he returns to...
4 Kesä 202333min
Praying Poet: Christ in Psalms
Bart Byl on Psalm 40.Series: Christ in the Old TestamentFor thousands of years, the Psalms have shaped the worship of the people of God. These ancient prayers give us the words to lament the brokennes...
28 Touko 202332min
Innocent Sufferer: Christ in Job
Bart Byl on Job 19:1-27.Series: Christ in the Old TestamentJob was a good man: the most righteous in the East. But God allows Satan to strip him of everything. Job cries out to God out of is pain and ...
14 Touko 202336min
Hidden Rescuer: Christ in Esther
Bart Byl on Esther 3:1-6, 13-4:5, 12-16.Series: Christ in the Old TestamentA young Jewish woman, Esther, rises through the harem to become Queen of Persia. Five years later, her fellow Jews are in dea...
30 Huhti 202329min
The Tomb is Empty!
Bart Byl on Luke 24:1-12.If Jesus really has been raised from the dead, that would change everything. It would mean victory over death and a future filled with hope. But why should we trust the witnes...
16 Huhti 202322min
The Seed Must Die
Bart Byl on John 12:20-33.Jesus has been welcomed to Jerusalem by the cheering crowds. But when a group of God-fearing Greeks ask to see Jesus, he announces his time has come: his time to fall into th...
9 Huhti 202328min
City Renovator: Christ in Nehemiah
Bart Byl on Nehemiah 2.Series: Christ in the Old TestamentDecember, 446 BC, in the Persian capital city Susa. Nehemiah, King Artaxerxes’s cupbearer, is devastated to hear of the broken-down condition ...
26 Maalis 202331min
Community Renewer: Christ in Ezra
Bart Byl on Ezra 7:1-16, 25-28.Series: Christ in the Old TestamentIn 538 BC, the Persian King Cyrus the Great gave the exiled Jews permission to return to their homeland. Zerubbabel led a first wave o...
19 Maalis 202327min
