In Genesis, God makes a good world and commissions humans to rule it, and then they give in to evil and ruin everything.

In Genesis, God promises to bless rebellious humanity through the family of Abraham, despite their constant failure and folly.

In Exodus, God rescues the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and confronts the evil and injustice of Pharaoh.

In Exodus, God invites the Israelites into a covenant and comes to live among them in the Tabernacle, but Israel rebels and ruins the relationship.

In Leviticus, Israel’s holy God invites them to live in His presence despite their sin, through a series of rituals and sacred institutions.

In Numbers, Israel travels through the wilderness on the way to the land promised to Abraham. Their repeated rebellion is met by God’s justice and mercy.

In Deuteronomy, Moses gives final words of wisdom and warning before the Israelites enter the promised land, challenging them to be faithful to God.

In Joshua, after Moses' death, Joshua leads Israel and they settle in the promised land currently occupied by Canaanites.

In Judges, the Israelites turn away from God and face the consequences. God raises judges in cycles of rebellion, repentance, and restoration.

In Ruth, an Israelite family faces tragic loss, and God uses the faithfulness of a non-Israelite woman to bring restoration into the family of David.

In 1 Samuel, God reluctantly raises up kings to rule the Israelites. The first is a failure, and the second, David, is a faithful replacement.

In 2 Samuel, after Saul's death, David becomes God's most faithful king, but then rebels, resulting in the slow destruction of his family and kingdom.

In Kings, David’s son Solomon leads Israel to greatness, only to fail and lead Israel to a civil war and ultimately towards destruction and exile.

In these books, many Israelites return to Jerusalem after the exile and face some success alongside many spiritual and moral failures.

In Esther, God providentially uses two exiled Israelites to rescue His people from certain doom, without any explicit mention of God or His activity.

Job explores the difficult question of God's relationship to human suffering and invites us to trust God's wisdom and character.

The book of Psalms has been designed to be the prayer book of God's people as they wait for the Messiah and his coming kingdom.

Proverbs is the accumulation of wisdom from generations of godly insightful people. It promotes a life of virtue and “fear of the Lord,” so that you can truly experience the good life. Proverbs is one of the three books that explore these themes of biblical wisdom.

In the story of the Bible, God appoints humans as his representatives in ruling the world. But once humans choose folly and death, how can they get back on track? Enter Proverbs 8, where God’s wisdom is depicted as an elegant woman who summons all people to learn her ways and find life. In this video, we explore this remarkable poem that forces us all to make a choice: whose wisdom will we choose to live by?

Two voices - the critic and the author - explore three disturbing realities of life. Time. Death. Randomness.

The Song of Songs is a collection of ancient Israelite love poems that celebrate the beauty and power of God's gift of love and sexual desire.

Isaiah announces that God’s judgment will purify Israel and prepare his people for the coming messianic king and the new Jerusalem.

Jeremiah announces that God will judge Israel’s sins with an exile to Babylon. And then, he lives through the horror of his predictions.

Among the exiles in Babylon, Ezekiel shows that Israel deserved this judgment, and also that God’s justice creates hope for the future.

The vision of hope. Among the exiles in Babylon, Ezekiel shows that Israel deserved this judgment, and also that God’s justice creates hope for the future.

The books of the Old Testament prophets are packed with dense poetry and wild imagery. If you’ve tried to read them, odds are you were both intrigued and confused. In this video, we’ll learn how these prophetic books contribute to the storyline of the Bible and why it’s worth learning how to read them more attentively.

The story of Daniel motivates faithfulness despite exile in Babylon. His visions offer hope that God will bring all nations under His rule.

In this book, Amos accuses Israel of breaking their covenant with God and highlights how their idolatry has led to injustice and the neglect of the poor.

Obadiah announces Edom's downfall to Babylon, which is an image of how God will bring down all arrogant and violent nations.

The book of Jonah is a subversive story about a rebellious prophet who despises his God for loving his enemies.

In this book, Micah announces that God's justice is coming in order to create a new future of love and faithfulness on the other side of Israel's sin and exile.

In this book, Habakkuk struggles to understand God's goodness in the midst of such evil and injustice in the world.

In this book, Zephaniah announces God’s purifying judgment on Israel. It will remove evil and open up a new future where all people can flourish in peace.

In this book, Malachi accuses Israel of selfishness after the exile and announces that the day of the Lord will purify Israel and prepare them for God's kingdom.