We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration of the concept of the firstborn in the Bible to understand how Christ can be the firstborn in Col 1:15, 18. In Part 2 we look at what this means for us who follow Christ in our new birth. The humble are exalted...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our series son rebuilding the altar with the second tribe/son of Israel in Simeon. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration of the concept of the firstborn in the Bible to understand how Christ can be the firstborn in Col 1:15, 18. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration of stones in our Rebuilding the Altar Series to explore the first stone representing the tribe of Reuben. Reuben represents seeing God's Son as the first chief cornerstone of rebuilding the church in these times....

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration of stones in the Bible specifically we move move Josh 4 to Josh 22 and how they patterned their lives for generations to come after the Lord's altar to live altar-ed lives. Later on, we pick up Elijah's...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we explore the language Paul uses to describe our "communion" at the Lord's Table. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we explore a special event when God chose to slow the biblical narrative down at Joshua's crossing of the Jordan and gathering twelve stones as memorials to commemorate the event for future generations as a model for us to remember this...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we explore David's salutations of many he wishes to honor and remember during the civil war in which the house of Saul opposed the house of David for the throne of Israel. In evaluating how David honored, we too can learn to honor others as...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session in Part 2, we continue our exploration of Paul's use of the phrase "[he] gives gifts" in Eph 4:8 tying it to Pentecost and the giving of the Holy Spirit for Pentecost Sunday. Paul references Psalm 68:18 where God "receives gifts." This 2...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session in Part 1, we begin our exploration of Paul's use of the phrase "[he] gives gifts" in Eph 4:8 tying it to Pentecost and the giving of the Holy Spirit for Pentecost Sunday. Paul references Psalm 68:18 where God "receives gifts." This 2 part...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session in Part 2, we continue our exploration of Paul's use of the phrase "the mother of us all" in Gal 4:26 We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session in Part 1, we begin to explore Paul's use of the phrase the "mother of us all" in Gal 4:26 for Mother's Day 2024. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our exploration on Fear Not focusing on the event of Jesus walking to them on the water. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we focus on the Scriptures that teach one to Fear NOThing for one is only to fear the Lord by trusting him despite what believers face otherwise. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our discussion on Gen 3:9 focusing on concept of the fellowship of the believers beginning with 1 John chapter 1 and why we attend church to experience Our Father and each other in ways online cannot do. We are laying the...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our discussion on Gen 3:9 focusing on the heart of God to seek us out with David mirroring God's heart as a man after God's own heart in his question concerning his rebellious son Absalom in 2 Sam 18:32. We are laying the...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our discussion on Gen 3:9 focusing on the question of hiding. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily lives....

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we begin a new discussion on Gen 3:9 focusing on God's question, "Where are you?".  We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the ancient Scriptures of God's people to learn God's way of doing and being in our daily...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our discussion of the shoreline this time in a part 2 of 2 segments focusing in on Matthew 13's Parable of the Sower that Jesus preaches from the boat. Here, we explore Jesus's interpretation of his parable. We are laying the...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue our discussion of the shoreline this time in a part 1 of 2 segments focusing in on Matthew 13's Parable of the Sower that Jesus preaches from the boat. We are laying the foundation to discovering the riches hidden in the...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we explore verse most Christians learned to cherish from their earliest memories. We explore the importance of its context and revisit it. It helps us to continue our exploration of the theme of repentance. This may help us to now...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we explore the concept of the shoreline in the Bible focusing on how the prophet Jeremiah used the concept to warn his people they are on the verge of crossing a line with God they surely do not wish to cross. We as believers are called to...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we conclude John 1:29 and John the Baptist's proclamation, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" This is a three-part series for Easter Sunday 2024. This final part focuses on continuing our comparison with Lev 16...

We @TheCottage explore how the ancient people of the Bible to whom God was speaking understood the Scriptures to show us how God was speaking to them yet communicating to them revelation for all of us even today even if in their context.  In this session, we continue John 1:29 and John the Baptist's proclamation, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" This is a three-part series for Easter Sunday 2024. This second part focuses on God's Lamb in his resurrection as a...