Michael Easley inContext

Years ago we visited the church we had attended in college. As the pastor was preparing to teach, he warned he would be reading a lengthy passage of Scripture and encouraged us: "While I have been nervous about this reading, I want you to remember, ...this is a page of the Word of God and it deserves our attention." As we dive in to an overview of the book of Numbers, let's be reminded that this is the Word of God. For Show Notes visit: https://michaelincontext.com/cover-to-cover-numbers/

As we saw last week, Leviticus - though often approached with dread - offered its first recipients a welcome reprieve and freedom. The Law revealed all that was needed to know how to worship a holy God. It’s not just formalism. It’s holiness. Jody Capehart joins us in this episode to help us see how Christ is reflected in the festivals decreed in Leviticus, and invites us to incorporate rest into our upcoming holiday season. For Show Notes visit: https://michaelincontext.com/modern-day-sabbath

To the first recipients, Leviticus offered freedom from the burden of the Law through instruction for confession and worship. The Pentateuch––the first five books of the Bible––is a whole in five parts. We might even say it's one book with five chapters, and Leviticus is one of them. Leviticus is a trip-up for a lot of us. It's the shortest "chapter" in the Pentateuch literature, and even still, we sometimes approach it with dread. We tend to look upon the law as overwhelming if we think w

Dr. Ken Boa joins us today to talk about Joseph: a man of great wisdom who thrived in exile, and what we can learn from Joseph's example. For Show Notes visit: https://michaelincontext.com/joseph-man-of-wisdom/ To learn more about Dr. Boa visit: http://kenboa.org

It may be a surprise when we realize that technically only about two chapters of Exodus (Exodus 13:17-Exodus 15:21) deal with the "Exodus proper." So, there is much more for us in these 40 chapters. We're continuing our over-view study of the Scriptures by looking at each book week by week. Join us today as Michael teaches about Exodus. To read today's Show Notes, visit: https://michaelincontext.com/cover-to-cover-exodus

From time to time throughout this series we'll release bonus episodes consisting of interviews with experts who are able to bring more nuance to some of the themes and characters in the books we're studying than I'm able to teach in a single episode about that book. In this first Bonus Episode in our Cover to Cover series, I spoke with with Dr. Mike Lawson about the creation of Eve and the first marriage.  For Show Notes, visit: https://michaelincontext.com/eve-and-the-first-marriage/

Over the years, verse-by-verse has been my love and I think it's lacking in churches today, but after doing this for 40 years, one thing that's struck me is that people don't seem to know the big picture anymore. How do we re-engage with an overview of what the Bible is about? We study it as a whole. Join us for The Big Book–Cover to Cover: A teaching series the entire Bible, book by book. For this episode's Show Notes visit: https://michaelincontext.com/cover-to-cover-genesis/

Recently, Dr. E was invited to sit with Dr. Darrell Bock to be a guest on his podcast, The Table, produced by Dallas Theological Seminary. We hope you enjoy this valuable conversation about the role of the church in our culture. To view a full transcript of this Bonus Episode, visit: https://michaelincontext.com/the-table-church-and-culture/

As an adversary, satan hates Christ. He is our enemy and desires that we would live eternally separated from God. Yet God, in His sovereignty, is using Satan. Talking about Satan can bring up anxieties and worrisome thoughts for some. If you're prone to worrying about this, remember that, though Satan may tempt us, we have the Holy Spirit who can indeed bear any temptation. Join me today as I finish our Why We Believe What We Believe series with Part 2 of The Person and Work of Satan. To read and revie

Did you grow up in a home that taught that Satan was real? Maybe you were taught that when anything bad happens, any consequence that isn't what we intended, it's spiritual warfare. Satan is behind it. Or perhaps you were raised in a home where you were taught that Satan is a myth, no more real than nursery rhymes. But we need to understand him from a biblical context, not with what we grew up with or what we have glommed together in our own search for meaning, if you will. In today's episode we'll look