Michael teaches the first apocalyptic text in the Bible, the book named for Daniel: the exile whose pious life in among a pagan culture drew attention from his enemies and favor from His God.
Michael teaches an overview of the book of Jeremiah, the second-longest in the Bible. We know more about Jeremiah’s life than we know of any other prophet.
1 Kings begins with a portrait of the king we’re all longing for and ends in disaster. Power un-checked and un-submitted to the Lord breeds injustice and corruption. The nation of Israel splits into the Divided Kingdom and we are left longing for the King who will rule justly, mercifully, perfectly.
The book of 2 Samuel takes place at about the mid-way point in the timeline between Abraham and Jesus Christ.
It’s here that we come to know David, the man after God’s own heart, whose reign is mired by his great failures – and redeemed by God’s great graciousness to him.
In this episode Michael teaches from 2 Peter 3:8-13, where Peter addresses the imminent return of Christ and what that means about who we should be while we wait.
Kent Lapp, host of the Gospel Business Strategies podcast, interviews Michael about finding community, living with pain, the discipline of prayer, advice for business leaders and more.