PowerPoint notes for the Introduction to the Old Testament Survey midweek series.

Chris Zillman speaks in this examination of what we pass on to our children in the form of legacy. As a church and community everything we do teaches and instructs both our children and young christians. What is it then they are learning from us? What is it they are going to inherit?

In this installment of our Old Testament survey we will examine the Primeval and Patriarchal Periods of the Old Testament. From Adam to Judah, the redemption plan begins to unfold. The beginning of the OT story reveals God to be merciful from the very beginning as he carves out a people for Himself from the universe He created.

An examination of Period #3 in the Old Testament history- Egypt and the Exodus.

This fourth installment of the Old Testament Survey examines the Israelites as they wonder the desert before they enter the Promise Land. This entails the giving of the law, the Tabernacle, and a nation being lead by the Spirit of God.

Chris Zillman speaks on this Easter Sunday about all that is, all that had been, and all that will be because a man rose  from the day. In our lives we can believe that anything is possible ay any moment because a man rose from the dead. No victory is impossible, because a man rose from the dead.

Sam Hastings preaches on the subject of mindset- will we choose to be a victim or choose to be a victor. Those choices do not hinge upon circumstances, but upon attitude. Being a victor sometimes has little to do with success or happiness, and being a victim often has little to do with loss or sadness. We can choose who we want to be, and in Jesus that choice is always victory.

Randy Harris preaches about our need to get out of the boat!

During this period of our Old Testament Survey we study the Israelite conquest of their promised land and the next 400 years where the land was ruled and led by judges who were raised up by God in Israel's need. This is a troubling time in the Biblical narrative, but one that shows how clearly man needs God and His leadership. 

  Chris Zillman examines the doorways and avenues God presents before each person in life. We all make decisions to either walk though them or walk past them. We may never know the consequences of such decisions. Therefore, we must decide carefully what doorway or avenue God is presenting before us today. 

During the sixth period of our Old Testament Period we take time to study the United Kingdom which includes the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon. We also examine such characters as Samuel and Jonathan.

In this lesson by Chris Zillman, the question of why the Book of Ruth begins to be answered. Ruth finds its origins in a story that took place 700 years before its own telling. This is a story of family, of redemption, and how the two in combination have such far reaching consequences we would be foolish not to take such a lesson to heart as God's family.

During the seventh period of the Old Testament history we look at the conflict the forever divided Israel into the Northern and Southern Kingdom, what happened as a result, and what it meant for Israel's future.

In this installment of our Old Testament Survey we see the end of an independent Jewish Kingdom. God carries out his final punishment against Judah and allows the Babylonian Empire to conquer and exile the remaining Jewish population.

Anthony Testa teaches the church about what it means to have "intent", and how we apply this to our love for God. We must first learn how much God loves us, then we have to understand what God says it means to love Him- this is often different than what we think it means to love Him.

In this last installment of our OT survey we examine the Southern Kingdom in exile under the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks and finally the Romans. This final chapter of the survey shows that God was laying the final framework for the coming of the Messiah!

There is power in questions, and in asking the right questions. In this sermon, Chris Zillman asks that we take time to think about a question; “What moves you?” Jesus came to change the heart of people in their every endeavor toward God, and this began with examining what moves a person to follow God. We examine this question against the backdrop of Jesus clearing the temple and Lazarus raising from the dead.

An interesting aspect to the human heart is our strong inclination for exploration. We love to explore. One of the realms yet wide open for exploration is the personality of God, and who he is. In this sermon, Chris Zillman endeavors to explore what God desires and the consequences of this knowledge.

In this lesson, Chris Zillman explains how grace has been robbed of much of its meaning. It lives in our country without proper context and without proper respect. In many circles it has been cheapened and the sacrifice through which it came has therefore also been cheapened. We must allow grace to be the fuel which moves us from day to day, in order to achieve this we must reestablish its meaning and importance.

Chris Zillman asserts that we must learn to suspend our assumptions about life when we base those assumptions strictly upon what we see. God has opened the eyes to many people in the Bible only to reveal that what people thought and assumed, based upon what they saw, was incorrect. One can never discount the variable that is God, and one can never assume they know what God will do.