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Bible Survey
A biblical-literacy crash course in 66 sermons on the message of each book and how they build into one whole.
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2019 | The Bible | This is the first sermon in the Bible Survey series. It seeks to give the essence of what the Bible is about in one sermon. |
| Jan 13, 2019 | Genesis | This sermon demonstrates the myriad ways in which Genesis must be foundational to our thinking. |
| Jan 20, 2019 | Exodus | Outlining the most important features of this life-transforming book. |
| Jan 27, 2019 | Leviticus | Application of the Gospel and Law found in Leviticus. Having been redeemed as a people (book of Exodus) God shows Israel how to be holy by His grace (Leviticus). |
| Feb 3, 2019 | Numbers | This sermon shows that the forty years of wandering was God's boot camp to prepare one of the most impressive armies in Israel's history. Lessons from this book are applied to all four governments: self-government and family, church, and civil governments |
| Feb 10, 2019 | Deuteronomy | A detailed overview of the Gospel and law found in this book. |
| Feb 17, 2019 | Joshua | Along with an overview of the book of Joshua, this sermon gives practical applications of this book to modern life. |
| Apr 28, 2019 | Judges | This is an overview and application of the book of Judges |
| May 5, 2019 | Ruth | This sermon analyzes the history, literature, theology, and practical applications of the book of Ruth |
| May 12, 2019 | Samuel | The practical and theological lessons of 1 and 2 Samuel. |
| May 26, 2019 | Kings | The practical and theological exposition of 1 and 2 Kings. |
| Jun 2, 2019 | Chronicles | This sermon explores the theology and application of Chronicles |
| Jun 9, 2019 | Ezra | This sermon shows how the establishment chronology of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and the Post-exilic prophets contains numerous problems and outright contradictions. It presents a revisionist chronology that is Biblically consistent and that weaves these Biblical books into a coherent narrative. It also shows how it is a much more satisfactory explanation of the secular history than the establishment's position. Where Nehemiah focuses on the reformation of society, Ezra focuses on the reformation of the church. |
| Jun 16, 2019 | Nehemiah | This sermon gives a theological and practical overview of the book of Nehemiah |
| Jun 23, 2019 | Esther | This sermon shows how understanding the relationship of Esther to Ezra, Nehemiah, and the post-exilic prophets opens up the book in a whole new way. The feast of Purim foreshadows a future period in New Covenant history. |
| Jul 14, 2019 | Job | This sermon gives a unique overview of the genius of Job |
| Jul 21, 2019 | Psalms | This book shows the divine ordering and arrangement of the book of Psalms |
| Jul 28, 2019 | Proverbs | This sermon starts with the epistemology of Proverbs, which is not only practical for apologetics, but for all of Christianity. It then proves that this is a book for all ages and sexes, not just for young boys. It also shows how Proverbs has been abused and misused when people fail to understand its structure, and gives other practical implications of the structure of the book. |
| Aug 18, 2019 | Ecclesiastes | This sermon shows how Ecclesiastes is a an example of presuppositional apologetics. |
| Aug 25, 2019 | Song of Solomon | Though marriage does indeed image the relationship of Christ to the Church, Song of Solomon primarily teaches us how the grace of Christ should transform our literal marriages and even our sexual life. Pastor Kayser takes the view that the book progresses chronologically from the first day of the wedding through seven days of royal wedding celebration, each night ending with sexual union. The eighth day is a visit to her family, with an open ended invitation that hints that the love cycle will continue indefinitely. He argues that this book strongly teaches monogamy, and describes Solomon's marriage to his first love, Naamah, to whom he was faithful from 7-13 years. Though there is forward time progression in the book, it does so beautifully through a thematically parallel chiastic structure. |
| Oct 6, 2019 | Isaiah | This marvelous book displays not only the depravity of man in need of grace, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but virtually every doctrine found in the Bible. It's eschatology gives faith and hope to persevere. It's judgments motivate us to influence culture with grace and law. In sum, it is a book needed for transformation. |
| Oct 13, 2019 | Jeremiah | This sermon shows how the book of Jeremiah is a masterful chiasm, with the New Covenant passage (31:31-34) being at the heart of the book. In the process it seeks to settle a major controversy in eschatology by using this inspired structure. |
| Oct 20, 2019 | Lamentations | Lamentations teaches us the difference between godly sorrow that leads to healing and ungodly sorrow that leads to despair. This encouraging book shows how God empathizes with us in our pain and helps us to process our pain. |
| Oct 27, 2019 | Ezekiel | This sermon delves into the overall message of the book as well as controversial details like the battle of Gog and Magog and the strange temple in chapters 40-46. |
| Nov 10, 2019 | Daniel | An overview of the message of Daniel |
| Nov 17, 2019 | Hosea | This sermon explores the redemptive themes of Hosea and applies the book to the broken and messed up family situations we face in the modern church. |
| Nov 24, 2019 | Joel | This sermon shows a straightforward interpretation of chapters 1-2 as being two locust plagues, followed by a time of prosperity where God restores what the locusts have eaten, followed by Pentecost, followed by AD 70 judgment and captivity of Jews among the nations, followed by the growth and prosperity of Christ's kingdom. |
| Dec 8, 2019 | Amos | Amos has been abused and turned on its head by the Social Justice Warriors of our day. This sermon outlines what true justice, mercy, righteousness, and love looks like in our social relationships. |
| Jan 5, 2020 | Obadiah | Tracing the clan warfare between Edom and Israel, this book teaches us many lessons. |
| Jan 19, 2020 | Jonah | This sermon shows how the grace of God can gently bring those who have been horribly abused out of their bitterness and into having supernatural compassion. |
| Jan 26, 2020 | Micah | God alone receives the glory as Micah unveils God's amazing plan for planet earth. Christ's kingdom will start in weakness and obscurity but will eventually vanquish the earth. The applications to our own life are encouraging for those who feel weak and insignificant. God loves to use the weak things of this earth to confound the mighty. |
| Feb 2, 2020 | Nahum | This book teaches us a great deal about God's character. It also teaches us that Assyrian like empires will not last forever. God's plans cannot be thwarted. |
| Feb 9, 2020 | Habakkuk | A call to trust and follow God even when nothing seems to work out |
| Feb 16, 2020 | Zephaniah | Justice and grace meet in Jesus in a powerful way in this book. |
| Mar 1, 2020 | Haggai | Christ's shaking of all things that do not belong in the New Covenant |
| Mar 8, 2020 | Zechariah | The Hebrew structure helps to explain a lot of the passages that have puzzled people in the past. |
| Mar 15, 2020 | Malachi | This sermon shows how the contrast between Esau and Jacob at the beginning of the book is a theme woven throughout the rest of the theological discourse. |
| Mar 29, 2020 | Matthew | Matthew's presentation of the King and His kingdom |
| May 10, 2020 | Mark | This sermon shows how Mark is crafted to reflect Jesus as fulfilling the Servant of the Lord songs in Isaiah 40-53. |
| May 17, 2020 | Luke | This sermon shows how the whole book is opened up in a new way when it is understood that Luke was a Levite writing to a former high priest by the name of Theophilus and giving a defense of Christianity that could be used in the Jewish courts. |
| May 24, 2020 | John | A summary of John's Gospel |
| May 31, 2020 | Acts | This sermon finishes the thesis that Luke-Acts was written to defend Christians in Jewish courts. In the process it proves that the kingdom of Christ has begun and that the church is the new Israel. |
| Jun 14, 2020 | Romans | This sermon shows the magnificence of the true God-centered Gospel of Romans and then shows the profound ways the Gospel is designed to impact every area of life. |
| Jun 21, 2020 | 1 Corinthians | This sermon shows the magnificence of the true God-centered Gospel of Romans and then shows the profound ways the Gospel is designed to impact every area of life. |
| Jun 28, 2020 | 2 Corinthians | This sermon contrasts the popular leadership style of the super apostles with the biblical leadership style of Paul that does not depend upon the wisdom of man. |
| Jul 5, 2020 | Galatians | This sermon shows how Galatianism is very much alive in the modern Evangelical church. It shows the water-tight logic of Paul's argument against all counterfeits to the Gospel. |
| Sep 6, 2020 | Ephesians | Overview and application of Ephesians |
| Sep 13, 2020 | Philippians | Philippians is masterfully crafted to highlight Christ in a startling way. |
| Sep 20, 2020 | Colossians | An application of Colossians to our postmodern world |
| Sep 27, 2020 | 1 Thessalonians | This sermon covers a philosophy of pastoral ministry, Paul's guidance for romance, eschatology, and other issues. |
| Oct 4, 2020 | 2 Thessalonians | This sermon seeks to resolve tensions that have plagued interpretations of the eschatology portions of 2 Thessalonians. In the process Pastor Kayser shows how the book is a very logically tight argument when it is seen in its first century context. It also makes the book much more applicable for today. |
| Oct 11, 2020 | 1 Timothy | This sermon shows why understanding the chiastic structure of the book impacts out understanding of the book. |
| Oct 18, 2020 | 2 Timothy | Both the content and the chiastic structure of this book show this to be part two of Paul's pastoral advice to Timothy. This book is a powerful antidote to the apostasy we are seeing all around us. |
| Nov 15, 2020 | Titus | This sermon shows how ecclesiology, discipleship, leadership, and all the other issues in this book are tightly tied to Paul's correction of false views of grace in chapter 2:11-15. |
| Nov 22, 2020 | Philemon | This sermon shows how the two typical interpretations of Philemon with respect to slavery fail to account for all the facts of the book. Philemon does not present a new ethic, but neither does it justify the unbiblical slavery of the Antebellum South. This fabulous book on freedom properly interprets the Old Testament law. |
| Dec 6, 2020 | Hebrews | This book was a written sermon. It teaches us much about homiletics, apologetics, covenant, eschatology, and other topics. But it's primary focus is on the supremacy of Christ over everything. |
| Dec 13, 2020 | James | This overview of James focuses upon the heart of the chiasm (2:14-26) and shows how every point reinforces the true interpretation and shows how the interpretations of Rome, Federal Vision, and even the Carnal Christian Theory all fail to take the structure of the book into account. |
| Jan 17, 2021 | 1 Peter | This sermon introduces 1 Peter's rich theology of suffering and persecution. |
| Jan 24, 2021 | 2 Peter | 2 Peter outlines the difference between a consistently God-centered Christianity (chapter 1), a consistently man-centered false Christianity (chapter 2), and then applies it to the doctrine of eschatology. Modern churches fall all along the continuum between God-centered and man-centered Christianity. This sermon challenges us to be as God-centered in all our thoughts, words, and actions as possible. |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 1 John | This sermon exposes heresies old and new. But it also shows us how to discern the difference between fake and true Christians. In the process it spurs us to greater consistency in holiness, love, and doctrinal purity. |
| Mar 7, 2021 | 2 John | This book shows elders how to integrate single moms with broken families into our church. In the process it also beautifully illustrates the Biblical balance between self-government, family government, and church government. It takes on hyper-patriarchy, anarchy, and other issues of our time. An appendix to the transcript has 97 applications that go verse by verse through the book. |
| Mar 14, 2021 | 3 John | Though 3 John also deals with abusive leadership and other issues, the central theme is the nature of faithful hospitality. |
| Mar 21, 2021 | Jude | The message of Jude calls us to contend earnestly for the faith against false teachings and false teachers. Only believers who are spiritually in shape can answer this call adequately. The introduction and conclusion show us how to be in shape. The rest of the book shows us how to resist apostates and why we must resist them |
| Apr 11, 2021 | Revelation | This summary of Revelation follows the chiastic structure of the book to illustrate how its powerful message of God's grace and judgments on Rome and Israel continues to be relevant. It teaches us practical lessons about Christ's Lordship over all of life, how He uses us in spiritual warfare, and how Christ's victory will extend to the Christianization of the entire world. |