Reasoning Through the Bible

In this verse-by-verse study of Joshua 4, Reasoning Through the Bible looks at the memorial stones Israel set up after crossing the Jordan River. God commanded one man from each tribe to take a stone from the riverbed so future generations would ask what happened there and be told how the Lord brought His people into the land on dry ground. This chapter is about remembering what God has done and passing that testimony on. 

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In this verse-by-verse study of Joshua 3, Reasoning Through the Bible follows Israel as they prepare to cross the Jordan River and finally enter the Promised Land. This chapter centers on the Ark of the Covenant, God’s holy presence going before His people, and the miracle of the Jordan stopping at flood stage. The message is clear: when God leads, His people must follow, even when the path ahead is unfamiliar and humanly imp...

In this verse-by-verse study of Joshua 2, Reasoning Through the Bible examines one of the most powerful stories in the early part of Joshua: the faith of Rahab. As two spies enter Jericho, they find refuge in the home of a woman who should have been an unlikely ally. Yet Rahab had already heard what God had done for Israel, and she believed that the Lord had truly given the land into their hands. 

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In this verse-by-verse study of Joshua 1:10–18, Reasoning Through the Bible continues through Joshua chapter 1 by focusing on the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. These tribes agreed to help Israel conquer the land, but they chose to settle on the east side of the Jordan rather than fully enter the land God had promised. This session explores why that decision matters and how it pictures the danger of se...

In this verse-by-verse study of Joshua 1:1–9, Reasoning Through the Bible begins the first chapter of Joshua by looking at one of the most important leadership transitions in all of Scripture. Moses is dead, Joshua must now step forward, and the people stand on the edge of the land God promised long ago to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This session explores why God’s work does not end when one leader dies, because the Lord...

In this introduction to the book of Joshua, Reasoning Through the Bible sets the biblical context for one of the most important historical and symbolic books in the Old Testament. This session traces the story from Genesis to Exodus, from slavery in Egypt to the wilderness, and from Moses to Joshua, showing where the book begins and why Joshua matters so much in the larger flow of Scripture. 

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In this verse-by-verse study of Psalm 2, Reasoning Through the Bible explores one of the Bible’s clearest Messianic Psalms. The psalm begins with a world in chaos — nations raging, rulers conspiring, and people resisting the authority of God and His Anointed One. But the message of Psalm 2 is not that rebellion will win. The message is that God reigns, Christ is His King, and all resistance to Him is ultimately vain.&nb...

In this verse-by-verse study of Job 41–42, Reasoning Through the Bible reaches the final session in the book of Job and brings the entire message into focus. After four chapters of questions from God, Job is finally humbled, repentant, and silent before the Lord. Yet even at the end, God still never tells Job the reason for his suffering. That becomes one of the greatest lessons of the whole book. 

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In this verse-by-verse study of Job 38:31–40:24, Reasoning Through the Bible continues through one of the most humbling sections in all of Scripture as God keeps questioning Job about the stars, the weather, the mind, the wild animals, and the structure of the world. After Job had demanded answers, the Lord turns the questions around and shows just how little man understands about the universe he lives in. 

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In this verse-by-verse study of Job 37 and Job 38:1–30, Reasoning Through the Bible reaches one of the most dramatic turning points in the entire book: God answers Job from the whirlwind. After chapters of suffering, accusation, confusion, and debate, the Lord finally speaks — not to explain everything Job wanted to know, but to reveal His greatness through creation, weather, wisdom, and power. 

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In this verse-by-verse study of Job 36, Reasoning Through the Bible follows Elihu as he shifts the focus away from man-centered thinking and back onto the character of God. While Job and his friends were often preoccupied with human suffering from a human angle, Elihu gives a different perspective: God speaks in our affliction and teaches us through suffering. 

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In this verse-by-verse study of Job 34:10–35:16, Reasoning Through the Bible follows Elihu as he gives one of the clearest defenses of God’s justice in the entire book. While Job and his friends spent much of their time talking about themselves, Elihu turns the focus back to the Lord and insists on a foundational truth: God never does wrong. 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 33:19–34:9, Reasoning Through the Bible explores one of the hardest but most important questions in suffering: can God use pain to get our attention and draw us back to Himself? Elihu argues that God may use physical pain, weakness, and affliction to humble a person, expose spiritual need, and turn the soul away from destruction. 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 32–33, Reasoning Through the Bible reaches a turning point in the book as Elihu enters the conversation. He is angry with Job for justifying himself before God, and angry with Job’s three friends because they condemned Job without answering him well. This session explores what Elihu gets wrong, what he gets right, and why his first words matter so much. 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 31:13–40, Reasoning Through the Bible examines Job’s final defense as he lists the good things he has done for servants, the poor, widows, orphans, strangers, and the needy. This session explains why those works are commendable and necessary, but why they still cannot justify anyone before God. 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 30:16–31 and Job 31:1–12, Reasoning Through the Bible continues through one of the most emotionally raw sections in the book of Job. Job says that God seems against him, cruel to him, and silent toward his cries for help. This session explores what believers should do when suffering becomes so severe that God feels distant, silent, or even hostile. 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 29–30, Reasoning Through the Bible follows Job as he looks back on the better days before his suffering began. He remembers a time when he felt protected by God, surrounded by family, respected in society, and listened to by others. This session explores how suffering can make the past look brighter, the present look darker, and the soul feel abandoned. 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job 27:13–23 and Job 28:1–28, Reasoning Through the Bible explores two connected truths: wealth cannot protect the wicked forever, and true wisdom cannot be found or bought in the world. Job first describes how evil people may gather riches for a time, but in the end they leave everything behind and face the justice of God. 

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In this verse-by-verse Bible study of Job chapters 26 and 27, Reasoning Through the Bible reaches one of the most majestic descriptions of God in the entire book. After exposing how little help his friends have really been, Job turns to the greatness of the Lord and describes God’s power over creation, the grave, the seas, the clouds, and the heavens. This session explores why God’s control over the universe gives belie...