Highlight Joseph’s life and work was dedicated to God. It was not easy, nor did it always seem good. To recap - his brothers beat him then sold him into slavery, he was wrongfully accused of sexual ha...  Read More

Highlight The story of Esther is set in Susa, Persia when King Xerxes reigned. Jerusalem had been destroyed over 100 years before, and a wave of exiles had returned to begin reconstruction and complet...  Read More

Highlight Ruth’s story in relation to Israel's history is set in the time of the Judges. The Nation is living in the promised land, but only occasionally following God. They are mostly living to pleas...  Read More

Highlight We are pre-exposed to think of slavery in the context of the horrific Atlantic Slave Trade of the 1500s-1800s. Or the grotesque sexual slave trade that is currently running rampant in our wo...  Read More

Welcome to Week 4 of the Good Work Reading Plan! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right ...  Read More

Highlight Peter writes this letter to Christians who were forced to flee Jerusalem after being persecuted for their faith in Jesus. He would have likely been writing during the reign of Emperor Nero, ...  Read More