What did God want life to look like? 

Noah gets himself wasted.

Responding to a question: Who were the "giants"? 

The descendants of Abraham end up slaves in Egypt. Moses will rise up and deliver them - but first, he commits murder, runs away to escape punishment, and spends forty years in another country following sheep around the desert. 

Genesis, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Israel, worldview, culture, family, Egypt, blessing, slavery, slave

After quite a bit of turmoil and drama, Moses leads the people out of slavery! Finally, they are free! 
Okay, they ran out of food, they have no water, they're in the middle of a desert, they're watching their loved-ones die of dehydration, and Moses is apparently dead... but they're free!

The first generation to come out of Egypt is destined to wander around the desert until they die, but some interesting revelations are given along the way. 

The first generation of the descendants of Israel died off in the desert. The next generation is getting ready to enter the land God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (aka Israel).

Though he's terrified, Joshua leads God's people into the Promised Land. They do everything they are supposed to do, and live happily ever after. Right? 

Okay, maybe the Israelites didn't quite do everything God asked. Most of it, but... Well, no, not even most of it.

God's people become worse than Sodom and Gomorrah.

A girl from "God's Toilet" provides hope for Israel.

Israel rejects the Lord as king and asks for a human king instead. 

King Saul starts out pretty well, but he does not have the heart of a king and does not seem to understand the relationship the Lord wants with him. Oh, and he also seems a bit bipolar.

Once King Saul learns the identity of the "man after God's heart" who will replace him as king, he makes up his mind to assassinate him. Meanwhile, David shifts from embracing God's promise to make him king to running for his life. 

David went from working in the king's palace to hiding in caves. 

David is often considered the best king Israel has ever had in spite of murdering a man to cover up an adulterous affair with the man's wife. 

Solomon becomes king after David. This week's session looks at some of the wisdom literature, including an erotic love poem.

Solomon starts well, but his 1,000 wives turn him toward other gods. 
Solomon's son becomes king, and a crude comment starts a civil war. 

Elijah enjoys a massive victory over the prophets, only to end up running for his life in terror. 

What will the end of time look like? The prophet Joel may be among the first of the prophets to give us a glimpse. 

One of God's greatest and most well-known prophets waits for the Lord to unleash his wrath against his enemies. And waits. And waits...

This session introduces the prophet Isaiah, along with his scathing words for Israel and Judah as well as a pretty creepy vision of heaven. 

God warns of judgment and tells one of his faithful prophets to violate his law.

God issues more warnings of judgment against his people.

The Lord will destroy the entire earth (in his mercy)?

The prophet Jeremiah erupts in anger against God and accuses God of betraying and deceiving him.

Daniel and his three friends are deported from Judah to Babylon where they become the best in their field of study - the Occult. It's a bit like graduating with honors from Hogwarts!

God warns the people of Judah by having his prophet play war. Oh, and God also told him to eat bread baked over human sh[censored]. 

Jeremiah and Daniel provide hope for God's people.

The people struggle to rebuild after returning to their homeland. 

A young woman's skill in bed saves the Jewish people.

This session takes time to review and set the stage for the coming of Jesus.

Matthew goes out of his to point out the not-so-perfect people in Jesus' family line. 

Jesus was practicing to be a teen when he caused some very real panic for his parents!

After a long and unsuccessful night at work, a rabbi teaches a fisherman how to fish. 

Starting a new ministry? Make sure you develop a strong brand and earn a positive reputation in the community. Unless you are Jesus. In that case, piss off as many important leaders as you can.

Jesus continues making enemies and isn't always as kind and gentle as people often think. He even has harsh words for the weather!

An interruption from a desperate woman keeps Jesus from healing a dying girl in time. 

Jesus tells his disciples to feed the equivalent of all the people in a professional sports arena. Twice.

Many claim that Jesus is a great teacher. But what did he teach? He sounded pretty serious and literal when insisting that people eat human flesh! 

Many view Jesus as a great teacher. In addition to cannibalism, one of Jesus' common teachings was, "I am God." The religious leaders tried to kill Jesus for committing the worst kind of blasphemy. 

Why did the religious leaders accuse Jesus of being a drunk? 

Meek and mild Jesus grabbed a weapon and drove people violently out of the temple. 

Jesus violates one of the most important laws in the Torah.

The King of the Jews handed himself over to be executed instead of rising up against Rome and claiming the throne.

Jesus was tortured and executed, rose from the dead, appeared to his closest friends, and and in a profound theological moment, he asked, "Do you have anything to eat?"

Next, after betraying Jesus, Peter could not tell Jesus that he loved him. Instead of smiting him, Jesus told Peter to continue working for him.

Jesus died and rose from the dead. Surely now he will smite all our enemies, right? Let's go kill us some Romans!

"In the name of Jesus" is not a magic formula! 

Peter realized that his vision was not actually about food.

A debate erupts in the church about whether or not gentiles need to be circumcised. 

The early church slowly begins to understand the New Covenant.

The Apostle Paul gets a bit crude while telling the believers in Galatia exactly what he thinks of the religious leaders who oppose him. 

The people in Thessalonica are worried that Jesus returned and forgot about them. 

Paul unleashes his anger against the church in Corinth!

Paul has calmed down a bit since his first letter to the church in Corinth, but only a bit. 

Paul explains the New Covenant in a brilliant letter to the church in Rome. 

Paul's sermon went a bit over his allotted time. There were casualties. 

Paul sent a brilliant letter to a slaveowner to protect and free a runaway slave.

This passage of Paul's letter to the Ephesian church is often misunderstood, taken out of context, and even abused. 

Paul instructed the Christians in Philippi to honor a man who failed at his mission instead of shaming him. 

This session covers an overview of the book of Hebrews.

The end is a new beginning. The Dungeon Sessions completes this journey through the Bible with an overview of the book of Revelation.