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In this Bible class, Garrett Bookout continues a series surveying the overarching storyline of the Bible by focusing on the Davidic Covenant found in 2 Samuel 7 and its expansion across the Old Testament. The lesson illustrates how human history fractured when humanity rejected God's authority and rule. To remedy this brokenness, God established a series of connected covenants: an unconditional promise to Abraham to bless all nations, the Mosaic law to manage human transgression, and finally a royal covenant with King David. When David offered to build a physical house for God, God responded by promising to establish an everlasting house and throne for David's royal line. Despite the unfaithfulness and failures of Israel's human kings—which eventually led to division, military defeat, and exile—God remained bound by His steadfast covenant love (hesed). Old Testament prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah consistently pointed forward to a future righteous King, a branch from the stump of Jesse, who would restore God's reign. The class sets the stage for the New Testament, showing how the arrival of Jesus directly fulfills this promise by inaugurating the long-awaited kingdom of God.SEP 13, 2026The Davidic Covenant - Class 7Garrett Bookout -
In this sermon, Garrett Bookout explores John 16:12–15 to explain the biblical definition of truth and the vital role of the Holy Spirit in the believer's life. Rather than viewing truth as an exhaustive list of facts, doctrines, or legalistic rules that humans must master perfectly, the sermon emphasizes that truth is centered on the person, lordship, and kingship of Jesus Christ. Because the disciples could not bear the full weight of Jesus's teachings right before His crucifixion, Jesus promised the Spirit of Truth to guide them step-by-step into practical application. The Holy Spirit does not introduce a competing agenda or a complex new law; instead, He shines a light on Jesus, reminding believers of His primary command to love one another and guiding them on how to walk out that love in everyday life. Ultimately, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit share complete unity in mission, inviting Christians to abandon self-centered pursuits and participate in God's unified work in the world.SEP 13, 2026The Coming of the Spirit of Truth - John 16:12-15Garrett Bookout -
This video features Jared Street leading "Who is Jesus? - Class 6" for the Oak Hollow Church of Christ. Moving forward from previous lessons on Old Testament prophecies, this session transitions directly into the birth of Jesus. Street frames the nativity narrative through the lens of ancient history, culture, and high-stakes politics. Rather than presenting a idealized Christmas scene, the lesson highlights the intense danger, social risk, and political turbulence that surrounded Christ’s arrival into the world, demonstrating how these real-world conditions fulfilled specific scriptures and set the stage for His ministry.SEP 09, 2026Who is Jesus? - Class 6Jared Street -
This is the sixth class in a series that surveys the overarching story of the Bible from a high-level (“30,000-foot”) perspective. Bookout reviews the major movements so far (Creation, Fall, and the Abrahamic covenant) and then focuses on the second major Old Testament covenant—the Mosaic covenant given at Mount Sinai. He shows how this covenant of law and obedience is quickly broken, highlights God’s grace in continuing with Israel despite repeated failure, and points forward to the promised new covenant (Jeremiah 31). The class ends with a rapid overview of the books that follow (Exodus–Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and the beginning of Samuel) to set up the third major covenant (with David) for the next week.SEP 06, 2026The Mosaic Covenant - Class 6Garrett Bookout -
This sermon continues Jesus’ upper-room teaching just hours before His arrest, trial, and crucifixion. Drawing from John 16:4-11, Bookout explains that Jesus is leaving so the Helper (the Holy Spirit) can come. The Spirit’s work is to convict (expose, prove, reveal) the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. Using a personal story about an unexplained foot injury that required imaging to diagnose the real problem, Bookout shows that the world is broken and does not know how to fix itself. Human attempts to solve the brokenness only make it worse. The Spirit reveals the true diagnosis and the true solution centered on Jesus.SEP 06, 2026The World Convicted - John 16:4-11Garrett Bookout -
The lesson focuses on understanding why first-century Jews struggled to recognize the true mission of Jesus as the Messiah. Jared Street frames the discussion using historical context: Israel had been without political independence for centuries, enduring successive rule by foreign powers including the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans. Because of this long history of subjugation, the Jewish people naturally fixated on Old Testament covenant promises and prophecies that spoke of an everlasting kingdom and a king sitting on David's throne. Prophecies from Second Samuel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah were interpreted as promises of a military leader or political king who would defeat foreign oppressors like Rome and restore earthly sovereignty to Israel. Consequently, passages predicting a suffering servant—such as Isaiah 53—were largely overlooked or misunderstood. Gospel passages demonstrate how deep-seated this earthly expectation was. Passages in John, Luke, and Acts reveal that crowds tried to force Jesus to be king, disciples on the road to Emmaus lamented that he had not redeemed Israel politically, and the apostles asked right before the Ascension if the kingdom was about to be physically restored. The lesson concludes with a reflective application: considering how God often works beyond immediate, earthly desires to offer something far greater and eternally better.SEP 02, 2026Who is Jesus - Class 5Jared Street -
In this Bible class hosted by the Oak Hollow church of Christ, Garrett Bookout explores how God works through human history to fulfill His promise of global restoration. Rather than dwelling on minor details, the lesson takes a high-level view of how the Old Testament narrative hinges on key covenant promises.AUG 30, 2026God's Covenant With Abraham - Class 5Garrett Bookout -
In this sermon titled "If the World Hates You" (covering John 15:18 – 16:4), preacher Garret Bookout examines Jesus's warnings to His disciples about the inevitable hostility they will encounter from the world. While love is the defining mark of a Christian, Jesus identifies hatred as the world's defining response toward His followers. Garret explores the spectrum of hate—ranging from deliberate exclusion and contempt to physical harm and murder—and emphasizes that Jesus models a radical response: loving, blessing, and doing good to enemies rather than retaliating with malice. The sermon highlights that the hatred experienced by Jesus and His followers often originates not from open atheists, but from deeply religious individuals who perform acts in the name of God while failing to truly know Him. Garret cautions believers against adopting a "martyr syndrome" or seeking out conflict unnecessarily, pointing out that Jesus was hated for doing good, such as healing the sick and raising the dead. Ultimately, the sermon calls Christians to focus deeply on understanding the character of God through Scripture, ensuring that devotion to religious practices never replaces a genuine personal relationship with Him.AUG 30, 2026If the World Hates You (John 15:18 - 16:4)Garrett Bookout -
In this lesson, Jared Street explores how Old Testament prophecies validate Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah. Building upon the previous class regarding Jesus genealogy, Street highlights that there are over 300 Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament written over a span of 1,500 years by around 40 distinct authors. To demonstrate the divine design behind these scriptures, the class examines Peter Stoners statistical model from Science Speaks, which calculates the probability of one person fulfilling just 8 prophecies at 1 in 10 to the 17th power (illustrated as blindfolding a person and having them pick one specific marked silver dollar from a two-foot-deep layer covering the entire state of Texas). The teacher divides key prophecies into four major categories: Jesus birth, ministry, death and resurrection, and role in the church, and facilitates a group discussion on how these fulfillments reveal Gods unified plan across both Testaments.AUG 26, 2026Who is Jesus - Class 4Jared Street -
In this Bible Class lesson—titled **The Fall (Part 2) - Class 4** presented by Garrett Bookout at **Oak Hollow Church of Christ**—the teaching focuses on completing **Genesis Chapter 3** and examining how the loss of Eden sets up the broader narrative arc of Scripture.AUG 23, 2026The Fall (Part 2) - Class 4Garrett Bookout -
In this sermon, Garett Bookout continues the series "In the Upper Room" (John 13–17), focusing on John 15:12–17. Placed at the structural center of Jesus's final upper room discourse hours before His crucifixion, this passage highlights the core essence of the "Law of Christ." Bookout addresses common human confusion surrounding legalistic systems and clarifies that Christ's commandment is singular, profound, and heart-centered: to love one another through self-sacrificial service, thereby bearing lasting fruit for God.AUG 23, 2026This is My Commandment - John 15:12-17Garrett Bookout -
This lesson explores the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Matthew 1:1–17, highlighting how God fulfilled His promises through 42 generations of messy, imperfect, and unexpected people. Jared Street emphasizes that Jesus's family tree demonstrates God’s sovereign control over history, His inclusion of social and spiritual outsiders, and the seamless connection between the Old Testament promises and the New Testament fulfillment in Christ.AUG 19, 2026The Genealogy of Jesus - Class 3Jared Street
