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KNOWN Summer
Study 2026
I'm so glad you're here!
Use this Hub as your central gathering place throughout the summer. Each week you'll find study materials, meeting links, recordings, and curated resources designed to help you engage more deeply with each Name of God we're exploring.
Start Here
This Hub is your central gathering place throughout the KNOWN Summer Study. Bookmark this page to return each week for resources, recordings, meeting information, and additional materials.
Each week, you'll find a new section containing the core study resources for that week's names of God, along with optional resources such as articles, podcasts, worship music, and other materials for deeper reflection. I will often refer to these resources in our live online meetings.
There is no expectation that you complete everything. The goal is not simply to consume more content, but to create space for God to reveal himself and to respond to that revelation. Engage with the resources as you are able, following the Spirit's leading and the rhythms of your own life.
I encourage you to begin each week with the KNOWN study materials, participate in our live gathering when possible, and then explore any additional resources that resonate with you.
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Meeting Link
Missing the video call link? https://meet.google.com/wzc-dbfu-btb
Names Explored:
This week, we'll begin with Abba during our Friday Kick-Off Meeting. Participants can then
explore additional resources on Abba before moving into Creator and El Roi.
We start with Abba because He is the doorway to experiencing the rest of God's names. Before we know Him as Provider, Shepherd, or Healer, we must first know Him as Father. Every expression of God's character flows from His love for His children.
Creator reminds us that our identity begins with God's design, not our circumstances. We are intentionally created and uniquely formed by Him. El Roi, "the God who sees me," reveals that God not only sees our pain, struggles, and unanswered questions, but also meets us there with His presence and provision.
Together, these names remind us that we are deeply loved, intentionally created, and fully seen by God.
Week One
Additional Resources:
Gracefull Access - My latest blog post asking the question: What if access is not merely being allowed into a place? What if it is being welcomed into a person's heart and mind?
Once A Son, Always A Son - This retelling of the Prodigal Son by a friend of mine, Sergio DeSoto, will blow your mind and remind you of the daughter you truly never stopped being. This one is transformative!
Identity, Repentance & Return - This is my companion piece to the article above. It dives into the power of RETURN, the very thing that destroys false identities we've been trying on, breaks generational curses/consequences, and has the power to restore us to our destiny. Both of these articles come with a recording to listen to instead of reading.
Your Family Tree - If your family tree contains some problematic people or if you've ever felt you didn't belong, list or read this Substack post by another author that will help you realize that your adoption was always the plan.
Expectations - What if our expectations of God are setting us up to fail? Read this thought-provoking piece on how we may set ourselves up to fail by limiting God to the portions of his character that we like and failing to grapple with the hard parts we don't like.
Your Destiny - If you want to watch videos dealing with the theme of destiny (and one of the best teachings on this topic I've EVER heard, watch the five videos below by Bob Hamp. Trust me—worth every second. If you've ever struggled with addiction, destiny, self-image, or legalism, this teaching will unleash a transformation.
Father Wound/Mother Wound Resources
For those dealing with wounds from earthly fathers and mothers, here is a teaching and two prayers to pray and allow to soak into your heart. Make sure to pause and allow the Holy Spirit to fill in the blanks, customizing it when the Holy Spirit reminds you of particulars. If you would like help praying these prayers and for me to pray over you to release both of these areas, I am available!
Generational Consequences (Blessings & Curses)
If you're not familiar with generational consequences or have not received a thorough teaching on the topic (or maybe learned from someone who did not believe they were still applicable in the New Covenant), feel free to read the drafts of two chapters from my upcoming book. Just PLEASE DO NOT SHARE without letting me know. I can get in BIG trouble with my publisher if chapters are shared on the internet or via email before it's published. ;)
Generational Consequences (Blessings & Curses)
If you're not familiar with generational consequences or have not received a thorough teaching on the topic (or maybe learned from someone who did not believe they were still applicable in the New Covenant), feel free to read the drafts of two chapters from my upcoming book. Just PLEASE DO NOT SHARE without letting me know. I can get in BIG trouble with my publisher if chapters are shared on the internet or via email before it's published. ;)
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Names Explored:
This week, we'll explore three names of God: Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, and Emmanuel. Together, these names reveal a God who is not distant from our lives, but deeply present within them.
We are familiar with Emmanuel, "God with us," but Jehovah Jireh expands that truth by reminding us that God sees our circumstances and has already made provision for what we need. Jehovah Nissi adds another layer, revealing God as our banner, the One who declares His truth over us when our circumstances, emotions, or the enemy's lies tell a different story.
These names remind us that God is with us, God sees us, God provides for us, and God speaks truth over us.
Week Two
Additional Resources:
The God Who Provides A Sacrifice - If you've ever struggled to reconcile God's goodness with His command for Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, this thoughtful Substack article is worth your time. It explores several deeper layers of the story, providing historical context and biblical insights that may challenge some common interpretations while illuminating the nature and character of God in surprising ways. (A must-read if you've ever wondered why God would ask Abraham to sacrifice his son.)
Abide in Love: The Joy of Remaining in Christ - A meaningful reflection on John 15, shifting the focus away from striving to find God and back to the reality that God is already holding us in his love. If you've ever felt like the spiritual life is more about effort than relationship, Ian Mobsby's meditation offers a gentle reminder that perhaps the deepest invitation of Jesus is to ABIDE where we are already loved.
Formula For Diagnosing A Walk With God - One of my greatest joys is taking complex ideas and distilling them into something simpler and easier to understand. Not only does this make them easier to remember, but it also makes them easier to apply in our own lives and when walking alongside others in discipleship.
In the following blog posts, I've begun exploring what it looks like to walk with God through different seasons and challenges. The first post is not written in my own voice, but the remaining posts are. As you read, pay attention to where you see yourself along the pathway. You may even recognize that you're in different places depending on the area of life you're considering.
As you identify where you are, be prepared to share with the group. Together, we'll explore what may be at the root of that struggle and discover the truth, healing, or next step God may be inviting you into.
Names Explored:
Last week, we explored three names that reveal God's desire to dwell with his people: Jehovah
Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, and Emmanuel. While each name highlights a different aspect of his
character, together they point to a greater reality. God's presence is not merely one of the
blessings he gives us. His presence is THE blessing. From Genesis to Revelation, the story of
Scripture is the story of a God who longs to be with his people.
This week, we begin to explore what that means for us. If God's desire is to dwell with humanity, then we must ask: what kind of people is he forming us to be? The name Potter reminds us that since Eden, God has been shaping vessels for his presence. He formed Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed his Spirit into him. Throughout Scripture, God continues this work, patiently shaping and refining his people so that they can carry his glory into the world. We are not accidents or unfinished projects. We are being intentionally formed by the hands of a loving Father who knows exactly what he is creating.
The name Good Shepherd builds on this truth. Vessels are not meant to sit empty on a shelf. They are meant to be filled and poured out. Jesus tells us that his sheep know his voice and follow him because they belong near his heart. As those who carry the Spirit of God, we are called to live from that place of intimacy. The same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead now lives within us, filling us with his life, wisdom, love, and power. Yet we cannot pour out what we are no longer receiving. When we wander from the Shepherd's presence, we begin to run dry. The invitation in The Resurrection & The Life is to remain close enough to hear his voice, stay filled with his Spirit, and allow him to pour his resurrection power through us into the lives of others. THIS is living Eternal Life now.
Week Three
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Additional Resources:
Vessels Or Channels of His Presence - A brief but encouraging reminder that God is constantly pouring his life, love, and truth into us so that it can flow through us to others, and that staying connected to him is the key to living as a healthy channel of his grace.
Gracefull Communion - This reflection expands our understanding of communion beyond the bread and the cup, revealing it as an ongoing exchange of life between God and his people. Through Christ, we are invited into unbroken fellowship where we continually receive the Father's love, wisdom, provision, and presence, and return our worship, gratitude, obedience, and affection to him. More than a ritual, communion becomes a way of living in constant relationship with God, participating in the divine flow of giving and receiving that has existed within the Trinity from the beginning.
Wrestling With Both Jacob & Esau
These two draft chapters from a forthcoming book explore one of Scripture's most intriguing mysteries: Jacob's encounter with God, his renaming as Israel, and what that new name may actually mean. Challenging common assumptions, this study wrestles honestly with the biblical text, the story of Jacob and Esau, and the possibility that "Israel" means something far deeper than "one who wrestles with God." Please note that these chapters are shared in draft form and have not yet undergone professional editing. (Please don't share with others without permission.)
Names Explored:
Last week, we explored three names that reveal God's purpose for his people: Potter, Good Shepherd,
and The Resurrection & the Life. Together, these names remind us that God is not simply calling us into
his presence; he is intentionally shaping us into vessels who can carry it. As we remain close to the
Good Shepherd, hearing his voice and abiding in him, we are continually filled with the resurrection
life of Christ, allowing his Spirit to flow through us to a world desperately in need of his life.
This week, we turn our attention to three names that anchor us in the security of God's eternal presence: Alpha & Omega, Omnipresent, and El Shaddai. Last week, we learned that we are being formed by the Potter into vessels for God's presence, filled by the Good Shepherd, and invited to live in the resurrection life of Christ. This week, we discover why we can trust him so completely. The Shepherd who calls us to follow him is also the Alpha and the Omega, the One who holds our beginning and our end. Our stories are not unfolding outside his care or catching him by surprise. Every chapter rests securely in his hands.
These names also reveal something breathtaking about God's presence. He is not bound by time, but inhabits all of time at once. He is present in the places we call our past, still redeeming what was broken. He is with us in this present moment, guiding us with wisdom and grace. And he is already present in the future, where every promise has found its fulfillment and Christ's victory is complete. This is why we can walk forward in faith instead of fear. The God who calls us onward is already there to meet us. And because he is El Shaddai, the All-Sufficient One, we never journey alone or in lack. Out of his limitless abundance, he already is our sufficiency, supplying everything we need as we need it, until the story he began reaches its glorious completion.
Click here for a printable of all the names and their meanings that we'll cover this summer.
Week Four
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Additional Resources:
Gracefull Patience - As we consider Jesus as the Alpha & Omega this week, we're reminded that our stories are secure in his hands from beginning to end. This article reflects on God's remarkable patience, showing that while his purposes and justice may unfold over years or even generations, nothing escapes his notice, and every promise and every consequence finds its proper place in his perfect timing. This is also comforting when we consider the stories of others in our lives.
Merciful Intervention - This second resource reminds us that even when God seems silent, he is never absent. The story of Dinah is one of Scripture's most difficult accounts, yet it reveals that the Alpha and Omega was present all along, patiently working his purposes through human failure, intervening in mercy before anyone even called out to him, and preserving his covenant plan. Sometimes God's presence is most clearly seen not in what he says, but in what he faithfully does behind the scenes.
The Three Tamars
The final resource reminds us that God is never writing only one chapter at a time. The stories of the three Tamars reveal a God who faithfully redeems what appears hopeless, weaving together generations of brokenness into his greater plan of salvation. As the Alpha and Omega, he sees the beginning, the middle, and the end of every story, proving that no wound, injustice, or detour is beyond his power to redeem.
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Names Explored:
Last week, we explored three names that anchored us in the security of God's eternal presence:
Alpha & Omega, Omnipresent, and El Shaddai. Together, these names reminded us that our stories
are secure in God's hands. He inhabits all of time, redeeming our past, walking with us in the present,
and already waiting in our future. As El Shaddai, the All-Sufficient One, he does not merely meet our
needs from a distance. Out of his limitless abundance, he himself becomes our sufficiency, supplying
everything we need as we need it.
This week, we begin to discover what flows from that abundance. Jehovah Rapha reveals that God heals not only our bodies but also our hearts, minds, relationships, and the broken places sin has left behind. Jehovah Shalom reminds us that his peace is far more than the absence of conflict; it is the wholeness, rest, and flourishing that come from living in his presence. Finally, Jesus reveals himself as the True Vine. Just as branches receive everything they need by remaining connected to the vine, we receive every provision of El Shaddai as we abide in Christ. Healing, peace, strength, wisdom, joy, and every good gift flow from our continual union with him. The Christian life is not striving to produce fruit on our own, but remaining so closely connected to the Vine that his life naturally becomes our own.
As we've journeyed through these names together, you may have noticed a pattern. God first reveals his desire to dwell with us, then forms us into vessels capable of carrying his presence. He teaches us to abide near the Good Shepherd, fills us with his resurrection life, and assures us that our entire story is secure in his hands. From his limitless abundance as El Shaddai, he supplies everything we need, and now we begin to experience what that abundance produces: healing through Jehovah Rapha, peace through Jehovah Shalom, and a continual flow of life as we remain connected to Christ, the True Vine. This is the Christian life—not striving to become more like Christ, but abiding in him until his life naturally flows through ours.
Week Five
Additional Resources:
Gracefull Pruning - This week's final resource explores what it truly means to abide in Christ as branches in the True Vine. Drawing from Andrew Murray's Abiding in Christ, this reflection reminds us that everything we need—wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, redemption, healing, peace, and every other gift of God—flows from our position in Christ. Even the Father's pruning is an act of grace, lovingly removing what hinders our growth so that we can bear more fruit and reveal more of Christ to the world.
Gracefull Cultivation - This resource explores the invitation to abide in Christ, not as another spiritual discipline to master, but as a life of continual dependence on him. It reminds us that the same grace that calls us to Christ also enables us to remain in him, receiving every provision of El Shaddai as healing, peace, rest, and fruitfulness flow naturally from the True Vine.
Gracefull Creation - This final reflection explores what it means to receive the life Christ offers. From the opening chapters of Genesis to Jesus' invitation to abide in the True Vine, Scripture reveals that we were created to live in continual fellowship with our Creator, receiving his life and returning it in grateful worship. As we remain connected to Christ, the Source of eternal life, healing, peace, and every good gift naturally flow through us into the world around us.
Names Explored:
Last week, we discovered what begins to flow from God's limitless abundance. As Jehovah Rapha, the Lord
heals not only our bodies but also the hidden wounds of our hearts, minds, and souls. As Jehovah Shalom,
he gives us more than the absence of conflict; he gives us the deep wholeness and settled peace that remain
even in life's fiercest storms. Then Jesus invites us to abide in him as the True Vine, revealing that healing,
peace, strength, wisdom, and every good gift are not things we strive to produce but the natural fruit of
remaining connected to the Source of Life himself.
This week, we discover what becomes true of those who abide. Jehovah Shammah, "The Lord Is There," reminds us that we are never without his presence. The God who is beyond time is already in our future while remaining fully present with us today. There is no place we can go where he has not already gone before us. His presence is no longer something we occasionally experience but the atmosphere in which we now live.
From that abiding presence flows another remarkable truth. Jehovah Tzidkenu, "The Lord Our Righteousness," reveals that our standing before God is not built upon our own goodness but upon Christ himself. Through his finished work, we have been justified, are being sanctified by the Holy Spirit, and will one day be fully conformed to the image of Christ. Yet Scripture speaks of that righteousness as something we already wear. We are not merely borrowing a temporary righteousness until we become worthy. Because our lives are hidden in Christ, we are clothed today in the very righteousness that will one day be fully revealed when we stand complete in him.
As we've journeyed through these names together, a beautiful pattern continues to unfold. God reveals his desire to dwell with us, forms us into vessels capable of carrying his presence, teaches us to abide near the Good Shepherd, fills us with his resurrection life, secures our story in his eternal hands, and supplies everything we need from his limitless abundance. From that abundance comes healing, peace, and flourishing as we remain connected to the True Vine. Now we discover the confidence that grows from abiding: we are never alone because the Lord is there, and we stand before him clothed not in our own righteousness, but in Christ's. The Christian life is not about becoming someone God can finally accept. It is learning to live each day from the reality of who we already are in Christ.
Week Six
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Additional Resources:
Gracefull Possession - As we explore Jehovah Tzidkenu, the Lord Our Righteousness, it's easy to think only of forgiveness or right standing before God. Yet righteousness also speaks to identity. In this week's article, Graceful Possession, we look at the moment God changed Sarai's name to Sarah by adding the breath of his own Spirit, declaring not only a new future but also a new belonging. Sarah became more than a princess; she became God's princess. In the same way, through Christ, we are no longer defined by our past, our failures, or even our present struggles. Clothed in his righteousness, we have been claimed as his own. As you read, consider how often you still define yourself by your history instead of by the identity God has given you. The Christian life is not about earning God's acceptance but learning to live as someone who has already been covered by Christ's righteousness and called his own.
What Is The Holy Life? - As we reflect on Jehovah Shammah and Jehovah Tzidkenu, we naturally arrive at the question, How, then, do we live? This additional resource, What Is the Holy Life?, explores that very question. Holiness is not achieved by striving to keep a list of rules but by remaining in the presence of our holy God. As those who are clothed in Christ's righteousness and never separated from his presence, we are invited into a life of continual surrender, dying to self, renouncing the ways of the world, and abiding in Christ. Holiness is not something we produce; it is the fruit of a life lived in union with the Holy One. The closer we remain to him, the more naturally his life is formed within us.