Genesis’s interest in Joseph’s management of the food crisis lies more in its effect on the family...
From the closing words of the book of Judges and the opening chapters of 1 Samuel we know that the Israelites are...
How are we to evaluate David and his reign? It is noteworthy that while Solomon gained more wealth, land, and renown than his father David, it is David whom the books of Kings...
Ezekiel chapters 18 and 33 serve similar thematic and structural functions within the book as a whole.[1]The call to personal righteousness in...
Beginning in chapter 13, in the face of opposition, Jesus’ teaching style changes. Instead of proclaiming the kingdom clearly, he begins to...
Jesus’ encounter with a rich man who asks “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” constitutes one of the few passages in Mark that speaks directly to economic activity. The man’s question...
In Jesus’ day, as now, the work of healing and health was essential.
An emphasis on personal relationships suffuses the theology of these chapters. Jesus calls the disciples “no longer servants…but friends” (John 15:15, NASB)...
The next section of Acts moves the Christian community, by the power of the Spirit, across cultural barriers as the gospel of...
The opening verse of Romans announces Paul’s own vocation, the work that God has called him to do: proclaiming the gospel of...
In the opening paragraph of 1 Corinthians, Paul lays out themes that he will address in more detail in the body of...