Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs don't easly fit our preconceptions as Christians. How do we reconcile Ecclesiastes seemingly hedonistic passages and its brooding on..,
The setting: Jerusalem recently returnated from Babylonian captivity, the Jews are occupied with personal pursuits while the temple of Yahweh lies in ruins. To the prophets Haggai and Zecharaiah fa…
Scrath beneath the surface of today's culture aqnd you'll find we're not so different from ancient Israel. True, our sophistincation, mobility, and technology eclipse anything the Israelities could…
The prophetic books of Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk adn Zephaniah are brief but powerful. They comfort us with the assurance that, when nothing in this life makes sense, God is still in control. They to…
The concept of judgments is at odds with today culture, which considers it a sin to suggest there is such a thing as sin. Perhaps that is partly because he have seen all too clearly the fallibilit…
Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can some how make the return journey on our own..,
The books of Jeremiha and Lamentions cannot be separated from the political conditions of ancient Judah. Beginning with the righteous king Josiah, who ushered in a time of glorious but brief religi…
Those who study the book of Revelation usually view it from any of several positions regarding a time of tribulation, the rapture of the church, and the thousand year reign of Christ on earth..,
Most Bible commentaries take us on a one way trip from the twentieth century to the first. But they leaveus there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own...,
We too need to understand more profoundly Jesus identy so that we also may stand firm in the midst of obstacles to our faith. And we need a renewed vision of the radical life of discipleship to whi…