Isaiah paints a picture of the values that must characterize the people of God.
In Isaiah 49, the Lord speaks to his Servant, sometimes pictured as Israel, and at other times pictured as an Israelite who...
I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. Psalms 40:1 When I first read Psalm 40:1, I was immediately reminded of how hard...
Undeniably, there are times when obeying God is hard, times when we’d much rather follow our own will than his. Even Jesus knew that experience as he wrestled with his Father’s will in...
In the opening paragraph of 1 Corinthians, Paul lays out themes that he will address in more detail in the body of...
According to the conventions of ancient letter writing, a greeting was followed by a section in which the author praised the recipient.[7]...
We will return to the conventional term “disciples” momentarily, but the term “friends” captures the essence of John’s depiction of the disciples...
