The initial results of Abraham’s journeys were not promising. There was fierce competition for the land (Gen. 12:6), and Abraham spent a...
Although it was God’s plan for Jacob to succeed Isaac (Gen. 25:23), Rebekah and Jacob’s use of...
The work that the Egyptians forced on the Israelites was evil in motive and cruel in nature. The opening scene presents the...
The eighth commandment is another that takes work as its primary subject. Stealing is a violation of proper work because it dispossesses...
Holiness (and not practical expediency) must be at the core of our treatment of the most vulnerable workers.
A troubling topic in Deuteronomy is slavery. The allowance of slavery in the Old Testament generates a great deal of debate, and we cannot resolve all the issues here. We should not, however...
The final episode in Judges is the most appalling event in Israel’s long slide into depravity, idolatry...
The Book of Esther begins with King Ahasuerus (known to history outside the Bible as Xerxes) throwing a lavish party to display...
A recurring charge throughout the book of Isaiah is that the leaders were unfaithful to God’s covenant because they pursued wealth and...
The first of the two confrontations occurs in Philippi, where Paul and Silas encounter a girl with...
