This book spell out God's legal requirements for ancient Israel. But that was over there millennia ago. Now that we're under a new covenant of grace how do strange laws and obscure, seemingly trifl…
Arranged as a series of sermons given by Moses, the book of Deuteronomy represents the final major segment of the biography of Moses. The sermons review past events described in Genesis through Num…
Reader of 1 and 2 Kings commonly approach these books as a starightforword chronology of post-Davidic Israel: the inauguration of Solomon's reign, the division of the kingdom followings his death, …
Why do the books of Samuel pack such broad appeal. Taken together as a single narrative, they certainley offer something for everyone: kings and prophets..,
Proverbs deals with the relationship between heaven and earth on a practical level that covers the broad swath of human activity. We could all use more wisdom in our lives..,
The Cronicles are more than a history of ancient Israel Under the ascent and rule of the Davidic dynasty. They are a story whose grand theme is hope. Great battles are fought, heroes and tyrants vi…
Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey onour own. In other words, they…
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…