After John was arrested: Jesus preached the Good News
Jesus reads from Isaiah and angers everyone, then he heals people and casts out demons: Mark 1:14–15; Matthew 4:12–17; Luke …
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John denies being Elijah
Jesus repels Satan’s efforts to tempt him, gathers his first disciples, turns water into wine at Cana, and overturns the tables …
Lamentations: bad for Israel, worse for Jesus
The book of Lamentations That’s a strange way to look at it: how could the total ruin of God’s beloved people and …
Psalms: God raises the poor from the dust
More psalms: Psalm 111–114 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have a large group of …
Psalms: A prayer for protection
More psalms: Psalm 1, 10, 33, 71, 91 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have …
Solomon’s proverbs: Hezekiah’s collection (part2)
Solomon’s proverbs: Proverbs 25−29 As part of his religious reforms, Hezekiah’s officials selected some of Solomon’s 3000 proverbs and copied them …
Elisha’s bones
Jehoash rules Israel, seeks help from God through Elijah to defeat Hazael (king of Aram) for a while; Hazael also …
Naaman: healed for God’s glory
Elisha heals Naaman, knows about Gehazi’s greed, floats an axe head, forsees the outcome of yet another siege of Samaria …
Elisha feeds the multitudes
Elijah is taken up to heaven and Elisha gets his master’s gifts, then helps a widow, stays with a Shunemite woman, …
David’s psalms: the suffering of Jesus
Two sets of psalms: Psalm 144–145 (by David); Psalm 88–89 (by Heman and Ethan) In Psalm 89, a poet-songwriter-prophet described Jesus’ …
David’s psalms: the Lord said to my lord
David’s psalms: Psalm 103, 108–110, 122, 124 King David was a prolific poet and songwriter, and some of his work …
David’s psalms: they hated me without cause, but Jesus told us to forgive them
David’s psalms: Psalm 68–70, 86, 101 King David was a prolific poet and songwriter, and some of his work has …
Psalm 51: release from sin
The siege of Rabbah starts, but David stays behind and commits adultery with Bathsheba, is caught out, repents, then mourns …
They needed a leader
Deborah brings 40 years of peace: Judges 4–5 It was a repeating pattern for Israel. A judge would die, the …
A bronze snake
Wandering in the wilderness, water, snakes, unexpected battles: Numbers 19–21 The story about snakes, and the cure for snakebite, is …
In the beginning: God
Genesis:1–3: In the beginning … The opening statement of Genesis, the first book in our Bible, establishes who did what …
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