Try hard, trust or both?
Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome (Part 3): Romans 8:18–10:21 Paul quoted several of Isaiah’s prophecies to help explain that no …
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Slavery or spirit
Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome (Part 2): Romans 5–8:17 Paul described his struggle with being righteous as a …
Saved by undeserved grace
The circumcision question is resolved in a meeting in Jerusalem; Barnabas goes to Cyprus, and Paul goes to Syria and …
It’s grace, not ritual
Paul’s letter to the Galatians (Part 2): Galatians 4–6 Paul invested some effort into explaining to the Gentile believers that …
We’re all believers: Jews, Gentiles, everyone
Paul’s letter to the Galatians (Part 1): Galatians 1–3 Opening the gospel to Gentiles as well as Jews wasn’t easy: there …
Simple: love God, love your neighbour
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy and Leviticus to summarise the Law, confounds the religious leaders with a question about whose son the …
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy to resist Satan
Jesus repels Satan’s efforts to tempt him, gathers his first disciples, turns water into wine at Cana, and overturns the tables …
Law through Moses and grace through Jesus
Prophecies of the birth of Jesus and John the Baptist; two genealogies for Jesus: Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1–4; John 1:1–18; …
The joy of tithes and offerings
Volunteers move to occupy Jerusalem, the finished walls are dedicated and the tithe and offering system is re-established: Nehemiah 11–12; …
Celebrating the rediscovered Law
Ezra reads the Law; the people celebrate the Feast of Shelters, confess their sins, and promise to start observing the …
Psalm 119: an introduction
More psalms: Psalm 119 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have a large group of …
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