Job: who can take on God and win?
Bildad and Zophar’s first speeches: Job 8–11 Bildad had made his view clear: God looks after the righteous and punishes the …
Tag Archives: righteousness
Faith is the sign of our hope in Jesus Christ
A letter to Hebrews (Part 4): Hebrews 11–13 One of the most famous statements we have is about faith—it is the …
High standards
Paul’s letter to Titus: Titus 1–3 Being an elder of the church was a serious business. The standards were set …
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 …
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 …
The righteous have life through faith
Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome (Part 1): Romans 1–4 Paul, the now self-proclaimed slave of Christ Jesus, summarised his understanding …
Boast about God, not yourself
Paul’s second letter to the believers in Corinth (Part 3): 2 Corinthians 6:14–10:18 What do you do if people bent on …
Love is better than sacrifice
Jesus heals a man with leprosy, a paralysed man, calls Levi (Matthew), and explains why his disciples don’t fast: Mark …
Again God says: choose righteousness and live
God sets Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel; Ezekiel prophesies over Egypt, Edom, and the ‘bad’ shepherds of Israel, then he …
Choose righteousness and live
Two eagles: Israel was to stay loyal to Babylon, rather than turning to Egypt; God’s righteous justice; a funeral song …
Psalms: Happy are the righteous
More psalms: Psalm 1, 10, 33, 71, 91 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have …
Abraham’s righteousness
Promises from God to Abraham: Genesis 15–17 Abraham (then known as Abram) was probably around 80 years old when God …
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