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 …
Tag Archives: sin
The brutal invasion of Canaan
Israel makes a treaty, defeats attacking armies, occupies the land: Joshua 9–11 It was a long and brutal campaign. The defending …
To wrong a person is to betray the Lord
Purity in marriage and vows: Numbers 5–6 Doing wrong to another person was the same as betraying the Lord: Numbers …
Life after atonement for sin
Day of atonement and ban on eating blood: Leviticus 16–17 It wasn’t a death threat; it was a warning: Leviticus …
Elihu: Everyone knows that God doesn’t sin
Elihu interrupts: Job 32–34 Elihu had been listening to the entire conversation. It was time to remind Job of just …
Job: My sin is none of your business
Job and Zophar: Job 19–21 Still unaware that Satan was the agent of his fall, Job pointed out that his …
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 …
Love is an old, but modern command
The first of three anonymous letters to an unnamed group of believers: 1 John 1–5 Tradition has it that this letter was …
The end of sin, the start of salvation
A letter to Hebrews (Part 3): Hebrews 6–10 Jesus is the way to deal with sin for once and for all, as was …
Rest through repentance from dead works
A letter to Hebrews (Part 2): Hebrews 4–6 How can we enter God’s rest? Firstly, by believing it: Hebrews 4:9-10 …
He’s spoken to us through His Son
A letter to Hebrews (Part 1): Hebrews 1–3 The author of this letter was quickly forgotten. Some say it was …
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 …
It takes more than miracles
Jesus heals a Roman’s slave, raises a widow’s son from the dead, reassures John the Baptist, denounces unbelief, and has …
Jesus tells us how to pray
Jesus teaches about prayer, fasting, judging others, entering heaven through the narrow gate by doing God’s will: Matthew 6:5–18; Luke …
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 …
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