From Zechariah 8-14 Zechariah speaks to a tired people who are rebuilding the temple. They need encouragement and the LORD speaks through him to give it to them. The LORD will return to Zion and [ Read More … ]
From Haggai 1-2 Haggai 1.15 dates the following oracle to the second year of Darius (the Persian king) and Ezra. The exiles have returned to the promised land and are half-heartedly re-constructing the temple. This [ Read More … ]
From Nahum 1-3 In these verses in Nahum we can see how God was going to bring judgement on Nineveh. Their time of judgment did arrive and the Babylonians wiped them out. They should have [ Read More … ]
From Jonah 1-4 There once was a man named Jonah. He was your average Jew called by God to preach to a nation he cared little for. Unfortunately he ran away and got swallowed by [ Read More … ]
From Amos 1-5 The message Amos presented was not one they wanted to hear. His profession as a shepherd may have done little to encourage people to listen either. When Jesus preached himself, people looked [ Read More … ]
Welcome to this series of posts giving a survey of what the early church fathers have written about justification and works of law with reference to Paul. Click this link to go to the first [ Read More … ]
“This book is meant as an introduction to the apostle Paul for laypersons and undergraduate students and as a refresher for pastors and ministers. My objective is to get people excited about reading Paul’s letters, [ Read More … ]
From Hosea 8-14 Some people give the appearance of knowing God and serving him. But things couldn’t be further from the truth. In today’s passage Hosea condemns the people of Israel. They claim to know [ Read More … ]
From Daniel 10-12 There are times in everyones life when we are weakened and we need to regain our strength. Daniel was weakened greatly by the vision he received from the LORD. An angel appears [ Read More … ]
From Daniel 4-6 Do you remember your dreams? In today’s passage Nebuchadnezzar has a dream about a magnificent tree. The dream predicts what will happen to him and gives him a chance to avert judgment. [ Read More … ]