The Book of Galatians: Christ Alone and Christian Freedom
Why does Paul speak so sharply to churches that already believed in Jesus? They were being taught to add circumcision and the Mosaic Law…
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Why Are There Four Gospels? Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Why did God give us four Gospel accounts instead of one? I keep coming back to that question because the differences are not mistakes…
The Book of Ecclesiastes: What Does Vanity Mean?
Why does Ecclesiastes keep calling life “vanity”? Is Solomon saying nothing has meaning, or is he exposing what happens when we ask created things…
The Battles at Ai: Why Israel Fell and How God Restored Them
The two battles at Ai raise a question I do not think we should rush past. How did Israel go from the unmistakable victory…
The Book of Nehemiah Explained: Rebuilding Walls and Restoring Worship
The book of Nehemiah is about much more than finishing a wall in fifty-two days. How did God use one man's burden to restore…
The Book of Habakkuk Explained: Faith When Life Is Hard
What do we do when injustice seems to go unanswered and God's response is harder to understand than the problem we brought to Him?…
The Book of Obadiah: Edom, Pride, and the Day of the Lord
Obadiah has only twenty-one verses, yet it raises a question much larger than the nation of Edom. Why does the Lord judge this people…
The Book of Deuteronomy: Moses’ Final Words to Israel
Deuteronomy brings us to the plains of Moab, where Moses speaks to Israel one last time before the nation crosses the Jordan. I hear…
The Book of Acts: What It Teaches About the Early Church
Acts picks up where Luke’s Gospel ends, but it is more than a list of what happened next. It shows the risen Jesus continuing…
The Book of Proverbs Explained: How to Read Biblical Wisdom
Proverbs is quoted often, but its short sayings are easy to read too quickly. I want to know what a saying actually says and…
Who Wrote Hebrews? The Case for Paul as Its Author
Hebrews never names its human author in the opening, so we should respect what the text does and does not say. Still, the book…
The Pentateuch: Why These Five Books Matter
What exactly is the Pentateuch, and why do we need these five ancient books to understand Jesus? I believe we need to follow their…