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Proverbs is quoted often, but its short sayings are easy to read too quickly. I want to know what a saying actually says and…

The book of Ruth is often remembered as a love story, but when I open it, the first person I meet is a widow…

The two battles at Ai raise a question I do not think we should rush past. How did Israel go from the unmistakable victory…

Corinth was not an easy church to pastor because division and open sin had spread through the congregation. Its worship was disordered, and some…

Why would God send a prophet to warn Israel when the nation looked prosperous and strong? Amos shows us that comfort can hide deep…

Joel opens on a land stripped bare. Worship has stopped because the harvest is gone, and even the animals are crying out for water.…

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 Song of Solomon can surprise us because a husband and wife speak so openly about their love and desire. God did not leave…

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…

Why does Ecclesiastes keep calling life “vanity”? Is Solomon saying nothing has meaning, or is he exposing what happens when we ask created things…

Abraham’s story begins with a call to leave everything familiar for a land God had not yet shown him. As I follow him from…

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