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Psalm 146 is the first of the five great Hallel (praise) Psalms (146-150) that conclude the book of Psalms. All five psalms begin and conclude with the refrain, “Praise the LORD!” (verses 1a, 10b).  The (...)

2 Timothy belongs to the biblical genre of the “testament,” the last words of a hero of the faith who is facing death. Elsewhere in the Bible, Jacob blesses his heirs through the last chapters (...)

We live in a market driven society, so it is not surprising that we feel the urge to “sell” Christianity in the marketplace of competing ideas and ways of life. Yet, when Christian mission is (...)

The single-minded focus on the law in the book of Deuteronomy can too easily be summed up into catch phrases. Reducing the book to single statements can distract from the different perspectives on the law (...)

This delightfully pesky story of the healing of Naaman the Aramean by Elisha the prophet of Israel is a story of border-crossings, whereby the Lord works in mysterious ways — unwelcome by anyone, ancient or (...)

Everything about this final chapter of Isaiah heralds God’s sovereignty. From the opening portrait of God as the cosmic king, who sits enthroned in heaven with feet propped on the earth (66:1; cf. 63:15), to (...)

The story of Elijah’s ascent into heaven by way of fiery horses and chariot on a heavenly whirlwind is a text with many boundary-crossings: the geographic crossing of the River Jordan, the passage of the (...)

Psalm 147 is one of five psalms that concludes the Psalter. Each of these psalms has the words “Praise the Lord” as their first and last lines (see Psalms 146:1, 10; 147:1, 20). Thus, the (...)

Jesus’ kingship begins with the opening verse of the gospel of John: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (1:1). The evangelist continues the theme (...)

His hour had come… He loved them to the end… You do not know now… but later you will understand. Poets speak of circles of time, rivers of time, or the time before time. Physicists (...)