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The main subject of Psalm 145 is the eternal kingship of the Lord. The psalm contains a comprehensive expression of praise for God as heavenly king. Perhaps this is why the psalm’s superscription designates it (...)

John presents Jesus as manna, the miraculous bread God provided and through which Israel learned to trust God’s word. The crowd introduces the story of manna, which becomes central to John’s development of Jesus’ identity (...)

Jesus is manna, that miraculous substance with which God cultivated relationship with Israel and sustained them in the wilderness. John continues to interpret Jesus’ identity through the story of the manna, God’s miraculous bread from (...)

Although Jesus’ words “I am the bread of life” are familiar to many Christians, in this passage the disciples declare this to be a “hard saying.”1 Jesus is teaching in the synagogue (John 6:69), where (...)

Although Jesus’ words “I am the bread of life” are familiar to many Christians, in this passage the disciples declare this to be a “hard saying.” Jesus is teaching in the synagogue (John 6:69), where (...)

As a college professor of biblical studies, I consistently find that the most important question for the course is: What kind of book is the Bible? Ironically, our general education course is designed more for (...)

The Gospel of John contains many memorable phrases that are revered as classic Christian statements (for example John 3:16; 6:35; 8:12; 13:34; 14:6). We find one of these in John 8:31-36: “The truth will make you (...)

Chapters 7 and 8 in the Gospel of John situate Jesus in the midst of reform. These are hard chapters full of hostility on several levels. The initial layer of hostility is created by the (...)

Death is real and harsh. No resuscitation of Lazarus from the dead should sentimentalize or simplify that truth. It is the end of June and the state of South Carolina and the nation are reeling (...)

One of the besetting sins of 21st century Christianity is “performance,” by which I refer to an unreflective and anti-formational, anti-theological, and anti-spiritual formation of both the officiating clergy and Christians who are either participating (...)