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When interpreting Acts, especially the speeches it contains, it is important to pay attention to how this peculiar book communicates its theological understanding of what’s going on in the post-Easter world.  That’s a big topic, (...)

After Jesus’ death and resurrection, early Christians struggled to understand when (and whether) Jesus would return (Acts 1:11b) and how to live in the in-between time during his absence.  Luke tries to respond to these (...)

Psalm 133 is a Song of Ascents—a song for going up to a high place.1 For the Jewish people in ancient times, that high place was the Temple in the city of Jerusalem. One literally (...)

The story goes that Mark Twain was asked if he believed in infant baptism. “Believe in it?” he supposedly replied with mock astonishment, “Hell, I’ve seen it done!”1 The word believe causes all sorts of (...)

As I write in February, awaiting spring, Easter, and Earth Day (April 22), outside it is 18 degrees, cloudy and dark. Snow and sleet cover the air, the ground, and the solar panels; the pond (...)

Carmen Bernabé Ubieta nació en Bilbao en 1957. Es Doctora en Teología Bíblica por la Universidad de Deusto (1991). Hizo estudios de especialización en Jerusalén (1988-90). Tuvo una estancia de investigación postdoctoral en Creighton (Omaha, (...)

If anything, belief in Jesus’ resurrection should get us to see things differently. Based on what he says in Acts 10:34-43, what does Peter, a chosen witness to Jesus’ resurrection (verses 40-41), see differently? What (...)

This fourth and final “Servant Song” in the book of Isaiah (see also Isaiah 42:1-4; 49:1-6; 50:4-7) is so often quoted and alluded to, especially within Christian discussions about Jesus’ death on the cross, that (...)

In Texas where I grew up we didn’t bother much with winter. The year’s seasons were early summer, hot summer, and late summer. Adapting to a northerly climate where winter gets its due—a full six (...)

The psalm text appointed for Maundy Thursday worship contains some of the most-loved and lovely phrases in the Psalter. These include, “I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of (...)