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Habakkuk has in the past been deemed a dangerous book. Ulrike Bail writes that in 1940, a church newspaper in Basel Switzerland published a column under the title: “Word on the (Current) Situation” that included (...)

Last week’s scenes from the Joseph story showed God at work quietly, delivering God’s people in subversive ways. God enabled Joseph to interpret dreams, rise quickly through Pharaoh’s palace ranks, and use human systems in (...)

The passage seems to contain multiple voices: a preacher and healer, an administrator, and YHWH. These three speakers play a major role in the Jerusalem renaissance. General Mission 61:1-3b The literary motifs of Isaiah 40-55 (...)

There are two patches in Joel’s prophetic  quilt. Scholars do not agree on the editorial history of the book of Joel. Some argue for a ninth century date, while others suggest a Persian period (500- (...)

A mother’s prayer results in an unlikely beginning to kingship. The monarchy of Israel begins with a narrative of despair and humility. Hannah, from Ephraimite country, is a childless wife, thereby making her one of (...)

In Genesis 1-11, the LORD struggled with all humanity to redeem a sinful and violent world. Beginning in Genesis 12, the LORD tried a new approach. God selected and focused on one unlikely family among (...)

Mark’s theology is apocalyptic: Mark believes that history is divided into two ages: (1) the present evil age that God will destroy and replace with (2) a new world in which all things manifest God’s (...)

This Old Testament reading ranks among the most famous of Old Testament texts. Elijah’s flight to the wilderness and his encounter with God in “a still small voice” (KJV, NKJV) is well known. It is (...)

These verses from the Book of Daniel provide the reader with one of the most graphic depictions of God found in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (HB/OT) (cf. Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1; Exodus 33:17-23). In this (...)

Hannah: The woman who gives voice to suffering When we think about the individuals in the biblical text who suffer, Jesus would likely top the list.  From the Garden of Gethsemane where an agitated Jesus (...)