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Most people who remember anything from Hebrews remember it as the book where the pithy saying about faith as the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen can be found, (...)

Reading the call of Jeremiah in Jeremiah1:4-10 together with the opening verses of the book (verses 1-3), offers the reader insight into the particular moment in time that Jeremiah is called to be God’s prophet.1 (...)

Matthew’s genesis, or origin account, of the Christ shares a family history that might seem monotonous at a glance. Moreover, at face value, the opening genealogy is a fiction. Jesus shares no biological relationship to (...)

After hearing the parable of the Sower, Jesus’ disciples ask him why he speaks in parables. His striking reply is not often taken very seriously in the church today. Citing God’s call of Isaiah (Isaiah (...)

In Matthew 14, Jesus’ exercise of divine power is set in contrast with the corrupt, violent, and fear-inducing power of Herod Antipas. Jesus’ power not only surpasses that of Herod; it is, more importantly, a (...)

The problem with the temptation narratives at the beginning of Lent is the reductive view of all temptations as garden-variety challenges to individual faith. How many times do we need to elide Jesus’ desert temptations (...)

Isaiah 55 appears at the end of the so-called “Book of Comfort” (Isaiah 40-55), which is believed to be addressed to the exiles who were returning from Babylon.1 It appears that Isaiah 40-48 is addressed (...)

Jerusalem is the geographical and hermeneutical center of Luke’s Gospel. The drama of the narrative begins and ends in the Jerusalem temple (1:5-8; 24:52-53). Jesus’ final journey to Jerusalem unfolds over many chapters in Luke, (...)

Hebrews has the most intricate Christology in the New Testament.1 It presents a high Christology in which Christ is the agent of creation and the exalted Son of God and High Priest installed at God’s (...)

The last in a four-part series on Colossians, this passage gives practical counsel on how to enact the letter’s theological themes in everyday life. Using metaphors related to spatial location, and stripping off and putting (...)