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Trying to interpret the times theologically can often be off the mark. Prior to this incident and parable — just a few verses earlier — Jesus spoke to crowds following him, telling them that they (...)

In 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Paul reminds the Corinthians that God’s new creation has dawned, and they are part of God’s handiwork. As recipients of God’s grace, they are called to share the good news of (...)

This passage invites us to reflect on what we value most. A recent Reuters poll reveals that Americans value “time” first, with “career,” “success,” and “money” coming in as close seconds for certain groups of (...)

For modern-day Christians, the cross has become purely a religious symbol. It adorns the walls of our homes and our places of worship, its presence marks our altars as holy places, and we wear it (...)

1 Corinthians 15 is Paul’s most extensive presentation of Christ’s Parousia and our bodily resurrection as a result of Christ’s future coming. That is because some of the Corinthians have rejected the notion of our (...)

Acts 10 narrates a significant change in Peter’s own life but also a massive shift in the trajectory of the church’s mission in its earliest days. For Luke, this moment is significant well beyond Peter’s (...)

Like other prophetic writings, Isaiah 40-55 (which scholars call Second Isaiah) aims to change people’s minds.  Unlike most other biblical prophets, though, Second Isaiah is filled not with warnings over wrongdoing, but with encouragement to (...)

The Jewish leaders in Judea, the circumcised, criticized Peter for sharing a meal with the uncircumcised, the Gentiles (cf. Galatians 2:11-14). This situation betrays a dichotomy between what is and what is not. Peter proceeds (...)

The Gospel of John could be summed up by a number of different key words. It could be called a gospel of life, a gospel of light, of believing, of knowing, of sending and being (...)

In its songs of praise, Israel regularly invites an extraordinarily expansive congregation to praise God — “all the earth” (Psalm 66:1; 96:1; 98:4; 100:1); “the peoples” and/or “nations” (Psalm 67:3-5; 96:7; 117:1); “the many coastlands” (...)