In light of Jonah’s experience, we might fear that God’s calling will lead us into calamity and...
As is typical with Twelve Prophets, the Book of Jonah begins with a call from God to the prophet (Jon. 1:1-2). Unlike...
Let us begin, as the Book of Ezekiel does, with God’s call to Ezekiel to become a prophet. When we meet Ezekiel...
As we have seen, God prepared Jeremiah from before his birth for the work of a prophet (Jer. 1:5) and, at the...
The problem of pain comes when times are hard. When we are passed over for promotion or lose a job, when we...
The Book of Esther begins with King Ahasuerus (known to history outside the Bible as Xerxes) throwing a lavish party to display...
Although Moses was a Hebrew, he was raised in Egypt’s royal family as the grandson of Pharaoh. His revulsion to injustice erupted...
In addition to the accounts of the calling of specific disciples, there is also the account of the appointing of the apostles...
This section needs to be treated cautiously: while the disciples are paradigms of the Christian life, they also occupy a unique position...
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