Craftsmanship isn't always the trump card for faithfulness at work.
True nobility knows no rank in the high calling of our daily work.
God called Abraham into a covenant of faithful service, as is told at the beginning of Genesis...
Chapter 30 of Numbers gives an elaborate system for determining the validity of promises, oaths and vows. The basic position, however, is simple: do what you say you will do. When a man...
Naomi and Ruth face agonizing hardship, but in God, hardship is not hopelessness. Although we encounter no obvious miraculous interventions in the...
Women's work takes many forms. Among the women in the Old Testament, some served as midwives, some as either prostitutes or innkeepers, some as prophets, and one as the leader of the nation...
Job is able to endure overwhelming loss without compromising his “integrity” or blamelessness[1](Job 2:3). But Satan does not give up. Perhaps Job...
The final section of Job contains a storybook ending in which many of Job’s fortunes are restored. Many, but not all. He...
For an explanation of the themes in and structure of the Book of Daniel, see the section...
The hope we have lies not in making the best of the present situation, but in the...
Good work is possible even in the midst of difficult circumstances.
As we have seen in Romans 1–3, the cross of Christ brings salvation to all people—Jews and Gentiles alike. In Christ, God...
God is for us, says Paul, having given his own Son for “all of us” (Rom. 8:31–32). Nothing is able to come...
James concludes his letter with a variety of exhortations on patience, truthfulness, prayer, confession, and healing. As always, these appeal either to...
God’s plan to advance his kingdom, however, takes a surprising turn: before deliverance comes disaster. Yet it is perhaps not so surprising...
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