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Tutorials From the New Testament

Seminary Curriculum

The letters of the New Testament offer many examples of modern workplace dilemmas. These letters can come alive if...

Teaching Spiritual Formation to Seminary Students

Seminary Curriculum

When teaching spiritual formation in a seminary, there are lots of opportunities to focus on real work scenarios.

Elisha’s Restoration of a City’s Irrigation System (2 Kings 2:19-22)

Bible Commentary

Elisha’s first major act is to cleanse the polluted well of the city of Jericho. The chief concern in the passage is...

Cultures Can Persist for Generations (2 Timothy 1:1–2:13; 3:10–17)

Bible Commentary

One of the striking features of 2 Timothy is the theme of generational faithfulness. Toward the beginning of the letter...

Arrogance and the End of the Kingdoms (2 Chronicles 26)

Bible Commentary

How could king after king fall so easily into evil? The story of Uzziah may give us some insight. He ascends to the...

Financial Accountability in the Temple (2 Kings 12:1-12)

Bible Commentary

One example of the degeneration of the kingdom ironically serves to bring to light a model of good financial practice....

Elisha’s Restoration of a Lumberjack’s Axe (2 Kings 6:1-7)

Bible Commentary

Cutting wood along the bank of the Jordan River, one of Elisha’s fellow prophets loses an iron axe head into the...

Elisha’s Restoration of a Military Commander’s Health (2 Kings 5:1-14)

Bible Commentary

When Elisha cures the leprosy of Naaman, a commander in the army of Israel’s enemy, Syria, it has important...

Elisha’s Restoration of a Household’s Financial Solvency (2 Kings 4:1-7)

Bible Commentary

Bonnie Wurzbacher on the Role of Business (Click to Watch) (Click to Watch) After one of...

The Prophet Elisha’s Attention to Ordinary Work (2 Kings 2-6)

Bible Commentary

Many of Elisha's miracles restored people's capacity to work fruitfully.

From Failed Monarchies to Exile (1 Kings 11 - 2 Kings 25; 2 Chronicles 10-36)

Bible Commentary

Solomon is only the third king of Israel, but already the kingdom has reached its high point. Over the next four hundred...

David’s Dysfunctional Handling of Family Conflict Leads to Civil War (2 Samuel 13-19)

Bible Commentary

Most people feel uncomfortable in situations of conflict, so we tend to avoid facing conflict, whether at home or at...