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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....

Ahab and Jezebel Murder Naboth to Get His Property (1 Kings 21)

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King Ahab abuses his power further when he begins to covet the vineyard of his neighbor, Naboth. Ahab offers a fair...

Abigail Defuses a Crisis Between David and Nabal (1 Samuel 25)

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The Big Picture: God's Word on Work | Will MessengerInfluence your workplace's culture, even if you think you...

Authority (Psalm 8)

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Psalm 8 is an exception in Book 1, as it does not pertain specifically to David. Its concern is with all human...

Involving the Community in Your Decisions (Romans 12:1–3)

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The transformation of the mind “so that you may discern what is the will of God” (Rom. 12:2) comes hand in hand with...

The Invasive Power of “Sin” (Romans 7)

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In chapter 7, Paul continues to emphasize that newness of life in Christ frees us from being “captive” to the “old...

Loving Your Neighbor as Yourself (Leviticus 19:17-18)

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The most famous verse in Leviticus may be the command, “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Lev. 19:18). This...

Human Dignity Requires Truthtelling

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Truthtelling treats people with dignity. To tell someone the truth is a measure of respect that is missing when someone...

Three Balancing Principles

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For Alexander Hill, “the foundation of Christian ethics in business is the changeless character of God.”[22] The...

Looking for Guiding Principles

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A variety of attempts have been made to reduce the multitude of biblical commands to just a few overarching commands or...

Connecting Belief and Behavior at Work (1 Timothy 1:1–11, 18–20; 3:14–16)

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One of the repeated and stressed themes in 1 Timothy is the tight connection between belief and behavior, or teaching...

Ezekiel 33

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Ezekiel chapters 18 and 33 serve similar thematic and structural functions within the book as a whole.[1]The call to...