Around the time of Nehemiah, the Jewish people had been back in Jerusalem for over 140 years. The temple had been rebuilt decades earlier....

Many of the Jewish people had returned from Babylon to Jerusalem. They started to rebuild the temple, but allowed opposition to stop them....

God sent Amos to prophesy during a period of wealth and prosperity. The rich and powerful felt that everything was going well. They were...

God used the marriage of Hosea to try to get Israel’s attention. He told Hosea to marry a prostitute and experience the pain of being...

In this story, Jesus compares the prayers of two Jewish men, a Pharisee and a tax collector.  When Jesus’ first century Jewish audience...

Many argue this story is not a parable. Unfortunately, that endless debate almost always shifts the focus from the moral of the story to...

Jesus told a story about a farmer with a bumper crop. The farmer drew up plans to store his newly acquired wealth and retire. However, in...

In this first parable, Jesus uses four types of soil to illustrate a sobering truth, many people have ears to hear but don’t really hear...

Most of what the New Testament says about the Holy Spirit is in the context of the collective life of the church. The Holy Spirit is...