Roots
God’s Promise to Abram
In Genesis 12:2–3, God offers Abram a twofold promise: a land and a seed. These motifs dominate much of the...
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The Call to Go in Faith
God calls Abram to leave behind everything familiar to him from his past—his country, his relatives, and all that he...
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God’s Towering Authority
What does Genesis 10:25 mean when it says that Peleg was so named because in his day the earth (ha-aretz)...
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Why would God Judge? Reflections on Genesis 6-9
People write about the biblical account of the Flood from different angles (even Noah – the latest movie on the...
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Who Really Speaks for God? Reflections on 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Spiritual gifts are for today, but not everything everyone claims to be from the Spirit really is. Paul closes his...
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Building on the Rock: Reflections on Matthew 16:13-27
When Jesus knows that his disciples understand enough, he asks them about his identity. The setting is significant: Caesarea Philippi...
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