When we speak of the Decalogue (a fancy name for the Ten Commandments), we speak both of the literal stone tablets brought down by Moses from Mt. Sinai and also the...

Psalm 19 is, according to many biblical scholars, two psalms edited together. While the two are divergent in their subject matter, with verses 1-6 speaking of God’s nature and 7-14 God’s...

We all want change, but we want it on our terms. The leaders of the Temple do not condemn Jesus outright for pushing the salespeople and money changers out from the...

When I was in seminary, one of the most referenced stories of Jesus was the cleansing of the Temple. In the Synoptic Gospels, this scene occurs as Jesus enters Jerusalem for...

The wandering Israelites have reached the Sinai—a large peninsula connecting the lands of Egypt to the west and Canaan (modern-day Israel) to the north and east. When the people are three...

Paul, in this letter to the church in Corinth, understands the believers’ confusion about Jesus’ death and what it means for his followers. To some, the proclamation of a crucified messiah...

What a powerful example of poetic praise for God’s glory! In the opening lines of this hymn, the psalmist uses a lot of big, hyperbolic language to declare and describe God’s...

In this passage, we learn that on the way down the mountain, Jesus spoke to the disciples of the fact that he would rise from the dead. But we also know...

It seemed like such a good idea at the time. Who else had been granted access to such a sight in all of history? Moses and Elijah were here, and the...

How many times do we put expectations and restrictions on ourselves or others about what it means to be accepted by God and God’s people? We have to attend church this...