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For Walk through the New Testament, we are making our way twice through the Psalms.  There is a lot that you can say about this book, which is a collection of 150 individual psalms.  I would like to take a bit of time to reflect on what John Calvin said about the Psalms.  According toContinue reading “Psalms – “An Anatomy of All Parts of the Soul””

By Peter Little The gospels all clearly make Jesus of Nazareth the centerpiece of the biblical story. Jesus is the hero. Matthew’s gospel introduces us to the hero of his story with these words: “An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” Right out of theContinue reading “Matthew”

One of God’s gifts to us, as human beings, is the ability to pursue answers to our questions.  Indeed, whole books of the Bible are focused on answering important questions about life.  One such book is Job.  For this week’s blog, I’m going to briefly explore the question of the book and then show howContinue reading “Job”

The book of Revelation has mystified readers for centuries; how do I give helpful guidance on reading Revelation in 8 minutes?!  I have no idea, but let’s try. Revelation is almost certainly the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book in our Bible.  It’s confusing!  In part because it’s a form of literature we are just notContinue reading “The Revelation of Jesus Christ”

In December of 2020, we are moving form the Major Prophets to the Minor Prophets.  There are twelve books in this subsection of the Old Testament.  In fact, in the Jewish tradition, these twelve books are treated as one book, called “The Book of the Twelve.”  The name Minor Prophets get their name from theirContinue reading “The Minor Prophets”

In this week’s blog, I want to cover something that is near and dear to my heart.  It’s a simple approach to Scripture that I’ve developed for personal use and taught others to use for discipleship purposes.  In other words, you can use this approach on your own and when helping others to follow Jesus. Continue reading “Reading Scripture with Others: The AAA Approach to Scripture”

John calls himself “the disciple whom Jesus loved” six times in his gospel account, not because he was full of himself, but because he had a profound sense of Jesus’ love for him in spite of his lack of lovability.  John knew he was loved, and that is the best thing to know about yourself.Continue reading “1, 2, and 3 John”

We often think of the Bible as one book.  But in reality, it’s more a book of books, a library of literature.  For the most part, we can sort out which books belong together.  Daniel is one book that is difficult to categorize.  It is among the Major Prophets in the Christian arrangement of theContinue reading “Daniel: God’s Sovereign Kingdom”

We’re going to consider some broad themes in 1 Peter, but before we do that, let’s consider Peter himself.  When Peter was introduced to Jesus of Nazareth, the first words Jesus said to Peter were startling.  Jesus said to him, “’You are Simon son of John.  You are to be called Cephas’ (which is translatedContinue reading “1 Peter”

As you make your way through the Bible, have you ever noticed that some books of the Bible are stranger than others?  Perhaps Leviticus or Revelation comes to mind when you think of this question.  One really strange book in the Old Testament, perhaps the strangest, is the book of Ezekiel.  For this week’s blog,Continue reading “Ezekiel”