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God’s sovereign, healing love

Romans 8 concludes the first half of the letter with a powerful message that affirms the good news (gospel) of God’s sovereign mercy. Paul counters

Ted Grimsrud

August 1, 2016

Bible: Slaves to sin or righteousness?

One issue Paul confronts in Romans is “boasting” — the inclination to claim a special place in the universe due to one’s religious status. He

Ted Grimsrud

July 18, 2016

Bible: Gospel of liberation from idols

Romans 3 famously contains a dense theological argument. Paul discusses the need for and provision of salvation in Jesus Christ. Paul has a simple purpose:

Ted Grimsrud

July 4, 2016

Bible: No better than the Romans?

The impact of Paul’s letter to the Romans on Christian theology cannot be overstated — though different Christian traditions disagree profoundly on how to interpret

Ted Grimsrud

June 20, 2016

Bible: Judgment and a faithful remnant

In just three chapters, the Book of Zephaniah does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the Old Testament prophets. He offers a sharp

Ted Grimsrud

June 6, 2016

Bible: From corruption to reform

The prophet Zephaniah ministered in Judah about two generations after Isaiah and Micah. He may have been a direct descendant of King Hezekiah (1:1). However,

Ted Grimsrud

May 23, 2016

Bible: Salvation for a tax collector

Humility is a theme of all three of these stories in the Gospel of Luke. We might expect such a theme from the story of

Lois Y. Barrett

May 9, 2016

Bible: Jesus, the discomforter

Jesus certainly makes us uncomfortable in this selection from Luke 17. Verses 1-10 are a collection of Jesus’ sayings. First is a warning not to

Lois Y. Barrett

April 25, 2016

Bible: Redeemed from the depths

You have to know something about pigs to understand these two passages from the Gospel of Luke. First-century Jews did not raise pigs; they did

Lois Y. Barrett

April 11, 2016

Bible: What you really believe, you will do

Faith is the main point of both of the stories: the healing of the Roman centurion’s slave and the forgiving of the woman who anoints

Lois Y. Barrett

March 28, 2016

Bible: Faith under stress

We cannot always predict how we will act under stress. The Apostle Peter declares he will never desert Jesus but before morning has three times

Lois Y. Barrett

March 14, 2016

Bible: No miracles without us

The common thread in these two passages is whether God is able. In Mark 9, it is whether Jesus is able to heal. In Mark

Lois Y. Barrett

February 29, 2016

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