When life is difficult how can we keep from being frozen into inaction? What does it mean to move forward in troubles into meaningful action?

The writer of the book of James is the brother of Jesus: a brother who initially rejected Jesus. How does James' experience lead us to understand our own lives?

How is faith, a gift a God given by grace, related to our hearing the Word of God?

The arrival of Jesus is not good news of great joy for all people, and Herod the Great, the ruler of Israel at the time of the birth of Jesus, embodies this. He can only see the birth of Jesus, King over God's Kingdom, as a threat and responds with extreme violence.

What does this opposition mean for God's plan?

Almost nothing in Matthew 2:1-12 goes as expected; but this shows us much of the wideness of God's mercy in Christ.

Matthew 1 shows us Joseph about to do what he thinks is the right thing, not knowing that he will be getting in the way of his own good and God's plan of salvation--until God intervenes.

What does Joseph have to teach us about the interrupting and healing grace of God?

The New Testament begins with a family tree, showing Jesus as the heir of the promises of God to Abraham and David. But when we see who is listed, we discover an unexpected genealogy for a Messiah. What can this teach us about God's purposes in Jesus?

Why do human beings exist and how do we live that out? What is God up to in our world?

What do the worship practices in the Book of Exodus surrounding the temple tell us about God's holiness and the mission of Jesus?

How do Christians learn from and apply the calendar God gave the Israelites, with its Sabbath, Festivals, Sabbath years, and Jubilee?