The title character of the book of Job suffers terribly, but we should not mistakenly think that this book is just about Job. It is about all of us and ultimately about God...,
Queen Esther faced and helped avert the potential genocide of her people. She rose to the top of political power without any of the advantages of aristocratic birth, well-placed friends, in herited…
The book Joshua recounts two major transitions in the lives of God's chosen people a transition in leadership from Moses to Joshua and a drastic change from being wandering clans of herdsmen to a s…
This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate G…
When it comes to the language of love, the poetry of Isaiah could rival The Song of Songs. Isaiah reveals Yahweh as Israel's as Israel's husband: tender, jealous, gracious, wrafhful, forgiving, jub…
This book spell out God's legal requirements for ancient Israel. But that was over there millennia ago. Now that we're under a new covenant of grace how do strange laws and obscure, seemingly trifl…
These theree short books of the Old Testament each contain a dual message. On one hand are messages of impending judgment for all peoples on the days of the Lord, for an enemy of Israel..,
Arranged as a series of sermons given by Moses, the book of Deuteronomy represents the final major segment of the biography of Moses. The sermons review past events described in Genesis through Num…
Reader of 1 and 2 Kings commonly approach these books as a starightforword chronology of post-Davidic Israel: the inauguration of Solomon's reign, the division of the kingdom followings his death, …
Why do the books of Samuel pack such broad appeal. Taken together as a single narrative, they certainley offer something for everyone: kings and prophets..,