There is this whimsical story in Luke 21 that preachers have long used (along with Malachi 3) as sort of “go to” tithing sermons. In the Luke text, the scene is set with a poor widow placing two coppe
Introduction This passage addresses an ongoing problem in the Thessalonian church: some community members refuse to work, relying instead on others in the congregation for support. Paul had already br
To read the book of Isaiah well is to read it in the imagination of a desolate, captive people. The book is housed in the story of a people nurtured on the promise of a God who had chosen them—and in
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