We all know that “God so loved the world,” that “God is love,” and that when it comes to love, nobody exemplifies it better than Jesus (Jn 3:16; 1 Jn 4:8; Jn 15:13). We’ve often heard First Corinthians’ “love chapter” (1...
The Bible ties a great deal of meaning to the concept of “thanks”—but what if most of that meaning is lost on us today? To us, thanksgiving is an expression of gratitude. As kids, we’re taught that “please,” and “thank you” are magic words—spells that compel...
One exercise I like to do when outlining a book of the Bible is finding a theme verse (sometimes a couple of verses) that nicely sums up the book—or at least gives me a hint at its structure. When I wrote my first overview of Hebrews, I landed on this: Let us hold...
I’ve heard a couple people reference the “one another” passages in the Bible. You’ve heard a few of them: Bear one another’s burdens. Encourage one another. Everybody get together; try to love one another right now. (Wait . . . that might...