Lamentations 1:8 shows a city that groans and turns away in shame. Verse 9 shows what she does next, and what the gospel says to anyone who is still hiding.
If you are in Christ, you already live inside the covenant this series has traced. See what Jesus’ words over the cup mean for the table and your week.
Moses mediated a covenant at a mountain no one could touch. Hebrews says Jesus mediates a better one, and invites us to draw near instead of standing far off.
Deuteronomy spends two chapters detailing exactly what covenant-breaking costs. Galatians 3 says Christ became that curse himself so you would not have to.
God tells a prophet to marry a woman who will betray him — and calls the marriage a living picture of Israel’s own unfaithfulness to God’s steadfast love.
A rainbow, a circumcision, blood on a doorframe, a cup at a table — what do biblical covenant signs actually mark, and what do they never require you to earn?
God puts Abram to sleep and walks alone through a covenant ceremony built for two people. What that strange scene reveals about God’s promises to you today.
The word covenant gets used so often it stops meaning anything specific. This series traces what a biblical covenant actually is, starting with Noah’s rainbow.
Psalm 107 ends by asking us to attend to steadfast love, not just benefit from it. This final post gathers all four vignettes into a single closing argument.
The sailors of Psalm 107 face an unexplained storm with no cause named. This post explores the gentlest deliverance in the whole psalm: God’s stillness.
The prisoners of Psalm 107 are bound by rebellion of their own making, with none to help. This post explores why that doesn’t disqualify them from mercy.
The wanderers of Psalm 107 have no stated cause for their lostness. This post explores what it means to be lost in the wilderness anyway, without one.
Psalm 107 commands us to “say so.” This introduction unpacks what steadfast love means and previews the four scenes of trouble this series will explore.
The New Testament directs giving toward three streams — local church, gospel workers, those in need — and none of them can be collapsed into or routed through the others.
In 2 Corinthians 8-9, Paul’s theology of gospel generosity is grace-based from the ground up — grounded in Christ’s self-emptying and ending in doxology.
The biblical tithe in the New Testament appears only a handful of times — and none of those appearances function as giving instruction for the church.
The question “how much must I give?” always produces a law answer. The New Testament asks something different — and the answer changes everything about how we give and why.
John 15 turns the Upper Room Discourse outward. Disciples formed in these chapters are now sent — called to bear witness in the world Christ has overcome.
Jesus closed the Upper Room Discourse with a declaration. John 16 shows what it means to follow him when Christ overcomes the world and the victory is done.
Jesus didn’t leave his disciples to manage discipleship alone. John 14 shows that the Holy Spirit in discipleship is not optional equipment — he is the source.
Jesus didn’t open his last night with a sermon. He washed feet. John 13 shows what love one another actually looks like — and what makes it possible to give.
Most discipleship talks begin with what we do. Jesus begins with a vine. John 15 teaches that lasting fruit comes from remaining in him, not striving for him.
The whole series has been building to one question: why is the word of God alive? The answer isn’t a property of the text. It’s a person — and that changes everything.
Paul’s command to handle the word rightly is usually read as a skill requirement. It’s more than that — and it starts with being handled by it yourself.
You can read the Bible every day, know it deeply, teach it accurately — and still be untouched by it. Paul calls this “the letter that kills.” Here’s what he means.