God fulfills his plan against human opposition and even through human suffering.
In God’s second dispute with his people, recorded in Malachi 1:6-14, he accused the priests and the people of despising him. After they objected,...
In John 13:18-38, we pick up the conversation between Jesus and his disciples over dinner. After he had washed their feet, he announced that...
In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.
