When we considered the Covenant of Law given through Moses, we detected a major problem that we have with God’s law: we cannot keep it. In light of this fact, in Jeremiah 31:31-34, God announced a New Covenant that would transform our relationship to the law by providing what we all need – complete forgiveness for all our sins.
A depressingly common theme that runs through human history is the oppression of the poor by the rich. In the first century, Christians were...
Irony occurs when a situation turns out to be the opposite of what is expected. Dramatic irony is when the author and the audience...
Because they questioned and rejected Jesus’ authority, the chief priests were removed from their post and replaced by others from all the nations.