If genealogies are not the most engaging reading, why would Matthew begin his history of Jesus with one in Matthew 1:1-17? Actually, genealogies can be very engaging if we find in them connections with our story. Because Matthew wanted to connect Jesus with Jewish people, he emphasized Jesus’ descent from the patriarch Abraham and from King David. At the same time, he included some fascinating details that connect Jesus not only with Jewish people but with all of us.
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...
In Jonah 3, we find that God did not give up on Jonah or on the people of Nineveh, which encourages us to believe...
Through his death Christ has brought near believers from the nations who were very far from God.