God’s covenant promises are gloriously on display as this weak, struggling remnant returns to Jerusalem after the exile to live together again as his people.
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Galatians is a letter is about protecting the truth of the gospel, which declares what God has done in Christ for sinners.
The foundation stories of Genesis set the stage of the drama of Scripture in many ways.
Like the book of Job, this book presents important gospel truths for people who encounter difficulties that seem incomprehensible.
Haggai is all about the ongoing work of building up the people of God, a work that is primarily God's.
While Hebrews clearly makes its own unique contribution, it joins other New Testament books in exulting in the same amazing grace in Jesus that forms the Bible’s main message.
The salvation God has accomplished in Messiah Jesus is the fulfillment of all that was prophesied in the Old Testament.
Isaiah’s messianic profile informs Christian worship of Jesus as the suffering servant who brings a new creation through his life-giving resurrection.
James is a beloved epistle, eminently practical and full of vivid exhortations to godly living.
Jeremiah plays a strategic role in God’s revelation of his purposes that will be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
The book of Job helps free us from believing in a “score-keeping” God.
In typical prophetic form, Joel gives his readers both the bad news of God’s judgment and the good news of his promised deliverance.
Everything John tells us about Jesus leads us to his cross and his empty tomb—to his substitutionary death and glorious resurrection.
Once we begin to pull back the layers of the story, we discover that it is not really about what Jonah is doing for God, but what God is doing for Jonah.
Even Joshua’s name (“Yahweh Saves!”) points away from himself to the real hero of the story. Joshua is a story of grace.
Where is the gospel in Jude’s epistle? In such a compact space, we actually receive a potent portrait of the gospel.
The book of Judges portrays the people of God languishing without good leadership. Who would lead the people of God into battle?
Out of the smoking ruins came cries of lamentation and confession, and the daring hope of restoration.
Is Leviticus just a collection of disconnected laws? How does this book of the Bible really point to Christ?
Luke’s presentation helps us see clearly that the gospel of Jesus is about the comprehensive blessedness of God available to us through Jesus Christ.
The book of Malachi contains six oracles (or disputations) that each begin with a saying of the people, to which the Lord responds through his prophet.
The Gospel of Mark is presented in a way that demonstrates the fulfillment of Old Testament promises.
For Matthew, the gospel is the good news that God has inaugurated the final stage of his plan to reclaim the world from the destruction of sin and establish his just and merciful reign over it.
God deals with sinners in one of two ways: deserved justice, or undeserved grace.
In a variety of ways, the prophecy of Nahum brings home the gospel and carries along the redemptive story that culminates in Jesus Christ.
Rather than focusing mainly on human faithfulness to God, the book of Nehemiah shows God’s faithfulness to his unfaithful people.
Numbers is especially relevant for God's people in “wilderness” times when we must practice faith and trust in God's guidance and provision.
As an oracle of judgment, Obadiah presents unique challenges for gospel application.
The central gospel themes in Paul’s shortest letter are surprisingly substantial.
If there ever was a clarion call to rejoice because of the gospel, it is Paul’s epistle to the Philippians.