As the last books in the Hebrew Old Testament, the books of 1–2 Chronicles prepare God’s people for the arrival of Jesus.
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As the last books in the Hebrew Old Testament, the books of 1–2 Chronicles prepare God’s people for the arrival of Jesus.
The clear contrast between God’s covenant-keeping and Israel’s covenant breaking, particularly among Israel’s kings, is perhaps the most important theme in the book of Kings.
In the riveting stories of 1 and 2 Samuel we catch glimpses of who God is, what he does, what life is like with him and without him, and what life can become by his grace and in the power of his Spirit.
The word “gospel” never appears in the letters of John. Yet it is hard to imagine a book more intimately connected to the gospel of saving grace in Christ Jesus than John’s first letter.
The gospel—the good news of what God has done for sinners through Jesus Christ—permeates 1 Corinthians.
Peter writes to encourage a “mixed bag” of believers with dear but easily forgotten truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
In 1 Thessalonians, Paul cannot stop rejoicing that the gospel came to the Thessalonians in word, in power, and with full conviction by the Holy Spirit.
The thrust of 1 Timothy is that godliness is central to the Christian’s continuing in the gospel and the church’s proclamation of the gospel.
Second Corinthians is filled with the astounding paradoxes of the gospel.
The faithfulness needed to combat wickedness requires an experience of God’s powerful grace in the gospel.
Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians is a letter of comfort to those eagerly awaiting the promised return of Jesus Christ.
Paul’s second letter to Timothy is a call to endurance amid opposition and suffering for the sake of the gospel.
Acts shows that the new Christian movement is not a fringe sect but the culmination of God’s plan of redemption.
In four ways, the Old Testament book of Amos is essential for a robust understanding of the gospel.
Of all the books in the Bible, Colossians may rightly be considered the most Christ-centered.
The “gospel according to Daniel” comes in glowing revelations of the power of God to redeem his people, overcome their enemies, and plan their future.
Deuteronomy is clearly one of the most important books in the Old Testament.
Throughout Ecclesiastes we are led forward to other answers, other solutions, and other wisdom than the world’s vain promises of satisfaction, happiness, and fulfillment.
There may be no other book in all the Bible that packs in as much gospel per square inch than Ephesians.
For believers today, the significance of the book of Esther is that it coordinates with the rest of the Old Testament to foreshadow Jesus as deliverer and mediator for God’s people.
Exodus offers the greatest paradigmatic redemption event in the Bible prior to Christ’s incarnation.
Understood rightly, however, Ezekiel contains and continues a beautiful story of God’s grace to his undeserving people.
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.
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.