A Mighty Ruler Micah 5:2–5 From you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel. Micah 5:2 The prophecy of a ruler becomes quite personal. For the issue is not merely whether the one born in this small Judean town so long ago really was a great ruler, but whether…
Early modernity lost the Creator by looking for him in the creation and trying to control him with magic, even under the guise of “modern” Newtonian mechanics.
Wideness in God’s Mercy Jonah 4:1–11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city? Jonah 4:11 God asks Jonah a final question with which the book closes. God said: “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished…
Prayer from the Depths Jonah 2:1–9 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish. Jonah 2:1 Jonah’s prayer has four characteristics of all true prayer. The first is honesty. He acknowledged his trouble and that it was God who had caused it. Then there is penance, which means “confession,”…
October is a milestone month for First Presbyterian Church in Ocean City, New Jersey.
Ironic Conversions Jonah 1:1–16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly. Jonah 1:16 Jonah 1:16 seems to mean that the sailors were converted. It means that in an ironic way God was already accomplishing his purposes in spite of the prophet Jonah’s stubborn rebellion. The fact that the sailors were saved is evident in practically…
Police work drove Jared Dean to discern a call to ministry — a call that began growing in the Marines and bloomed during a crisis of faith with the police force.
We examined the number of overtures sent to the General Assembly each year from 2000 to 2025. Here are some observations.
Your Brother’s Keeper Obadiah 10–15 Do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune. Obadiah 12 The sin of unbrotherliness has small beginnings but it grows. First, there is the sin of standing aloof when your brother stumbles. This first offense leads to a second one—looking down on your…