The Prophet Nathan
“The Lord sent Nathan to David.” 2 Samuel 12:1 David has sinned against Uriah and Bathsheba. God has allowed the crime to remain hidden...
David, Bathsheba, and the Justice of God
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it....
The Reputation of Bathsheba
The story of Bathsheba at the Bath has been told and retold. This is good in that its details are well known; it is bad in that the scant...
The Kinsman Redeemer (Conclusion)
The last act of Ruth opens at the city gates. Different cultures develop different methods of conducting local business. There has to be...
The Kinsman Redeemer (Part Three)
So what do we make of Boaz? Ruth is a short story, yet its portrait of him has amazing depth. He is of the royal line, which assumes at...
The Kinsman Redeemer (Part Two)
The Hebrew word for kinsman-redeemer is goel, and involves the redemption of property. It has nothing to do with marriage. If a Hebrew...
The Kinsman Redeemer (Part One)
Ruth is a wonderful story. It has the stuff of every great tale – tragedy and triumph, allegiance and dedication, love and romance,...
Rahab's hope
Life for prostitutes is usually difficult. In the minds of most they inspire some form of the question, "What kind of person becomes a...
The Scarlet Cord
no real military purpose. It is not to keep missiles from being targeted. What is its point? Sacramental, pointing back to Passover. And...
What Rahab tells us about evangelism
We tend to be optimists as Christians, even the most pessimistic of us. For all our talk of human depravity and divine judgment, we...
