Fire on Mount Carmel: Elijah and the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18
In 1 Kings 18, after three years of drought, the prophet Elijah challenges 450 prophets of Baal to a contest on Mount Carmel. They call on…
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Four kinds of soil: what the parable of the sower teaches about hearing the Word
In Matthew 13, Jesus tells of a farmer whose seed falls on the wayside, stony ground, among thorns and on good ground. He then explains it…
“I will not let thee go, except thou bless me”: Jacob wrestles through the night
In Genesis 32, on the night before he meets the brother he cheated, Jacob wrestles with a mysterious man until daybreak. He refuses to let go…
“Blessed are the poor in spirit”: the Beatitudes turn the world’s idea of success upside down
The Beatitudes open Jesus's Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5. Each begins with "Blessed are" and names people the world overlooks: the poor in spirit,…