After hearing God’s brief against the people in verses 1-5, in this passage we hear Micah’s own words. The prophet seems to repeat a list of questions posed to him. Can...

In these verses that lead up to one of the most oft-cited passages from Micah, the prophet lets the people of Israel know that God is lodging a complaint against them....

The scripture texts assigned for this week seem to contain a lot of lists. Some describe what is good, and some note what is not good. If you are a list...

This joyful pronouncement promises a time to come when all will rejoice before God, when oppression and war will end, when the anguish of darkness shall cease. God has promised us...

What drives us to split into groups, to drive others away because of differences real or imagined? Why do we wall ourselves off to other points of view except that of...

Light has come into the darkness. Hope has come into hopelessness. Healing has come to sickness—all through Jesus Christ. Jesus calls Simon and Andrew, James and John in this moment, but...

Paul understands his primary call to be that of proclamation. Paul’s conversion came in a flash of light, with Jesus himself speaking to Paul. The story involved visions, blindness, and healing....

They leave everything. That’s what strikes me. Peter and Andrew, James and John leave behind everything they’ve ever known—the boats and nets they employ to make a living, their families. They...

The states of confidence and doubt are jarringly juxtaposed in this psalm. How can the psalmist go from praise to impassioned pleas for a glimpse of God’s help? How often do...

God is like light, like a stronghold. Light, by its very nature, drives away the darkness and shows what has been hidden; it can do no less. A stronghold could be...