Romans 12:3-21
Romans 12 begins with transformation of the mind, moves quickly into humility and the body of Christ, and ends with some of the most demanding instructions in the New Testament about enemies, retaliation, peace, and…
Philippians 3:18-19
Consider a small scene. A man wakes up, walks to the kitchen, and finds that the coffee is wrong. Maybe the beans ran out and what is on the counter is a brand he tolerates rather than the one he loves. Maybe he is…
Jonah 3:1-4:5
Jonah names two sources of violence: Nineveh's brutal paganism and Jonah's moralistic religion. God refuses both. He does not excuse Nineveh, and he does not excuse Jonah's anger. The way forward is forgiveness that has…