Isn’t that the reason why we study the Bible? Within its pages, we learn how to be the best person the Lord created us to be.

Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, Short Stories by Jesus ... read the Passion narrative from John’s Gospel at Good Friday worship, a tradition ...

Both Hezekiah and Josiah are identified as paternal grandfathers of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. The second book of Kings describes Hezekiah’s suppression of pagan places of worship ...