There is no understanding the Bible without recognizing love at the center – or so I have been arguing from the first installment of this series. The whole project of salvation is rooted in the love of God for his people and indeed all creation. And I imagine that this is not so hard to...
Author: Kirk Winslow
Understanding the Bible 14: Messianic Expectations Begin
The period after the return from exile was one of deep confusion for Israel. For while she had indeed been set free from captivity, the deliverance was partial at best. The Persians remained the sovereign political and military power in the region (later replaced by a series of empires beginning with Alexander the Great and...
Understanding the Bible 13: Israel’s Release from Babylon
Why is God so relentlessly committed to the project of salvation? Why does YHWH persevere in covenant faithfulness when Israel has proven so unable to fulfill her calling? In this installment of our introduction to the Bible, God declares his answer: love. God loves so dearly that he cannot abide humanity’s suffering. “For my sake…,”...