Psalm 68 is a joyful and triumphant picture of the eschatological victory of God. The poem plays on the the theme of the “seed of the woman” that will crush the serpent in Genesis, and contains several allusions to stories in the book of Judges.
In this final installment of the “Hospitality and Revival” series, we explore why we should practice hospitality in light of “the end of all things is at hand.”
Jesus centered hospitality in both his practice and his preaching.
The act of hospitality in the life of Abraham, Lot, the widow of Zarephath, and the Shunammite woman led to resurrection and escape from wrath. Is practicing hospitality pointing to the coming kingdom of God?
We often think of hospitality as a personality trait or an individual gift—a lovely but inessential thing. But could it be that hospitality is at the core of what it means to follow Jesus?
The laws pertaining to the woman suspected of adultery, the rite of the jealous husband, and what—if anything—this has to do with the dialogue surrounding the reversal of Roe v. Wade by the United States Supreme Court.
Proverbs 31:10-31 is a contentious passage that is often a source of discouragement to the women it is meant to encourage. This reading, with close attention to the Hebrew text, upends many common interpretations of this famous passage.