Fall 2020
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 33

Job’s Comfort

David Hulme

What are we to do when we undergo suffering, and how are we to understand God’s role?

Summer 2020
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 32

Let Us Rise Up and Build

David Hulme

Nehemiah’s account chronicles his efforts not only to restore the walls of Jerusalem but also to strengthen its returning inhabitants.

Synching Ezra and Nehemiah

If the editor of Ezra-Nehemiah rearranged passages to achieve a specific literary effect, how would that have affected the story flow?

Spring 2020
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 31

A Future and a Hope

David Hulme

Freed from Babylonian captivity, some exiled Jews returned to rebuild Jerusalem. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah detail their story.

A Queen for the Times

With her Jewish ethnic group facing annihilation in the days of the Persian Empire, Queen Esther risks her life to forestall the plan.

Spring 2020

Living in a Materialist World

Dan Cloer

The idea of matter as the basis of everything may seem beyond question. But a solely material view of the world doesn’t fill the enduring human need to understand why we’re here and what it all signifies.

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Winter 2020
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 30

Lamenting the Fallen City

David Hulme

The book of Lamentations, though not often cited, serves as a microcosm of the human story.

Lamentations: Echoes of Moses

A helpful perspective in understanding Lamentations is to look at parallels with the book of Jeremiah, but also with Deuteronomy.

John Martin’s 1835 mezzotint depicting the fall of Nineveh in 612 BCE
Summer 2019
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 28

Concluding the Minor Prophets

David Hulme

Six remaining books round out the section of the Bible known as “the Prophets.” Their messages are diverse; yet, like the other prophetic writings, they share some common themes.

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