J. C. Walz – Faith, Fiction, and DEvotional Writing

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  • Matthew 2

    Chapter 2 begins showing the responses of people towards Jesus, though yet He is still a child, the responses of people toward His identity is quite polar. Considering the claims by Matthew of who…

  • Isaiah 3

    The judgement pronounced in the third chapter is because the Lord is angry for their infidelity, they have trusted in what men can do rather than what the Lord has already said He’ll do.…

  • Isaiah 2

    This desolation was not the end of Jerusalem however.  Isaiah saw a future Jerusalem that was the established capitol city of the world that all nations would do obeisance (2:2) In this future age…

  • Isaiah 6

    Isaiah continues to expound on the visions he has seen concerning the coming judgment of Jerusalem explaining a large population taken into captivity (6:13 cf 2 Kings 21:14), a remnant will stay, but they…

  • Acts 28

    1-6 This is a peculiar text that I had to think on for a while.  I read some commentaries that confirmed what I was thinking to why the Author would include such a story.…

  • Song of Solomon

    It’s important to identify the genre of any text in the Scripture before one makes an attempt to interpret the meaning.  According to my understanding, historical church has made the Song of Solomon to…

  • 1 John 2

    And HereBy We do Know Him 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar,…

  • Deuteronomy 31

    Be Strong and Courageous Strength and courage are two necessary outcomes of tempered faith.  There is of course no fault in the Lord  that it was necessary for the Israelites to wander 40 years…

  • Deuteronomy 19

    My lovely wife and I enjoy listening to the Bible being read aloud.   With some artistic license actors can deliver the scriptures with the appropriate emotions the author originally intended.  This particularly helps…