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

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  • Psalms 6-8

    This prayer David is bring his failures before the Lord and confessing his weakness. David wishes to be able to praise God’s name, but God will have to intervene before David will have the…

  • Joshua 6

      Joshua 6 Joshua and Israel enjoy their first successful mission and God’s blessing. By the way the walls of Jericho fell down the people knew that this was God’s victory. The goal is…

  • Genesis 4-7

    After their fall, Adam and Eve had their first son, Cain, then shortly after Eve gave birth to Abel. Cain and Abel’s work differed in that Abel was a shepherd while Cain tended the…

  • Romans 3-4

    The question of 3:1 is based on the conclusion of chapter 2. Chapter finishes in saying Gentiles can be true Jews from the heart by keeping the law, even though he be not versed…

  • Matthew 3-4

    Fast forward now approximately 30 years from end of chapter 2, John the Baptist arrives on the scene.  Matthew introduces him as the one “crying in the wilderness” as foreseen by Isaiah 40:3.  The…

  • Isaiah 7-11

    Chapter 7 begins with Isaiah receiving instruction from the LORD to inform king Ahaz, of the confederacy between Northern Israel (Ephraim) and Syria (Rezin).  Their intention is to raid Jerusalem and install a king…

  • Job 3

    After a week of silence and terrible grief, Job “opens his mouth”signifying a monologue. Readers should understand the next section is like a prose, a poetic form of one’s most heartfelt thoughts. One can…

  • Psalms 3

    I believe it is a mistake to quickly gloss over the Psalms whenever one reads them.  That is because the Psalms are filled with emotion and a quick reading simply doesn’t allow one to…

  • Joshua 1-5

    What I love about books like Joshua is the ease of understanding while reading through the narratives. It reads like a story being read from an older generation handed down to a younger generation.…