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• Jürgen MoltmannPeople

  Jürgen Moltmann (1926–2024) was a German Protestant systematic theologian. Known for *Theology of Hope* and *The Crucified God*, he is regarded as one of the leading theologians of the late twentieth century.

• Francis SchaefferPeople

  Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984) was an American Presbyterian minister and Christian apologist (one who explains and defends the rationality of the Christian faith). In 1955 he and his wife, Edith, founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland.

• Eugene PetersonPeople

  Eugene Peterson (1932–2018) was an American minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a spiritual theologian. He wrote The Message, a rendering of the Bible in contemporary everyday English, and is known for numerous books on pastoral spirituality.

• Teresa of ÁvilaPeople

  Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) was a Spanish Catholic nun and mystic (one who seeks direct union with God). She reformed the Carmelite Order, founding the Discalced Carmelites, and wrote The Interior Castle. In 1970 she became the first woman proclaimed a Doctor of the Church.

• Dorothy L. SayersPeople

  Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) was an English detective novelist, playwright, translator, and Anglican lay Christian writer. She wrote *The Man Born to Be King*, a BBC radio drama on the life of Jesus.

• John LennoxPeople

  John Carson Lennox (born 1943) is a Northern Irish mathematician and Christian apologist. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and is known for his public debates with atheists and for his books on the relationship between science and faith.

• Numbers 28Bible

  Numbers 28 sets out the kinds and quantities of offerings to be presented as the daily continual burnt offering and on the Sabbath, the new moon, Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Weeks. Together with chapter 29, it forms Israel's annual calendar of sacrifices.

• 2 Samuel 23Bible

  2 Samuel 23 contains the last words of David (vv. 1–7) and the names and exploits of David's mighty men (vv. 8–39). The final name on the list is Uriah the Hittite.

• Psalm 27Bible

  Psalm 27 is a fourteen-verse psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." A song of trust that confesses the LORD as light and salvation (vv. 1–6) gives way to a plea not to be forsaken (vv. 7–12), and the psalm closes with an exhortation to wait on the LORD.

• Psalm 78Bible

  Psalm 78 is a didactic psalm (maschil) of Asaph that retraces Israel's history from the Exodus to the accession of David. It contrasts God's faithfulness with the people's repeated disobedience and urges that these things be passed on to the next generation.

• IllyricumBible

  Illyricum was a Roman province on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. In Romans 15:19, Paul names it as the outer limit of the region in which he had preached the gospel.

• Psalm 127Bible

  Psalm 127 is one of the Songs of Ascents, a five-verse psalm whose superscription bears the name of Solomon. It declares that building a house, guarding a city, the toil of earning a living, and the gift of children all depend on the LORD.

• Psalm 124Bible

  Psalm 124 is one of the Songs of Ascents. In eight verses, this communal psalm of thanksgiving reflects that Israel would have been swallowed up by its enemies had the LORD not been on its side, and it praises God for deliverance.

• Psalm 122Bible

  Psalm 122 is one of the Songs of Ascents. In nine verses it celebrates a pilgrim's joy at reaching Jerusalem and calls for prayer for the peace of Jerusalem.

• Psalm 132Bible

  Psalm 132 is one of the Songs of Ascents. It pairs David's oath to find a dwelling place for the ark of the covenant with the LORD's oath to set David's descendants on the throne and to make Zion His dwelling place.

• Psalm 142Bible

  Psalm 142 is an individual lament that its superscription introduces as a prayer of David "when he was in the cave." Isolated, with no one to care for him, the psalmist confesses that the LORD alone is his refuge and his portion, and he pleads for deliverance.

• Psalm 133Bible

  Psalm 133 is one of the Songs of Ascents. This brief three-verse psalm celebrates the beauty of brothers dwelling together in unity, comparing it to the oil poured on Aaron's head and to the dew of Hermon.

• Proverbs 3Bible

  Proverbs 3 is a chapter of fatherly instruction addressed to a son. It urges trust in the LORD and a firm hold on wisdom, describes the blessings of gaining wisdom, and teaches right conduct toward one's neighbor.

• Isaiah 10Bible

  Isaiah 10 pronounces woe on unjust leaders who trample the weak and prophesies both the judgment of Assyria, which served as God's instrument but grew proud, and the return of the remnant of Israel.

• Isaiah 63Bible

  Isaiah 63 portrays one clothed in red garments who comes from Edom and alone executes judgment on the enemies. It then presents the people's prayer of lament, which recalls God's grace in the Exodus and confesses, "Thou, O LORD, art our father."