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Defining Crisis
The word krisis was used by the Greeks to refer to “a legal process of judgment.” Aristotle used it to refer to a legal procedure that secured civic order. In his case, it was a judgment that helped k... -
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Paul Making Decision
You’re not getting the sense that Paul got angelic visits every other day and waited for his dreams, visions of his heart, and supernatural messages written out in the clouds to tell him what to do…Wi... -
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A Celestial 360
You may feel as if you are sitting still right now, but it’s an illusion of miraculous proportions. Planet Earth is spinning around its axis at a speed of 1,000 miles per hour. Every 24 hours, planet ... -
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All That Good Stuff
Sometime in the last decade or so I started hearing the phrase “all that good stuff.” I think it happened first when I was ordering dinner at a restaurant. The waitress summarized the menu briefly, en... -
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Crises Reveal God & Us
God uses our identity crises to reveal who we are and who he is. Sometimes these crises come out of nowhere. Something devastating happens. Someone close to us dies. We are diagnosed, or someone we kn... -
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You’ll Get Through This
You fear you won’t. We all do. We fear that the depression will never lift, the yelling will never stop, the pain will never leave…We wonder: Will this gray sky ever brighten ? This load ever lighten... -
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Showing People Louis
In his excellent book, Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World , Mike Cosper shares a short vignette about the comedian Louis C.K.* Louis CK tells fans he meets in pu... -
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The Divine Chorale
In The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien imagines the creation of the world as a divine chorale, with creation appearing out of nothingness like a glorious unfurling tapestry as God sings and the heavenl... -
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A Biblical Approach to Conversation
I was watching the old Dick Van Dyke Show recently, and he was at a party filled with pseudo intellectuals. Dick got trapped into a one-sided conversation with a self-absorbed philosophy professor. On... -
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The Uniqueness of Conversation (And why Technology Can’t Replace In-Person Communication)
In an interview with MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle, Megan Garber asks what makes in-person conversation unique, compared to all the other ways we communicate these days: Conversations, as they tend... -
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Ancient Creation Accounts Were Functional, not Material
John Walton argues in The Lost World of Genesis One that rather than concerning material creation, the creation account in Genesis one concerns functional creation, because that is how ancient reade... -
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The Central Vision
The central vision of world history in the Bible is that all of creation is one, every creature in community with every other, living in harmony and security toward the joy and well-being of every oth... -
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The Creation of Light
In The Lost World of Genesis One , John Walton points out that the creation of light and the division of day and night is profoundly puzzling if we understand light in the modern way, as a material o... -
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Consider the Egg
In this short excerpt, the author and priest Robert Farrar Capon describes just how intricate and beautiful one single part of God’s creation is, the chicken egg: Forget for the moment the fantastic... -
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Creation Continued
The earth had been completely unformed and empty; in the six-day process of development God had formed it and filled it—but not completely. People must now carry on the work of development: by being f... -
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Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology
If we accept Genesis 1 as ancient cosmology, then we need to interpret it as ancient cosmology rather than translate it into modern cosmology. If we try to turn it into modern cosmology, we are making... -
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A Formless, Functionless World
Scholar John Walton points out that when Genesis 1 calls the world before creation tōhû, it is a modern cultural misunderstanding and mistranslation to think that it is describing the world as “formle... -
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Naming and Creation
Names in the ancient world were associated with identity, role and function. Consequently, naming is a typical part of the creation narratives. The Egyptian Memphite Theology identifies the Creator as... -
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If God Wanted to Remain Silent…
If God wanted to remain silent about His existence, He wouldn’t have bothered creating the stars; He wouldn’t have made the Milky Way, or Betelgeuse. In fact, He wouldn’t have made the majestic Rocky ... -
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What Does “Create” Mean in Genesis 1?
“Create” may be the English word for bringing something into existence, notes scholar John Walton, but that English word isn’t in the Hebrew Bible. Instead, the word is “bārāʾ.” So, if we are going t... -
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God made it. God loves it. God cares for it.
Julian of Norwich was a fourteenth-century mystic-theologian who maybe understood the belovedness of creation and new creation better than anyone. In the fifth chapter of her book Revelations of Divin... -
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Norman MacLean’s Father on Creation
In A River Runs Through It, Norman MacLean’s Father, a Presbyterian Minister, is sitting on the bank of the river, reading the Gospel of John while his sons are fishing. When Norman comes over to wher... -
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Sherlock Holmes and Watson Go Camping
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. In the middle of the night Holmes wakes Watson up: “Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me wh... -
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A Smart-Aleck Question and Answer
They say that in Martin Luther’s class on Genesis, a smart aleck student asked, “Dr. Luther, since you know so much about the book of Genesis, tell us: what was God doing all that time before God crea... -
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The Importance of Selective Change
Crises, and pressures for change, confront individuals and their groups at all levels, ranging from single people, to teams, to businesses, to nations, to the whole world. Crises may arise from extern... -
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What Are We Grasping For?
Our culture is afraid of grief, but not just because it is afraid of death. That is natural and normal, a proper reaction to the Last Enemy. Our culture is afraid because it seems to be afraid of the ... -
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St. Anthony and the Search for God Amidst Crisis
Given life’s unpredictability and the inevitability of pain and hardship, what do we do when that pain and hardship show up on our doorsteps? In roughly AD 270, there was a man in Lower Egypt named An... -
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Times of Crisis: Reappraising and Rebuilding Lives
On November 28, 1942, a fire broke out and spread rapidly through an overcrowded Boston nightclub called Cocoanut Grove (the owner’s spelling), whose sole exit became blocked. A total of 492 people di... -
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Light and Dark and the Enduring Metaphor
In 1998, Nick Cave, an Australian rock/pop artist, was asked by the Vienna Poetry Academy to give a series of talks on the nature of song-writing. A year later he gave a slightly revised version of th... -
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The Value of Headlights on a Dark Road
The rural country roads where I now live are very different from the roads I grew up around in the suburbs. When I lived in the suburbs, the roads I traveled between my house and a friend’s, or the st...
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- Relationship with God (53)
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- Remembering (27)
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- Rescue (64)
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- Resistance (25)
- Resisting Temptation (21)
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- Responsibility (53)
- Rest (138)
- Rest in God (23)
- Restoration (63)
- Resurrection (142)
- Resurrection Life (40)
- Resurrection of the Dead (88)
- Resurrection to New Life (61)
- Retreat (26)
- Returning to God (41)
- Revelation (91)
- Revenge (23)
- Right Relationships (24)
- Righteousness (136)
- Risks (44)
- Romantic Love (37)
- Romantic Relationships (33)
- Running from God (21)
- The Resurrection and the Life (32)
- The Risen Lord (59)
- The Rock (24)
- The Roman Empire (29)
S
- Sabbath (140)
- Sacrifice (180)
- Sacrificial Giving (21)
- Sacrificial Love (70)
- Safety (33)
- Salt and Light (23)
- Salvation (302)
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- Satisfaction (31)
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- School (35)
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- Scripture (137)
- Sea (40)
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- Seeking God (77)
- Seeking the Kingdom (23)
- Seeking the Truth (37)
- Segregation (24)
- Self-Absorption (21)
- Self-Awareness (89)
- Self-Centeredness (93)
- Self-Control (51)
- Self-Deception (46)
- Self-Destruction (23)
- Self-Image (29)
- Self-Love (24)
- Self-Reliance (46)
- Self-Renunciation (30)
- Self-Righteousness (55)
- Self-Sacrifice (37)
- Selfishness (123)
- Sermon on the Mount (36)
- Sermons (24)
- Servant Leadership (25)
- Servanthood (85)
- Service (115)
- Sex (55)
- Shalom (30)
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- Sheep (46)
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- Shepherds (39)
- Sickness (44)
- Sight (49)
- Signs (35)
- Silence (96)
- Sin (219)
- Sinfulness (66)
- Singing (38)
- Sinners (37)
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- Skepticism (30)
- Slavery (53)
- Sleep (21)
- Smart Phones (35)
- Social Justice (23)
- Social Media (48)
- Soil (31)
- Solitude (67)
- Son of God (22)
- Sorrow (54)
- Speech (49)
- Spiritual Battles (36)
- Spiritual Blindness (22)
- Spiritual Disciplines (57)
- Spiritual Formation (54)
- Spiritual Gifts (26)
- Spiritual Growth (77)
- Spiritual Hunger (55)
- Spiritual Leadership (28)
- Spiritual Maturity (34)
- Spiritual Nurture (30)
- Spiritual Practices (21)
- Spiritual Thirst (35)
- Spiritual Transformation (40)
- Spiritual Warfare (26)
- Sports (61)
- Stars (37)
- Status Quo (26)
- Staying Humble (24)
- Steadfast Love (54)
- Stewardship (122)
- Stillness (21)
- Stories (81)
- Storms (64)
- Storytelling (38)
- Strength (118)
- Stress (59)
- Struggles (37)
- Struggles with Prayer (21)
- Submission (27)
- Success (110)
- Suffering (186)
- Surgery (22)
- Surrender (71)
- Sustainer (27)
- Sweetness (34)
- The Sacraments (71)
- The Saints (54)
- The Second Coming Of Christ (29)
- The Soul (95)
- The Spiritual Life (33)
T
- Talking (21)
- Teaching (24)
- Teamwork (24)
- Tears (23)
- Technology (85)
- Telling the Truth (27)
- Temptation (119)
- Ten Commandments (24)
- Thankfulness (45)
- Thanksgiving (General) (150)
- Thanksgiving (Holiday) (35)
- The Temple (41)
- The Transfiguration (23)
- The Trinity (138)
- The Twelve Disciples (54)
- Theology (31)
- Third Third of Life (33)
- Thirst (22)
- Thought (32)
- Thoughts (45)
- Time (90)
- Tired (25)
- Tongue (34)
- Tradition (26)
- Tragedy (24)
- Training (37)
- Transcendence (21)
- Transformation (141)
- Transgressions (26)
- Trauma (21)
- Travel (25)
- Treasure (65)
- Trees (39)
- Trials (53)
- Trinity Sunday (28)
- Trouble (79)
- True Self (21)
- True Worship (29)
- Trust (181)
- Trust in God (80)
- Trust in Jesus (26)
- Truth (175)
V
W
- The Weak (32)
- The Wicked (22)
- The Wild (26)
- The Will (23)
- The Work of the Holy Spirit (47)
- Waiting (128)
- Waiting on God (56)
- Wandering (32)
- War (89)
- Water (39)
- Waters (25)
- Ways (33)
- Weakness (119)
- Wealth (99)
- Weariness (34)
- Weddings (33)
- Weeping (24)
- Western Culture (55)
- Wholeness (24)
- Wickedness (36)
- Wilderness (84)
- Wisdom (196)
- Wisdom of God (36)
- Witnesses (50)
- Wonder (61)
- Word of God (30)
- Words (85)
- Words vs. Actions (23)
- Work (163)
- Work and Rest (30)
- Work-Life Balance (30)
- Works-Righteousness (22)
- World (139)
- World Leaders (30)
- World Peace (33)
- Worldly Power (41)
- Worldview (41)
- Worry (55)
- Worship (206)
- Wounds (47)
Search by Reference
Genesis
- Gen 1 (212)
- Gen 2 (130)
- Gen 3 (84)
- Gen 4 (30)
- Gen 5 (2)
- Gen 6 (8)
- Gen 7 (1)
- Gen 8 (17)
- Gen 9 (12)
- Gen 11 (34)
- Gen 12 (62)
- Gen 13 (9)
- Gen 14 (4)
- Gen 15 (20)
- Gen 16 (12)
- Gen 17 (12)
- Gen 18 (23)
- Gen 19 (2)
- Gen 21 (7)
- Gen 22 (36)
- Gen 23 (1)
- Gen 24 (2)
- Gen 25 (5)
- Gen 26 (2)
- Gen 27 (12)
- Gen 28 (16)
- Gen 29 (7)
- Gen 32 (20)
- Gen 33 (4)
- Gen 35 (2)
- Gen 36 (1)
- Gen 37 (24)
- Gen 38 (1)
- Gen 39 (12)
- Gen 41 (7)
- Gen 42 (2)
- Gen 44 (1)
- Gen 45 (15)
- Gen 47 (1)
- Gen 49 (2)
- Gen 50 (46)
Exodus
- Exod 1 (16)
- Exod 2 (13)
- Exod 3 (121)
- Exod 4 (23)
- Exod 5 (7)
- Exod 6 (5)
- Exod 7 (3)
- Exod 8 (3)
- Exod 9 (1)
- Exod 10 (3)
- Exod 12 (25)
- Exod 13 (22)
- Exod 14 (58)
- Exod 15 (17)
- Exod 16 (55)
- Exod 17 (23)
- Exod 18 (18)
- Exod 19 (17)
- Exod 20 (78)
- Exod 21 (2)
- Exod 22 (6)
- Exod 23 (9)
- Exod 24 (14)
- Exod 25 (5)
- Exod 26 (1)
- Exod 27 (1)
- Exod 28 (2)
- Exod 29 (4)
- Exod 30 (5)
- Exod 31 (14)
- Exod 32 (58)
- Exod 33 (35)
- Exod 34 (44)
- Exod 35 (9)
- Exod 40 (6)
- Exod 58 (1)
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Nehemiah
Job
- Job 1 (37)
- Job 2 (16)
- Job 3 (14)
- Job 4 (2)
- Job 5 (3)
- Job 6 (3)
- Job 7 (6)
- Job 8 (1)
- Job 10 (3)
- Job 11 (7)
- Job 12 (17)
- Job 13 (5)
- Job 14 (8)
- Job 15 (1)
- Job 19 (11)
- Job 23 (16)
- Job 24 (1)
- Job 26 (1)
- Job 27 (2)
- Job 28 (2)
- Job 30 (2)
- Job 31 (2)
- Job 33 (3)
- Job 34 (1)
- Job 36 (1)
- Job 37 (2)
- Job 38 (37)
- Job 39 (1)
- Job 40 (1)
- Job 42 (19)
Psalm
- Ps 1 (78)
- Ps 2 (20)
- Ps 3 (4)
- Ps 4 (14)
- Ps 5 (12)
- Ps 6 (7)
- Ps 7 (3)
- Ps 8 (57)
- Ps 9 (16)
- Ps 10 (12)
- Ps 11 (4)
- Ps 12 (5)
- Ps 13 (9)
- Ps 14 (13)
- Ps 15 (17)
- Ps 16 (53)
- Ps 17 (6)
- Ps 18 (22)
- Ps 19 (99)
- Ps 20 (8)
- Ps 22 (53)
- Ps 23 (158)
- Ps 24 (35)
- Ps 25 (49)
- Ps 27 (106)
- Ps 28 (8)
- Ps 29 (14)
- Ps 30 (36)
- Ps 31 (12)
- Ps 32 (62)
- Ps 33 (32)
- Ps 34 (205)
- Ps 35 (1)
- Ps 36 (19)
- Ps 37 (85)
- Ps 38 (8)
- Ps 39 (9)
- Ps 40 (19)
- Ps 41 (6)
- Ps 42 (82)
- Ps 43 (3)
- Ps 44 (3)
- Ps 45 (3)
- Ps 46 (134)
- Ps 47 (9)
- Ps 48 (4)
- Ps 49 (8)
- Ps 50 (8)
- Ps 51 (224)
- Ps 52 (3)
- Ps 53 (3)
- Ps 54 (3)
- Ps 55 (19)
- Ps 56 (12)
- Ps 57 (9)
- Ps 60 (1)
- Ps 61 (6)
- Ps 62 (26)
- Ps 63 (37)
- Ps 64 (2)
- Ps 65 (11)
- Ps 66 (13)
- Ps 67 (5)
- Ps 68 (11)
- Ps 69 (5)
- Ps 70 (4)
- Ps 71 (10)
- Ps 72 (24)
- Ps 73 (35)
- Ps 74 (5)
- Ps 75 (1)
- Ps 76 (2)
- Ps 77 (15)
- Ps 78 (21)
- Ps 79 (1)
- Ps 80 (6)
- Ps 82 (40)
- Ps 84 (13)
- Ps 85 (19)
- Ps 86 (21)
- Ps 87 (1)
- Ps 88 (6)
- Ps 89 (10)
- Ps 90 (63)
- Ps 91 (36)
- Ps 92 (13)
- Ps 93 (4)
- Ps 94 (9)
- Ps 95 (27)
- Ps 96 (35)
- Ps 97 (1)
- Ps 98 (15)
- Ps 99 (3)
- Ps 100 (36)
- Ps 101 (2)
- Ps 102 (2)
- Ps 103 (147)
- Ps 104 (46)
- Ps 105 (5)
- Ps 106 (8)
- Ps 107 (20)
- Ps 109 (1)
- Ps 110 (10)
- Ps 111 (13)
- Ps 112 (10)
- Ps 113 (9)
- Ps 115 (14)
- Ps 116 (24)
- Ps 117 (5)
- Ps 118 (53)
- Ps 119 (182)
- Ps 121 (54)
- Ps 122 (8)
- Ps 123 (3)
- Ps 124 (12)
- Ps 125 (1)
- Ps 126 (18)
- Ps 127 (43)
- Ps 128 (10)
- Ps 130 (52)
- Ps 131 (9)
- Ps 132 (4)
- Ps 133 (49)
- Ps 135 (4)
- Ps 136 (31)
- Ps 137 (4)
- Ps 138 (8)
- Ps 139 (164)
- Ps 140 (1)
- Ps 141 (9)
- Ps 142 (3)
- Ps 143 (6)
- Ps 144 (6)
- Ps 145 (52)
- Ps 146 (34)
- Ps 147 (66)
- Ps 148 (13)
- Ps 149 (1)
- Ps 150 (15)
Proverbs
- Prov 1 (19)
- Prov 2 (15)
- Prov 3 (200)
- Prov 4 (46)
- Prov 5 (8)
- Prov 6 (13)
- Prov 7 (2)
- Prov 8 (12)
- Prov 9 (7)
- Prov 10 (13)
- Prov 11 (43)
- Prov 12 (27)
- Prov 13 (10)
- Prov 14 (46)
- Prov 15 (56)
- Prov 16 (75)
- Prov 17 (42)
- Prov 18 (55)
- Prov 19 (49)
- Prov 20 (16)
- Prov 21 (30)
- Prov 22 (55)
- Prov 23 (15)
- Prov 24 (20)
- Prov 25 (20)
- Prov 26 (14)
- Prov 27 (37)
- Prov 28 (27)
- Prov 29 (25)
- Prov 30 (6)
- Prov 31 (52)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
- Isa 1 (130)
- Isa 2 (19)
- Isa 4 (4)
- Isa 5 (25)
- Isa 6 (111)
- Isa 7 (46)
- Isa 8 (3)
- Isa 9 (123)
- Isa 11 (25)
- Isa 12 (9)
- Isa 14 (5)
- Isa 15 (2)
- Isa 16 (1)
- Isa 21 (1)
- Isa 23 (2)
- Isa 24 (1)
- Isa 25 (29)
- Isa 26 (43)
- Isa 27 (2)
- Isa 28 (9)
- Isa 29 (18)
- Isa 30 (68)
- Isa 31 (2)
- Isa 32 (5)
- Isa 33 (10)
- Isa 34 (1)
- Isa 35 (10)
- Isa 37 (1)
- Isa 38 (2)
- Isa 40 (224)
- Isa 41 (104)
- Isa 42 (44)
- Isa 43 (116)
- Isa 44 (13)
- Isa 45 (21)
- Isa 46 (6)
- Isa 47 (2)
- Isa 48 (11)
- Isa 49 (36)
- Isa 50 (16)
- Isa 51 (6)
- Isa 52 (18)
- Isa 53 (190)
- Isa 54 (15)
- Isa 55 (212)
- Isa 56 (11)
- Isa 57 (26)
- Isa 58 (92)
- Isa 59 (14)
- Isa 60 (55)
- Isa 61 (99)
- Isa 62 (7)
- Isa 63 (3)
- Isa 64 (37)
- Isa 65 (18)
- Isa 66 (22)
- Isa 70 (1)
- Isa 85 (1)
- Isa 2021 (1)
Jeremiah
- Jer 1 (31)
- Jer 2 (20)
- Jer 3 (3)
- Jer 4 (1)
- Jer 5 (4)
- Jer 6 (10)
- Jer 7 (6)
- Jer 8 (2)
- Jer 9 (22)
- Jer 10 (9)
- Jer 11 (2)
- Jer 12 (4)
- Jer 14 (1)
- Jer 15 (4)
- Jer 16 (4)
- Jer 17 (90)
- Jer 18 (5)
- Jer 19 (1)
- Jer 20 (8)
- Jer 22 (14)
- Jer 23 (22)
- Jer 29 (94)
- Jer 30 (12)
- Jer 31 (60)
- Jer 32 (9)
- Jer 33 (11)
- Jer 35 (1)
- Jer 36 (1)
- Jer 50 (1)
- Jer 51 (1)
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Obadiah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Haggai
Zechariah
Matthew
- Matt 1 (79)
- Matt 2 (102)
- Matt 3 (52)
- Matt 4 (134)
- Matt 5 (405)
- Matt 6 (336)
- Matt 7 (148)
- Matt 8 (43)
- Matt 9 (56)
- Matt 10 (61)
- Matt 11 (158)
- Matt 12 (40)
- Matt 13 (99)
- Matt 14 (67)
- Matt 15 (30)
- Matt 16 (99)
- Matt 17 (52)
- Matt 18 (125)
- Matt 19 (59)
- Matt 20 (48)
- Matt 21 (68)
- Matt 22 (94)
- Matt 23 (98)
- Matt 24 (40)
- Matt 25 (195)
- Matt 26 (69)
- Matt 27 (37)
- Matt 28 (166)
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
- Acts 1 (84)
- Acts 2 (160)
- Acts 3 (31)
- Acts 4 (63)
- Acts 5 (29)
- Acts 6 (7)
- Acts 7 (17)
- Acts 8 (35)
- Acts 9 (90)
- Acts 10 (33)
- Acts 11 (13)
- Acts 12 (11)
- Acts 13 (20)
- Acts 14 (13)
- Acts 15 (14)
- Acts 16 (46)
- Acts 17 (69)
- Acts 18 (10)
- Acts 19 (4)
- Acts 20 (52)
- Acts 21 (1)
- Acts 22 (2)
- Acts 24 (8)
- Acts 25 (1)
- Acts 26 (4)
- Acts 27 (5)
- Acts 28 (9)