Explore the Post Topic: Metaphor

1 Kings 16/Revelation 2:20 – The Prophetic Contest with Jezebel

John 13:1-38 – The Foot Washing

John 21:1-19 – The Fourth Resurrection Appearance

John 20:24-29 – Doubting Thomas

John 20:11-18 – The Resurrected Jesus Meets Mary Magdalene in the Garden

John 19:38-42 – Jesus’ Body is Prepared for Burial

Philemon 1:17-19 – Who owes whom?

Philemon 1:8-9 – What does Paul want?

Jeremiah 38:1-6 – Stuck in the Mud 

Jeremiah 17:5-11 – Trust in God 

Jeremiah 16:14-21 – A Prophet of Promise

Jeremiah 2:1-3 – A Past Long Gone

Isaiah 36:1-37:38 – Whom to Trust?

2 Kings 9:1-10 – The Danger with Being a Prophet

2 Kings 6:8-23 – Elisha Stops the Aramean Raids

Revelation 22:1-5 – The New Jerusalem

Revelation 13:1-10 – A Vision of a Beast from the Sea

Revelation 3:20 – Jesus Knocks at the Door

Jude 1:24-25 – God’s Faithfulness and Strength Outlast Everything

Jude 1:17-18 – This Conflict Comes as No Surprise

2 John 1:4-6 – Walk in the Truth

1 John 4:13-21 – God Is Love

2 Peter 3:11-12 – How Should We Live Now?

2 Peter 2:21 – No Turning Back

2 Peter 1:16 – More Than Hearsay

2 Peter 1:3-4 – Everything We Need

1 Peter 1:3-9 – A Statement of the Gospel in All of Its Breadth and Depth

James 5:13-20 – The Power of Prayer

James 3:13-18 – The Gift of Wisdom

James 2:14-26 – Faith and Works

Hebrews 13:20-21 – A Concluding Benediction

Hebrews 13:8 – The Faithfulness of Jesus Christ

Hebrews 12:22-24 – The Heavenly Jerusalem

Hebrews 12:1-2 – Running the Race with Perseverance

Hebrews 11:13-16 – Living on Earth as Foreigners

Hebrews 11:1-2 – What Is Faith?

Hebrews 10:19-25 – A Call to Approach God in Confident Faith

Hebrews 9:13-14 – The Blood of Christ Purifies the Conscience

Hebrews 2:5-10 – Glory Emerging from Suffering

Philemon 1:15-16 – No Longer a Slave, but a Beloved Brother

Philemon 1:6 – The Partnership of Faith

2 Timothy 2:15 – A Worker Not Ashamed

2 Timothy 2:11-13 – A Christian Hymn

Colossians 2:10-15 – Buried with Christ in Baptism and Raised with Him in Faith

Colossians 1:15-20 – The Christ Hymn of Colossians

Philippians 2:6-11 – The Christ Hymn of Philippians

Ephesians 6:10-17 – The Armor of God

Ephesians 4:1-16 – Growing up into Christ

Galatians 5:19-25 – Works of the Flesh, Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-18 – Not Subject to the Law

Galatians 5:1-6 – For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free

Galatians 4:21-31 – An Allegory of Sarah and Hagar

Galatians 3:23-29 – Heirs according to Promise

Galatians 2:15-21 – Justified by Faith in Christ, Not by Works of the Law

2 Corinthians 1:12-22 – God Is Faithful

Romans 11:11 – The Gospel for Gentiles

Romans 10:14-17 – Faith Comes from Proclamation

Romans 3:28 – Justification by Faith

Romans 3:25 – Christ the Mercy Seat

John 20:30-31 – The Purpose of the Gospel according to John

John 3:16 – God So Loved the World

Luke 19:11-27 – A Parable about Faithfulness and Opposition

Luke 7:11-17 – A Widow’s Son Returned to Life

Matthew 25:1-46 – Three Parables of Waiting in the Meantime

Matthew 24:45-51 – The Faithful and the Unfaithful Servant

Matthew 16:13-20 – Peter Confesses Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the Living God

Matthew 15:21-28 – The Canaanite Woman’s Faith

Matthew 14:22-33 – Jesus (and Peter) Walks on the Water

Matthew 14:13-21 – Feeding the Five Thousand

Matthew 13:1-23 – The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation and the Purpose of the Parables

Matthew 8:23-27 – Jesus Stills the Storm

Habakkuk 2:4 – The Righteous Live by Faith

Habakkuk 1:2 – How Long Shall I Cry for Help and You Will Not Listen?

Micah 7:18-20 – Hope Has the Last Word

Hosea 4:4-5:2 – Unfaithful Priests and Prophets

Daniel 6:1-28 – May Your God Rescue You!

Daniel 3:1-30 – No Other God Is Able to Deliver in This Way

Daniel 2:20-23 – The King’s Dream and God’s Power

Ezekiel 16:1-63 – Israel, the Unfaithful Wife

Jeremiah 13:20-27 – The Violence of Female Metaphors

Isaiah 30:15-17 – In Returning and Rest You Will Be Saved

Isaiah 7:10-17 – The Sign of Immanuel

Proverbs 16:9 – The Lord Willing

Psalm 121 – I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills

Psalm 85:10-13 – Righteousness and Peace Will Kiss Each Other

Psalm 73 – How Can God Know?

Psalm 31:5 – Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit

Psalm 27:1 – The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Psalm 26:11-12 – I Walk in My Integrity

Psalm 24 – Who Shall Ascend the Hill of the Lord?

Psalm 23 – The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 22 – My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Job 19:23-27 – I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Job 1:1-5 – The Pious and Affluent Job Is Introduced

2 Kings 18:1-8 – Good King Hezekiah

2 Kings 5:1-27 – Naaman the Syrian

Ruth 1:16-17 – Ruth’s Speech to Naomi

Joshua 24:15 – “As for me and my house…”

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 – Choose Life!

Deuteronomy 6:1-9 – The “Shema”

Numbers 21:4-9 – The Bronze Serpent

Genesis 38:1-30 – The Righteousness of Tamar

Genesis 32:22-32 – Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 15:1-6 – Abraham Believed and It Was Reckoned to Him as Righteousness

How the Book of Job Changed My Life

God Is with Us: Psalm 23

Finding God in the Middle of Nowhere: Acts 8:26-40

Is God Affected by Our Prayers?

8.159: Will We Know Our Loved Ones in Heaven? A Biblical Exploration of Eternal Relationships

8.154: Is Faith Our Work or God’s Work? How God Gifts Us Faith vs Human Effort

3.73: I Feel Disconnected. Where Do I Begin?

1.51: God Is with Us: Psalm 23

1.50: My Favorite Bible Passage: Acts 8

1.16: Is God Affected by Our Prayers?

Background of Hebrews

Cloud of Witnesses: Hebrews

Faith Works: James

Significance of Job

A Different Way of Telling the Story: John

Epistles and Heresy: 1-3 John

Faith and Healing: John

Faith and Fear in Mark

How Paul Writes Letters: Philippians

Mind of Christ: Book of Philippians