This article makes a link between the thirsting for water and baptism in the case of the Samaritan woman in John 4.

In John 7:22-23 Jesus defends himself against accusations because of his healing of a paralytic on the Sabbath. In this essay the author traces the logic of Jesus' actions. The need to be perfect and the urgency of the circumcision on the Sabbath are explored.

The significance of Jesus' behavior as depicted in Luke 4:39 is often overlooked. This article explores the implications of Jesus standing above the person from whom a demon is removed. The theological significance of purity, impurity, and verticality is explored.

This article wants to read the anointing of the blind man's eyes with clay in John 9:6 against the baackground of Isaiah 6:10 and Isaiah 20:9.

This article's thesis is that Luke 17:34-35 is about the sudden coming of the kingdom. Its concentrates on this coming as an occasion when some people are irrevocably separated from others without any apparent warning. The patterns of Lot and Noah and the exodus form the background for understanding this sudden and final separation and judgment.

This article explains a metaphor that the apostle Paul used in 1 Corinthians 3:10-13, where he Paul warns "builders" to be careful what they lay on his foundations. It is again used in 2 Corinthians 10:13-16 where the work of Paul is portrayed as the standard.

This article argues that Jesus' preaching to the crowds beside the Sea of Galilee in Mark 4:1 should be seen in the light of references in the Old Testament to the coastlands and to the mixed multitude in Exodus 12:38.

How should the reference to bread in Matthew 6:11 and John 6:35 be best understood? This article argues that it is an error to presuppose that this is a prayer for physical bread. and wants to remind readers of the distinction between literal bread and its use as a metaphor. The author refers to texts like Deuteronomy 8:3 and Isaiah 55:1-4 as support of a metaphorical understanding.