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Explore Scripture organized by subject, from faith to forgiveness.

Greed
Greed Greed, or covetousness, is an excessive desire for possessions, and Scripture treats it with unusual seriousness, naming it explicitly in…
Healing
Healing Healing runs through Scripture as both a physical reality and a spiritual metaphor, and the Bible refuses to separate the…
Heaven
Heaven Heaven is described throughout Scripture as God's dwelling place and the eternal home promised to believers, though the Bible offers…
Honesty
Honesty Honesty and truthful speech are commanded throughout Scripture with real seriousness, treated as foundational to a functioning relationship with God…
Hope
Hope Hope, as Scripture uses the word, is a stronger and more specific idea than the casual optimism the word usually…
Humility
Humility Humility is one of the few virtues the ancient world outside of Scripture rarely praised. Greek and Roman culture generally…
Idolatry
Idolatry Idolatry is repeatedly condemned as a direct violation of the first commandment given to Israel. The text states, “You shall…
Intercession
Intercession Intercession, understood as a prayerful pleading on behalf of another, appears early in the biblical narrative and is rooted in…
Joy
Joy Joy in Scripture is set apart from happiness in a way that matters enormously for how the Bible expects believers…
Justice
Justice Justice, fair and righteous treatment of others, especially the vulnerable, runs through Scripture as one of God's most consistently emphasized…
Kindness
Kindness Kindness sits among the quieter virtues in Scripture, easy to overlook precisely because it rarely announces itself. Yet it appears…
Leadership
Leadership Biblical leadership inverts the pattern most cultures, ancient and modern, tend to assume about power: that leadership means being served,…
Love
Love Love is used so casually in everyday speech, for food, weather, entertainment, that it is easy to miss how demanding…
Marriage
Marriage Marriage in Scripture is presented as a covenant union established at creation, not a later human invention or purely cultural…
Mercy
Mercy Mercy is compassion shown to someone in need or in the wrong, often specifically to someone who, by strict fairness,…
Money
Money Scripture addresses money more often than almost any other practical topic, and it does so with a consistent tension held…
Obedience
Obedience Obedience to God is presented throughout Scripture as the natural, expected response of genuine faith and love, not a separate,…
Patience
Patience Patience, sometimes translated longsuffering in older versions of the Bible, is the capacity to endure difficulty, delay, or provocation without…
Peace
Peace Peace in Scripture carries a richness the English word only partly captures. The Hebrew shalom behind much of the Old…
Perseverance
Perseverance In the biblical worldview perseverance is closely linked to the testing of faith and the development of character. James 1:12…
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